The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List Week 0 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 |
| Holton Ahlers | East Carolina | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: North Carolina State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Brennan Armstrong | Virginia | 0-0 | ACC | Next: Richmond 9/3 | ||||||||
| Hank Bachmeier | Boise State | 0-0 | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ Oregon Statae 9/3 | ||||||||
| Connor Bazelak | Indiana | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Illinois 9/2 | ||||||||
| Stetson Bennett | Georgia | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Oregon 9/3 | ||||||||
| Gerry Bohanon | South Florida | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: BYU 9/3 | ||||||||
| Logan Bonner | Utah State | 1 | 20 | 29 | 69% | 281 | 3 | 0 | 6 | W 31-20 UConn (1-0) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ Alabama 9/3 |
| Charlie Brewer | Liberty | 0-0 | INDEPENDENT | Next: @ Southern Mississippi 9/3 | ||||||||
| Chase Brice | Appalachian State | 0-0 | SUN BELT | Next: North Carolina 9/3 | ||||||||
| Davis Brin | Tulsa | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: @ Wyoming 9/3 | ||||||||
| Braxton Burmeister | San Diego State | 0-0 | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: Arizona 9/3 | ||||||||
| Zach Calzada | Auburn | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Mercer 9/3 | ||||||||
| Hudson Card | Texas | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: Louisiana Monroe 9/3 | ||||||||
| Sean Clifford | Penn State | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: @ Purdue 9/1 | ||||||||
| Chase Cunningham | Middle Tennessee | 0-0 | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ James Madison 9/3 | ||||||||
| Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 0-0 | ACC | Next: @ Syracuse 9/3 | ||||||||
| Jayden Daniels | LSU | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Florida State 9/4 | ||||||||
| JT Daniels | West Virginia | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: @ Pittsburgh 9/1 | ||||||||
| Tommy DeVito | Illinois | 1 | 27 | 38 | 71% | 314 | 2 | 0 | 3 | W 38-6 Wyoming (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Indiana 9/2 |
| Jarret Doege | Troy | 0/0 | SUN BELT | Next: @ Ole Miss 9/3 | ||||||||
| Max Duggan | TCU | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: @ Colorado 9/2 | ||||||||
| Dequan Finn | Toledo | 0-0 | MAC | Next: Long Island 9/1 | ||||||||
| Dillon Gabriel | Oklahoma | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: UTEP 9/3 | ||||||||
| Jake Haener | Fresno State | 0-0 | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: Cal Poly 9/1 | ||||||||
| Jaren Hall | BYU | 0-0 | INDEPENDENT | Next: @ South Florida 9/3 | ||||||||
| Sam Hartman | Wake Forest | 0-0 | ACC | Next: VMI 9/1 | ||||||||
| Ryan Hilinski | Northwestern | 1 | 27 | 38 | 71% | 314 | 2 | 0 | 3 | W 31-28 Nebraska (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Duke 9/10 |
| Hendon Hooker | Tennessee | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Ball State 9/1 | ||||||||
| Dylan Hopkins | UAB | 0-0 | CONFERENCE USA | Next: Alabama A&M 9/1 | ||||||||
| KJ Jefferson | Arkansas | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Cincinnatti 9/3 | ||||||||
| Phil Jurkovec | Boston College | 0-0 | ACC | Next: Rutgers 9/3 | ||||||||
| Haynes King | Texas A&M | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Sam Houston 9/3 | ||||||||
| Devin Leary | North Carolina State | 0-0 | ACC | Next: @ East Carolina 9/3 | ||||||||
| Will Levis | Kentucky | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Miami OH 9/3 | ||||||||
| Brendon Lewis | Colorado | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: TCU 9/2 | ||||||||
| Rocky Lombardi | Northern Illinois | 0-0 | MAC | Next: Eastern Illinois 9/1 | ||||||||
| Adrian Martinez | Kansas State | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: South Dakota 9/3 | ||||||||
| D’Wan Mathis | Temple | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: @ Duke 9/2 | ||||||||
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 0-0 | SUN BELT | Next: Army 9/3 | ||||||||
| Tanner McKee | Stanford | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: Colgate 9/3 | ||||||||
| Cade McNamara | Michigan | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Colorado State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Illinois State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Tanner Mordecai | SMU | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: @ North Texas 9/3 | ||||||||
| Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: New Mexico State 9/1 | ||||||||
| Dylan Morris | Washington | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: Kent State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Bo Nix | Oregon | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: @ Georgia 9/3 | ||||||||
| Chance Nolan | Oregon State | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: Boise State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Aidan O’Connell | Purdue | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Penn State 9/1 | ||||||||
| N’Kosi Perry | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 16 | 22 | 73% | 256 | 2 | 0 | 7 | W 43-13 Charlotte (1-0) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Ohio 9/3 |
| Spencer Petras | Iowa | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: South Dakota State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Jack Plummer | California | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: UC Davis 9/3 | ||||||||
| Michael Pratt | Tulane | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: UMass 9/3 | ||||||||
| Spencer Rattler | South Carolina | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Georgia State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Chris Reynolds | Charlotte | 1 | 14 | 19 | 74% | 196 | 2 | 0 | 8 | L 43-13 Florida Atlantic (o-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: William & Mary 9/2 |
| Anthony Richardson | Florida | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Utah 9/3 | ||||||||
| Daniel Richardson | Central Michigan | 0-0 | MAC | Next: @ Oklahoma State 9/1 | ||||||||
| Cameron Rising | Utah | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: @ Florida 9/3 | ||||||||
| Will Rogers | Mississippi State | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Memphis 9/3 | ||||||||
| Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | 0-0 | MAC | Next: Florida International 9/3 | ||||||||
| Spencer Sanders | Oklahoma State | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: Central Michigan 9/1 | ||||||||
| Tyler Shough | Texas Tech | 0-0 | BIG 12 | Next: Murray State 9/3 | ||||||||
| Garrett Shrader | Syracuse | 0-0 | ACC | Next: Louisville 9/3 | ||||||||
| Jeff Sims | Georgia Tech | 0-0 | ACC | Next: Clemson 9/5 | ||||||||
| Kedon Slovis | Pittsburgh | 0-0 | ACC | Next: West Virginia 9/1 | ||||||||
| CJ Stroud | Ohio State | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Notre Dame 9/3 | ||||||||
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Buffalo 9/3 | ||||||||
| Casey Thompson | Nebraska | 1 | 25 | 42 | 60% | 355 | 2 | 2 | -18 | L 31-28 Northwestern (0-1) | BIG TEN | Next: North Dakota 9/3 |
| Dorian Thompson-Robinson | UCLA | 0-0 | PAC 12 | Next: Bowling Green 9/3 | ||||||||
| Payton Thorne | Michigan State | 0-0 | BIG TEN | Next: Western Michigan 9/2 | ||||||||
| Jordan Travis | Florida State | 1 | 11 | 15 | 73% | 207 | 1 | 0 | 11 | W 47-7 Duquesne (1-0) | ACC | Next: @ LSU 9/4 |
| Clayton Tune | Houston | 0-0 | AMERICAN | Next: @ UTSA 9/3 | ||||||||
| DJ Uiagalelei | Clemson | 0-0 | ACC | Next: @ Georgia Tech 9/5 | ||||||||
| Tyler Van Dyke | Miami | 0-0 | ACC | Next: Bethune-Cookman 9/3 | ||||||||
| Grant Wells | Virginia Tech | 0-0 | ACC | Next: @ Old Dominion 9/2 | ||||||||
| Hayden Wolff | Old Dominion | 0-0 | SUN BELT | Next: Virginia Tech 9/2 | ||||||||
| Bryce Young | Alabama | 0-0 | SEC | Next: Utah State 9/3 |