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 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 |
| Holton Ahlers | East Carolina | 2 | 50 | 80 | 63% | 537 | 4 | 2 | 54 | W 39-21 Old Dominion (1-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Campbell 9/17 |
| Brennan Armstrong | Virginia | 2 | 34 | 65 | 52% | 426 | 3 | 3 | 96 | L 24-3 Illinois (1-1) | ACC | Next: Old Dominion 9/17 |
| Hank Bachmeier | Boise State | 2 | 20 | 35 | 57% | 200 | 3 | 3 | -16 | W 31-14 New Mexico (1-1) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: UT Martin 9/17 |
| Connor Bazelak | Indiana | 2 | 44 | 81 | 54% | 527 | 3 | 2 | -7 | W35-22 Idaho (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Western Kentucky 9/17 |
| Stetson Bennett | Georgia | 2 | 49 | 66 | 74% | 668 | 5 | 0 | -5 | W 33-0 Samford (2-0) | SEC | Next: @ South Carolina 9/17 |
| Gerry Bohanon | South Florida | 2 | 34 | 58 | 59% | 391 | 0 | 2 | 37 | W 42-20 Howard (1-1) | AMERICAN | Next: @ Florida 9/17 |
| Logan Bonner | Utah State | 3 | 35 | 69 | 51% | 440 | 3 | 3 | 3 | L 35-7 Weber State (1-2) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: UNLV 9/24 |
| Charlie Brewer | Liberty | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75% | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | W 21-14 UAB (2-0); DNP | INDEPENDENT | Next: @ Wake Forest 9/17 |
| Chase Brice | Appalachian State | 2 | 40 | 66 | 61% | 495 | 7 | 1 | 40 | W 17-14 Texas A&M (1-1) | SUN BELT | Next: Troy 9/17 |
| Davis Brin | Tulsa | 2 | 49 | 84 | 58% | 782 | 7 | 1 | -5 | W 38-35 Northern Illinois (1-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Jacksonville State 9/17 |
| Braxton Burmeister | San Diego State | 2 | 20 | 36 | 56% | 159 | 3 | 1 | 100 | W 38-7 Idaho State (1-1) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ Utah 9/17 |
| Zach Calzada | Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W 24-17 San Jose State (2-0); DNP | SEC | Next: Penn State 9/17 |
| Hudson Card | Texas | 2 | 18 | 27 | 67% | 182 | 0 | 0 | -3 | L 20-19 Alabama (1-1) | BIG 12 | Next: UTSA 9/17 |
| Sean Clifford | Penn State | 2 | 39 | 64 | 61% | 495 | 7 | 1 | 16 | W 46-10 Ohio (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Auburn 9/17 |
| Chase Cunningham | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 49 | 71 | 69% | 376 | 2 | 1 | 5 | W 34-19 Colorado State (1-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: Tennessee State 9/17 |
| Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 2 | 30 | 51 | 59% | 353 | 1 | 2 | 155 | W 20-14 UCF (1-1) | ACC | Next: Florida State 9/16 |
| Jayden Daniels | LSU | 2 | 36 | 46 | 78% | 346 | 6 | 0 | 132 | W 65-17 Southern (1-1) | SEC | Next: Mississippi State 9/17 |
| JT Daniels | West Virginia | 2 | 51 | 80 | 64% | 569 | 6 | 2 | -13 | L 55-42 Kansas (0-2) | BIG 12 | Next: Towson 9/17 |
| Tommy DeVito | Illinois | 3 | 65 | 97 | 67% | 622 | 6 | 2 | 29 | W 24-3 Virginia (2-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Chattanooga 9/22 |
| Jarret Doege | Troy | 2 | 6 | 12 | 50% | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 38-17 Alabama A&M (1-1) | SUN BELT | Next: @ Appalachian State 9/17 |
| Max Duggan | TCU | 2 | 25 | 32 | 78% | 417 | 5 | 0 | 44 | W 59-17 Tarleton (2-0) | BIG 12 | Next: @ SMU 9/24 |
| Dequan Finn | Toledo | 2 | 33 | 54 | 61% | 388 | 6 | 1 | 138 | W 55-10 UMass (2-0) | MAC | Next: @ Ohio State 9/17 |
| Dillon Gabriel | Oklahoma | 2 | 36 | 51 | 71% | 529 | 6 | 0 | 10 | W 33-3 Kent State (2-0) | BIG 12 | Next: @ Nebraska 9/17 |
| Jake Haener | Fresno State | 2 | 65 | 87 | 75% | 737 | 3 | 0 | 1 | L 35-32 Oregon State (1-1) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ USC 9/17 |
| Jaren Hall | BYU | 2 | 48 | 71 | 68% | 522 | 3 | 1 | 43 | W 26-20 Baylor (2-0) | INDEPENDENT | Next: @ Oregon 9/17 |
| Sam Hartman | Wake Forest | 1 | 18 | 27 | 67% | 300 | 4 | 0 | 12 | W 45-25 Vanderbilt (1-1) | ACC | Next: Liberty 9/17 |
| Ryan Hilinski | Northwestern | 2 | 63 | 98 | 64% | 749 | 4 | 1 | -2 | L 31-23 Duke (1-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Southern Illinois 9/17 |
| Hendon Hooker | Tennessee | 2 | 45 | 67 | 67% | 546 | 6 | 0 | 39 | W 34-27 Pitt (2-0) | SEC | Next: Akron 9/17 |
| Dylan Hopkins | UAB | 2 | 23 | 33 | 70% | 305 | 2 | 0 | -33 | L 21-14 Liberty (1-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: Georgia Southern 9/17 |
| KJ Jefferson | Arkansas | 2 | 36 | 47 | 77% | 385 | 6 | 0 | 129 | W 44-30 South Carolina (2-0) | SEC | Next: Missouri State 9/17 |
| Phil Jurkovec | Boston College | 2 | 38 | 69 | 55% | 418 | 4 | 3 | -35 | L 27-10 Virginia Tech (0-2) | ACC | Next: Maine 9/17 |
| Haynes King | Texas A&M | 2 | 33 | 51 | 65% | 461 | 3 | 2 | 58 | L 17-14 Appalachian State (1-1) | SEC | Next: Miami 9/17 |
| Devin Leary | North Carolina State | 2 | 33 | 58 | 57% | 449 | 7 | 1 | 21 | W 55-3 Charleston Southern (2-0) | ACC | Next: Texas Tech 9/17 |
| Will Levis | Kentucky | 2 | 34 | 56 | 61% | 505 | 5 | 2 | -30 | W 26-16 Florida (2-0) | SEC | Next: Youngstown State 9/17 |
| Brendon Lewis | Colorado | 1 | 13 | 18 | 72% | 78 | 0 | 0 | 42 | L 41-10 Air Force (0-2); DNP | PAC 12 | Next: @ Minnesota 9/17 |
| Rocky Lombardi | Northern Illinois | 2 | 32 | 53 | 60% | 451 | 5 | 1 | 6 | L 38-35 Tulsa (1-1) | MAC | Next: Vanderbilt 9/17 |
| Adrian Martinez | Kansas State | 2 | 20 | 35 | 57% | 154 | 2 | 0 | 91 | W 40-12 Missouri (2-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Tulane 9/17 |
| D’Wan Mathis | Temple | 2 | 14 | 29 | 48% | 125 | 0 | 0 | 8 | W 30-14 Lafayette (1-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Rutgers 9/17 |
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 34 | 47 | 72% | 482 | 7 | 1 | 40 | W 31-27 Gardner-Webb (2-0) | SUN BELT | Next: Buffalo 9/17 |
| Tanner McKee | Stanford | 2 | 42 | 62 | 68% | 528 | 4 | 3 | -12 | L 41-28 USC (1-1) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Washington 9/24 |
| Cade McNamara | Michigan | 2 | 13 | 24 | 54% | 162 | 1 | 1 | -25 | W 56-10 Hawaii (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: UConn 9/17 |
| Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | 2 | 32 | 47 | 68% | 446 | 3 | 1 | 0 | L 17-14 Washington State (1-1) | BIG TEN | Next: New Mexico State 9/17 |
| Tanner Mordecai | SMU | 2 | 41 | 63 | 65% | 644 | 7 | 1 | -7 | W 45-16 Lamar (2-0) | AMERICAN | Next: @ Maryland 9/17 |
| Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | 2 | 27 | 37 | 73% | 461 | 4 | 0 | 26 | W 62-10 Western Illinois (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Colorado 9/17 |
| Dylan Morris | Washington | 2 | 4 | 8 | 50% | 63 | 0 | 0 | -3 | W 52-6 Portland State (2-0) | PAC 12 | Next: Michigan State 9/17 |
| Bo Nix | Oregon | 2 | 49 | 70 | 70% | 450 | 5 | 2 | 55 | W 70-14 Eastern Washington (1-1) | PAC 12 | Next: BYU 9/17 |
| Chance Nolan | Oregon State | 2 | 28 | 50 | 56% | 470 | 3 | 2 | 19 | W 35-32 Fresno State (2-0) | PAC 12 | Next: Montana State 9/17 |
| Aidan O’Connell | Purdue | 2 | 47 | 79 | 60% | 576 | 5 | 0 | -17 | W 56-0 Indiana State (1-1) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Syracuse 9/17 |
| N’Kosi Perry | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 58 | 94 | 62% | 879 | 11 | 2 | 39 | W 42-9 SE Lousiana (2-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: UCF 9/17 |
| Spencer Petras | Iowa | 2 | 23 | 51 | 45% | 201 | 0 | 2 | -24 | L 10-7 Iowa State (1-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Nevada 9/17 |
| Jack Plummer | California | 2 | 51 | 74 | 69% | 546 | 4 | 2 | -26 | W 20-14 UNLV (2-0) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Notre Dame 9/17 |
| Michael Pratt | Tulane | 2 | 29 | 41 | 71% | 482 | 6 | 0 | 52 | W 52-0 Alcorn State (2-0) | AMERICAN | Next: @ Kansas State 9/17 |
| Spencer Rattler | South Carolina | 2 | 47 | 76 | 62% | 603 | 2 | 3 | -35 | L 44-30 Arkansas (1-1) | SEC | Next: Georgia 9/17 |
| Chris Reynolds | Charlotte | 1 | 14 | 19 | 74% | 196 | 2 | 0 | 8 | L 56-21 Maryland (0-3); DNP | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Georgia State 9/17 |
| Anthony Richardson | Florida | 2 | 31 | 59 | 53% | 311 | 3 | 2 | 110 | L 26-16 Kentucky (1-1) | SEC | Next: South Florida 9/17 |
| Daniel Richardson | Central Michigan | 2 | 58 | 95 | 61% | 691 | 5 | 1 | 0 | L 38-24 South Alabama (0-2) | MAC | Next: Bucknell 9/17 |
| Cameron Rising | Utah | 2 | 39 | 55 | 71% | 470 | 4 | 1 | 86 | W 73-7 Southern Utah (1-1) | PAC 12 | Next: San Diego State 9/17 |
| Will Rogers | Mississippi State | 2 | 77 | 98 | 79% | 763 | 9 | 2 | -25 | W 39-17 Arizona (2-0) | SEC | Next: @ LSU 9/17 |
| Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | 2 | 41 | 64 | 64% | 464 | 5 | 0 | 40 | L 46-10 Penn State (1-1) | MAC | Next: @ Iowa State 9/17 |
| Spencer Sanders | Oklahoma State | 2 | 49 | 79 | 62% | 674 | 9 | 1 | 111 | W 34-17 Arizona State (2-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9/17 |
| Tyler Shough | Texas Tech | 1 | 6 | 10 | 60% | 150 | 1 | 0 | 17 | W 33-30 Houston (2-0); DNP | BIG 12 | Next: @ North Carolina State 9/17 |
| Garrett Shrader | Syracuse | 2 | 38 | 48 | 79% | 523 | 8 | 0 | 118 | W 48-14 UConn (2-0) | ACC | Next: Purdue 9/17 |
| Jeff Sims | Georgia Tech | 2 | 31 | 53 | 59% | 264 | 1 | 2 | 89 | W 35-17 Western Carolina (1-1) | ACC | Next: Ole Miss 9/17 |
| Kedon Slovis | Pittsburgh | 2 | 30 | 48 | 63% | 503 | 2 | 1 | -33 | L 34-27 Tennessee (1-1) | ACC | Next: Western Michigan 9/17 |
| CJ Stroud | Ohio State | 2 | 40 | 58 | 69% | 574 | 6 | 0 | 0 | W 45-12 Arkansas State (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Toledo 9/17 |
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 2 | 51 | 65 | 79% | 681 | 5 | 2 | 3 | W 56-21 Charlotte (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: SMU 9/17 |
| Casey Thompson | Nebraska | 3 | 62 | 97 | 64% | 866 | 8 | 3 | 11 | L 45-42 Georgia Southern (1-2) | BIG TEN | Next: Oklahoma 9/17 |
| Dorian Thompson-Robinson | UCLA | 2 | 41 | 54 | 76% | 399 | 5 | 1 | 87 | W 45-7 Alabama State (2-0) | PAC 12 | Next: South Alabama 9/17 |
| Payton Thorne | Michigan State | 2 | 30 | 52 | 58% | 445 | 4 | 3 | 22 | W 52-0 Akron (2-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Washington 9/17 |
| Jordan Travis | Florida State | 2 | 31 | 47 | 66% | 467 | 3 | 0 | 42 | BYE (2-0) | ACC | Next: @ Louisville 9/16 |
| Clayton Tune | Houston | 2 | 42 | 71 | 59% | 472 | 5 | 1 | 49 | L 33-30 Texas Tech (1-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Kansas 9/17 |
| DJ Uiagalelei | Clemson | 2 | 40 | 59 | 68% | 441 | 4 | 1 | 55 | W 35-12 Furman (2-0) | ACC | Next: Louisiana Tech 9/17 |
| Tyler Van Dyke | Miami | 2 | 34 | 46 | 74% | 456 | 3 | 1 | -19 | W 30-7 Southern Miss (2-0) | ACC | Next: @ Texas A&M 9/17 |
| Grant Wells | Virginia Tech | 2 | 37 | 62 | 60% | 337 | 3 | 4 | 69 | W 27-10 Boston College (1-1) | ACC | Next: Wofford 9/17 |
| Hayden Wolff | Old Dominion | 2 | 32 | 64 | 50% | 440 | 3 | 1 | -16 | L 39-21 East Carolina (1-1) | SUN BELT | Next: @ Virginia 9/17 |
| Bryce Young | Alabama | 2 | 45 | 67 | 67% | 408 | 7 | 0 | 138 | W 20-19 Texas (2-0) | SEC | Next: UL Monroe 9/17 |