Carolina Panthers: Christian McCaffrey Did Not Receive Heisman For Unfair Reason

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.”