GBN News – December 14th 2014

December 14, 2014
  • (9:00 AM): Duck QB wins Heisman … Pretty much as expected Oregon junior QB Marcus Mariota was awarded this year’s Heisman Trophy at last night’s annual event at New York’s Downtown Club. Mariota beat out Wisconsin RB Melvin Gordon and Alabama WR Amari Cooper for the award. Mariota is expected be one of the first 2-3 players off the board at the 2015 draft.
  • Dawgs get key quartet back … Great news for the Georgia program as four top underclassmen including redshirt sophomore OLB Leonard Floyd and juniors OLB Jordan Jenkins, LT John Theus and WR Malcolm Mitchell have all reportedly told head coach Mark Richt that they will be back at school next fall. Floyd, in particular, had been thought of as a likely first-round pick this year, while the other three were had second-day potential. Georgia, though, is still expected to lose star RB Todd Gurley to the NFL draft despite the fact he tore an ACL late this season.