NEW ORLEANS (October 24, 2024) – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced 14 additions to its 2024 Watch List on Thursday. Finalists for the honor will be determined by a select panel of national media covering college football, as well as each of the Mannings. That list will be released on Thursday, December 5 and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.
 
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.
 
After announcing 29 quarterbacks to its preseason Watch List, the Manning Award opted to increase its spotlighted players based on the many outstanding performances during the first half of the year. While these players have been added to the Watch List, every quarterback in the nation remains eligible to win the honor.

2024 Manning Award Watch List Midseason Additions

Player, Class, School	QBR	Pct.	Yards	TD	INT	Rushing
Luke Altmyer, Sr., Illinois	72.6	0.659	1506	15	1	138 yds, 2 TDs
Bryson Daily, Sr., Army	89.4	0.574	629	7	0	909 yds, 19 TDs
Dillon Gabriel, Sr., Oregon	84.4	0.77	2080	15	4	92 yds, 4 TDs
Blake Horvath, Jr., Navy	90.6	0.639	888	10	1	621 yds, 10 TDs
Will Howard, Sr., Ohio State	87.6	0.733	1574	14	3	77 yds, 5 TDs
John Mateer, So., Washington State	74.4	0.6	1896	16	6	533 yds, 8 TDs
Jordan McCloud, Sr., Texas State	82.6	0.684	1886	20	7	217 yds, 5 TDs
Kyle McCord, Sr., Syracuse	74.3	0.656	2160	19	6	1 TD
Garrett Nussmeier, Jr., LSU	82.5	0.647	2222	18	6	16 yds, 2 TDs
Diego Pavia, Sr., Vanderbilt	79.8	0.662	1391	11	1	470 yds, 3 TDs
Kurtis Rourke, Sr., Indiana	91.8	0.746	1941	15	3	45 yds, 2 TDs
Brendan Sorsby, So., Cincinnati	79.8	0.672	1928	13	4	96 yds, 6 TDs
Tyler Shough, Sr., Louisville	76.7	0.628	2016	18	3	NA
Cam Ward, Sr., Miami (Fla.)	92.3	0.687	2538	24	5	190 yds, 3 TDs

 
The additions to the Watch List come from seven different conferences with the Big Ten leading the way with four quarterbacks. The newcomers include 10 seniors, two juniors, and one sophomore.

2024 Manning Award Watch List (Preseason, announced 8/15/24)

Player, Class, School

Joey Aguilar, Sr., Appalachian State

Drew Allar, Jr., Penn State

Rocco Becht, So., Iowa State

Carson Beck, Sr., Georgia

Alan Bowman, Sr., Oklahoma State

Byrum Brown, So., USF

Hudson Card, Sr., Purdue

Thomas Castellanos, Jr., BC

Cade Klubnik, Jr., Clemson

Brady Cook, Sr., Missouri

Jaxson Dart, Sr., Ole Miss

Kyron Drones, Jr., Virginia Tech

Quinn Ewers, Jr., Texas

Noah Fifita, So., Arizona

Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, So., Colo. St.

Garrett Greene, Sr., West Virginia

Seth Henigan, Sr., Memphis

Mikey Keene, Jr., Fresno State

Haynes King, Jr., Georgia Tech

Graham Mertz, Sr., Florida

Jalen Milroe, Jr., Alabama

Jaylen Raynor, So., Arkansas State

Kaidon Salter, Jr., Liberty

Shedeur Sanders, Sr., Colorado

Brayden Schager, Sr., Hawaii

Donovan Smith, Sr., Houston

Preston Stone, Jr., SMU

Nicholas Vattiato, Jr., Middle Tenn.

Jacob Zeno, Sr., UAB

 In its first 20 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 (Jayden Daniels, Stetson Bennett, Bryce Young, Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton, JaMarcus Russell and Tim Tebow) leads the way with nine 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. LSU (Daniels, Burrow, and Russell) now leads the way with three honorees, while Alabama (Bryce Young and Jones), 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.