Sugar Bowl

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 candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting.

Since the Manning Award began recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 624 different quarterbacks from 138 schools have been recognized.

The Manning Award selected 40 quarterbacks for its Watch List in the preseason and will add additional 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 22 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 16 different schools and five 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 more than 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.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 29 national champions, 114 Hall of Fame players, 55 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 92-year history. The 93rd Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will serve as a College Football Playoff Semifinal, will be played on January 15, 2027. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests more than $1 million into the community through 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 more than $2.6 billion into the local economy over the last decade. For more information, visit www.AllstateSugarBowl.org.


September 8: Cutter Boley (Arizona State), Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss), Mason Heintschel (Pitt), Gio Lopez (Wake Forest), Jayden Maiva (USC), Darian Mensah (Miami, Fla.), Dante Moore (Oregon), Kamario Taylor (Mississippi State)
September 14: Lincoln Keinholz (Louisville), Kevin Jennings (SMU), Caden Veltkamp (FAU), Drew Mestemaker (Oklahoma State), Jayden Maiava (USC), Malik Washington (Maryland), Austin Simmons (Missouri), Julian Lewis (Colorado)
September 21: John Alan Richter (Toledo), Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (California), Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss), Colton Joseph (Wisconsin), Jaden Craig (TCU), Darian Mensah (Miami, Fla.), Kenny Minchey (Kentucky)
September 28: Mason Heintschel (Pitt), Maddux Madsen (Boise State), David McComb (Miami, Ohio), Dyan Raiola (Oregon), Keelon Russel (Alabama), Julian Sayin (Ohio State), Davis Warren (Stanford), Connor Weigman (Houston) 
October 6: Braden Atkinson (Oregon State), CJ Bailey (NC State), CJ Carr (Notre Dame), DJ Lagway (Baylor), Julian Sayin (Ohio State), Austin Simmons (Missouri), Gunner Stockton (Georgia), Marcus Stokes (Memphis)
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