The race for the 2025 Heisman Trophy is heating up. While the rest of the college football world is embracing the emerg ence of Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State's Julian Sayin, Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez is starting to gain some steam heading into the final weeks of the regular season. One notable name backing Rodriguez' Heisman bid is Baylor legend and former Heisman winner Robert Griffin III.

On the latest edition of Fox's Big Noon Kickoff, Griffin III explained his reasoning while making a case for Rodriguez to join Travis Hunter as consecutive defensive players to win the Heisman.

“Mendoza the supercomputer, and Julian super Sayin from Ohio State, don't give me either of them. Give me the mustache-wearing, the cowboy hat-wearing, the

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