Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame's star running back and 2025 Heisman Trophy finalist, announced his intention to enter the 2026 NFL Draft on Tuesday evening.

Julian Sayin, Jeremiah Smith and three others are already 2026 Heisman favorites, but five more players that could crash the race.

Diego Pavia is officially listed by Vanderbilt as 6-feet tall, but standing next to the other three Heisman finalists, that measurement seemed dubious

In case you missed the news over the weekend, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the 2025 Heisman Trophy on Saturday. He wants his network on LinkedIn to know that, too. A couple of days after his Heisman win, Mendoza posted a career update of his victory to his LinkedIn page to share the news.

Pate claims inattentive voters made last-minute decisions based on the Big Ten Championship game, overlooking Pavia's superior season-long performance and reducing the award to "the last shiny object they saw.

Pavia, who is listed at 6'0" on Vanderbilt's website, appeared shorter than fellow finalists Jeremiyah Love, who also is listed at 6'0", and Julian Sayin, who is 6'1", according to Ohio State's website.

A pair of Ohio State stars lead the way in Joel Klatt's early top five for the 2026 Heisman race.