In an interview with The Athletic, the Carolina Panthers’ star runningback reveals that one voter did not elect him for the Heisman because they simply did not stay up for his games — they were usually asleep when his games started.
“You just have to laugh it off,” McCaffrey said.
“At that point, I knew that I didn’t win any of the awards in Atlanta. So I figured I wasn’t going to win [the Heisman].
When you’re young, and you have these big aspirations, and you want to win them, it’s great. But I’ve actually learned a lot since then.
I’ve learned that you really can’t focus on what is out of your control.
Winning games is a lot more fun than receiving awards.”