Unlike the majority of MVP awards in other sports, the Heisman Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding player, not most valuable. Value should not be taken into consideration when giving this award, and team success should not be a factor in the decision.
If factoring in team success, Gerhart still should not be penalized because he still averaged 109 yards and 2 touchdowns in Stanford’s 4 losses this year. And don’t forget that he played with a freshman quarterback, meaning teams stacked the run against him every week..
In their biggest (most important) games he did as follows:
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