The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2021 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List Week 2 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 | COMP | ATTEMPTS | % | YDS | TDS | INT | RUSH | SCORE (record) | CONFERENCE | NOTES |
| Luke Anthony | Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNP; W45-42 SE Louisiana (1-1) | C-USA | Next: SMU (9/18) |
| Brennan Armstrong | Virginia | 2 | 47 | 66 | 71% | 739 | 9 | 1 | 31 | W 42-14 Illinois (2-0) | ACC | Next:at North Carolina (9/18) |
| Hank Bachmeier | Boise State | 2 | 42 | 63 | 67% | 603 | 4 | 1 | -8 | W 54-13 UTEP (1-1) | Mountain West | Next: Oklahoma State (9/18) |
| Connor Bazelak | Missouri | 2 | 56 | 86 | 65% | 550 | 6 | 1 | 18 | L 35-28 Kentucky (1-1) | SEC | Next: at Southeast Missouri State (9/18) |
| Jake Bentley | South Alabama | 2 | 46 | 68 | 68% | 526 | 3 | 1 | -7 | W 22-19 Bowling Green (2-0) | Sun Belt | Next: Alcorn State (9/18) |
| Charlie Brewer | Utah | 2 | 34 | 53 | 64% | 380 | 3 | 2 | 35 | L 26-17 BYU (1-1) | Pac-12 | Next: at San Diego State (9/18) |
| Chase Brice | Appalachian State | 2 | 47 | 61 | 77% | 458 | 3 | 2 | 9 | L 25-22 Miami (1-1) | Sun Belt | Next: Elon (9/18) |
| Anthony Brown | Oregon | 2 | 32 | 59 | 54% | 408 | 4 | 0 | 127 | W 35-28 Ohio State (2-0) | Pac-12 | Next: Stony Brook (9/18) |
| Braxton Burmeister | Virginia Tech | 2 | 26 | 43 | 61% | 311 | 3 | 1 | 94 | W 35-14 Middle Tennessee (2-0) | ACC | Next: at West Virginia (9/18) |
| Sean Chambers | Wyoming | 2 | 28 | 49 | 57% | 400 | 4 | 1 | 67 | W 50-43 Northern Illinois (2-0) | Mountain West | Next: Ball State (9/18) |
| Sean Clifford | Penn State | 2 | 39 | 62 | 63% | 477 | 3 | 0 | 71 | W 44-13 Ball State (2-0) | BIG-10 | Next: Auburn (9/18) |
| Jack Coan | Notre Dame | 2 | 47 | 68 | 69% | 605 | 6 | 2 | -27 | W 32-29 Toledo (2-0) | Independent | Next: Purdue (9/18) |
| Matt Corral | Ole Miss | 2 | 43 | 65 | 66% | 662 | 7 | 0 | 90 | W 54-17 Austin Peay (2-0) | SEC | Next: Tulane (9/18) |
| Dustin Crum | Kent State | 2 | 24 | 43 | 56% | 269 | 2 | 2 | 130 | W 60-10) VMI (1-1) | MAC | Next: Iowa (9/18) |
| Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 2 | 37 | 60 | 62% | 468 | 6 | 1 | 108 | W 30-3 Eastern Kentucky (1-1) | ACC | Next: UCF (9/17) |
| Jayden Daniels | Arizona State | 2 | 30 | 41 | 73% | 307 | 2 | 1 | 162 | W 37-10 UNLV (2-0) | Pac-12 | Next: at BYU (9/18) |
| JT Daniels | Georgia | 1 | 22 | 30 | 73% | 135 | 0 | 1 | -8 | DNP; W 56-7 UAB (2-0) | SEC | Next:South Carolina (9/18) |
| Tommy DeVito | Syracuse | 2 | 26 | 43 | 61% | 241 | 1 | 1 | 62 | L 17-7 Rutgers (1-1) | ACC | Next: Albany (9/18) |
| Jarret Doege | West Virginia | 2 | 38 | 64 | 59% | 539 | 4 | 2 | -38 | W 66-0 Long Island University (1-1) | BIG-12 | Next: Virginia Tech (9/18) |
| Max Duggan | TCU | 2 | 31 | 50 | 62% | 441 | 6 | 2 | 135 | W 34-32 Cal (2-0) | BIG-12 | Next: SMU (9/25) |
| Dillon Gabriel | UCF | 2 | 48 | 73 | 66% | 630 | 7 | 2 | 107 | W 63-14 Bethune-Cookman (2-0) | American | Next: at Louisville (9/17) |
| Chase Garbers | California | 2 | 41 | 65 | 63% | 481 | 3 | 1 | 38 | L 34-32 TCU (0-2) | PAC-12 | Next: Sacramento State (9/18) |
| Jarrett Guarantano | Washington State | 1 | 8 | 13 | 62% | 56 | 0 | 0 | 19 | DNP; W 44-24 Portland State (1-1) | PAC-12 | Next: USC (9/18) |
| Sam Hartman | Wake Forest | 2 | 35 | 52 | 67% | 432 | 5 | 0 | 29 | W 41-16 Norfolk State (2-0) | ACC | Next: Florida State (9/18) |
| Bailey Hockman | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 36 | 55 | 66% | 422 | 4 | 1 | -25 | L 35-14 Virginia Tech (1-1) | C-USA | Next: at UTSA (9/18) |
| Hendon Hooker | Tennessee | 2 | 16 | 24 | 67% | 195 | 2 | 1 | 54 | L 41-34 Pitt (1-1) | SEC | Next: Tennessee Tech (9/18) |
| Sam Howell | North Carolina | 2 | 38 | 61 | 62% | 560 | 6 | 3 | 139 | W 59-17 Georgia State (1-1) | ACC | Next: Virginia (9/18) |
| Tyler Johnston III | UAB | 2 | 23 | 35 | 66% | 359 | 2 | 3 | -6 | L 56-7 Georgia (1-1) | C-USA | Next: at North Texas (9/18) |
| Emory Jones | Florida | 2 | 31 | 49 | 66% | 270 | 3 | 4 | 155 | W 42-20 South Florida (2-0) | SEC | Next: Alabama (9/18) |
| Phil Jurkovec | Boston College | 2 | 21 | 31 | 68% | 354 | 3 | 0 | 61 | W 45-28 Umass (2-0) | ACC | Next: at Temple (9/18) |
| D’Eriq King | Miami | 2 | 42 | 64 | 66% | 369 | 1 | 2 | 89 | W 25-22 Appalachian State (1-1) | ACC | Next: Michigan State (9/18) |
| Devin Leary | NC State | 2 | 47 | 75 | 63% | 535 | 3 | 2 | -14 | L 24-10 Mississippi State (1-1) | ACC | Next: Furman (9/18) |
| Levi Lewis | Louisiana | 2 | 46 | 71 | 65% | 585 | 3 | 0 | 11 | W 27-24 Nicholls (1-1) | Sun Belt | Next: Ohio (9/16) |
| Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | 3 | 46 | 74 | 62% | 728 | 7 | 0 | 256 | W 28-3 Buffalo (2-1) | BIG-10 | Next: at Oklahoma (9/18) |
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 33 | 40 | 83% | 507 | 4 | 0 | 40 | W 49-22 Kansas (2-0) | Sun Belt | Next: at Buffalo (9/18) |
| Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | 2 | 36 | 54 | 67% | 326 | 0 | 2 | -31 | W 34-7 Eastern Michigan (1-1) | Big-10 | Next: Notre Dame (9/25) |
| McKenzie Milton | Florida State | 2 | 23 | 38 | 61% | 181 | 1 | 1 | 22 | L 20-17 Jacksonville State (0-2) | ACC | Next: at Wake Forest (9/18) |
| Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | 2 | 22 | 42 | 52% | 317 | 3 | 0 | 4 | W 31-26 Miami (OH) (1-1) | Big-10 | Next: at Colorado (9/18) |
| Dylan Morris | Washington | 2 | 47 | 83 | 57% | 419 | 2 | 3 | -32 | L 31-10 Michigan (0-2) | Pac-12 | Next: Arkansas State (9/18) |
| Bo Nix | Auburn | 2 | 29 | 39 | 74% | 383 | 5 | 0 | 30 | W 62-0 Alabama State (2-0) | SEC | Next: at Penn State (9/18) |
| Michael Penix, Jr. | Indiana | 2 | 25 | 47 | 53% | 224 | 3 | 3 | -20 | W 56-14 Idaho (1-1) | BIG-10 | Next: Cincinnati (9/18) |
| Brandon Peters | Illinois | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75% | 35 | 0 | 0 | -15 | DNP; L 42-14 Virginia (1-2) | BIG-10 | Next: Maryland (9/17) |
| Spencer Petras | Iowa | 2 | 24 | 48 | 50% | 251 | 2 | 0 | -23 | W 27-17 Iowa State (2-0) | BIG-10 | Next: Kent State (9/18) |
| Kenny Pickett | Pittsburgh | 2 | 52 | 75 | 69% | 559 | 5 | 0 | 58 | W 41-34 Tennessee (2-0) | ACC | Next: Western Michigan (9/18) |
| Drew Plitt | Ball State | 2 | 42 | 67 | 63% | 364 | 2 | 2 | 27 | L 44-13 Penn State (1-1) | MAC | Next: at Wyoming (9/18) |
| Jack Plummer | Purdue | 2 | 45 | 61 | 74% | 558 | 6 | 0 | -16 | W 49-0 UConn (2-0) | BIG-10 | Next: at Notre Dame (9/18) |
| Brock Purdy | Iowa State | 2 | 34 | 53 | 64% | 337 | 0 | 3 | 59 | L 27-17 Iowa (1-1) | BIG-12 | Next: at UNLV (9/18) |
| Spencer Rattler | Oklahoma | 2 | 50 | 65 | 77% | 547 | 7 | 2 | 38 | W 76-0 Western Carolina (2-0) | BIG-12 | Next: Nebraska (9/18) |
| Chris Reynolds | Charlotte | 2 | 29 | 47 | 62% | 427 | 6 | 2 | 97 | W 38-10 Gardner-Webb (2-0) | C-USA | Next: at Georgia State (9/18) |
| Desmond Ridder | Cincinnati | 2 | 34 | 47 | 72% | 538 | 7 | 1 | 27 | W 42-7 Murray State (2-0) | American | Next: at Indiana (9/18) |
| Anthony Russo | Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 71% | 43 | 0 | 0 | 10 | W 42-14 Youngstown State (2-0) | BIG-10 | Next: at Miami (9/18) |
| Tyler Shough | Texas Tech | 2 | 28 | 45 | 62% | 394 | 3 | 2 | 20 | W 28-22 Stephen F. Austin (2-0) | BIG-12 | Next: Florida International (9/18) |
| Kedon Slovis | USC | 2 | 52 | 78 | 67% | 481 | 3 | 1 | 32 | L 42-28 Stanford (1-1) | Pac-12 | Next: at Washington State (9/18) |
| Nick Starkel | San Jose State | 2 | 40 | 73 | 55% | 702 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Bye week (1-1) | Mountain West | Next: at Hawaii (9/18) |
| Carson Strong | Nevada | 2 | 56 | 82 | 68% | 693 | 6 | 1 | 4 | W 49-10 Idaho State (2-0) | Mountain West | Next: at Kansas State (9/18) |
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 2 | 47 | 63 | 75% | 593 | 6 | 0 | 11 | W 62-0 Howard (2-0) | BIG-10 | Next: at Illinois (9/17) |
| Casey Thompson | Texas | 2 | 8 | 12 | 67% | 240 | 2 | 2 | 33 | L 40-21 Arkansas (1-1) | BIG-12 | Next: Rice (9/18) |
| Skylar Thompson | Kansas State | 2 | 12 | 18 | 67% | 240 | 2 | 2 | 33 | W 31-23 Southern Illinois (2-0) | BIG-12 | Next: Nevada (9/18) |
| Dorian Thompson-Robinson | UCLA | 2 | 19 | 36 | 53% | 390 | 4 | 1 | 21 | Bye week (2-0) | Pac-12 | Next: Fresno State (9/18) |
| Clayton Tune | Houston | 2 | 49 | 68 | 72% | 410 | 5 | 4 | 87 | W 44-7 Rice (1-1) | American | Next: Grambling State (9/18) |
| Kyle Vantrease | Buffalo | 2 | 42 | 69 | 61% | 455 | 1 | 1 | 4 | L 28-3 Nebraska (1-1) | MAC | Next: Coastal Carolina (9/18) |
| Malik Willis | Liberty | 2 | 28 | 41 | 68% | 371 | 5 | 0 | 148 | W 21-13 Troy (2-0) | Independent | Next: Old Dominion (9/18) |
| Terry Wilson | New Mexico | 2 | 46 | 63 | 73% | 555 | 6 | 0 | 47 | W 34-25 New Mexico State (2-0) | Mountain West | Next: at Texas A&M (9/18) |
| DNP = Did Not Play |