NEW ORLEANS (November 10, 2025) – 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. When 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 will be live at approximately 11 a.m. central.
 
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, 605 different quarterbacks from 138 schools have been recognized. Sixty-two players have been honored so far in 2025.
 
This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Byrum Brown, South Florida (14-of-15, 348 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 99.8)
Brown, who passed for 239 yards and two touchdowns while running for 109 yards and another score while playing one half of football, became the only FBS (or NFL) player in 30 years to have 200 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and complete 90 percent of his passes in a game as the Bulls cruised to a 55-23 win over UTSA in American action.
 
Joe Fagnano, Connecticut (27-of-39, 362 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 75.3)
Fagnano, who hasn't thrown an interception this season (304 attempts), posted his fifth 300-yard passing game of the season and connected on 6-of-7 passes on the final drive, capped by a 19-yard touchdown delivery with 1:58 to go, to lift the Huskies to a 37-34 victory over Duke.
 
Tucker Gleason, Toledo (25-of-31, 318 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 92.6)
Gleason, who posted his fifth career 300-yard game with a season-best 309 yards, also eclipsed 6,000 career passing yards and 50 career touchdown passes as he led the Rockets to a 42-3 MAC victory over Northern Illinois.
 
Athan Kaliakmanis, Rutgers (13-of-20, 241 total yards, 4 TDs, 2 INT, QBR: 97.8)
Kaliakmanis, who matched his career best with four touchdown passes while surpassing 200 passing yards for the third straight week, helped the Scarlet Knights to a 35-20 win over Maryland.
 
TJ Lateef, Nebraska (13-of-15, 236 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 98.7)
Lateef, who became the fifth true freshman to start at quarterback for the Cornhuskers since 1950, drove Nebraska to scores on its first four possessions in a 28-21 road win over UCLA in Big Ten play.
 
Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (25-of-33, 489 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 95.7)
Pavia, who passed for a career-best 377 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 112 yards and another score to become the first Vandy player in history with a 300/100 game, connected on a four-yard TD pass in overtime to lift the Commodores to a 45-38 SEC victory over Auburn.
 
Jake Retzlaff, Tulane (16-of-23, 375 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 95.5)
Retzlaff opened his evening with a 65-yard touchdown delivery and then continued to roll, adding a 54-yard scoring pass and a 33-yard TD run as the Green Wave jumped ahead early and held on for a huge American road victory over Memphis, 38-32.
 
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, California (30-of-47, 323 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 84.4)
Sagapolutele, who recorded career-highs in passing yards, completions, and attempts, notched his 10th straight 200-yard game to start his career and delivered the game-winning touchdown on a three-yard pass on fourth-and-goal in overtime to upset No. 15 Louisville, the Bears' first win over a top 15 team since 2019.
 
The Manning Award selected 27 quarterbacks for its Watch List in the preseason and added an additional 22 quarterbacks on October 23. 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 21 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 15 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) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (Cam Ward, Deshaun Watson twice, Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston) have each had five 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.