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 3 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 | 3 | 67 | 100 | 67% | 800 | 8 | 2 | 49 | W 49-10 Campbell (2-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Navy 9/24 |
| Brennan Armstrong | Virginia | 3 | 54 | 102 | 53% | 710 | 3 | 3 | 150 | W 16-14 Old Dominion (2-1) | ACC | Next: @ Syracuse 9/23 |
| Hank Bachmeier | Boise State | 3 | 38 | 60 | 63% | 404 | 5 | 3 | -34 | W 30-7 UT Martin (2-1) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ UTEP 9/23 |
| Connor Bazelak | Indiana | 3 | 77 | 136 | 57% | 891 | 5 | 2 | -10 | W 33-30 Western Kentucky (3-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Cincinnati 9/24 |
| Stetson Bennett | Georgia | 3 | 65 | 88 | 74% | 952 | 8 | 0 | 31 | W 48-7 South Carolina (3-0) | SEC | Next: Kent State 9/24 |
| Gerry Bohanon | South Florida | 3 | 46 | 86 | 54% | 507 | 1 | 4 | 139 | L 31-28 Florida (1-2) | AMERICAN | Next: @ Louisville 9/24 |
| Logan Bonner | Utah State | 3 | 35 | 69 | 51% | 440 | 3 | 3 | 3 | BYE WEEK (1-2) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: UNLV 9/24 |
| Charlie Brewer | Liberty | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75% | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | L 37-36 Wake Forest (2-1); DNP | INDEPENDENT | Next: Akron 9/24 |
| Chase Brice | Appalachian State | 3 | 62 | 100 | 62% | 773 | 9 | 1 | 43 | W 32-28 Troy (2-1) | SUN BELT | Next: James Madison 9/24 |
| Davis Brin | Tulsa | 3 | 76 | 119 | 64% | 1,206 | 11 | 1 | -15 | W 54-17 Jacksonville State (2-1) | AMERICAN | Next: @ Ole Miss 9/24 |
| Braxton Burmeister | San Diego State | 3 | 21 | 40 | 53% | 165 | 3 | 1 | 105 | L 35-7 Utah (1-2) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: Toledo 9/24 |
| Zach Calzada | Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L 41-12 Penn State (2-1); DNP | SEC | Next: Missouri 9/24 |
| Hudson Card | Texas | 3 | 33 | 50 | 66% | 343 | 1 | 0 | 32 | W 41-20 UTSA (2-1) | BIG 12 | Next: @ Texas Tech 9/24 |
| Sean Clifford | Penn State | 3 | 53 | 83 | 64% | 673 | 8 | 1 | 31 | W 41-12 Auburn (3-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Central Michigan 9/24 |
| Chase Cunningham | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 69 | 95 | 73% | 592 | 5 | 2 | 28 | W 49-6 Tennessee State (2-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Miami 9/24 |
| Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 3 | 51 | 85 | 60% | 596 | 4 | 3 | 282 | L 35-31 Florida State (1-2) | ACC | Next: South Florida 9/24 |
| Jayden Daniels | LSU | 3 | 57 | 82 | 70% | 556 | 9 | 0 | 225 | W 31-16 Mississippi State (2-1) | SEC | Next: New Mexico 9/24 |
| JT Daniels | West Virginia | 3 | 67 | 104 | 65% | 753 | 7 | 2 | -19 | W 65-7 Towson (1-2) | BIG 12 | Next: @ Virginia Tech 9/22 |
| Tommy DeVito | Illinois | 3 | 65 | 97 | 67% | 622 | 6 | 2 | 29 | BYE WEEK (2-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Chattanooga 9/22 |
| Jarret Doege | Troy | 2 | 6 | 12 | 50% | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | L 32-28 Appalachian State (1-2); DNP | SUN BELT | Next: Marshall 9/24 |
| Max Duggan | TCU | 2 | 25 | 32 | 78% | 417 | 5 | 0 | 44 | BYE WEEK (2-0) | BIG 12 | Next: @ SMU 9/24 |
| Dequan Finn | Toledo | 3 | 43 | 73 | 59% | 541 | 9 | 2 | 208 | L 77-21 Ohio State (2-1) | MAC | Next: @ San Diego State 9/24 |
| Dillon Gabriel | Oklahoma | 3 | 52 | 78 | 67% | 759 | 9 | 0 | 65 | W 49-14 Nebraska (3-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Kansas State 9/24 |
| Jake Haener | Fresno State | 3 | 75 | 105 | 71% | 854 | 4 | 1 | -7 | L 45-17 USC (1-2) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ UConn 10/1 |
| Jaren Hall | BYU | 3 | 77 | 112 | 69% | 827 | 5 | 1 | 62 | L 41-20 Oregon (2-1) | INDEPENDENT | Next: Wyoming 9/24 |
| Sam Hartman | Wake Forest | 2 | 44 | 71 | 62% | 625 | 7 | 2 | 23 | W 37-36 Liberty (2-1) | ACC | Next: Clemson 9/24 |
| Ryan Hilinski | Northwestern | 3 | 90 | 141 | 64% | 962 | 6 | 3 | 2 | L 31-24 Southern Illinois (1-2) | BIG TEN | Next: Miami OH 9/24 |
| Hendon Hooker | Tennessee | 3 | 59 | 85 | 69% | 844 | 8 | 0 | 63 | W 63-6 Akron (3-0) | SEC | Next: Florida 9/24 |
| Dylan Hopkins | UAB | 3 | 35 | 52 | 67% | 430 | 3 | 0 | -12 | W 35-21 Georgia Southern (2-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Rice 10/1 |
| KJ Jefferson | Arkansas | 3 | 55 | 78 | 71% | 770 | 9 | 1 | 169 | W 38-27 Missouri State (3-0) | SEC | Next: @ Texas A&M 9/24 |
| Phil Jurkovec | Boston College | 3 | 63 | 106 | 59% | 738 | 6 | 3 | -52 | W 38-17 Maine (1-2) | ACC | Next: @ Florida State 9/24 |
| Haynes King | Texas A&M | 2 | 33 | 51 | 65% | 461 | 3 | 2 | 58 | W 17-9 Miami (2-1); DNP | SEC | Next: Arkansas 9/24 |
| Devin Leary | North Carolina State | 3 | 48 | 81 | 59% | 570 | 7 | 1 | 9 | W 27-14 Texas Tech (3-0) | ACC | Next: UConn 9/24 |
| Will Levis | Kentucky | 3 | 61 | 91 | 67% | 882 | 8 | 4 | -23 | W 31-0 Youngstown State (3-0) | SEC | Next: Northern Illinois 9/24 |
| Brendon Lewis | Colorado | 2 | 15 | 24 | 63% | 92 | 0 | 0 | 43 | L 49-7 Minnesota (0-3) | PAC 12 | Next: UCLA 9/24 |
| Rocky Lombardi | Northern Illinois | 3 | 39 | 60 | 65% | 530 | 6 | 1 | 14 | L 38-28 Vanderbilt (1-2) | MAC | Next: @ Kentucky 9/24 |
| Adrian Martinez | Kansas State | 3 | 41 | 66 | 62% | 304 | 3 | 0 | 150 | L 17-10 Tulane(2-1) | BIG 12 | Next: @ Oklahoma 9/24 |
| D’Wan Mathis | Temple | 2 | 14 | 29 | 48% | 125 | 0 | 0 | 8 | L 16-14 Rutgers (1-2); DNP | AMERICAN | Next: UMass 9/24 |
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 50 | 71 | 70% | 733 | 10 | 1 | 53 | W 38-26 Buffalo (3-0) | SUN BELT | Next: @ Georgia State 9/22 |
| Tanner McKee | Stanford | 2 | 42 | 62 | 68% | 528 | 4 | 3 | -12 | BYE WEEK (1-1) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Washington 9/24 |
| Cade McNamara | Michigan | 3 | 14 | 25 | 56% | 180 | 1 | 1 | -30 | W 59-0 UConn (3-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Maryland 9/24 |
| Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | 3 | 44 | 62 | 71% | 697 | 6 | 2 | -5 | W 66-7 New Mexico State (2-1) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Ohio State 9/24 |
| Tanner Mordecai | SMU | 3 | 70 | 117 | 60% | 1,013 | 10 | 3 | 11 | L 34-27 Maryland (2-1) | AMERICAN | Next: TCU 9/24 |
| Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | 3 | 38 | 53 | 72% | 618 | 7 | 1 | 25 | W 49-7 Colorado (3-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Michigan State 9/24 |
| Dylan Morris | Washington | 2 | 4 | 8 | 50% | 63 | 0 | 0 | -3 | W 39-28 Michigan State (3-0); DNP | PAC 12 | Next: Stanford 9/24 |
| Bo Nix | Oregon | 3 | 62 | 88 | 71% | 672 | 10 | 2 | 90 | W 41-20 BYU (2-1) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Washington State 9/24 |
| Chance Nolan | Oregon State | 3 | 47 | 75 | 63% | 746 | 8 | 2 | 44 | W 68-28 Montana State (3-0) | PAC 12 | Next: USC 9/24 |
| Aidan O’Connell | Purdue | 3 | 86 | 133 | 65% | 1,000 | 8 | 1 | -10 | L 32-29 Syracuse (1-2) | BIG TEN | Next: Florida Atlantic 9/24 |
| N’Kosi Perry | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 71 | 123 | 58% | 987 | 12 | 2 | 44 | L 40-14 UCF (2-2) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Purdue 9/24 |
| Spencer Petras | Iowa | 3 | 37 | 77 | 48% | 376 | 1 | 2 | -40 | W 27-0 Nevada (2-1) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Rutgers 9/24 |
| Jack Plummer | California | 3 | 67 | 111 | 60% | 730 | 6 | 2 | 8 | L 24-17 Notre Dame (2-1) | PAC 12 | Next: Arizona 9/24 |
| Michael Pratt | Tulane | 3 | 42 | 67 | 63% | 658 | 7 | 2 | 139 | W 17-10 Kansas State (3-0) | AMERICAN | Next: Southern Miss 9/24 |
| Spencer Rattler | South Carolina | 3 | 60 | 101 | 59% | 721 | 2 | 5 | -27 | L 48-7 Georgia (1-2) | SEC | Next: Charlotte 9/24 |
| Chris Reynolds | Charlotte | 2 | 45 | 62 | 73% | 597 | 7 | 1 | 5 | W 42-41 Georgia State (1-3) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ South Carolina 9/24 |
| Anthony Richardson | Florida | 3 | 41 | 77 | 53% | 423 | 3 | 4 | 134 | W 31-28 South Florida (2-1) | SEC | Next: @ Tennessee 9/24 |
| Daniel Richardson | Central Michigan | 3 | 73 | 127 | 58% | 889 | 7 | 2 | 0 | W 41-0 Bucknell (1-2) | MAC | Next: @ Penn State 9/24 |
| Cameron Rising | Utah | 3 | 57 | 85 | 67% | 694 | 8 | 1 | 89 | W 35-7 San Diego State (2-1) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Arizona State 9/24 |
| Will Rogers | Mississippi State | 3 | 101 | 140 | 72% | 977 | 10 | 3 | -47 | L 31-16 LSU (2-1) | SEC | Next: Bowling Green 9/24 |
| Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | 3 | 61 | 97 | 63% | 658 | 6 | 2 | 23 | L 43-10 Iowa State (1-2) | MAC | Next: Fordham 9/24 |
| Spencer Sanders | Oklahoma State | 3 | 62 | 95 | 65% | 916 | 13 | 1 | 110 | W 63-7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3-0) | BIG 12 | Next: @ Baylor 10/1 |
| Tyler Shough | Texas Tech | 1 | 6 | 10 | 60% | 150 | 1 | 0 | 17 | L 27-14 North Carolina State (2-1): DNP | BIG 12 | Next: Texas 9/24 |
| Garrett Shrader | Syracuse | 3 | 51 | 77 | 66% | 709 | 11 | 0 | 201 | W 32-29 Purdue (3-0) | ACC | Next: Virginia 9/23 |
| Jeff Sims | Georgia Tech | 3 | 49 | 85 | 58% | 425 | 1 | 2 | 87 | L 42-0 Ole Miss (1-2) | ACC | Next: @ UCF 9/24 |
| Kedon Slovis | Pittsburgh | 2 | 30 | 48 | 63% | 503 | 2 | 1 | -33 | W 34-13 Western Michigan (2-1); DNP | ACC | Next: Rhode Island 9/24 |
| CJ Stroud | Ohio State | 3 | 62 | 85 | 73% | 941 | 11 | 0 | 9 | W 77-21 Toledo (3-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Wisconsin 9/24 |
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 3 | 68 | 88 | 77% | 895 | 7 | 2 | 54 | W 34-27 SMU (3-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Michigan 9/24 |
| Casey Thompson | Nebraska | 4 | 76 | 117 | 65% | 995 | 9 | 3 | -19 | L 49-14 Oklahoma (1-3) | BIG TEN | Next: Indiana 10/1 |
| Dorian Thompson-Robinson | UCLA | 3 | 61 | 84 | 73% | 662 | 8 | 1 | 114 | W 32-31 South Alabama (3-0) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Colorado 9/24 |
| Payton Thorne | Michigan State | 3 | 60 | 94 | 64% | 768 | 7 | 4 | 34 | L 39-28 Washington (2-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Minnesota 9/24 |
| Jordan Travis | Florida State | 3 | 44 | 65 | 68% | 624 | 5 | 1 | 32 | W 35-31 Louisville (3-0) | ACC | Next: Boston College 9/24 |
| Clayton Tune | Houston | 3 | 64 | 102 | 63% | 744 | 7 | 2 | 111 | L 48-30 Kansas (1-2) | AMERICAN | Next: Rice 9/24 |
| DJ Uiagalelei | Clemson | 3 | 57 | 88 | 65% | 662 | 6 | 1 | 117 | W 48-20 Louisiana Tech (3-0) | ACC | Next: @ Wake Forest 9/24 |
| Tyler Van Dyke | Miami | 3 | 54 | 86 | 63% | 671 | 3 | 1 | -5 | L 17-9 Texas A&M (2-1) | ACC | Next: Middle Tennessee 9/24 |
| Grant Wells | Virginia Tech | 3 | 63 | 96 | 66% | 651 | 5 | 4 | 66 | W 27-7 Wofford (2-1) | ACC | Next: West Virginia 9/22 |
| Hayden Wolff | Old Dominion | 3 | 55 | 101 | 55% | 675 | 5 | 1 | -32 | L 16-14 Virginia (1-2) | SUN BELT | Next: Arkansas State 9/24 |
| Bryce Young | Alabama | 3 | 58 | 85 | 68% | 644 | 11 | 2 | 144 | W 63-7 UL Monroe (3-0) | SEC | Next: Vanderbilt 9/24 |