The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2024 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 COMPLETIONS ATTEMPTS % YARDS PASSING TD PASSING TD RUSHING TD RECEIVING INT YARDS RUSHING SCORE RECORD CONFERENCE NEXT
Joey Aguilar Appalachian State 2 40 77 52% 540 3 2 0 0 16 L 66-20 Clemson 1-1 Sun Belt @ East Carolina 9/14
Drew Allar Penn State 2 24 37 65% 420 5 1 0 1 51 W 34-27 Bowling Green 2-0 Big Ten Kent State 9/21
Luke Altmyer Illinois 2 35 49 71% 405 4 0 0 0 31 W 23-17 Kansas 2-0 Big Ten Central Michigan 9/14
Rocco Becht Iowa State 2 43 61 71% 539 4 1 0 1 11 W 20-19 Iowa 2-0 Big 12 Arkansas State 9/21
Carson Beck Georgia 2 41 58 71% 520 7 0 0 0 37 W 48-3 Tennessee Tech 2-0 SEC @ Kentucky 9/14
Alan Bowman Oklahoma State 2 51 81 63% 571 3 0 0 1 15 W 39-31 Arkansas 2-0 Big 12 @ Tulsa 9/14
Max Brosmer Minnesota 2 37 51 73% 436 2 1 0 0 -7 W 48-0 Rhode Island 1-1 Big Ten Nevada 9/14
Byrum Brown South Florida 2 28 55 51% 255 0 1 0 0 182 L 42-16 Alabama 1-1 American @ Southern Mississippi 9/14
Hudson Card Purdue 1 24 25 96% 273 4 0 0 0 16 IDLE 1-0 Big Ten Notre Dame 9/14
Thomas Castellanos Boston College 2 19 26 73% 340 6 1 0 0 81 W 56-0 Duquesne 2-0 ACC @ Missouri 9/14
Brady Cook Missouri 2 48 67 72% 456 1 3 0 1 84 W 38-0 Buffalo 2-0 SEC Boston College 9/14
Jalon Daniels Kansas 2 27 47 57% 289 3 1 0 4 35 L 23-17 Illinois 1-1 Big 12 UNLV 9/13
Ashton Daniels Stanford 2 36 58 62% 384 3 0 0 1 118 W 41-7 Cal Poly 1-1 ACC @ Syracuse 9/20
Jaxson Dart Ole Miss 2 47 54 87% 795 6 2 0 0 19 W 52-3 Middle Tennessee State 2-0 SEC @ Wake Forest 9/14
Kyron Drones Virginia Tech 2 36 54 67% 452 3 1 0 1 32 W 31-14 Marshall 1-1 ACC @ Old Dominion 9/14
Billy Edwards Jr. Maryland 2 46 64 75% 564 4 1 0 1 52 L 27-24 Michigan State 1-1 Big Ten @ Virginia 9/14
Quinn Ewers Texas 2 44 63 70% 506 6 0 0 1 -6 W 31-12 Michigan 2-0 SEC UTSA 9/14
Noah Fifita Arizona 2 37 57 65% 595 5 0 0 2 -2 W 22-10 Northern Arizona 2-0 Big 12 @ Kansas State 9/13
TJ Finley Western Kentucky 2 45 70 64% 443 1 0 0 2 30 W 31-0 Eastern Kentucky 1-1 Conference USA @ Middle Tennessee 9/14
Dequan Finn Baylor 2 23 43 54% 307 3 1 0 2 26 L 23-12 Utah 1-1 Big 12 Air Force 9/14
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi Colorado State 2 27 44 61% 239 1 1 0 1 -2 W 38-17 Northern Colorado 1-1 Mountain West Colorado 9/14
Brett Gabbert Miami (Ohio) 1 22 37 60% 227 0 0 0 2 -21 IDLE 0-1 MAC Cincinnati 9/14
Dillon Gabriel Oregon 2 59 70 84% 623 4 1 0 0 -38 W 37-34 Boise State 2-0 Big Ten @ Oregon State 9/14
Ethan Garbers UCLA 1 19 38 50% 272 1 0 0 2 47 IDLE 1-0 Big Ten Indiana 9/14
Garrett Greene West Virginia 2 32 51 63% 397 3 1 0 0 73 W 49-14 Albany 1-1 Big 12 @ Pitt 9/14
Seth Henigan Memphis 2 42 60 70% 469 3 0 0 0 24 W 38-17 Troy 2-0 American @ Florida State 9/14
Will Howard Ohio State 2 35 54 65% 520 4 1 0 0 24 W 56-0 Western Michigan 2-0 Big Ten Marshall 9/21
KJ Jefferson UCF 2 19 29 66% 333 2 1 0 1 89 W 45-14 Sam Houston 2-0 Big 12 @ TCU 9/14
Athan Kaliakmanis Rutgers 2 29 47 62% 377 6 0 0 1 43 W 49-17 Akron 2-0 Big Ten @ Virgirginia Tech 9/14
Mikey Keene Fresno State 2 46 71 65% 593 3 0 0 4 -29 W 46-30 Sacramento State 1-1 Mountain West New Mexico State 9/14
Haynes King Georgia Tech 3 64 84 76% 687 3 3 0 1 158 L 31-28 Syracuse 2-1 ACC VMI 9/14
Cade Klubnik Clemson 2 42 55 76% 520 5 2 0 1 -12 W 66-20 Appalachian State 1-1 ACC NC State 9/14
Riley Leonard Notre Dame 2 38 62 61% 321 0 1 0 2 79 L 16-14 Northern Illinois 1-1 Independent @ Purdue 9/14
Grayson McCall NC State 2 41 62 66% 422 3 0 0 2 22 L 51-10 Tennessee 1-1 ACC Louisiana Tech 9/14
Kyle McCord Syracuse 2 59 85 69% 735 8 0 0 1 9 W Georgia Tech 2-0 ACC Stanford 9/20
Cade McNamara Iowa 2 34 60 57% 350 3 0 0 2 8 L 20-19 Iowa State 1-1 Big Ten Troy 9/14
Fernando Mendoza Cal 2 40 58 69% 391 3 0 0 0 14 W 21-14 Auburn 2-0 ACC San Diego State 9/14
Graham Mertz Florida 1 11 20 55% 91 0 0 0 1 3 W 45-7 Samford (DNP) 1-1 SEC Texas A&M 9/14
Jalen Milroe Alabama 2 23 35 66% 394 5 4 0 0 81 W 42-16 South Florida 2-0 SEC @ Wisconsin 9/14
Behren Morton Texas Tech 2 64 100 64% 701 6 0 0 2 2 L 37-16 Washington State 1-1 Big 12 North Texas 9/14
Garrett Nussmeier LSU 2 57 76 75% 610 8 0 0 1 13 W 44-21 Nicholls 1-1 SEC @ South Carolina 9/14
Cameron Rising Utah 2 18 29 62% 346 7 0 0 0 46 W 23-12 Baylor 2-0 Big 12 @ Utah State 9/14
Will Rogers Washington 2 41 52 79% 511 5 0 0 0 -23 W 30-9 Eastern Michigan 2-0 Big Ten Washington State 9/14
Kurtis Rourke Indiana 2 30 41 73% 448 3 1 0 0 16 W 77-3 Western Illinois 2-0 Big Ten @ UCLA 9/14
Kaidon Salter Liberty 2 32 52 62% 498 2 0 0 0 71 W 30-24 New Mexico State 2-0 Conference USA UTEP 9/14
Shedeur Sanders Colorado 2 49 72 68% 689 5 0 0 2 -13 L 28-10 Nebraska 1-1 Big 12 @ Colorado State 9/14
Brayden Schager Hawaii 2 42 76 55% 430 3 2 0 2 25 IDLE 1-1 Mountain West @ Sam Houston 9/14
Blake Shapen Mississippi State 2 33 48 69% 515 5 1 0 0 22 L 30-23 Arizona State 1-1 SEC Toledo 9/14
Tyler Shough Louisville 2 39 57 68% 581 6 0 0 0 -4 W 49-17 Jacksonville State 2-0 ACC Georgia Tech 9/14
Donovan Smith Houston 2 39 58 67% 395 1 0 0 3 -32 L 16-12 Oklahoma 0-2 Big 12 Rice 9/14
Brendan Sorsby Cincinnati 2 44 69 64% 681 5 2 0 0 0 L 28-27 Pitt 1-1 Big 12 @ Miami (OH) 9/14
Preston Stone SMU 3 25 43 58% 336 3 0 0 1 29 L 18-15 BYU 2-1 ACC TCU 9/21
Payton Thorne Auburn 2 27 48 56% 487 5 2 0 4 92 L 21-14 Cal 1-1 SEC New Mexico 9/14
DJ Uiagalelei Florida State 2 40 69 58% 465 1 0 0 1 2 IDLE 0-2 ACC Memphis 9/14
Tyler Van Dyke Wisconsin 2 38 63 60% 406 1 1 0 0 17 W 27-13 South Dakota 2-0 Big Ten Alabama 9/14
Brock Vandagriff Kentucky 2 15 28 54% 199 3 0 0 2 6 L 31-6 South Carolina 1-1 SEC Georgia 9/14
Nicholas Vattiato Middle Tennessee 2 41 68 60% 419 1 0 0 2 -6 L 52-3 Ole Miss 1-1 Conference USA Western Kentucky 9/14
Cam Ward Miami 2 46 61 75% 689 6 1 0 1 46 W 56-9 Florida A&M 2-0 ACC Ball State 9/14
Conner Weigman Texas A&M 2 23 44 52% 225 2 0 0 2 65 W 52-10 McNeese 1-1 SEC @ Florida 9/14
Hayden Wolfe Western Michigan 2 20 33 61% 212 0 0 0 1 -21 L 56-0 Ohio State 0-2 MAC Bethune Cookman 9/14
Nate Yarnell Pitt 1 4 8 50% 33 1 0 0 0 15 W 28-27 Cincinnati (DNP) 2-0 ACC West Virginia 9/14
Jacob Zeno UAB 2 45 64 70% 382 2 0 0 2 34 W 32-6 UL Monroe 2-0 American @ Arkansas 9/14