NEW ORLEANS (November 22, 2023) – Garrett Greene of West Virgina has been voted as the week 12 Manning Award Quarterback of the Week. He earned the honor over seven other Manning Award Stars of the Week in the Allstate Sugar Bowl's online voting contest.
 
Greene became the second Mountaineer player in history to pass for 200 yards (210) and rush for 150 (154) as he led West Virginia to a 42-21 Big 12 victory over Cincinnati. The Tallahassee native completed 12-of-19 passes and a touchdown while also running for three touchdowns in the victory. For the year, Greene has thrown for 1,909 yards and 13 touchdowns while running for 605 yards and 11 more scores.
 
West Virginia, which has an overall record of 7-4, including 5-3 in Big 12 play, will travel to Baylor this Saturday to close the regular season. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. (CST) and will be televised by FS1 at 7 p.m.
 
Greene's closest competitors in this week's online voting were Jack Plummer of Louisville and Appalachian State's Joey Aguilar. Plummer completed 24-of-37 passes and three touchdowns to lead the Cardinals to a 38-31 ACC victory over Miami to clinch a spot in the ACC Championship game for the first time in program history. Aguilar completed 28-of-46 passes for 318 yards in a 26-23 Sun Belt victory over No. 18 James Madison. He connected on the game-winning 8-yard touchdown pass in overtime to end the Dukes' perfect season.
 
The Manning Award selected 30 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List and then added 15 midseason additions to the Watch List on October 19th. Finalists will be named on November 30, and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.

In its first 19 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 14 different schools and from four different conferences. The Southeastern Conference (Stetson Bennett, Bryce Young, Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton, JaMarcus Russell and Tim Tebow) leads the way with eight Manning Award honorees, while the Big 12 Conference (Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield, Vince Young, Colt McCoy, and Robert Griffin III) has had five winners. The Atlantic Coast Conference (Deshaun Watson twice, Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston) has had four Manning Award winners. Alabama (Bryce Young and Jones), LSU (Burrow and Russell), Oklahoma (Murray and Mayfield), and Texas (McCoy and Vince Young) have each produced a pair of Manning Award winners.
 
All the Manning Award winners follow in the footsteps of the Mannings themselves. In college, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning combined for over 25,000 passing yards and 201 touchdowns while playing in 10 bowl games and earning four bowl MVP awards. Archie was the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft, while both Peyton and Eli were selected No. 1 overall.