NEW ORLEANS (September 23, 2025) – 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 109 quarterbacks from 51 different high schools since the honor's inception in 2020.
 
Manning Award Futures – High School QBs of the Week, 9/23/25:
 
Vashaun Coulon, St. Augustine (14-of-21, 338 total yards, 7 TDs)
Coulon connected on a touchdown on the first play of the game and then continued that pace finishing with seven TD passes as well as a two-point conversion to lead the Purple Knights to a 68-40 win over Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Texas), 68-40, on Saturday at Tad Gormley Stadium.
 
Donny Lawrence, St. Martin's Episcopal (10-of-15, 218 total yards, 4 TDs)
Lawrence, who passed for 159 yards and two touchdowns, also ran for 59 yards and two more scores as the Rebels held off Patrick Taylor, 42-41, on Thursday night at Hoss Memtsas Stadium.
 
Asher Preatto, Frederick Douglass (16-of-21, 351 total yards, 2 TDs)
Preatto, a freshman who has led the Bobcats to three straight wins, passed for 328 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 38-6 win over Sarah T. Reed on Friday night at Joe Brown Stadium.
 
Conner Tyson, Fontainebleau (3-of-3, 245 total yards, 1 TD)
Tyson ran for 172 yards and a touchdown while completing all three of his passes for 73 more yards as the Bulldogs cruised to a 36-6 win over Peabody.
 
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 29 national champions, 110 Hall of Fame players, 55 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 91-year history. The 92nd Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2026. 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. For more information, visit www.AllstateSugarBowl.org.