2015-16 Manning Award Watch List
Here is a list of the 30 lucky men who made the Manning Award Watch list. The winner will be announced at the Sugar Bowl, which takes place January 1.
What is the Manning Award? According to Wikipedia, the Manning Award has been presented annually since 2004 to the collegiate American football quarterback adjudged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States. It is the only quarterback award that includes each candidate’s postseason-bowl performance in its balloting. (In Football In High Heels talk: It is to quarterbacks and football what Best Actor is to the Oscars and Hollywood)
The nominees are:
1. Brandon Allen Sr. Arkansas
2. Tommy Armstrong Jr. Nebraska
3. Trevone Boykin Sr. TCU
4. Jacoby Brissett Sr. N.C. State
5. Connor Cook Sr. Michigan State
6. Joshua Dobbs Jr. Tennessee
7. Brandon Doughty Sr. Western Kentucky
8. Kevin Ellison Jr. Georgia Southern
9. Blake Frohnapfel Sr. UMass
10. Jared Goff Jr. California
11. Joe Gray Sr. San Jose State
12. Christian Hackenberg Jr. Penn State
13. Taysom Hill Sr. BYU
14. Kevin Hogan Sr. Stanford
15. Brad Kaaya So. Miami
16. Cody Kessler Sr. USC
17. Gunner Kiel Jr. Cincinnati
18. Fredi Knighten Sr. Arkansas State
19. Joe Licata Sr. Buffalo
20. Paxton Lynch Jr. Memphis
21. Maty Mauk Jr. Missouri
22. Dak Prescott Sr. Mississippi State
23. Keenan Reynolds Sr. Navy
24. Sam B. Richardson Sr. Iowa State
25. Anu Solomon So. Arizona
26. Zach Terrell Jr. Western Michigan
27. Justin Thomas Jr. Georgia Tech
28. P.J. Walker Jr. Temple
29. Deshaun Watson So. Clemson
30. Marquise Williams Sr. North Carolina
