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 4 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 | 4 | 81 | 135 | 60% | 859 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 225 | W 24-21 Virginia | 3-1 | ACC | Louisville 9/29 |
| Carter Bradley | South Alabama | 4 | 69 | 99 | 70% | 854 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -11 | L 34-30 Central Michigan | 2-2 | Sun Belt | at James Madison 9/30 |
| Hudson Card | Purdue | 4 | 93 | 148 | 63% | 1,027 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 95 | L 38-17 Wisconsin | 2-2 | Big Ten | Illinois 9/30 |
| Chevan Cordero | San Jose State | 5 | 102 | 168 | 61% | 1,013 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | L 45-20 Air Force | 1-4 | Mountain West | at Boise State 10/7 |
| Jalon Daniels | Kansas | 3 | 56 | 75 | 75% | 705 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | W 38-27 BYU | 4-0 | Big 12 | at Texas 9/30 |
| Jayden Daniels | LSU | 4 | 90 | 124 | 73% | 1,296 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 193 | W 34-31 Arkansas | 3-1 | SEC | at Ole Miss 9/30 |
| Jaxson Dart | Ole Miss | 4 | 65 | 103 | 63% | 1,096 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 219 | L 24-10 Alabama | 3-1 | SEC | LSU 9/30 |
| Quinn Ewers | Texas | 4 | 72 | 112 | 64% | 1,033 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | W 38-6 Baylor | 4-0 | Big 12 | Kansas 9/30 |
| Dillon Gabriel | Oklahoma | 4 | 92 | 118 | 78% | 1,227 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | W 20-6 Cincinnati | 4-0 | Big 12 | Iowa State 9/30 |
| Mitch Griffis | Wake Forest | 4 | 76 | 127 | 60% | 999 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | L 30-16 Georgia Tech | 3-1 | ACC | at Clemson 10/7 |
| Frank Harris | UTSA | 2 | 44 | 73 | 60% | 423 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | L 45-14 Tennessee; DNP (injury) | 1-3 | American | at Temple 10/7 |
| Sam Hartman | Notre Dame | 5 | 81 | 115 | 70% | 1,236 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -9 | L 17-14 Ohio State | 4-1 | Independent | at Duke 9/30 |
| Seth Henigan | Memphis | 4 | 102 | 147 | 69% | 1,107 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 68 | L 34-27 Missouri | 3-1 | American | Boise State 9/30 |
| Will Howard | Kansas State | 4 | 91 | 139 | 66% | 1,072 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 123 | W 44-31 UCF | 3-1 | Big 12 | at Oklahoma State 10/6 |
| KJ Jefferson | Arkansas | 4 | 76 | 108 | 70% | 918 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 128 | L 34-31 LSU | 2-2 | SEC | Texas A&M 9/30 |
| Phil Jurkovec | Pitt | 4 | 46 | 90 | 51% | 583 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 81 | L 41-24 North Carolina | 1-3 | ACC | at Virginia Tech 9/30 |
| Devin Leary | Kentucky | 4 | 73 | 123 | 59% | 1,060 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -17 | W 45-28 Vanderbilt | 4-0 | SEC | Florida 9/30 |
| Riley Leonard | Duke | 4 | 67 | 99 | 68% | 778 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 238 | W 41-7 UConn | 4-0 | ACC | Notre Dame 9/30 |
| Drake Maye | North Carolina | 4 | 96 | 132 | 73% | 1,187 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 119 | W 41-24 Pitt | 4-0 | ACC | Syracuse 10/7 |
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 86 | 129 | 67% | 1,003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -11 | L 30-17 Georgia State | 2-2 | Sun Belt | at Georgia Southern 9/30 |
| J.J. McCarthy | Michigan | 4 | 71 | 89 | 80% | 915 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | W 31-7 Rutgers | 4-0 | Big Ten | at Nebraska 9/30 |
| Cade McNamara | Iowa | 4 | 43 | 85 | 51% | 459 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -45 | L 31-0 Penn State | 3-1 | Big Ten | Michigan State 9/30 |
| Graham Mertz | Florida | 4 | 84 | 108 | 78% | 951 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -24 | W 22-7 Charlotte | 3-1 | SEC | at Kentucky 9/30 |
| Joe Milton III | Tennessee | 4 | 80 | 128 | 63% | 925 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 135 | W 45-14 UTSA | 3-1 | SEC | South Carolina 9/30 |
| Tanner Mordecai | Wisconsin | 4 | 85 | 128 | 66% | 877 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 103 | W 38-17 Purdue | 3-1 | Big Ten | Rutgers 10/7 |
| Bo Nix | Oregon | 4 | 104 | 131 | 79% | 1,169 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | W 42-6 Colorado | 4-0 | Pac-12 | at Stanford 9/30 |
| Michael Penix Jr. | Washington | 4 | 103 | 138 | 75% | 1,636 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | W 59-32 Cal | 4-0 | Pac-12 | at Arizona 9/30 |
| Michael Pratt | Tulane | 2 | 32 | 38 | 84% | 484 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | W 36-7 Nicholls State | 3-1 | American | UAB 9/30 |
| Spencer Rattler | South Carolina | 4 | 95 | 128 | 74% | 1,242 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | W 37-30 Mississippi State | 3-1 | SEC | at Tennessee 9/30 |
| Austin Reed | Western Kentucky | 4 | 101 | 160 | 63% | 1,071 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | L 27-24 Troy | 2-2 | Conference USA | Middle Tennessee 9/28 |
| Cam Rising | Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W 14-7 UCLA; DNP (injury) | 4-0 | Pac-12 | at Oregon State 9/29 |
| Will Rogers | Mississippi State | 4 | 74 | 122 | 61% | 979 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -47 | L 37-30 South Carolina | 2-2 | SEC | Alabama 9/30 |
| Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | 4 | 56 | 87 | 64% | 609 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 107 | W 38-7 Bowling Green | 3-1 | MAC | Kent State 10/7 |
| Blake Shapen | Baylor | 1 | 21 | 31 | 68% | 303 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | L 38-6 Texas; DNP (injury) | 1-3 | Big 12 | at UCF 9/30 |
| Garrett Shrader | Syracuse | 4 | 72 | 108 | 67% | 972 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 316 | W 29-16 Army | 4-0 | ACC | Clemson 9/30 |
| Kedon Slovis | BYU | 4 | 85 | 141 | 60% | 1,017 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -26 | L 38-27 Kansas | 3-1 | Big 12 | Cincinnatti 9/29 |
| Donovan Smith | Houston | 4 | 94 | 151 | 62% | 1,012 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 104 | W 38-7 Sam Houston | 2-2 | Big 12 | at Texas Tech 9/30 |
| Cole Snyder | Buffalo | 4 | 96 | 156 | 62% | 933 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | L 45-38 Louisiana | 0-4 | MAC | at Akron 9/30 |
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 4 | 87 | 135 | 64% | 1,112 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | W 31-9 Michigan State | 4-0 | Big Ten | Indiana 9/30 |
| Casey Thompson | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 50 | 79 | 63% | 509 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | L 23-17 Illinois; DNP (injury – out for season) | 1-3 | American | Tulsa 10/7 |
| Payton Thorne | Auburn | 4 | 49 | 75 | 65% | 561 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 106 | L 27-10 Texas A&M | 3-1 | SEC | Georgia 9/30 |
| Jordan Travis | Florida State | 4 | 74 | 121 | 61% | 1,028 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | W 31-24 Clemson | 4-0 | ACC | Virginia Tech 10/7 |
| D.J. Uiagelelei | Oregon State | 4 | 59 | 102 | 58% | 828 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 99 | L 38-35 Washington State | 3-1 | Pac-12 | Utah 9/29 |
| Tyler Van Dyke | Miami | 4 | 74 | 99 | 75% | 1,042 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | W 41-7 Temple | 4-0 | ACC | Georgia Tech 10/7 |
| Cameron Ward | Washington State | 4 | 106 | 142 | 75% | 1,390 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | W 38-35 Oregon State | 4-0 | Pac-12 | at UCLA 10/7 |
| Grant Wells | Virginia Tech | 2 | 33 | 62 | 53% | 494 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | L 24-17 Marshall; DNP (injury) | 1-3 | ACC | Pitt 9/30 |
| Caleb Williams | USC | 4 | 75 | 101 | 74% | 1,200 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | W 42-28 Arizona State | 4-0 | Pac-12 | at Colorado 9/30 |