WVU QB Garrett Greene Listed Among Heisman Candidates

Is Garrett Greene a Heisman candidate? While many WVU fans believe Greene is an elite quarterback, he’s failed to be recognized to quite that level by most others around the country…until now.

One particular media outlet who has been extremely high on Greene placed the Mountaineer within its top 10 list of Heisman candidates. PFF ranks Greene in the No. 10 spot just behind cornerback/wide receiver Travis Hunter of Colorado. Georgia quarterback Carson Beck is considered the favorite on this list.

Top 10 Heisman Candidates for the 2024 Season🏆

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— PFF College (@PFF_College) August 19, 2024

Despite being somewhat overlooked throughout the offseason, Greene has also been placed on watch lists for several prominent individual awards.

Greene now adds this latest honor to being named a player to watch for Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and the watch list for the Maxwell Award and has been nominated for the Wuerffel Trophy.

After leading WVU to a nine-win season in 2023, Greene, now a senior, will attempt to guide West Virginia to even greater heights in 2024.

Last season, Greene threw for 2,406 yards, posted a 16/4 touchdown to interception ratio as a passer, ran for an extra 772 yards and accounted for a total of 29 touchdowns despite missing some time with an injury.

In order to truly be in the running for the Heisman Trophy, Greene will have to be more accurate in 2024. Most of the spring and fall camp sessions centered around the WVU coaches wanting Greene to increase his completion percentage from 52.9 to closer to 60%.

When asked what he needs to work on the most at Big 12 Media Days in July, Greene quickly pinpointed short and intermediate throws as his biggest weakness.

“The short and intermediate throws, my misses on those, it wasn’t an arm thing. It was my feet,” responded Greene.

“So, the last two-or- three months, I’ve really been honing in on my feet and the small mechanics that lead to big jumps,” Greene said.

Garrett Greene Pinpoints Biggest Weakness, Provides Lofty Personal Goal

He then revealed his personal goal for himself from a passing perspective, which goes a step beyond what the coaching staff expects from him this fall. “I want to be up above 65 percent in completion percentage. That’s where I would love to be.”

Only time will tell if WVU achieves those lofty goals, but retaining most of the key contributors from 2023 and adding a few other notable pierces through the transfer portal should help the Mountaineers have another successful season.

For a related story, WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti detailed the Garrett Greene offseason debate and if he’s being overlooked nationally or WVU fans are just missing his flaws.

Is Garrett Greene Being Overlooked Nationally or Are WVU Fans Missing His Flaws?