• The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2022 Watch List

    Candidates are chosen based on player performance on-and-off the field as we head into the 2022 college football season.
    Sept. 7, 2022
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    BALTIMORE, MD — The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation, announce the 2022 class of Golden Arm Award candidates. This is the largest selection of active quarterbacks in the history of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, representing 76 schools around the nation. All 10 FBS conferences, as well as a football independent, are represented on the list. The Big Ten leads the way with 13 preseason selections.   

    The preseason Watch List, semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the distinguished Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, and former players. The award annually recognizes the top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class. Candidates are chosen based on player performance on-and-off the field as we head into the 2022 college football season.

    2022 Golden Arm Award Watch List Presented by A. O. Smith

    Holton Ahlers, East Carolina

    Brennan Armstrong, Virginia 

    Hank Bachmeier, Boise State 

    Connor Bazelak, Indiana

    Stetson Bennett, Georgia

    Gerry Bohanon, South Florida

    Logan Bonner, Utah State

    Charlie Brewer, Liberty

    Chase Brice, Appalachian State

    Davis Brin, Tulsa

    Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State

    Zach Calzada, Auburn

    Hudson Card, Texas

    Sean Clifford, Penn State

    Chase Cunningham, Middle Tennessee

    Malik Cunningham, Louisville

    Jayden Daniels, LSU

    JT Daniels, West Virginia

    Tommy DeVito, Illinois

    Jarret Doege, Western Kentucky

    Max Duggan, TCU

    Dequan Finn, Toledo

    Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma

    Jake Haener, Fresno State

    Jaren Hall, BYU

    Sam Hartman, Wake Forest

    Ryan Hilinski, Northwestern

    Hendon Hooker, Tennessee

    Dylan Hopkins, UAB

    KJ Jefferson, Arkansas

    Phil Jurkovec, Boston College

    Haynes King, Texas A&M

    Devin Leary, NC State

    Will Levis, Kentucky

    Brendon Lewis, Colorado

    Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois

    Adrian Martinez, Kansas State

    D'Wan Mathis, Temple

    Grayson McCall , Coastal Carolina

    Tanner McKee, Stanford

    Cade McNamara, Michigan

    Graham Mertz, Wisconsin

    Tanner Mordecai, SMU

    Tanner Morgan, Minnesota

    Dylan Morris, Washington

    Bo Nix, Oregon

    Chance Nolan, Oregon State

    Aidan O'Connell , Purdue

    N'Kosi Perry, Florida Atlantic

    Spencer Petras, Iowa

    Jack Plummer, California

    Michael Pratt, Tulane

    Spencer Rattler, South Carolina

    Chris Reynolds, Charlotte

    Anthony Richardson, Florida

    Daniel Richardson, Central Michigan

    Cameron Rising , Utah

    Will Rogers, Mississippi State

    Kurtis Rourke, Ohio

    Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State

    Tyler Shough, Texas Tech 

    Garrett Shrader, Syracuse

    Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech

    Kedon Slovis, Pittsburgh

    C.J. Stroud, Ohio State

    Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland

    Casey Thompson, Nebraska

    Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA

    Payton Thorne, Michigan State

    Jordan Travis, Florida State

    Clayton Tune, Houston

    DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson

    Tyler Van Dyke, Miami

    Grant Wells, Virginia Tech

    Hayden Wolff, Old Dominion

    Bryce Young, Alabama

    Johnny Unitas

    The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied history. Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in 1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239 yards, 290 touchdowns and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games.  

    The 2022 award winner will be presented the Golden Arm Award trophy by The Johnny Unitas Educational Foundation President, John Unitas, Jr., at the Golden Arm Award banquet and celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.  

    Giving life to the commitment to give back, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. and presenting sponsor A. O. Smith continue to promote football on all levels by providing financial aid to deserving young scholar athletes.   

    Sharing a tradition of innovation with Johnny Unitas, who invented football’s two-minute drill, A. O. Smith has been an innovator in its industry for more than a century. A. O. Smith designs, builds, distributes and supports a broad line of residential and commercial water heaters, as well as commercial boilers. They offer a single-source concept to their customers that simplifies ordering, installation and service and is backed by 80 years of research and innovation.   

    To learn more about the 2022 Watch List and to watch the full reveal, please visit: 2022 Watch List Unveil. For more information on the Golden Arm Award, please visit: Golden Arm Award. Additionally, follow the conversation throughout the college football season on Twitter, @GoldenArmAward, and use the hashtags #GoldenArmAward and #InnovationLeaders.  

    Sponsors

    MedStar Sports Medicine, The Babe Ruth Museum, Comcast, Dunbar Security Solutions, Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, Haddock Investments, HMS Insurance Associates, Inc., Milwaukee Tool, Encore, TRAY, AE2 Creative, Wolf Professional Security, and ZBest Executive & Global Transportation Services.  

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