The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2023 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 | COMPLETIONS | ATTEMPTS | % | YARDS PASSING | TD PASSING | TD RUSHING | TD RECEIVING | INT | YARDS RUSHING | SCORE | RECORD | CONFERENCE | NEXT |
| Brennan Armstrong | NC State | 3 | 66 | 105 | 63% | 679 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | W 45-7 VMU | 2-1 | ACC | at Virginia 9/22 |
| Carter Bradley | South Alabama | 3 | 52 | 72 | 72% | 600 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -18 | W 33-7 Oklahoma State | 2-1 | Sun Belt | Central Michigan 9/23 |
| Hudson Card | Purdue | 3 | 72 | 110 | 66% | 825 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | L 35-20 Syracuse | 2-1 | Big Ten | Wisconsin 9/22 |
| Chevan Cordero | San Jose State | 4 | 78 | 133 | 59% | 774 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | L 21-17 Toledo | 1-3 | Mountain West | Air Force 9/22 |
| Jalon Daniels | Kansas | 2 | 42 | 56 | 75% | 575 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | W 31-24 Nevada | 3-0 | Big 12 | BYU 9/23 |
| Jayden Daniels | LSU | 3 | 70 | 95 | 74% | 976 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 157 | W 41-14 Mississippi State | 2-1 | SEC | Arkansas 9/23 |
| Jaxson Dart | Ole Miss | 3 | 45 | 68 | 66% | 852 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 213 | W 48-23 Georgia Tech | 3-0 | SEC | at Alabana 9/23 |
| Quinn Ewers | Texas | 3 | 54 | 89 | 61% | 740 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | W 31-10 Wyoming | 3-0 | Big 12 | at Baylor 9/23 |
| Dillon Gabriel | Oklahoma | 3 | 66 | 80 | 83% | 905 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | W 66-17 Tulane | 3-0 | Big 12 | at Cincinnati 9/23 |
| Mitch Griffis | Wake Forest | 3 | 60 | 97 | 62% | 837 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | W 27-24 Old Dominion | 3-0 | ACC | Georgia Tech 9/23 |
| Frank Harris | UTSA | 2 | 44 | 73 | 60% | 423 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | L 37-29 Army; DNP (injury) | 1-2 | American | at Tennessee 9/23 |
| Sam Hartman | Notre Dame | 4 | 64 | 90 | 71% | 1,061 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -7 | W 41-17 Central Michigan | 4-0 | Independent | Ohio State 9/23 |
| Seth Henigan | Memphis | 3 | 71 | 100 | 71% | 791 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 47 | W 28-24 Navy | 3-0 | American | Missouri 9/23 |
| Will Howard | Kansas State | 3 | 64 | 97 | 66% | 817 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 59 | L 30-27 Missouri | 2-1 | Big 12 | UCF 9/23 |
| KJ Jefferson | Arkansas | 3 | 55 | 77 | 71% | 629 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 | L 38-31 BYU | 2-1 | SEC | at LSU 9/23 |
| Phil Jurkovec | Pitt | 3 | 35 | 75 | 47% | 474 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 76 | L 17-6 West Virginia | 1-2 | ACC | North Carolina 9/23 |
| Devin Leary | Kentucky | 3 | 58 | 94 | 62% | 855 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | W 35-3 Akron | 3-0 | SEC | at Vanderbilt 9/23 |
| Riley Leonard | Duke | 3 | 44 | 65 | 68% | 530 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 208 | W 38-14 Northwestern | 3-0 | ACC | at UConn 9/23 |
| Drake Maye | North Carolina | 3 | 74 | 102 | 73% | 891 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 116 | W 31-13 Minnesota | 3-0 | ACC | at Pitt 9/23 |
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 60 | 87 | 69% | 708 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | W 66-7 Duquesne | 2-1 | Sun Belt | Georgia State 9/22 |
| J.J. McCarthy | Michigan | 3 | 56 | 68 | 82% | 701 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | W 31-6 Bowling Green | 3-0 | Big Ten | Rutgers 9/23 |
| Cade McNamara | Iowa | 3 | 38 | 71 | 54% | 417 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -45 | W 41-10 Western Michigan | 3-0 | Big Ten | at Penn State 9/23 |
| Graham Mertz | Florida | 3 | 64 | 85 | 75% | 692 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -24 | W 29-16 Tennessee | 2-1 | SEC | Charlotte 9/23 |
| Joe Milton III | Tennessee | 3 | 62 | 97 | 64% | 696 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 46 | L 29-16 Florida | 2-1 | SEC | UTSA 9/23 |
| Tanner Mordecai | Wisconsin | 3 | 68 | 101 | 67% | 703 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | W 35-14 Georgia Southern | 2-1 | Big Ten | at Purdue 9/22 |
| Bo Nix | Oregon | 3 | 76 | 98 | 78% | 893 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | W 55-10 Hawaii | 3-0 | Pac-12 | Colorado 9/23 |
| Michael Penix Jr. | Washington | 3 | 84 | 113 | 75% | 932 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | W 41-7 Michigan State | 1-0 | Pac-12 | Cal 9/23 |
| Michael Pratt | Tulane | 1 | 14 | 15 | 93% | 294 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | W 21-3 Southern Mississippi; DNP (injury) | 2-1 | American | Nicholls State 9/23 |
| Spencer Rattler | South Carolina | 3 | 77 | 108 | 71% | 954 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | L 24-14 Georgia | 2-1 | SEC | Mississippi State 9/23 |
| Austin Reed | Western Kentucky | 3 | 77 | 120 | 64% | 796 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | L 63-10 Ohio State | 2-1 | Conference USA | at Ohio State 9/23 |
| Cam Rising | Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W 31-7 Weber State; DNP (injury) | 3-0 | Pac-12 | UCLA 9/23 |
| Will Rogers | Mississippi State | 3 | 44 | 74 | 60% | 492 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -47 | L 41-14 LSU | 2-1 | SEC | at South Carolina 9/23 |
| Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | 3 | 42 | 71 | 59% | 413 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | W 10-7 Iowa State | 3-1 | MAC | at Bowling Green 9/23 |
| Blake Shapen | Baylor | 1 | 21 | 31 | 68% | 303 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | W 30-7 Long Island; DNP (injury) | 1-2 | Big 12 | Texas 9/23 |
| Garrett Shrader | Syracuse | 3 | 51 | 82 | 62% | 727 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 266 | W 35-20 Purdue | 3-0 | ACC | Army 9/23 |
| Kedon Slovis | BYU | 3 | 55 | 90 | 61% | 660 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2 | W 38-31 Arkansas | 3-0 | Big 12 | at Kansas 9/23 |
| Donovan Smith | Houston | 3 | 63 | 111 | 57% | 718 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 78 | L 36-13 TCU | 1-2 | Big 12 | Sam Houston 9/23 |
| Cole Snyder | Buffalo | 3 | 79 | 122 | 65% | 735 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | L 55-27 Liberty | 0-3 | MAC | at Louisiana 9/23 |
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 3 | 66 | 99 | 67% | 889 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | W 42-14 Virginia | 3-0 | Big Ten | at Michigan State 9/23 |
| Casey Thompson | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 50 | 79 | 63% | 509 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | L 48-14 Clemson | 1-2 | American | at Illinois 9/23 |
| Payton Thorne | Auburn | 3 | 43 | 63 | 68% | 517 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 140 | W 45-13 Samford | 3-0 | SEC | at Texas A&M 9/23 |
| Jordan Travis | Florida State | 3 | 53 | 84 | 63% | 729 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96 | W 31-29 Boston College | 3-0 | ACC | at Clemson 9/23 |
| D.J. Uiagelelei | Oregon State | 3 | 42 | 68 | 62% | 630 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 38 | W 26-9 San Diego State | 3-0 | Pac-12 | at Washington State 9/23 |
| Tyler Van Dyke | Miami | 3 | 57 | 75 | 76% | 822 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | W 48-7 Bethune-Cookman | 3-0 | ACC | at Temple 9/23 |
| Cameron Ward | Washington State | 3 | 77 | 107 | 72% | 990 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95 | W 64-21 Northern Colorado | 3-0 | Pac-12 | Oregon State 9/23 |
| Grant Wells | Virginia Tech | 2 | 33 | 62 | 53% | 494 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | L 35-16 Rutgers; DNP (injury) | 1-2 | ACC | at Marshall 9/233 |
| Caleb Williams | USC | 3 | 55 | 70 | 79% | 878 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | Idle | 3-0 | Pac-12 | at Arizona State 9/23 |