The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2025 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 | SCORES | RECORD | CONFERENCE | NEXT |
| Joey Aguilar | Tennessee | 3 | 63 | 95 | 66% | 906 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | L 44-41 Georgia (9/13) | 2-1 | SEC | UAB (9/20) |
| Drew Allar | Penn State | 3 | 57 | 88 | 65% | 626 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | W 52-6 Villanova (9/13) | 3-0 | Big Ten | Oregon (9/27) |
| Luke Altmyer | Illinois | 3 | 56 | 78 | 72% | 709 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -12 | W 38-0 Western Michigan (9/13) | 3-0 | Big Ten | @ Indiana (9/20 |
| Steve Angeli | Syracuse | 3 | 80 | 125 | 64% | 1072 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -38 | W 66-24 Colgate (9/12) | 2-1 | ACC | @ Clemson (9/20 |
| Jackson Arnold | Auburn | 3 | 48 | 69 | 70% | 501 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 192 | W 31-15 South Alabama (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | @ Oklahoma (9/20) |
| Robbby Ashford | Wake Forest | 3 | 54 | 85 | 64% | 697 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 129 | L 34-24 NC State (9/11) | 2-1 | ACC | Georgia Tech (9/270 |
| Alonza Barnett III | James Madison | 2 | 29 | 47 | 62% | 232 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | IDLE | 1-1 | Sun Belt | @ Liberty (9/20) |
| Rocco Becht | Iowa State | 4 | 65 | 100 | 65% | 860 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | W 24-16 Arkansas State (9/13) | 4-0 | Big 12 | Arizona (9/27) |
| Carson Beck | Miami | 3 | 65 | 83 | 78% | 812 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | W 49-12 South Florida (9/13) | 3-0 | ACC | Florida (9/20) |
| Zach Calzada | Kentucky | 2 | 25 | 53 | 47% | 234 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | W 48-23 Eastern Michigan (9/13); DNP | 2-1 | SEC | @ South Carolina (927) |
| Thomas Castellano | Florida State | 2 | 17 | 25 | 68% | 389 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | IDLE | 2-0 | ACC | Kent St (9/20 |
| Aidan Chiles | Michigan State | 3 | 58 | 81 | 72% | 656 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | W 41-24 Youngstown State (9/13) | 3-0 | Big Ten | @ USC (9/20) |
| Jalon Daniels | Kansas | 3 | 54 | 75 | 72% | 679 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | IDLE | 2-1 | Big 12 | West Virginia (9/20) |
| Kyron Drones | Virginia Tech | 3 | 58 | 103 | 56% | 621 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 127 | L 45-26 Old Dominion (9/13) | 0-3 | ACC | Wofford (9/20) |
| Billy Edwards Jr. | Wisconsin | 1 | 6 | 13 | 46% | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L 38-24 Alabama (9/13); DNP | 2-1 | Big Ten | Maryland (9/20) |
| Walker Eget | San Jose St. | 2 | 45 | 85 | 53% | 496 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -21 | IDLE | 0-2 | Mountain West | Idaho (9/20) |
| Noah Fifita | Arizona | 3 | 46 | 78 | 59% | 712 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | W 23-17 Kansas State (9/12) | 3-0 | Big 12 | @ Iowa State (9/27) |
| Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | Colorado State | 2 | 30 | 57 | 53% | 312 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | IDLE | 1-1 | Mountain West | UTSA (9/20) |
| JC French IV | Georgia Southern | 3 | 52 | 87 | 60% | 528 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | W 41-34 Jacksonville State (9/13) | 1-2 | Sun Belt | Maine (9/20) |
| Tucker Gleason | Toledo | 3 | 43 | 69 | 62% | 599 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | W 60-0 Morgan State (9/13) | 2-1 | MAC | @ Western Michigan (9/20) |
| Taylen Green | Arkansas | 3 | 63 | 92 | 69% | 866 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 307 | L 41-35 Ole Miss (9/13) | 2-1 | SEC | @ Memphis (9/20) |
| Eli Holstein | Pitt | 3 | 58 | 88 | 66% | 822 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | L 31-24 West Virginia (9/13) | 2-1 | ACC | Louisville (9/27) |
| Josh Hoover | TCU | 2 | 48 | 63 | 76% | 621 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | W 42-21 Abilene Christian (9/13) | 2-0 | Big 12 | SMU (9/20) |
| Blake Horvath | Navy | 3 | 18 | 25 | 72% | 328 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 245 | W 42-23 Tulsa (9/13) | 3-0 | American | Rice (9/27) |
| Nico Imaleava | UCLA | 3 | 62 | 97 | 64% | 608 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 139 | L 35-10 New Mexico (9/12) | 0-3 | Big Ten | @ Northwestern (9/27) |
| Grayson James | Boston College | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 190 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | L 30-20 Stanford (9/13); DNP | 1-2 | ACC | Cal (9/27) |
| Keyone Jenkins | FIU | 3 | 51 | 82 | 62% | 498 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | W 38-28 FAU (9/13) | 2-1 | Conference USA | Delaware (9/20) |
| Kevin Jennings | SMU | 3 | 62 | 88 | 71% | 836 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | W 28-12 Missouri State (9/13) | 2-1 | ACC | @ TCU (9/20) |
| Avery Johnson | Kansas State | 4 | 77 | 127 | 61% | 851 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | L 23-17 Arizona (9/12) | 1-3 | Big 12 | UCF (9/27) |
| Athan Kaliakmanis | Rutgers | 3 | 62 | 85 | 73% | 820 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | W 60-10 Norfolk State (9/13) | 3-0 | Big Ten | Iowa (9/10 |
| Haynes King | Georgia Tech | 2 | 33 | 48 | 69% | 354 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 259 | W 24-21 Clemson (9/13) | 3-0 | ACC | Temple (9/20) |
| Cade Klubnik | Clemson | 3 | 52 | 88 | 59% | 633 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | L 24-21 Georgia Tech (9/13) | 1-2 | ACC | Syracuse (920) |
| Sam Leavitt | Arizona State | 3 | 50 | 86 | 58% | 527 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | W 34-15 Texas State (9/13) | 2-1 | Big 12 | @ Baylor (9/20) |
| Brendon Lewis | Memphis | 3 | 55 | 75 | 73% | 608 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 190 | W 28-7 Troy (9/13) | 3-0 | American | Arkansas (9/20) |
| Maddux Madsen | Boise State | 2 | 41 | 72 | 57% | 532 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | IDLE | 1-1 | Mountain West | @ Air Force (9/20) |
| Arch Manning | Texas | 3 | 47 | 85 | 55% | 579 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 112 | W 27-10 UTEP (9/13) | 2-1 | SEC | Sam Houston (9/20 |
| John Mateer | Oklahoma | 3 | 71 | 105 | 68% | 944 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 161 | W 42-3 Temple (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | Auburn (9/20) |
| Owen McCown | UTSA | 3 | 71 | 110 | 65% | 578 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | W 48-20 Incarnate Word (9/13) | 2-1 | American | @ Colorado State (9/20 |
| Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | 3 | 55 | 76 | 72% | 708 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | W 73-0 Indiana State (9/12) | 3-0 | Big Ten | Illinois (920) |
| Darian Mensah | Duke | 3 | 80 | 119 | 67% | 1036 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | L 34-27 Tulane (9/13) | 1-2 | ACC | NV State (/20) |
| Chandler Morris | Virginia | 3 | 62 | 89 | 70% | 670 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 113 | W 55-14 William and Mary (9/13) | 2-1 | ACC | Stanford (9/20 |
| Behren Morton | Texas Tech | 3 | 57 | 81 | 70% | 923 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | W 35-0 Oregon State (9/13) | 3-0 | Big 12 | @ Utah (9/20 |
| Miller Moss | Louisville | 2 | 30 | 48 | 63% | 374 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | IDLE | 2-0 | ACC | Bowling Green (9/20) |
| Maalik Murphy | Oregon State | 3 | 76 | 124 | 61% | 893 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -20 | L 35-0 Texas Tech (9/13) | 0-3 | Pac 12 | @ Oregon (9/20) |
| Garrett Nussmeier | LSU | 3 | 69 | 106 | 65% | 689 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -20 | W 20-10 Florida (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | SE Louisiana (9/20 |
| Diego Pavia | Vanderbilt | 3 | 50 | 68 | 74% | 645 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 129 | W 21-7 South Carolina (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | Georgia State (9/20) |
| Marcel Reed | Texas A&M | 3 | 58 | 99 | 59% | 869 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 142 | W 41-40 Notre Dame (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | Auburn (9/27) |
| Sawyer Robertson | Baylor | 3 | 84 | 135 | 62% | 1070 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | W 42-7 Samford (9/13) | 2-1 | Big 12 | Arizona State (9/20) |
| LaNorris Sellers | South Carolina | 3 | 29 | 45 | 64% | 431 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | L 21-7 Vanderbilt (9/13) | 2-1 | SEC | @ Missouri (9/20 |
| Blake Shapen | Mississippi State | 3 | 55 | 80 | 69% | 724 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | W 63-0 Alcorn State (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | Northern Illinois (9/20 |
| Tyler Simpson | Alabama | 3 | 64 | 89 | 72% | 862 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | W 38-14 Wisconsin (9/13) | 2-1 | SEC | @ Georgia (9/27) |
| Brendan Sorsby | Cincinnati | 3 | 45 | 64 | 70% | 655 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175 | W 70-0 Northwestern State (9/13) | 2-1 | Big 12 | @ Kansas (9/27) |
| Gunner Stockton | Georgia | 3 | 63 | 89 | 71% | 721 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | W 44-41 Tennessee (9/13) | 3-0 | SEC | Alabama (9/27) |
| Preston Stone | Northwestern | 3 | 51 | 86 | 59% | 541 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -47 | L 34-14 Oregon (9/13) | 1-2 | Big Ten | UCLA (9/27) |
| Nicholas Vattiato | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 62 | 111 | 56% | 548 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -11 | W 14-13 Nevada (9/13 | 1-2 | Conference USA | Marshall (9/20 |
| Caden Veltkamp | FAU | 3 | 90 | 138 | 65% | 880 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 | L 38-28 FIU (9/13) | 1-2 | American | Memphis (9/27 |
| E.J. Warner | Fresno State | 4 | 71 | 98 | 72% | 716 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 52 | W 56-7 Southern (9/13) | 3-1 | Mountain West | @ Hawaii (9/20 |
| Connor Weigman | Houston | 3 | 45 | 70 | 64% | 569 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 142 | W 36-20 Colorado (9/12) | 3-0 | Big 12 | Oregon State (9/26) |