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 6 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 | 5 | 102 | 157 | 65% | 1459 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 58 | W 41-34 Mississippi State (9/27) | 4-1 | SEC | Arkansas (10/11) |
| Drew Allar | Penn State | 4 | 71 | 113 | 63% | 763 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | L 30-24 Oregon (9/27) | 3-1 | Big Ten | @ UCLA (10/4) |
| Luke Altmyer | Illinois | 5 | 90 | 126 | 71% | 1183 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -11 | W 34-32 USC (9/27) | 4-1 | Big Ten | @ Purdue (10/4) |
| Steve Angeli | Syracuse | 4 | 98 | 156 | 63% | 1072 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -32 | L 38-3 Duke (9/27); DNP | 3-2 | ACC | @ SMU (10/4) |
| Jackson Arnold | Auburn | 5 | 87 | 134 | 65% | 846 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 192 | L 16-10 Texas A&M (9/27) | 3-2 | SEC | Georgia (10/11) |
| Robbby Ashford | Wake Forest | 4 | 67 | 113 | 59% | 916 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 211 | L 30-29 Georgia Tech (9/27) | 2-2 | ACC | @ Va Tech (10/4) |
| Alonza Barnett III | James Madison | 4 | 57 | 94 | 61% | 593 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 84 | W 35-10 Georgia Southern (9/27) | 3-1 | Sun Belt | @ Georgia State (10/4) |
| Rocco Becht | Iowa State | 5 | 79 | 120 | 66% | 1103 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 38 | W 39-14 Arizona (9/27) | 5-0 | Big 12 | @ Concinnati (10/4) |
| Carson Beck | Miami | 4 | 82 | 112 | 73% | 972 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | IDLE | 4-0 | ACC | Florida State (10/4) |
| Zach Calzada | Kentucky | 2 | 25 | 53 | 47% | 234 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | L 35-13 South Carolina (9/27); DNP | 2-2 | SEC | @ Georgia (10/4) |
| Thomas Castellanos | Florida State | 4 | 45 | 70 | 64% | 848 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 217 | L46-38 Virginia (9/26) | 3-1 | ACC | Miami (10/4) |
| Aidan Chiles | Michigan State | 4 | 58 | 81 | 72% | 656 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | IDLE | 3-1 | Big Ten | @ Nebraska (10/4) |
| Jalon Daniels | Kansas | 5 | 85 | 127 | 67% | 1262 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 214 | L 37-34 Cincinnatti (9/27) | 3-2 | Big 12 | @ UCF (10/4) |
| Kyron Drones | Virginia Tech | 5 | 105 | 169 | 62% | 1105 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 158 | W 23-21 NC State (9/27) | 2-3 | ACC | Wake Forest (10/4) |
| Billy Edwards Jr. | Wisconsin | 2 | 7 | 16 | 43% | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | IDLE | 2-2 | Big Ten | @ Michigan (10/4) |
| Walker Eget | San Jose St. | 4 | 94 | 164 | 57% | 1187 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | L30-29 Stanford (9/27) | 1-3 | Mountain West | New Mexico (10/3) |
| Noah Fifita | Arizona | 4 | 78 | 126 | 62% | 965 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 54 | L39-14 Iowa State (9/27) | 3-1 | Big 12 | Oklahoma State (104) |
| Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | Colorado State | 3 | 44 | 82 | 54% | 488 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | IDLE | 1-2 | Mountain West | Washington State (10/3) |
| JC French IV | Georgia Southern | 5 | 85 | 142 | 60% | 946 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 80 | L 35-10 JMU (9/27) | 2-3 | Sun Belt | Southern Mississippi (10/9) |
| Tucker Gleason | Toledo | 5 | 74 | 118 | 63% | 925 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 56 | W 45-3 Akron (9/27) | 3-2 | MAC | @ Bowling Green (10/11) |
| Taylen Green | Arkansas | 5 | 98 | 158 | 62% | 1398 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 441 | L 56-13 Notre Dame (9/27) | 2-3 | SEC | @ Tennessee (10/11) |
| Eli Holstein | Pitt | 4 | 72 | 114 | 63% | 1050 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 69 | L 34-27 Louisville (9/27) | 2-2 | ACC | Boston College (10/4) |
| Josh Hoover | TCU | 4 | 90 | 135 | 67% | 1242 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -8 | L 27-24 Arizona State (9/26) | 3-1 | Big 12 | Colorado (10/4) |
| Blake Horvath | Navy | 4 | 26 | 38 | 68% | 500 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 355 | W 21-13 Rice (9/27) | 4-0 | American | Air Force (10/4) |
| Nico Imaleava | UCLA | 4 | 81 | 124 | 65% | 788 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 204 | L 17-14 Northwestern (9/27) | 0-4 | Big Ten | Penn State (10/4) |
| Grayson James | Boston College | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 190 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | L 28-24 Cal (9/27); DNP | 1-3 | ACC | @ Pitt (10/4) |
| Keyone Jenkins | FIU | 4 | 73 | 116 | 63% | 701 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 64 | IDLE | 2-2 | Conference USA | @ UConn (10/4) |
| Kevin Jennings | SMU | 4 | 86 | 120 | 72% | 1126 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | IDLE | 2-2 | ACC | Syracuse (10/4) |
| Avery Johnson | Kansas State | 5 | 95 | 152 | 63% | 1019 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 137 | W 34-20 UCF (9/27) | 2-3 | Big 12 | @ bBaylor (10/4) |
| Athan Kaliakmanis | Rutgers | 5 | 107 | 159 | 67% | 1399 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | L 31-28 Minnesota (9/27) | 3-2 | Big Ten | @ Washington (10/10) |
| Haynes King | Georgia Tech | 4 | 74 | 108 | 69% | 758 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 380 | W 30-29 Wake Forest (9/27) | 5-0 | ACC | Va Tech (10/11) |
| Cade Klubnik | Clemson | 4 | 89 | 148 | 60% | 996 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 60 | IDLE | 1-2 | ACC | @ North Carolina (10/4) |
| Sam Leavitt | Arizona State | 5 | 99 | 157 | 63% | 1039 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 281 | W 27-24 TCU (9/26) | 4-1 | Big 12 | @ Utah (10/11) |
| Brendon Lewis | Memphis | 5 | 83 | 124 | 67% | 1003 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 353 | W 55-26 FAU (9/27) | 5-0 | American | Tulsa (10/4) |
| Maddux Madsen | Boise State | 4 | 79 | 132 | 60% | 1129 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | W 47-14 Appalachian State (9/27) | 3-1 | Mountain West | @ Notre Dame (10/4) |
| Arch Manning | Texas | 4 | 65 | 106 | 61% | 888 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 123 | IDLE | 3-1 | SEC | @ Florida (10/4) |
| John Mateer | Oklahoma | 4 | 95 | 141 | 67% | 1215 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 190 | IDLE | 4-0 | SEC | Kent State (10/4) |
| Owen McCown | UTSA | 4 | 86 | 138 | 62% | 756 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | IDLE | 3-1 | American | @ Temple (10/4) |
| Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | 5 | 89 | 122 | 73% | 1208 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102 | W 20-15 Iowa (9/27) | 5-0 | Big Ten | @ Oregon (10/11) |
| Darian Mensah | Duke | 5 | 121 | 175 | 69% | 1573 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -30 | W 38-3 Syracuse (9/27) | 3-2 | ACC | @ Cal (10/4) |
| Chandler Morris | Virginia | 5 | 111 | 155 | 72% | 1279 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 169 | W 46-38 FSU (9/26) | 4-1 | ACC | @ Louisville (10/4) |
| Behren Morton | Texas Tech | 4 | 69 | 100 | 69% | 1065 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | IDLE | 4-0 | Big 12 | @ Houston (10/4) |
| Miller Moss | Louisville | 4 | 86 | 131 | 66% | 1029 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -40 | W 34-7 Pitt (9/27) | 4-0 | ACC | Virginia (10/4) |
| Maalik Murphy | Oregon State | 5 | 102 | 176 | 58% | 1165 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -10 | L 27-24 Houston (9/26) | 0-5 | Pac 12 | @ Appalachian State (104) |
| Garrett Nussmeier | LSU | 5 | 115 | 171 | 67% | 1159 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -17 | L 24-19 Ole Miss (9/27) | 4-1 | SEC | South Carolina (10/11) |
| Diego Pavia | Vanderbilt | 5 | 94 | 126 | 75% | 1211 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 294 | W 55-35 Utah State (9/27) | 5-0 | SEC | @ Alabama (10/4) |
| Marcel Reed | Texas A&M | 4 | 73 | 121 | 60% | 1076 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 119 | W 16-10 Auburn (9/27) | 4-0 | SEC | Mississippi State (10/4) |
| Sawyer Robertson | Baylor | 5 | 133 | 209 | 64% | 1713 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | L 45-27 Oklahoma State (9/27) | 3-3 | Big 12 | Kansas State (10/4) |
| LaNorris Sellers | South Carolina | 5 | 58 | 87 | 67% | 886 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | W 35-13 Kentucky (9/27) | 3-2 | SEC | @ LSU (10/11) |
| Blake Shapen | Mississippi State | 5 | 85 | 129 | 66% | 1064 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | L 41-34 Tennessee (9/27) | 4-1 | SEC | @ Texas A&M (10/4) |
| Tyler Simpson | Alabama | 4 | 88 | 127 | 69% | 1138 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | W 24-21 Georgia (9/27) | 3-1 | SEC | Vanderbilt ((10/4) |
| Brendan Sorsby | Cincinnati | 4 | 74 | 107 | 69% | 1043 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 227 | W 37-34 Kansas (9/27) | 3-1 | Big 12 | Iowa State (10/4) |
| Gunner Stockton | Georgia | 4 | 76 | 109 | 70% | 851 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | L 24-21 Alabama (9/27) | 3-1 | SEC | Kentucky (10/4) |
| Preston Stone | Northwestern | 4 | 63 | 104 | 61% | 656 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -35 | W 17-14 UCLA (9/27) | 2-2 | Big Ten | UL Monroe (10/4) |
| Nicholas Vattiato | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 109 | 185 | 59% | 1132 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | L 24-16 Kennesaw State (9/27) | 1-3 | Conference USA | Missouri State (10/8) |
| Caden Veltkamp | FAU | 4 | 121 | 189 | 64% | 1198 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 49 | L 55-26 Memphis (9/27) | 1-3 | American | @ Rice (10/4) |
| E.J. Warner | Fresno State | 5 | 93 | 127 | 73% | 946 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 90 | IDLE | 4-1 | Mountain West | Nevada (10/4) |
| Connor Weigman | Houston | 4 | 65 | 106 | 61% | 839 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 141 | W 27-24 Oregon State (9/26) | 3-0 | Big 12 | Texas Tech (10/4) |