The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation announce the 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List Week 1 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 | COMP | ATTEMPTS | % | YDS | TDS | INT | RUSH | SCORE (record) | CONFERENCE | NOTES |
| Holton Ahlers | East Carolina | 1 | 25 | 41 | 61% | 267 | 2 | 2 | 57 | L 21-20 North Carolina State (0-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Old Dominion 9/10 |
| Brennan Armstrong | Virginia | 1 | 21 | 33 | 64% | 246 | 3 | 1 | 105 | W 34-17 Richmond (1-0) | ACC | Next: @ Illinois 9/10 |
| Hank Bachmeier | Boise State | 1 | 4 | 8 | 50% | 30 | 0 | 2 | -6 | L 34-17 Oregon State (0-1) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: @ New Mexico 9/9 |
| Connor Bazelak | Indiana | 1 | 28 | 52 | 54% | 330 | 1 | 1 | -3 | W 23-20 Illinois (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Idaho 9/10 |
| Stetson Bennett | Georgia | 1 | 25 | 31 | 81% | 368 | 3 | 0 | 8 | W 49-3 Oregon (1-0) | SEC | Next: Stanford 9/10 |
| Gerry Bohanon | South Florida | 1 | 17 | 30 | 57% | 172 | 0 | 1 | 28 | L 50-21 BYU (0-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Howard 9/10 |
| Logan Bonner | Utah State | 1 | 20 | 29 | 69% | 281 | 3 | 0 | 6 | W 31-20 UConn (1-0) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: Weber State 9/10 |
| Charlie Brewer | Liberty | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75% | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | W 29-27 Southern Mississippi (1-0) | INDEPENDENT | Next: UAB 9/10 |
| Chase Brice | Appalachian State | 1 | 25 | 36 | 69% | 361 | 6 | 1 | 36 | L 63-61 North Carolina (0-1) | SUN BELT | Next: @ Texas A&M 9/10 |
| Davis Brin | Tulsa | 1 | 30 | 52 | 58% | 460 | 3 | 0 | -12 | L 40-37 Wyoming (0-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Northern Illinois 9/10 |
| Braxton Burmeister | San Diego State | 1 | 5 | 10 | 50% | 51 | 1 | 1 | 20 | L 38-20 Arizona (0-1( | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: Idaho State 9/10 |
| Zach Calzada | Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W 42-16 Mercer (1-0); DNP | SEC | Next: San Jose State 9/10 |
| Hudson Card | Texas | 1 | 4 | 5 | 80% | 24 | 0 | 0 | -11 | W 52-10 Louisiana Monroe (1-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Alabama 9/10 |
| Sean Clifford | Penn State | 1 | 20 | 37 | 54% | 282 | 5 | 1 | 2 | W 35-31 Purdue (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Ohio 9/10 |
| Chase Cunningham | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 18 | 32 | 56% | 110 | 1 | 0 | -19 | L 44-7 James Madison (0-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Colorado State 9/10 |
| Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 1 | 16 | 22 | 73% | 152 | 0 | 2 | 34 | L 31-7 Syracuse (0-1) | ACC | Next: @ UCF 9/9 |
| Jayden Daniels | LSU | 1 | 26 | 35 | 74% | 209 | 2 | 0 | 114 | L 24-23 Florida State (0-1) | SEC | Next: Southern 9/10 |
| JT Daniels | West Virginia | 1 | 23 | 39 | 59% | 214 | 3 | 1 | -23 | L 38-31 Pitt (0-1) | BIG 12 | Next: Kansas 9/10 |
| Tommy DeVito | Illinois | 2 | 48 | 72 | 67% | 429 | 4 | 1 | 17 | L 23-20 Indiana (1-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Virginia 9/10 |
| Jarret Doege | Troy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L 28-10 Ole Miss (0-1) | SUN BELT | Next: Alabama A&M 9/10 |
| Max Duggan | TCU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 67% | 27 | 0 | 0 | 41 | W 38-13 Colorado (1-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Tarleton 9/10 |
| Dequan Finn | Toledo | 1 | 21 | 28 | 75% | 216 | 3 | 1 | 64 | W 37-0 Long Island (1-0) | MAC | Next: UMass 9/10 |
| Dillon Gabriel | Oklahoma | 1 | 15 | 23 | 65% | 233 | 3 | 0 | 20 | W 45-13 UTEP (1-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Kent State 9/10 |
| Jake Haener | Fresno State | 1 | 35 | 41 | 85% | 370 | 2 | 0 | -3 | W 35-7 Cal Poly (1-0) | MOUNTAIN WEST | Next: Oregon State 9/10 |
| Jaren Hall | BYU | 1 | 25 | 32 | 78% | 261 | 2 | 1 | 15 | W 50-21 South Florida (1-0) | INDEPENDENT | Next: Baylor 9/10 |
| Sam Hartman | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W 44-10 VMI (1-0); DNP | ACC | Next: @ Vanderbilt 9/10 |
| Ryan Hilinski | Northwestern | 1 | 27 | 38 | 71% | 314 | 2 | 0 | 3 | W 31-28 Nebraska (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Duke 9/10 |
| Hendon Hooker | Tennessee | 1 | 18 | 25 | 72% | 222 | 4 | 0 | 12 | W 59-10 Ball State (1-0) | SEC | Next: @ Pitt 9/10 |
| Dylan Hopkins | UAB | 1 | 13 | 18 | 72% | 191 | 2 | 0 | -6 | W 59-0 Alabama A&M (1-0) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: @ Liberty 9/10 |
| KJ Jefferson | Arkansas | 1 | 18 | 26 | 69% | 223 | 4 | 0 | 62 | W 31-24 Cincinnatti (1-0) | SEC | Next: South Carolina 9/10 |
| Phil Jurkovec | Boston College | 1 | 23 | 41 | 56% | 283 | 3 | 2 | -10 | L 22-21 Rutgers (0-1) | ACC | Next: @ Virginia Tech 9/10 |
| Haynes King | Texas A&M | 1 | 20 | 31 | 65% | 364 | 3 | 2 | 35 | W 31-0 Sam Houston State (1-0) | SEC | Next: Appalachian State 9/10 |
| Devin Leary | North Carolina State | 1 | 17 | 33 | 52% | 211 | 1 | 1 | 1 | W 21-20 East Carolina (1-0) | ACC | Next: Charleston Southern 9/10 |
| Will Levis | Kentucky | 1 | 21 | 32 | 66% | 303 | 3 | 1 | -18 | W37-13 Miami OH (1-0) | SEC | Next: @ Florida 9/10 |
| Brendon Lewis | Colorado | 1 | 13 | 18 | 72% | 78 | 0 | 0 | 42 | L 38-13 TCU (0-1) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Air Force 9/10 |
| Rocky Lombardi | Northern Illinois | 1 | 14 | 22 | 64% | 192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 34-27 Eastern Illinois (1-0) | MAC | Next: @ Tulsa 9/10 |
| Adrian Martinez | Kansas State | 1 | 11 | 15 | 73% | 53 | 1 | 0 | 39 | W 34-0 South Dakota (1-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Missouri 9/10 |
| D’Wan Mathis | Temple | 1 | 11 | 21 | 52% | 83 | 0 | 0 | 8 | L 30-0 Duke (0-1) | AMERICAN | Next: Lafayette 9/10 |
| Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 12 | 17 | 71% | 174 | 4 | 0 | 27 | W 38-28 Army (1-0) | SUN BELT | Next: Gardner-Webb 9/10 |
| Tanner McKee | Stanford | 1 | 22 | 27 | 82% | 308 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 41-11 Colgate (1-0) | PAC 12 | Next: USC 9/10 |
| Cade McNamara | Michigan | 1 | 9 | 18 | 50% | 136 | 1 | 0 | -8 | W 51-7 Colorado State (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Hawaii 9/10 |
| Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | 1 | 14 | 16 | 88% | 219 | 1 | 0 | -6 | W 38-0 Illinois State (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Washington State 9/10 |
| Tanner Mordecai | SMU | 1 | 23 | 32 | 72% | 432 | 4 | 0 | -7 | W 48-10 North Texas (1-0) | AMERICAN | Next: Lamar 9/10 |
| Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | 1 | 13 | 19 | 68% | 174 | 2 | 0 | 22 | W 38-0 New Mexico State (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Western Illinois 9/10 |
| Dylan Morris | Washington | 1 | 3 | 5 | 60% | 48 | 0 | 0 | -3 | W 45-20 Kent State (1-0) | PAC 12 | Next: Portland State 9/10 |
| Bo Nix | Oregon | 1 | 21 | 37 | 57% | 173 | 0 | 2 | 37 | L 49-3 Georgia (0-1) | PAC 12 | Next: Eastern Washington 9/10 |
| Chance Nolan | Oregon State | 1 | 14 | 23 | 61% | 251 | 2 | 2 | 28 | W 34-17 Boise State (1-0) | PAC 12 | Next: @ Fresno State 9/10 |
| Aidan O’Connell | Purdue | 1 | 30 | 59 | 51% | 365 | 1 | 0 | -17 | L 35-31 Penn State (0-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Indiana State 9/10 |
| N’Kosi Perry | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 40 | 64 | 63% | 620 | 7 | 0 | 25 | L 41-38 Ohio (1-1) | CONFERENCE USA | Next: SE Louisiana 9/10 |
| Spencer Petras | Iowa | 1 | 11 | 25 | 44% | 109 | 0 | 1 | -25 | W 7-3 South Dakota State (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Iowa State 9/10 |
| Jack Plummer | California | 1 | 23 | 35 | 66% | 268 | 3 | 1 | -10 | W 34-13 Cal Davis (1-0) | PAC 12 | Next: UNLV 9/10 |
| Michael Pratt | Tulane | 1 | 12 | 20 | 60% | 164 | 3 | 0 | 55 | W 42-10 UMass (1-0) | AMERICAN | Next: Alcorn State 9/10 |
| Spencer Rattler | South Carolina | 1 | 23 | 37 | 62% | 227 | 1 | 2 | -12 | W 35-14 Georgia State (1-0) | SEC | Next: @ Arkansas 9/10 |
| Chris Reynolds | Charlotte | 1 | 14 | 19 | 74% | 196 | 2 | 0 | 8 | L 41-24 William & Mary (0-2);DNP | CONFERENCE USA | Next: Maryland 9/10 |
| Anthony Richardson | Florida | 1 | 17 | 24 | 71% | 168 | 3 | 0 | 106 | W 29-26 Utah (1-0) | SEC | Next: Kentucky 9/10 |
| Daniel Richardson | Central Michigan | 1 | 36 | 49 | 74% | 424 | 4 | 1 | -1 | L 58-44 Oklahoma State (0-1) | MAC | Next: South Alabama 9/10 |
| Cameron Rising | Utah | 1 | 22 | 32 | 69% | 216 | 1 | 1 | 91 | L 29-26 Florida (0-1) | PAC 12 | Next: Southern Utah 9/10 |
| Will Rogers | Mississippi State | 1 | 38 | 49 | 78% | 450 | 5 | 1 | -16 | W 49-23 Memphis (1-0) | SEC | Next: @ Arizona 9/10 |
| Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | 1 | 27 | 34 | 79% | 345 | 5 | 0 | 11 | W 41-38 Florida Atlantic (1-0) | MAC | Next: @ Penn State 9/10 |
| Spencer Sanders | Oklahoma State | 1 | 28 | 41 | 68% | 406 | 6 | 0 | 53 | W 58-44 Central Michigan (1-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Arizona State 9/10 |
| Tyler Shough | Texas Tech | 1 | 6 | 10 | 60% | 150 | 1 | 0 | 17 | W 63-10 Murray State (1-0) | BIG 12 | Next: Houston 9/10 |
| Garrett Shrader | Syracuse | 1 | 18 | 25 | 72% | 237 | 3 | 0 | 95 | W 31-7 Louisville (1-0) | ACC | Next: @ UConn 9/10 |
| Jeff Sims | Georgia Tech | 1 | 26 | 36 | 72% | 164 | 1 | 1 | 41 | L 41-10 Clemson (0-1) | ACC | Next: Western Carolina 9/10 |
| Kedon Slovis | Pittsburgh | 1 | 16 | 24 | 67% | 308 | 1 | 0 | -20 | W 38-31 West Virginia (1-0) | ACC | Next: Tennessee 9/10 |
| CJ Stroud | Ohio State | 1 | 23 | 34 | 68% | 223 | 2 | 0 | 1 | W 21-10 Notre Dame (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Arkansas State 9/10 |
| Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 1 | 24 | 34 | 71% | 290 | 0 | 1 | -3 | W 31-10 Buffalo (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: @ Charlotte 9/10 |
| Casey Thompson | Nebraska | 2 | 39 | 63 | 62% | 548 | 4 | 3 | -20 | W 38-17 North Dakota (1-1) | BIG TEN | Next: Georgia Southern 9/10 |
| Dorian Thompson-Robinson | UCLA | 1 | 32 | 43 | 74% | 298 | 4 | 1 | 22 | W 45-17 Bowling Green (1-0) | PAC 12 | Next: Alabama State 9/10 |
| Payton Thorne | Michigan State | 1 | 12 | 24 | 50% | 233 | 4 | 1 | 22 | W 35-13 Western Michigan (1-0) | BIG TEN | Next: Akron 9/10 |
| Jordan Travis | Florida State | 2 | 31 | 47 | 66% | 467 | 3 | 0 | 42 | W 24-23 LSU (2-0) | ACC | Next: @ Louisville 9/16 |
| Clayton Tune | Houston | 1 | 22 | 32 | 69% | 206 | 4 | 0 | 51 | W 37-35 UTSA (1-0) | AMERICAN | Next: @ Texas Tech 9/10 |
| DJ Uiagalelei | Clemson | 1 | 19 | 32 | 59% | 209 | 2 | 0 | 28 | W 41-10 Georgia Tech (1-0) | ACC | Next: Furman 9/10 |
| Tyler Van Dyke | Miami | 1 | 13 | 16 | 81% | 193 | 2 | 0 | -3 | W 70-13 Bethune-Cookman (1-0) | ACC | Next: Southern Miss 9/10 |
| Grant Wells | Virginia Tech | 1 | 21 | 36 | 58% | 193 | 2 | 4 | 45 | L 20-17 Old Dominion (0-1) | ACC | Next: Boston College 9/10 |
| Hayden Wolff | Old Dominion | 1 | 14 | 37 | 38% | 163 | 0 | 0 | 17 | W 20-17 Virginia Tech (1-0) | SUN BELT | Next: @ East Carolina 9/10 |
| Bryce Young | Alabama | 1 | 18 | 29 | 62% | 195 | 6 | 0 | 100 | W 55-0 Utah State (1-0) | SEC | Next: @ Texas 9/10 |