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• Your Heisman Watch: Where do you rank Ndamukong Suh and Rolando McClain?
• Chat: See what Pat Forde thinks about the Heisman race, 2 ET.

Just out of curiosity, how do we know the guy on the Heisman isn't trying to stiff-arm a defender about to blow up a sweep and drop him behind the line of scrimmage?

It has been more than a decade since Charles Woodson, with the assistance of some point-producing kick returns, won college football's most famous individual honor as a defensive player. With Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy around this season, that's not likely to change. (Sorry, Sam Bradford; the yardage against Baylor was nice, but SportsNation voters say you missed too much time). But a pair of defensive players, Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh and Alabama's Rolando McClain, make appearances on this week's ESPN.com Heisman Watch.

Suh and McClain may be the longest of shots, but does the Heisman need to start rewarding defensive players to remain relevant? Will we really keep getting worked up about an award for the best quarterback on a good team?

josh (il)

Are the days of non-QB's winning the Heisman trophy over? Suh from Nebraska seems as important to his team as Tebow is for Florida.

Mark Schlabach

Or Eric Berry or Gerald McCoy or Eric Norwood. They have awards for defensive players, too. I'm not sure they'll win the Heisman.

Chris (Lynchburg, VA)

Mark your rationale for the answer about Suh and the Heisman makes zero sense. The Heisman isn't an offensive award, according to the Heisman Trophy Trust, it's for the "most outstanding player in college football." Do you truly believe Suh isn't one of the best players in college football?

Mark Schlabach

I think he's one of the best players in the country. I think he's an All-American at his position. Is he the best DT in the Big 12? McCoy is pretty good, too. Eric Berry is the best defensive player in the country, in my opinion. Full transcript.