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NEW YORK (AP) With two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty leading the field, these arent your typical Heisman Trophy contenders.

Sure, veteran quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel from top-ranked Oregon and Cam Ward of No.

15 Miami are also finalists for college footballs most prestigious award, but the 90th annual ceremony Saturday night offers a fresh flavor this year.

To start with, none of the four are from the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, which has produced four of the past five Heisman winners.

Jeanty is the first running back even invited to the Heisman party since 2017.

Hunter is Colorado's first finalist in 30 years.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

(AP) North Carolina's hiring of NFL coaching great Bill Belichick marks another sign of the growing influence of the NFL on college football.

The challenges of managing the transfer portal and looming revenue sharing for athletes has led teams to take on more NFL-like structures to their programs.

Belichick is set to structure North Carolina's program like an NFL front office.

That includes hiring former NFL executive Michael Lombardi as general manager.

At Florida, coach Billy Napier is interviewing general managers while saying the program is going to a business model to deal with a major math puzzle.

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