NEW ORLEANS (December 1, 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 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, 609 different quarterbacks from 138 schools have been recognized. Sixty-nine players have been honored so far in 2025.

This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Byrum Brown, South Florida (16-of-24, 379 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 95.6)
Brown, who became just the 12th player in FBS history to record 3,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season, connected on three first-half touchdown passes, including a 60-yard strike, as he led the Bulls to a 52-3 blowout of Rice in American action.
 
Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss (23-of-34, 385 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 93.3)
Chambliss, who tallied his seventh 300-yard game of the season with a season-high 359 yards, including an 88-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter, helped the Rebels post a 38-19 win over rival Mississippi State as they won 11 regular season games for the first time in program history.
 
Brad Jackson, Texas State (20-of-26, 393 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 95.3)
Jackson, who passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns while running for 113 yards and three more scores, matched the school record for single season rushing TDs (16) as he led the Bobcats to a 49-26 Sun Belt win over South Alabama to reach bowl eligibility.
 
Trey Kukuk, Louisiana Tech (8-of-13, 259 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 97.2)
Kukuk ran for 172 yards (the most ever by a Louisiana Tech quarterback) and three touchdowns, including a 58-yard scoring dash with 3:44 remaining to clinch the Bulldogs' 42-30 Sun Belt road win over Missouri State.
 
Amari Odom, Kennesaw State (14-of-23, 312 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 82.5)
Odom, who ran for a key fourth-quarter touchdown, needed just two snaps in a pair of overtime periods to throw a pair of 25-yard touchdown passes to lead the Owls to a 48-42 CUSA win over Liberty as they head to the conference championship game.
 
Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (18-of-28, 433 total yards, 2 TDs, 2 INT, QBR: 92.8)
Pavia, who set the school record for single-season passing yards (3,192) totaled 433 yards of offense (268 passing, 165 rushing) to outgain the entire opposing team (382) as he led the Commodores to a 45-24 SEC road win over rival and 19th-ranked Tennessee to secure the first 10-win season in program history.
 
Jaylen Raynor, Arkansas State (32-of-47, 389 total yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 59.8)
Raynor, who set the school record with 316 completions in a season while throwing for a season-best 363 yards, directed a 75-yard drive on seven plays in 52 seconds to set up the game-winning touchdown run with 42 seconds to go as the Red Wolves upended App State, 30-29, in a Sun Belt road game to become bowl eligible for the third straight year.
 
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, California (31-of-40, 330 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 92.9)
Sagapolutele, who recorded career-highs in passing yards and touchdowns, directed the Bears 75 yards on seven plays (including 5-of-5 passing) in just over a minute as they scored the game-winning touchdown with 43 seconds remaining to shock No. 21 SMU, 38-35, in an ACC showdown.
 
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 announced this Thursday, December 4, 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.