NEW ORLEANS (December 2, 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.
  
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, 570 different quarterbacks from 135 schools have been recognized. Sixty-six players were honored during the 2023 season and 74 quarterbacks have been recognized so far in 2024.
 
This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Micah Alejado, Hawai'i (37-of-57, 523 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 64.7)
Alejado, who became the first Hawai'i quarterback to throw for five touchdowns in his first career start, also set the school record for passing yards by a freshman with 469 as the Rainbow Warriors topped New Mexico, 38-30, in MW action.
 
Bryson Daily, Army (10-of-17, 337 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 82.4)
Daily, who passed for a season-high 190 yards and ran for 147 more, ran for touchdowns on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter, including his AAC record-tying 25th rushing TD, to lift the Black Knights to a 29-24 victory over UTSA in AAC action.
 
Walker Eget, San Jose State (33-of-49, 399 total yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 68.5)
Eget, who set a career-high with four touchdown passes, delivered an 18-yard TD pass with 1:55 to go to lift the Spartans to a 34-31 victory over Stanford.
 
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, Colorado State (31-of-46, 376 total yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 57.0)
Fowler-Nicolosi helped CSU to its biggest comeback since at least 1965 (17-point deficit in third quarter) as he recorded four fourth-quarter touchdowns, including a running score with 2:32 to go and a 26-yard passing TD with 1:37 remaining, to lift the Rams to a 42-37 MW win over Utah State.
 
Brett Gabbert, Miami, Ohio (18-of-28, 255 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INT, QBR: 85.7)
Gabbert connected on three touchdown passes, including a 72-yard hook-up early in the fourth quarter to push the RedHawks lead to nine points as they took down Bowling Green, 28-12, on the road to clinch a spot in the MAC Championship game.
 
Kyle McCord, Syracuse (26-of-36, 380 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 90.9)
McCord, who became the first Syracuse quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in a season, connected on three touchdown passes, including his school record 27th, as the Orange erased a 21-point deficit (largest comeback in school history) to upend No. 6 Miami, 42-38, in ACC action.
 
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado (34-of-41, 438 yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 66.0)
Sanders, who has thrown a touchdown in an FBS/FCS record 48 straight games, broke Colorado's single-season passing yardage record (3,926) and increased his season record for touchdown passes to 35 as he led the Buffaloes to a 52-0 Big 12 victory over Oklahoma State.
 
LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina (13-of-21, 330 total yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 92.5)
Sellers broke free on a third-and-16 play with 1:08 remaining and scrambled for a 20-yard touchdown to lift the Gamecocks to a thrilling 17-14 victory over No. 12 Clemson – their fourth straight win over a ranked team.
 
The Manning Award selected 29 quarterbacks for its Watch List in the preseason and added an additional 14 quarterbacks on October 24. Finalists will be announced this Thursday (December 5) 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.