NEW ORLEANS (October 28, 2024) – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has named eight quarterbacks as its "Stars of the Week." College football fans can follow the Manning Award on social media (@ManningAward) to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. After voting closes on Wednesday at 9 a.m. (Central), the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.
 
Voting opens at 11 a.m.
 
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor 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. Since the Manning Award started recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 557 different quarterbacks from 134 schools have been recognized. Sixty-six players were honored during the 2023 season and 55 quarterbacks have been recognized so far in 2024.
 
This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Joey Aguilar, App State (18-of-27, 307 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 93.7)
Aguilar, playing his first home game in 37 days due to Hurricane Helene, connected on a four-yard touchdown pass with 1:51 to go and then ran through two defenders for the two-point conversion to lead the Mountaineers to a 33-26 Sun Belt win over Georgia State to snap a three-game losing streak.

Max Brosmer, Minnesota (26-of-33, 320 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 97.6)
Brosmer, who connected on a season-best four touchdown passes, delivered a pair of first-quarter TD passes to get the Golden Gophers rolling to a season-best 443 total yards in a 48-23 Big Ten win over Maryland.
 
Taylen Green, Arkansas (23-of-29, 393 total yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 90.4)
Green became just the second player in school history to pass for five touchdowns and run for another as he led the Razorbacks to 673 yards of offense in a 58-25 SEC road win over Mississippi State.
 
Josh Hoover, TCU (21-of-32, 343 total yards, 3 TDs, 2 INT, QBR: 46.5)
Hoover, who passed for 300 yards for the 10th time in 14 career starts, connected on a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including an 84-yard delivery with 5:10 to go, as the Horned Frogs rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit to notch a 35-34 win over Texas Tech in Big 12 action.
 
Colton Joseph, Old Dominion (20-of-26, 373 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 93.4)
Joseph, who tallied career-bests in passing yards (304), passing TDs (4), and total yards in his fourth career start, led the Monarchs to 30 first-half points as they jumped all over Georgia Southern in a key 47-19 Sun Belt victory.
 
Cooper Legas, Tulsa (16-of-31, 379 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 45.3)
Legas, who came off the bench in the second quarter, connected on four touchdown passes in the final 20 minutes of action, including the go-ahead TD with 1:01 to go, as the Golden Hurricane overcame a 42-17 deficit to shock UTSA, 46-45, in AAC action.
 
Fernando Mendoza, California (27-of-36, 389 total yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 89.2)
Mendoza, who was credited with passing for and catching a touchdown on the same play when his pass was lateraled back for him to run it into the end zone, recorded his career-high with 364 passing yards as he led the Golden Bears to 31 first-half points in a 44-7 victory over Oregon State.
 
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado (25-of-30, 324 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 91.2)
Sanders, who tallied his fifth 300-yard of the season, completed his first 15 passes to set a school record as he led the Buffaloes to bowl eligibility with a 34-23 Big 12 victory over Cincinnati.
 
The Manning Award selected 29 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List and added an additional 14 quarterbacks on October 24. Finalists will be selected in early December and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.

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.