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 0 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 Sun Belt Aug. 31 – East Tennessee State
Drew Allar Penn State Big Ten Aug. 31 – @ West Virginia
Luke Altmyer Illinois Big Ten Aug. 29 – Eastern Illinois
Rocco Becht Iowa State Big 12 Aug. 31 – North Dakota
Carson Beck Georgia SEC Aug. 31 – Clemson
Alan Bowman Oklahoma State Big 12 Aug. 31 – South Dakota State
Max Brosmer Minnesota Big Ten Aug. 29 – North Carolina
Byrum Brown South Florida American Aug. 31 – Bethune-Cookman
Hudson Card Purdue Big Ten Aug. 31 – Indiana State
Thomas Castellanos Boston College ACC Sept. 2 – @ Florida State
Brady Cook Missouri SEC Aug. 29 – Murray State
Jalon Daniels Kansas Big 12 Aug. 29 – Lindenwood
Ashton Daniels Stanford ACC Aug. 30 – TCU
Jaxson Dart Ole Miss SEC Aug. 31 – Furman
Kyron Drones Virginia Tech ACC Aug. 31 – @ Vanderbilt
Billy Edwards Jr. Maryland Big Ten Aug. 31 – UConn
Quinn Ewers Texas SEC Aug. 31 – Colorado State
Noah Fifita Arizona Big 12 Aug. 31 – New Mexico
TJ Finley Western Kentucky Conference USA Aug. 31 – @ Alabama
Dequan Finn Baylor Big 12 Aug. 31 – Tarleton State
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi Colorado State Mountain West Aug. 31 – @ Texas
Brett Gabbert Miami (Ohio) MAC Aug. 31 – @ Northwestern
Dillon Gabriel Oregon Big Ten Aug. 31 – Idaho
Ethan Garbers UCLA Big Ten Aug. 31 – @ Hawaii
Garrett Greene West Virginia Big 12 Aug. 31 – Penn State
Seth Henigan Memphis American Aug. 31 – North Alabama
Will Howard Ohio State Big Ten Aug. 31 – Akron
KJ Jefferson UCF Big 12 Aug. 29 – New Hampshire
Athan Kaliakmanis Rutgers Big Ten Aug. 29 – Howard
Mikey Keene Fresno State Mountain West Aug. 31 – @ Michigan
Haynes King Georgia Tech 1 11 16 69% 146 0 0 0 0 54 W 24-21 Florida State 1-0 ACC Aug. 31 – Georgia State
Cade Klubnik Clemson ACC Aug. 31 – Georgia
Riley Leonard Notre Dame Independent Aug. 31 – @ Texas A&M
Grayson McCall NC State ACC Aug. 29 – Western Carolina
Kyle McCord Syracuse ACC Aug. 31 – Ohio
Cade McNamara Iowa Big Ten Aug. 31 – Illinois State
Fernando Mendoza Cal ACC Aug. 31 – UC Davis
Graham Mertz Florida SEC Aug. 31 – Miami
Jalen Milroe Alabama SEC Aug. 31 – Western Kentucky
Behren Morton Texas Tech Big 12 Aug. 31 – Abilene Christian
Garrett Nussmeier LSU SEC Sept. 1 – USC
Cameron Rising Utah Big 12 Aug. 29 – Southern Utah
Will Rogers Washington Big Ten Aug. 31 – Weber State
Kurtis Rourke Indiana Big Ten Aug. 31 – Florida International
Kaidon Salter Liberty Conference USA Aug. 31 – Campbell
Shedeur Sanders Colorado Big 12 Aug. 29 – North Dakota State
Brayden Schager Hawaii 1 17 34 50% 203 2 2 0 0 38 W 35-14 Delaware State 1-0 Mountain West Aug. 31 – UCLA
Blake Shapen Mississippi State SEC Aug. 31 – Eastern Kentucky
Tyler Shough Louisville ACC Aug. 31 – Austin Peay
Donovan Smith Houston Big 12 Aug. 31 – UNLV
Brendan Sorsby Cincinnati Big 12 Aug. 31 – Towson
Preston Stone SMU 1 17 30 57% 254 1 0 0 1 35 W 29-24 Nevada 1-0 ACC Aug. 31 – Houston Christian
Payton Thorne Auburn SEC Aug. 31 – Alabama A&M
DJ Uiagalelei Florida State 1 19 27 70% 193 0 0 0 0 7 L 24-21 Georgia Tech 0-1 ACC Aug. 31 – Boston College
Tyler Van Dyke Wisconsin Big Ten Aug. 30 – Western Michigan
Brock Vandagriff Kentucky SEC Aug. 31 – Southern Mississippi
Nicholas Vattiato Middle Tennessee Conference USA Aug. 31 – Tennessee Tech
Cam Ward Miami ACC Aug. 31 – @ Florida
Conner Weigman Texas A&M SEC Aug. 31 – Notre Dame
Hayden Wolfe Western Michigan MAC Aug. 30 – @ Wisconsin
Nate Yarnell Pitt ACC Aug. 31 – Kent State
Jacob Zeno UAB American Aug. 29 – Alcorn State