NEW ORLEANS (September 6, 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.
 
Manning Award Futures – High School QBs of the Week, 9/5/23:
 
Ethan Couvillon, Chalmette (13-of-19, 198 yards, 2 TDs)
Couvillion had a big day for a Chalmette offense which usually keeps the ball on the ground – the senior's 198 passing yards rank among the 10 highest in program history – as the Owls defeated Hannan, 40-13, in the season opener at Bobby Nuss Stadium.
 
Greg Donaldson, Warren Easton (10-of-22, 210 total yards, 3 total TDs)
Donaldson threw TD passes of 7 yards and 83 yards and then ran for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as Warren Easton took down Division I state runner-up Ruston, 20-19, on the road.
 
Raphael Reed, Frederick Douglass (17-of-26, 352 total yards, 5 TDs)
Reed, who passed for three TDS and ran for two more, led Frederick Douglass to a 34-16 victory on the road at Tara.
 
Lorenzo Zeno, East St. John (45-of-58, 341 total yards, 6 TDs)
After falling behind 20-0, Zeno led East St. John to an impressive comeback with his sixth score of the game coming on an overtime run to lift the Wildcats to a 41-40 win over St. James.
 
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.