NEW ORLEANS (October 15, 2018) – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has named eight quarterbacks as its “Stars of the Week.” College football fans can now go to the Allstate Sugar Bowl Facebook page to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. When voting closes on Thursday at 11 a.m. (Central), the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.
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The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of 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.
This week’s eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee (21-of-32, 328 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 95.2)
Guarantano, who posts his career-high for passing yards, completes 8-of-8 passes on tird-and-8 or longer as he leads the Volunteers to a 30-24 upset of No. 21 Auburn in SEC road action as they snap an 11-game conference losing streak.
Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State (33-of-44, 412 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 80.7)
Haskins registers his second straight 400-yard game (there have only been three in Ohio State history) as he leads the Buckeyes to a 30-14 Big Ten win over Minnesota.
Jordan Love, Utah State (17-of-23, 322 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 97.6)
Love records his fourth career 300-yard game and matches the school-record for passing touchdowns as he directs the Aggies to a 59-28 MW win over UNLV.
James Morgan, FIU (27-of-36, 311 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 89.2)
Morgan posts his second straight 300-yard game, including a 23-yard touchdown pass with 3:55 to go, to lead the Golden Panthers to a 24-21 win over Middle Tennessee in a battle for first-place in C-USA East.
Andre Nunez, Louisiana (19-of-25, 315 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 96.8)
Nunez matches the school-record for touchdown passes while leading the Ragin’ Cajuns to a school-record 759 yards of total offense in a 66-38 victory over New Mexico State.
Brock Purdy, Iowa State (18-of-25, 254 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 83.6)
Purdy, making his first career start, directs the Cyclones to a 30-14 upset of No. 6 West Virginia in Big 12 action.
Nate Stanley, Iowa (21-of-33, 320 yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 86.7)
Stanley records a career-high for touchdown passes and a season-high for passing yards as he leads the Hawkeyes to a 42-16 Big Ten road victory over Indiana.
Jordan Ta’amu, Ole Miss (26-of-35, 387 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 91.8)
Ta’amu, who also rushes for a career-high 141 yards and a touchdown, keys a Rebel rally that erases a 17-point deficit in a 37-33 SEC road win over Arkansas.
While the Manning Award selected 30 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List, additional quarterbacks are expected to be added to the Watch List later in the season. The 10 finalists for the honor will be announced on Thursday, November 29 and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.
In its first 14 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 12 different schools and from four different conferences. The Big 12 Conference (Baker Mayfield, Vince Young, Colt McCoy and Robert Griffin III) joins the Southeastern Conference (Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton, JaMarcus Russell and Tim Tebow) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (Deshaun Watson twice, Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston) with four Manning Award winners each, while Texas is the only school with two different winners (McCoy and Young).
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.
In addition to the Manning Award’s yearly honor, each week during the regular season, eight quarterbacks are recognized as Manning Quarterbacks of the Week. Sixty-three players from 60 different schools were honored during the 2017 season.
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