Patrick Mahomes will go into the 2016 season ranked anywhere from 13th to 16th on the list of preseason Heisman hopefuls, depending on which Las Vegas hotel’s sports book you visit. "On the radar" would be a good term to use for him.
While I’m not naive enough to think he should be a favorite to beat out the likes of Deshaun Watson (Clemson), Christian McCaffrey (Stanford) or Leonard Fournette (LSU), who all finished in the top six of Heisman voting last season, I do believe Mahomes can make some real noise and possibly be invited to the ceremony as one of the top candidates.