Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard makes 'outside the box' national title pick, talks Michigan quarterbacks

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The 2022 college football season gets into full swing this weekend and all anyone could talk about is whether Georgia can defend its national championship or if Alabama can get back on top.

Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard went a different route when he chose Texas A&M and the Jimbo Fisher-led Aggies to win the national title this year. If that holds true, it will be the school’s first football national championship since 1939.

"It’s so easy to just follow Alabama, follow Georgia, you know, the traditional teams that have been pretty good. But sometimes you got to think outside the box and really do your homework and look at teams who people aren’t paying attention to," Howard told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

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Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher during the spring game at Kyle Field on April 24, 2021, in College Station, Texas. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

He pointed to last year when Michigan was predicted to finish fourth in the Big Ten East Division and ended up making the College Football Playoff, while Cincinnati – which isn’t part of the heralded Power 5 conferences – made the playoff after an undefeated regular season.

"I think A&M," the current ESPN analyst said of who he thinks could win the national championship. "I think they got the mentality to go in there and tussle with Alabama. If you paid attention during the offseason, Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher – things got a little nuclear with those two because Nick Saban said what he said about Jimbo Fisher’s recruiting, which only tells you the comment was made because he’s been stacking top recruiting classes year after