The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List Week 6 Stats. Candidates are chosen based on player performance on and off the field. Candidates are judged on their character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, teamwork and leadership qualities.
| NAME | SCHOOL | GAMES | COMPLETIONS | ATTEMPTS | % | YARDS PASSING | TD PASSING | TD RUSHING | TD RECEIVING | INT | YARDS RUSHING | SCORE | RECORD | CONFERENCE | NEXT |
| Drew Allar | Penn State | 5 | 73 | 103 | 71% | 1,101 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 89 | W 27-11 UCLA | 5-0 | Big Ten | @ USC 10/12 |
| Luke Altmyer | Illinois | 5 | 91 | 130 | 70% | 1,047 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | IDLE | 4-1 | Big Ten | Purdue 10/12 |
| Rocco Becht | Iowa State | 5 | 87 | 132 | 66% | 1,173 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 55 | W 43-21 Baylor | 5-0 | Big 12 | @ West Virginia 10/12 |
| Carson Beck | Georgia | 5 | 106 | 161 | 66% | 1,359 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | W 31-13 Auburn | 4-1 | SEC | Mississippi State 10/12 |
| Brady Cook | Missouri | 5 | 105 | 165 | 64% | 1,132 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 108 | L 41-10 Texas A&M | 4-1 | SEC | @ UMass 10/12 |
| Jaxson Dart | Ole Miss | 6 | 127 | 173 | 73% | 2,100 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 156 | W 27-3 South Carolina | 5-1 | SEC | @ LSU 10/12 |
| Billy Edwards Jr. | Maryland | 5 | 128 | 177 | 72% | 1,444 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | IDLE | 3-2 | Big Ten | Northwestern 10/11 |
| Quinn Ewers | Texas | 3 | 58 | 79 | 73% | 691 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | IDLE | 5-0 | SEC | Oklahoma 10/12 |
| Noah Fifita | Arizona | 5 | 110 | 179 | 62% | 1,361 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | L 28-22 Texas Tech | 3-2 | Big 12 | @ BYU 10/12 |
| Dillon Gabriel | Oregon | 5 | 130 | 167 | 78% | 1,449 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 71 | W 31-10 Michigan State | 5-0 | Big Ten | Ohio State 10/12 |
| Seth Henigan | Memphis | 5 | 125 | 195 | 64% | 1,339 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | IDLE | 4-1 | American | South Florida 10/11 |
| Will Howard | Ohio State | 5 | 93 | 130 | 72% | 1,278 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 64 | W 35-7 Iowa | 5-0 | Big Ten | @ Oregon 10/12 |
| Haynes King | Georgia Tech | 6 | 125 | 169 | 74% | 1,441 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 246 | W 24-7 Duke | 4-2 | ACC | @ North Carolina 10/12 |
| Cade Klubnik | Clemson | 5 | 92 | 143 | 64% | 1,219 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 168 | W 29-13 Florida State | 4-1 | ACC | @ Wake Forest 10/12 |
| Riley Leonard | Notre Dame | 5 | 82 | 126 | 65% | 750 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 374 | IDLE | 4-1 | Independent | Stanford 10/12 |
| Kyle McCord | Syracuse | 5 | 154 | 240 | 64% | 1,814 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | W 44-41 UNLV | 4-1 | ACC | @ NC State 10/12 |
| Fernando Mendoza | Cal | 5 | 94 | 145 | 65% | 1,177 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | L 39-38 Miami | 3-2 | ACC | @ Pitt 10/12 |
| Jalen Milroe | Alabama | 5 | 80 | 109 | 73% | 1,274 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 283 | L 40-35 Vanderbilt | 4-1 | SEC | South Carolina 10/12 |
| Behren Morton | Texas Tech | 6 | 139 | 221 | 63% | 1,640 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | W 28-22 Arizona | 5-1 | Big 12 | Baylor 10/19 |
| Garrett Nussmeier | LSU | 5 | 139 | 199 | 70% | 1,656 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | IDLE | 4-1 | SEC | Ole Miss 10/12 |
| Kurtis Rourke | Indiana | 6 | 118 | 160 | 74% | 1,752 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44 | W 41-24 Northwestern | 6-0 | Big Ten | Nebraska 10/19 |
| Shedeur Sanders | Colorado | 5 | 138 | 197 | 70% | 1,630 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | IDLE | 4-1 | Big 12 | Kansas State 10/12 |
| Tyler Shough | Louisville | 5 | 98 | 152 | 65% | 1,443 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | L 34-27 SMU | 3-2 | ACC | @ Virginia 10/12 |
| Brendan Sorsby | Cincinnati | 5 | 108 | 163 | 66% | 1,481 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66 | IDLE | 3-2 | Big 12 | @ UCF 10/12 |
| Cam Ward | Miami | 6 | 148 | 214 | 69% | 2,219 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 161 | W 39-38 Cal | 6-0 | ACC | @ Louisville 10/19 |