NEW ORLEANS — Just days after being placed on the shortlist for a plethora of prestigious post-season college football honors, LSU quarterback and Heisman Trophy frontrunner, Jayden Daniels, has been named as a finalist for the Manning Award, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Earlier this week, Daniels was announced as a finalist for the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year.
On Thursday afternoon, LSU announced that Daniels had won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award.
The record-setting Daniels leads the nation in total offense with 412.2 yards per game. He leads the FBS in TD passes with 40 and he’s rushed for another 10 for a nation’s best 50 TDs responsible for.
Daniels has thrown for 3,812 yards, connecting on 236-of-327 passes with only four interceptions, and rushed for 1,134 yards on 135 carries. He joined former Manning Award recipient Johnny Manziel as the only player in SEC history to pass for 3,500 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
Manziel did it in 2012 and won the Heisman Trophy that year.
The full list of Manning Award finalists:
- Carson Beck (Jr), Georgia
- Jayden Daniels (Sr), LSU
- Dillion Gabriel (Sr), Oklahoma
- Drake Maye (So), North Carolina
- J.J. McCarthy (Jr), Michigan
- Jalen Milroe (So), Alabama
- Bo Nix (Sr), Oregon
- Michael Penix, Jr. (Sr), Washington
- Jordan Travis (Sr), Florida State
- Caleb Williams (Jr), USC
“I feel really good about our list of 10 finalists for this year’s Manning Award, and I want to thank our voters for taking the time to select the best quarterbacks each year,” said former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, father of fellow award namesakes Peyton and Eli. “Every one of these quarterbacks has led his team to bowl eligibility, five of them have their teams playing in conference championships this weekend, and seven of them already have 10-win seasons. This is a group of outstanding players and I commend them on their success.”
The winner will be announced after the bowls in January, as the Manning Award is the only college quarterback award that takes the candidates’ bowl performances into consideration in its balloting.
Previous Manning Award winners include:
2022 – Stetson Bennett, Georgia
2021 – Bryce Young, Alabama
2020 - Mac Jones, Alabama
2019 - Joe Burrow, LSU
2018 - Kyler Murray, Oklahoma
2017 - Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
2016 - Deshaun Watson, Clemson
2015 - Deshaun Watson, Clemson
2014 - Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2013 - Jameis Winston, Florida State
2012 - Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
2011 - Robert Griffin III, Baylor
2010 - Cam Newton, Auburn
2009 - Colt McCoy, Texas
2008 - Tim Tebow, Florida
2007 - Matt Ryan, Boston College
2006 - JaMarcus Russell, LSU
2005 - Vince Young, Texas
2004 - Matt Leinart, USC
Seven Manning Award recipients were selected No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft, including Burrow, Mayfield, Murray, Newton, Russell, Winston, and Bryce Young. Two others went second, including Griffin III and Mariota, while Ryan and Young were chosen third overall.
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