NEW ORLEANS (September 17, 2024) – 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 83 quarterbacks from 45 different high schools since the honor's inception in 2020.
 
Manning Award Futures – High School QBs of the Week, 9/17/24:
 
Vashaun Coulon, St. Augustine (12-of-15, 339 total yards, 6 TDs)
Coulon threw for four touchdowns and ran for two more as the Purple Knights rolled to a 58-34 win over Cecilia (last year's Division II nonselect state runner-up) on Sunday in a game that was added late due to Hurricane Francine.
 
Amyne Darensbourg, John F. Kennedy (11-of-23, 249 total yards, 3 TDs)
Darensbourg connected on a pair of long touchdown passes (55 and 67 yards) and a short one-yard score while also rushing for 62 yards as the Cougars upended Warren Easton, 36-26, on Friday at Pan American Stadium.
 
Seth Dazet, Brother Martin (16-of-22, 299 yards, 3 TDs)
With his team down four with 50 seconds to play and 80 yards to go, Dazet connected on a pair of 17-yard passes and then connected with Easton Royal for a 46-yard catch-and-run go ahead touchdown as the Crusaders shocked St. Paul's, 31-28, on Saturday afternoon in Covington.
 
Nickson Thibodeaux, Fisher (4-of-10, 212 total yards, 3 TDs)
Thibodaux, in his third year as the starting quarterback, rushed 18 times for 76 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Gators to a 36-27 win over Ben Franklin on Sunday despite the team only having one day of practice due to Hurricane Francine.
 
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 29 national champions, 107 Hall of Fame players, 52 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 90-year history. The 91st Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2025. 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 over $2.5 billion into the local economy in the last decade.