NEW ORLEANS (November 21, 2023) – The Allstate Sugar Bowl has announced this week's Manning Award Futures – four local high school quarterbacks who turned in outstanding performances on the football field this past weekend. The recognition is entitled "Futures" as these high school stars are potential future candidates for the Manning Award, which recognizes the top collegiate quarterback in the nation on an annual basis. It was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning.
 
The Sugar Bowl has had the opportunity to recognize 80 quarterbacks from 44 different high schools since the honor's inception in 2020.
                                                                                                                        
Manning Award Futures – High School QBs of the Week, 11/21/23:
 
Dagan Bruno, John Curtis (12-of-14, 239 total yards, 4 TDs)
Bruno, who passed for 205 yards and ran for 34 without turning the ball over, added a critical first-down run on the final drive to lead the sixth-seeded Patriots to a hard-fought 49-42 victory over No. 22 St. Augustine in a Division I select regional playoff matchup. 
 
Ben Hendricks, Mandeville (9-of-13, 236 total yards, 2 TDs)
Hendricks put the Skippers on top with a 71-yard TD on a screen pass and then scored on a 26-yard to clinch a 42-21 Division I nonselect second-round win over No. 5 St. Amant to send Mandeville to its first state quarterfinal since 2020. 
 
John Johnson, Edna Karr (232 pass yards, 5 total TDs)
Johnson tossed second-quarter touchdowns of 28, 7, and 31 yards to jump-start the fifth-seeded Cougars in their 50-0 blowout of No. 21 Woodlawn in a Division I select regional playoff game on Friday at Morris F.X. Jeff Stadium. 
 
Santana Price, McDonogh 35 (11-of-17, 330 total yards, 4 TDs)
Price turned in a brilliant performance, passing for 168 yards and three touchdowns and running for 162 yards (on 11 carries) and another score as the 11th-seeded Roneagles went on the road and thumped No. 6 St. Louis Catholic, 52-23, at Matt Walker Memorial Stadium in the second round of the Division II select playoffs.
 
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 28 national champions, 103 Hall of Fame players, 52 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 89-year history. The 90th Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Semifinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2024. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting nearly $2.4 billion into the local economy in the last decade.