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 3 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 | 3 | 72 | 124 | 58% | 964 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44 | W 21-19 East Carolina | 2-1 | Sun Belt | South Alabama 9/19 |
Drew Allar | Penn State | 2 | 24 | 37 | 65% | 420 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | IDLE | 2-0 | Big Ten | Kent State 9/21 |
Luke Altmyer | Illinois | 3 | 54 | 78 | 69% | 647 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | W 30-9 Central Michigan | 3-0 | Big Ten | @ Nebraska 9/20 |
Rocco Becht | Iowa State | 2 | 43 | 61 | 71% | 539 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | IDLE | 2-0 | Big 12 | Arkansas State 9/21 |
Carson Beck | Georgia | 3 | 56 | 82 | 68% | 680 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | W 13-12 Kentucky | 3-0 | SEC | @ Alabama 9/28 |
Alan Bowman | Oklahoma State | 3 | 75 | 112 | 67% | 967 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | W 45-10 Tulsa | 3-0 | Big 12 | Utah 9/21 |
Max Brosmer | Minnesota | 3 | 53 | 77 | 69% | 627 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | W 27-0 Nevada | 2-1 | Big Ten | Iowa 9/21 |
Byrum Brown | South Florida | 3 | 47 | 84 | 56% | 448 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 254 | W 49-24 Southern Mississippi | 2-1 | American | Miama 9/21 |
Hudson Card | Purdue | 2 | 35 | 49 | 71% | 397 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -26 | L 66-7 Notre Dame | 1-1 | Big Ten | @ Oregon State 9/21 |
Thomas Castellanos | Boston College | 3 | 35 | 54 | 65% | 589 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 97 | L 27-21 Missouri | 2-1 | ACC | Michigan State 9/21 |
Brady Cook | Missouri | 3 | 69 | 97 | 71% | 720 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 90 | W 27-21 Boston College | 3-0 | SEC | Vanderbilt 9/21 |
Jalon Daniels | Kansas | 3 | 39 | 71 | 55% | 442 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 100 | L 23-20 UNLV | 1-2 | Big 12 | @ West Virginia 9/21 |
Ashton Daniels | Stanford | 2 | 36 | 58 | 62% | 384 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 | IDLE | 1-1 | ACC | @ Syracuse 9/20 |
Jaxson Dart | Ole Miss | 3 | 73 | 88 | 83% | 1,172 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 54 | W 40-6 Wake Forest | 3-0 | SEC | Georgia Southern 9/21 |
Kyron Drones | Virginia Tech | 3 | 51 | 80 | 64% | 628 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 149 | W 37-17 Old Dominion | 2-1 | ACC | Rutgers 9/21 |
Billy Edwards Jr. | Maryland | 3 | 74 | 104 | 71% | 827 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | W 27-13 Virginia | 2-1 | Big Ten | Villanova 9/21 |
Quinn Ewers | Texas | 3 | 58 | 79 | 73% | 691 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | W 56-7 UTSA | 3-0 | SEC | UL Monroe 9/21 |
Noah Fifita | Arizona | 3 | 63 | 99 | 64% | 863 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | L 31-7 Kansas State | 2-1 | Big 12 | @ Utah 9/28 |
TJ Finley | Western Kentucky | 3 | 48 | 75 | 64% | 490 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | W 49-21 Middle Tennessee | 2-1 | Conference USA | Toledo 9/21 |
Dequan Finn | Baylor | 2 | 23 | 43 | 54% | 307 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | W 31-3 Air Force (DNP) | 2-1 | Big 12 | @ Colorado 9/21 |
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | Colorado State | 3 | 50 | 84 | 60% | 470 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | L 28-9 Colorado | 1-2 | Mountain West | UTEP 9/21 |
Brett Gabbert | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 45 | 72 | 63% | 566 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -26 | L 27-16 Cincinnati | 0-2 | MAC | @ Notre Dame 9/21 |
Dillon Gabriel | Oregon | 3 | 79 | 94 | 84% | 914 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | W 49-14 Oregon State | 3-0 | Big Ten | @ UCLA 9/28 |
Ethan Garbers | UCLA | 2 | 33 | 61 | 54% | 409 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | L 42-13 Indiana | 1-1 | Big Ten | @ LSU 9/21 |
Garrett Greene | West Virginia | 3 | 48 | 81 | 59% | 607 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 122 | L 38-34 Pitt | 1-2 | Big 12 | @ Kansas 9/21 |
Seth Henigan | Memphis | 3 | 67 | 98 | 68% | 741 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | W 20-12 Florida State | 3-0 | American | @ Navy 9/21 |
Will Howard | Ohio State | 2 | 35 | 54 | 65% | 520 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | IDLE | 2-0 | Big Ten | Marshall 9/21 |
KJ Jefferson | UCF | 3 | 32 | 51 | 63% | 563 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 135 | W 35-34 TCU | 3-0 | Big 12 | Colorado 9/28 |
Athan Kaliakmanis | Rutgers | 2 | 29 | 47 | 62% | 377 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | Virginia Tech | 2-0 | Big Ten | @ Virginia Tech 9/21 |
Mikey Keene | Fresno State | 3 | 58 | 93 | 62% | 814 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -28 | W 48-0 New Mexico State | 2-1 | Mountain West | @ New Mexico 9/21 |
Haynes King | Georgia Tech | 4 | 81 | 106 | 76% | 962 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 158 | W 59-7 VMI | 3-1 | ACC | @ Louisville 9/21 |
Cade Klubnik | Clemson | 2 | 42 | 55 | 76% | 520 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -12 | NC State | 1-1 | ACC | NC State 9/21 |
Riley Leonard | Notre Dame | 3 | 49 | 78 | 63% | 433 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 179 | W 66-7 Purdue | 2-1 | Independent | Miami (Ohio) 9/21 |
Grayson McCall | NC State | 3 | 50 | 75 | 67% | 476 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | W 30-20 Louisiana Tech | 2-1 | ACC | @ Clemson 9/21 |
Kyle McCord | Syracuse | 2 | 59 | 85 | 69% | 735 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | IDLE | 2-0 | ACC | Stanford 9/20 |
Cade McNamara | Iowa | 3 | 53 | 83 | 64% | 526 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | W 38-21 Troy | 2-1 | Big Ten | @ Minnesota 9/21 |
Fernando Mendoza | Cal | 3 | 61 | 87 | 70% | 589 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | W 31-10 San Diego State | 3-0 | ACC | @ Florida State 9/21 |
Graham Mertz | Florida | 2 | 23 | 35 | 66% | 286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | L 33-20 Texas A&M | 1-2 | SEC | @ Mississippi State 9/21 |
Jalen Milroe | Alabama | 3 | 35 | 52 | 67% | 590 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 156 | W 42-10 Wisconsin | 3-0 | SEC | Georgia 9/28 |
Behren Morton | Texas Tech | 3 | 79 | 119 | 66% | 974 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | W 66-21 North Texas | 2-1 | Big 12 | Arizona State 9/21 |
Garrett Nussmeier | LSU | 3 | 81 | 116 | 70% | 895 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -12 | W 36-33 South Carolina | 2-1 | SEC | UCLA 9/21 |
Cameron Rising | Utah | 2 | 18 | 29 | 62% | 346 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | W 38-21 Utah State (DNP) | 2-0 | Big 12 | @ Oklahoma State 9/21 |
Will Rogers | Washington | 3 | 64 | 83 | 77% | 825 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -34 | L 24-19 Washington State | 2-1 | Big Ten | Northwestern 9/21 |
Kurtis Rourke | Indiana | 3 | 55 | 74 | 74% | 755 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | W 42-13 UCLA | 3-0 | Big Ten | Charlotte 9/21 |
Kaidon Salter | Liberty | 3 | 47 | 71 | 66% | 726 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | W 28-10 UTEP | 3-0 | Conference USA | East Carolina 9/21 |
Shedeur Sanders | Colorado | 3 | 85 | 121 | 70% | 999 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -16 | W 28-9 Colorado State | 2-1 | Big 12 | Baylor 9/21 |
Brayden Schager | Hawaii | 3 | 63 | 118 | 53% | 682 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 47 | L 31-13 Sam Houston | 1-2 | Mountain West | Northern Iowa 9/21 |
Blake Shapen | Mississippi State | 3 | 61 | 87 | 70% | 834 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | L 41-17 Toledo | 1-2 | SEC | Florida 9/21 |
Tyler Shough | Louisville | 2 | 39 | 57 | 68% | 581 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | IDLE | 2-0 | ACC | Georgia Tech 9/21 |
Donovan Smith | Houston | 3 | 51 | 79 | 65% | 537 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | W 33-7 Rice | 1-2 | Big 12 | @ Cincinnati 9/21 |
Brendan Sorsby | Cincinnati | 3 | 65 | 103 | 63% | 867 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | W 27-16 Miami (Ohio) | 2-1 | Big 12 | Houston 9/21 |
Preston Stone | SMU | 3 | 25 | 43 | 58% | 336 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | IDLE | 2-1 | ACC | TCU 9/21 |
Payton Thorne | Auburn | 2 | 27 | 48 | 56% | 487 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 92 | W 45-19 New Mexico (DNP) | 2-1 | SEC | Arkansas 9/21 |
DJ Uiagalelei | Florida State | 3 | 56 | 99 | 57% | 666 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -14 | L 20-12 Memphis | 0-3 | ACC | Cal 9/21 |
Tyler Van Dyke | Wisconsin | 3 | 43 | 68 | 63% | 422 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | L 42-10 Alabama | 2-1 | Big Ten | @ USC 9/28 |
Brock Vandagriff | Kentucky | 3 | 29 | 55 | 53% | 313 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | L 13-12 Georgia | 1-2 | SEC | Ohio 9/21 |
Nicholas Vattiato | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 65 | 99 | 66% | 875 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | L 49-21 Western Kentucky | 2-1 | Conference USA | Duke 9/21 |
Cam Ward | Miami | 3 | 65 | 89 | 73% | 1.035 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | W 62-0 Ball State | 3-0 | ACC | @ South Florida 9/21 |
Conner Weigman | Texas A&M | 2 | 23 | 44 | 52% | 225 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | W 33-20 Florida (DNP) | 2-1 | SEC | Bowling Green 9/21 |
Hayden Wolfe | Western Michigan | 3 | 35 | 52 | 67% | 517 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -23 | W 59-31 Bethune Cookman | 1-2 | MAC | @ Marshall 9/28 |
Nate Yarnell | Pitt | 2 | 4 | 8 | 50% | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | W 38-34 West Virginia | 3-0 | ACC | Youngstown State 9/21 |
Jacob Zeno | UAB | 3 | 68 | 96 | 71% | 617 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | L 37-27 Arkansas | 1-2 | American | Navy 9/28 |