The 2025 Heisman Trophy finalists were announced on December 8. Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin will head to New York for the ceremony on December 13. What’s missing? Any defensive player, despite the fact that Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez just delivered one of the most dominant defensive seasons in recent college football history. And Rodriguez’s wife, Emma Rodriguez, had something to say about that glaring omission.

Emma Rodriguez didn’t hold back on social media when the finalists were revealed. “@HeismanTrophy if it’s an Offensive Player Award just say that.”

It’s hard to argue with her logic when you look at the numbers and what Jacob Rodriguez meant to

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