The Allstate Sugar Bowl is continuing with its Manning Award Futures program for the 2025 season. The Futures initiative was created in 2020 to recognize outstanding area high school quarterbacks on a weekly basis. Each week, four area quarterbacks are recognized as “Manning Award Futures” based on their performances from the 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 103 quarterbacks from 50 different high schools since the honor’s inception in 2020.
“Given the Sugar Bowl’s long-standing support of high school athletics in the state, we felt this was a natural,” said Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley. “There are so many great performances by high school quarterbacks in the New Orleans area each week that deserve recognition. Our partnership with the Manning family on the collegiate award has been special, and we think the Manning Award Futures can grow into something special as well. It should be fun.”
All-Time Honorees
Manning Award Futures, 10/7/25:
JaJuan Johnson, St. James (16-of-21, 290 total yards, 3 TDs)
John Johnson, Edna Karr (14-of-28, 252 yards, 5 TDs)
Kaiden Thomas, Willow (18-of-36, 283 yards, 5 TDs)
Mynue Zeno, Abramson (17-of-21, 417 total yards, 5 TDs)
Manning Award Futures, 9/30/25:
Hudson Fields, Brother Martin (21-of-30, 323 yards, TD)
Da’John Howard, Salmen (7-of-12, 253 total yards, 3 TDs)
Brody Loudermilk, Lakeshore (4-of-6, 267 total yards, 1 TD)
Jake Randle, Newman (12-of-15, 325 total yards, 4 TDs)
Manning Award Futures, 9/23/25:
Vashaun Coulon, St. Augustine (14-of-21, 338 total yards, 7 TDs)
Donny Lawrence, St. Martin’s Episcopal (10-of-15, 218 total yards, 4 TDs)
Asher Preatto, Frederick Douglass (16-of-21, 351 total yards, 2 TDs)
Conner Tyson, Fontainebleau (3-of-3, 245 total yards, 1 TD)
Manning Award Futures, 9/16/25:
Hudson Fields, Brother Martin (15-of-18, 283 yards, 2 TDs)
Matthew Fussell, Covington (4-of-12, 274 total yards, 3 TDs)
John Johnson, Edna Karr (16-of-30, 272 total yards, 3 TDs)
Kaiden Thomas, Willow (14-of-22, 261 yards, 4 TDs)
Manning Award Futures, 9/9/25:
Ben Hendricks, Mandeville (11-of-16, 345 total yards, 2 TDs)
Brayden Hutchinson, Pearl River (9-of-11, 264 total yards)
Ricky Williams, Slidell (12-of-22, 253 total yards, 3 TDs)
Vaushaun Coulon, St. Augustine (13-of-16, 218 total yards, 4 TDs)
Manning Award Futures, 2024
Manning Award Futures, 2023
Manning Award Futures, 2022
Manning Award Futures, 2021
Manning Award Futures, 2020
