PRESENTED BY Jersey numbers are a key detail for remembering players. Michael Jordan’s No. 23. In college football, Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson’s No. 34 stands hard to forget. , each having five different winners sport the number. However, when looking Heisman candidates this year, both Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and Florida State’s Dalvin Cook wear No. 4, which has never been worn by a Hesiman winner. So let's dig into the No. 4. Watson was able to choose No. 4 after former Tiger quarterback specifically for Watson. Seminole running back Cook, however, wears a number that is often reserved for quarterbacks or kickers. But, Cook is not the first player to break these norms when wearing No. 4. Terence Newman of Kansas State sported the number when playing as a cornerback in 2002. While Cook often breaks tackles, Newman made them. In his senior year, Newman won the Jim Thorpe Award and was honored as a first-team All-American, and he currently plays for the Minnesota Vikings. Still, the No. 4 jersey made impactful appearances in colleges across the nation. Brett Favre wore No. 4 at Southern Mississippi. He played from 1987-1990, and during his senior year, he brought his completion percentage to 54.5. He went on the be selected in Round 2 of the NFL draft. When Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh played quarterback at the school he now coaches, his jersey showed No. 4 as well. During his time there, he threw for 5,449 yards with a completion percentage of 62.4. He was drafted into the NFL in 1987 and later served as a coach for Stanford and the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers before returning to coach at Michigan. So while success has followed No. 4, it seems to avoid the Heisman. But will that change this season?
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