Overview
- Dampier’s all‑around performance against BYU on Saturday — 177 passing yards, 87 rushing yards and a 29-yard reception — sharply increased national attention for his candidacy.
- Through nine games he has 2,053 passing yards with 20 touchdown passes and seven interceptions, plus 482 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns, a multi-dimensional profile voters weigh.
- Prediction markets have moved to include him among the top contenders, with Kalshi listing him fifth and FanDuel fourth, a shift helped by injuries and losses to other previously favored players and teams.
- Utah’s program and teammates are actively campaigning for him on social media using the hashtag #SPID4HEISMAN, and Dampier has publicly framed the interest as recognition of his teammates’ work.
- If momentum holds through the remaining regular-season games he could become Utah’s first Heisman winner and the state’s second, a development that would reshape the program’s national profile.