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 5 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 | 4 | 78 | 117 | 67% | 1124 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 37 | W 56-24 UAB (9/20) | 3-1 | SEC | Mississippi State (9/27) |
| Drew Allar | Penn State | 3 | 57 | 88 | 65% | 626 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | IDLE | 3-0 | Big Ten | Oregon (9/27) |
| Luke Altmyer | Illinois | 4 | 70 | 100 | 70% | 855 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -39 | L 63-10 Indiana (9/20) | 3-1 | Big Ten | USC (9/27) |
| Steve Angeli | Syracuse | 4 | 98 | 156 | 63% | 1072 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -32 | W 34-21 Clemson (9/20) | 3-1 | ACC | Duke (9/27) |
| Jackson Arnold | Auburn | 4 | 69 | 101 | 68% | 721 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 181 | L 24-17 Oklahoma (9/20) | 3-1 | SEC | @ Texas A&M (9/27) |
| Robbby Ashford | Wake Forest | 3 | 54 | 85 | 64% | 697 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 129 | IDLE | 2-1 | ACC | Georgia Tech (9/27) |
| Alonza Barnett III | James Madison | 3 | 46 | 72 | 64% | 445 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 52 | W 31-13 Liberty (9/20) | 2-1 | Sun Belt | Georgia Southern (9/27) |
| Rocco Becht | Iowa State | 4 | 65 | 100 | 65% | 860 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | IDLE | 4-0 | Big 12 | Arizona (9/27) |
| Carson Beck | Miami | 4 | 82 | 112 | 73% | 972 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | W 26-7 Florida (9/20) | 4-0 | ACC | Florida State (10/4) |
| Zach Calzada | Kentucky | 2 | 25 | 53 | 47% | 234 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | IDLE | 2-1 | SEC | @ South Carolina (9/27) |
| Thomas Castellano | Florida State | 3 | 27 | 38 | 71% | 594 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 139 | W 66-10 Kent St (9/20 | 3-0 | ACC | @ Virginia (9/26) |
| Aidan Chiles | Michigan State | 4 | 58 | 81 | 72% | 656 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | L 45-31 USC (9/20) | 3-1 | Big Ten | @ Nebraska (10/4) |
| Jalon Daniels | Kansas | 4 | 66 | 99 | 67% | 817 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 159 | W 41-10 West Virginia (9/20) | 3-1 | Big 12 | Cincinnatti (9/27) |
| Kyron Drones | Virginia Tech | 4 | 85 | 135 | 63% | 928 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 144 | W 38-6 Wofford (9/20) | 1-3 | ACC | @ NC State (9/27) |
| Billy Edwards Jr. | Wisconsin | 2 | 7 | 16 | 43% | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L 27-10 Maryland (9/20) | 2-2 | Big Ten | @ Michigan (10/4) |
| Walker Eget | San Jose St. | 3 | 58 | 106 | 55% | 714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -19 | W 31-28 Idaho (9/20) | 1-2 | Mountain West | @ Stanford (9/27) |
| Noah Fifita | Arizona | 3 | 46 | 78 | 59% | 712 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | IDLE | 3-0 | Big 12 | @ Iowa State (9/27) |
| Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | Colorado State | 3 | 44 | 82 | 54% | 488 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | L 17-16 UTSA (9/20) | 1-2 | Mountain West | Washington State (10/3) |
| JC French IV | Georgia Southern | 4 | 71 | 118 | 60% | 781 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 88 | W 45-17 Maine (9/20) | 2-2 | Sun Belt | @ JMU (9/27) |
| Tucker Gleason | Toledo | 4 | 58 | 99 | 59% | 688 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | L 14-13 Western Michigan (9/20) | 2-2 | MAC | Akron (9/27) |
| Taylen Green | Arkansas | 4 | 81 | 126 | 64% | 1191 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 360 | L 32-31 Memphis (9/20) | 2-2 | SEC | Notre Dame (9/27) |
| Eli Holstein | Pitt | 3 | 58 | 88 | 66% | 822 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | IDLE | 2-1 | ACC | Louisville (9/27) |
| Josh Hoover | TCU | 3 | 70 | 103 | 68% | 1000 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | W 35-24 SMU (9/20) | 3-0 | Big 12 | @ Arizona State (9/26) |
| Blake Horvath | Navy | 3 | 18 | 25 | 72% | 328 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 245 | IDLE | 3-0 | American | Rice (9/27) |
| Nico Imaleava | UCLA | 3 | 62 | 97 | 64% | 608 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 139 | IDLE | 0-3 | Big Ten | @ Northwestern (9/27) |
| Grayson James | Boston College | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 190 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | IDLE | 1-2 | ACC | Cal (9/27) |
| Keyone Jenkins | FIU | 4 | 73 | 116 | 63% | 701 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 64 | L 38-16 Delaware (9/20) | 2-2 | Conference USA | @ UConn (10/4) |
| Kevin Jennings | SMU | 4 | 86 | 120 | 72% | 1126 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | L 35-24 TCU (9/20) | 2-2 | ACC | Syracuse (10/4) |
| Avery Johnson | Kansas State | 4 | 77 | 127 | 61% | 851 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | IDLE | 1-3 | Big 12 | UCF (9/27) |
| Athan Kaliakmanis | Rutgers | 4 | 86 | 125 | 69% | 1150 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | L 38-28 Iowa (9/19) | 3-1 | Big Ten | @ Minnesota (9/27) |
| Haynes King | Georgia Tech | 3 | 46 | 66 | 70% | 515 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 274 | W 45-24 Temple (9/20) | 4-0 | ACC | @ Wake Forest (9/27) |
| Cade Klubnik | Clemson | 4 | 89 | 148 | 60% | 996 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 60 | L 34-21 Syracuse (920) | 1-2 | ACC | @ North Carolina (10/4) |
| Sam Leavitt | Arizona State | 4 | 72 | 118 | 61% | 748 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 219 | W 27-34 Baylor (9/20) | 3-1 | Big 12 | TCU (9/26) |
| Brendon Lewis | Memphis | 4 | 70 | 105 | 67% | 807 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 293 | W 32-31 Arkansas (9/20) | 4-0 | American | @ FAU (9/27) |
| Maddux Madsen | Boise State | 3 | 54 | 95 | 57% | 808 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | W 49-37 Air Force (9/20) | 2-1 | Mountain West | Appalachian State (9/27) |
| Arch Manning | Texas | 4 | 65 | 106 | 61% | 888 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 123 | W 55-0 Sam Houston (9/20) | 3-1 | SEC | @ Florida (10/4) |
| John Mateer | Oklahoma | 4 | 95 | 141 | 67% | 1215 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 190 | W 24-7 Auburn (9/20) | 4-0 | SEC | Kent State (10/4) |
| Owen McCown | UTSA | 4 | 86 | 138 | 62% | 756 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | W 17-16 Colorado State (9/20) | 3-1 | American | @ Temple (10/4) |
| Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | 4 | 76 | 99 | 77% | 975 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | W 63-10 Illinois (9/20) | 4-0 | Big Ten | @ Iowa (9/27) |
| Darian Mensah | Duke | 4 | 99 | 147 | 67% | 1305 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -8 | W 45-33 NC State (9/20) | 2-2 | ACC | @ Syracuse (9/27) |
| Chandler Morris | Virginia | 4 | 85 | 120 | 71% | 1050 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 132 | W 48-20 Stanford (9/20) | 3-1 | ACC | FSU (9/26) |
| Behren Morton | Texas Tech | 4 | 69 | 100 | 69% | 1065 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | W 34-10 Utah (9/20) | 4-0 | Big 12 | @ Houston (10/4) |
| Miller Moss | Louisville | 3 | 53 | 79 | 67% | 1090 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -33 | W 40-17 Bowling Green (9/20) | 3-0 | ACC | @ Pitt (9/27) |
| Maalik Murphy | Oregon State | 4 | 82 | 143 | 57% | 964 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -19 | L 41-7 Oregon (9/20) | 0-4 | Pac 12 | Houston (9/26) |
| Garrett Nussmeier | LSU | 4 | 94 | 137 | 69% | 962 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -10 | W 56-10 SE Louisiana (9/20) | 4-0 | SEC | @ Ole Miss (9/27) |
| Diego Pavia | Vanderbilt | 4 | 68 | 92 | 74% | 890 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 215 | W 70-21 Georgia State (9/20) | 4-0 | SEC | |
| Marcel Reed | Texas A&M | 3 | 58 | 99 | 59% | 869 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 142 | IDLE | 3-0 | SEC | Auburn (9/27) |
| Sawyer Robertson | Baylor | 4 | 109 | 174 | 63% | 1320 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | L 27-24 Arizona State (9/20) | 2-2 | Big 12 | @ Oklahoma State (9/27) |
| LaNorris Sellers | South Carolina | 4 | 47 | 73 | 64% | 733 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | L 29-20 Missouri (9/20) | 2-2 | SEC | Kentucky (9/27) |
| Blake Shapen | Mississippi State | 4 | 67 | 100 | 67% | 884 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | W 38-10 Northern Illinois (9/20) | 4-0 | SEC | Tennessee (9/27) |
| Tyler Simpson | Alabama | 3 | 64 | 89 | 72% | 862 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | IDLE | 2-1 | SEC | @ Georgia (9/27) |
| Brendan Sorsby | Cincinnati | 3 | 45 | 64 | 70% | 655 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175 | IDLE | 2-1 | Big 12 | @ Kansas (9/27) |
| Gunner Stockton | Georgia | 3 | 63 | 89 | 71% | 721 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | IDLE | 3-0 | SEC | Alabama (9/27) |
| Preston Stone | Northwestern | 3 | 51 | 86 | 59% | 541 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -47 | IDLE | 1-2 | Big Ten | UCLA (9/27) |
| Nicholas Vattiato | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 81 | 143 | 57% | 847 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -17 | L 42-28Marshall (9/20) | 1-2 | Conference USA | @ Kennesaw State (9/27) |
| Caden Veltkamp | FAU | 3 | 90 | 138 | 65% | 880 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 | IDLE | 1-2 | American | Memphis (9/27) |
| E.J. Warner | Fresno State | 5 | 93 | 127 | 73% | 946 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 90 | W 23-21 Hawaii (9/20) | 4-1 | Mountain West | Nevada (10/4) |
| Connor Weigman | Houston | 3 | 45 | 70 | 64% | 569 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 142 | IDLE | 3-0 | Big 12 | @ Oregon State (9/26) |