Four of the top 10 quarterbacks in the current odds to win the Heisman Trophy lack experience, having started less than a quarter of a season.

Six of the top 10 quarterbacks in the current odds to win the Heisman Trophy profile as pocket passers, limiting their ability to accumulate the kind of eye-popping statistics that voters have gravitated towards recently.

Oklahoma junior John Mateer is one of only two among the group who fit in both categories. That helps make the Washington State transfer the best bet on the Heisman board ahead of Week 1, available at as high as 25-to-1 at Boyd Sports.

The other quarterback who fits the above criteria is South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers. But he’s stuck with more team questions around him — headlined by the Gamecocks’ exodus of defensive talent

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