"He's a couple plays away from being a top-10 team and a Heisman candidate in my eyes," Matt Leinart told the LA Times.
"His numbers are terrific, I think he's a great leader and he's still only a junior," Leinart told Lindsey Thiry. "He still has another year left, which is pretty scary."
Here's a graphic, via Reign of Troy, comparing Leinart's Heisman-winning season in 2004 to Kessler's numbers through 10 games in 2014.
