Garrett Shrader named to Manning Award Watch List

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Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List​

National Honor Recognizes Top Quarterback in Country After Bowls​

NEW ORLEANS (August 15, 2023) – The Manning Award, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced its preseason Watch List on Tuesday. The list includes 33 of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2023 season. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.

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.

"We have another outstanding group of quarterbacks on our Watch List," said Archie Manning. "We're excited to get a new season rolling to see who will rise up and establish themselves as the best in the country. We'll add another batch of quarterbacks to the Watch List midway through the season to allow us to recognize transfers and young QBs who have become stars in their new roles or with their new schools."

Inclusion on the Watch List is not necessary for the quarterbacks to be selected for the honor. Transfers and other newcomers at schools were not eligible for the preseason Watch List, but additional quarterbacks will be added to the Watch List during the season. Finalists will be selected prior to the postseason and the winner will be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.

"It's an honor for the Allstate Sugar Bowl to partner with the Manning family to recognize outstanding achievements by quarterbacks from around the country," said Jeff Hundley, the CEO of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. "We're looking forward to another exciting season of college football and the opportunity to welcome the nation's best quarterback to New Orleans next spring."

This year's Watch List includes players from all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences. The Pac-12 leads the way with six selections, while the ACC, Big 12, and SEC have four each. Two non-FBS quarterbacks are also included.

Five of last year's Manning Award finalists are included on this year's Watch List, including Drake Maye (North Carolina), Bo Nix (Oregon), Michael Penix, Jr. (Washington), Will Rogers (Mississippi State), and Caleb Williams (USC).

For full Manning Award information, follow @ManningAward on Twitter and Instagram; like Manning Award, presented by Allstate Sugar Bowl, on Facebook; or visit AllstateSugarBowl.org.

2023 Manning Award Preseason Watch List (2022 stats)

Name, Cl., School	QBR	Pct.	Yards	TD	INT	Rushing
Carter Bradley, Sr., South Alabama	61.3	64.8	3,336	28	12	2 TDs
Chevan Cordeiro, Sr., San Jose State	54.8	60.8	3,250	23	6	265 yds, 9 TDs
Jalon Daniels, Jr., Kansas	90	66.1	2,014	18	4	419 yds, 7 TDs
Jayden Daniels, Sr., LSU	77.5	68.6	2,913	17	3	885 yds, 11 TDs
Jayden de Laura, Jr., Arizona	64.8	62.5	3,685	25	13	122 yds, 4 TDs
Quinn Ewers, So., Texas	65.6	58.1	2,177	15	6	1 TD
Dequan Finn, Jr., Toledo	56	59.7	2,260	23	12	631 yds, 9 TDs
Dillon Gabriel, Sr., Oklahoma	75.3	62.7	3,168	25	6	315 yds, 6 TDs
Darren Grainger, Sr., Georgia State	57.1	58.6	2,443	18	7	734 yds, 6 TDs
Frank Harris, Sr., UTSA	80.6	69.6	4,059	32	9	600 yds, 9 TDs
Seth Henigan, Jr., Memphis	59.3	64.1	3,571	22	8	289 yds, 4 TDs
Michael Hiers, Sr., Samford	NA	76.6	3,544	36	4	163 yds, 3 TDs
KJ Jefferson, Sr., Arkansas	77.9	68	2,648	24	5	640 yds, 9 TDs
Riley Leonard, Jr., Duke	72.9	63.9	2,967	20	6	699 yds, 13 TDs
Drake Maye, So., North Carolina	82.7	66.2	4,321	38	7	698 yds, 7 TDs
Grayson McCall, Sr., Coastal Carolina	67.7	69.7	2,700	24	2	195 yds, 6 TDs
J.J. McCarthy, Jr., Michigan	79	64.6	2,719	22	5	306 yds, 5 TDs
Bo Nix, Sr., Oregon	87	71.9	3,593	29	7	510 yds, 14 TDs
Michael Penix Jr., Sr., Washington	81.8	65.3	4,641	31	8	2 TDs
John Rhys Plumlee, Sr., UCF	74.5	52.7	2,586	14	8	862 yds, 11 TDs
Michael Pratt, Sr., Tulane	66	63.6	3,010	27	5	478 yds, 10 TDs
Spencer Rattler, Sr., South Carolina	57.6	66.2	3,026	18	12	46 yds, 3 TDs
Austin Reed, Sr., Western Kentucky	66.2	64.6	4,744	40	11	224 yds, 8 TDs
Cameron Rising, Jr., Utah	82.9	64.7	3,034	26	8	465 yds, 6 TDs
Will Rogers, Jr., Mississippi State	63.3	68	3,974	35	8	NA
Kurtis Rourke, Sr., Ohio	73.6	69.1	3,256	25	4	249 yds, 4 TDs
Garrett Shrader, Jr., Syracuse	69	64.7	2,640	17	7	453 yds, 9 TDs
Cole Snyder, Jr., Buffalo	42.7	58.8	3,030	18	8	146 yds, 4 TDs
Taulia Tagovailoa, Sr., Maryland	72.1	67	3,008	18	8	64 yds, 4 TDs
Liam Thompson, Sr., Wabash	NA	71.9	3,588	34	7	349 yds, 7 TDs
Jordan Travis, Sr., Florida State	85.3	64	3,214	24	5	417 yds, 7 TDs
Cameron Ward, Sr., Washington State	60.4	64.4	3,231	23	9	58 yds, 5 TDs
Caleb Williams, Jr., USC	86.5	66.6	4,537	42	5	382 yds, 10 TDs

In its first 19 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 14 different schools and from four different conferences. The Southeastern Conference (Stetson Bennett, Bryce Young, Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton, JaMarcus Russell and Tim Tebow) leads the way with eight Manning Award honorees, while the Big 12 Conference (Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield, Vince Young, Colt McCoy and Robert Griffin III) has had five winners. The Atlantic Coast Conference (Deshaun Watson twice, Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston) has had four Manning Award winners. Alabama (Bryce Young and Jones), LSU (Burrow and Russell), Oklahoma (Murray and Mayfield), and Texas (McCoy and Vince Young) have each produced a pair of Manning Award winners.

Statistically, the Manning Award has seen a wide-range of quarterbacks. Sixteen of the Manning Award men threw for over 3,000 yards in their winning campaign, including 4,000-yard seasons from Bennett, Burrow, Griffin III, Jones, Marcus Mariota, Mayfield, Murray, Ryan, Watson (twice), Winston and Bryce Young. On the other hand, Manziel, Murray, Newton, Watson (in 2015) and Vince Young were all 1,000-yard rushers during their Manning years.

Perhaps most impressive among the statistics of the quarterbacks recognized by the Manning Award is touchdowns scored. Thirteen of the winners accounted for over 40 touchdowns during their successful seasons – Burrow's 65 touchdowns (60 passing, five rushing) broke Mariota's record (58 in 2014) for touchdowns by a Manning Award winner.

One of the more unique aspects of the Manning Award is the fact that it takes account of the quarterbacks' bowl performances, in addition to the regular season. Sixteen of the 19 Manning Award winners won bowl games during the season they won the honor. Fourteen Manning Award honorees led their teams to the CFP Semifinals or a BCS Championship game appearance (Bennett, Burrow, Jones, Matt Leinart, Mariota, Mayfield, McCoy, Murray, Newton, Tebow, Watson, Winston and both Bryce and Vince Young). Nine won national championships (Bennett, Burrow, Jones, Leinart, Newton, Tebow, Watson, Winston and Vince Young).

Previous Manning Award winners have also factored prominently in the NFL Draft as they all heard their names called on Draft Day. Seven honorees were selected No. 1 overall (Burrow, Mayfield, Murray, Newton, Russell, Winston, and Bryce Young), while four others went No. 2 or No. 3 (Griffin III, Mariota, Ryan and Vince 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 players from 58 different schools were honored during the 2022 season and 491 different quarterbacks from 132 schools have been recognized since 2011.

 

[JRHEETER]

Shrader is special

And to think many last season said that he couldn’t be a qb because he got moved to WR at his previous school.

SMH

 

[djorange1989]

Shrader is special

And to think many last season said that he couldn’t be a qb because he got moved to WR at his previous school.

SMH

I didn’t know how good he could be, but I knew how stupid that reasoning was.

 

[RF2044]

Shrader is special

And to think many last season said that he couldn’t be a qb because he got moved to WR at his previous school.

SMH

We HAVE to capitalize on this being his last year in ORANGE, and get back to a bowl.

Elements are in place for this to be a special season -- in no small part due to Shrader. OL needs to do their job, and keep him upright.

 

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[721Comstock]

We HAVE to capitalize on this being his last year in ORANGE, and get back to a bowl.

Elements are in place for this to be a special season -- in no small part due to Shrader. OL needs to do their job, and keep him upright.

144% THIS.

Before he started getting dinged up last year, he was putting up some overall videogame-type efficiency numbers.

But between his "owies" and Tuck being a shell of his former self, and then mounting additional injuries, especially on D,
we're just lucky we had that 6-0 start in the bag, before the wheels fell off.

Shredder needs to be opportunistic about his running, and also, get down rather than taking big hits.
We ideally will have him looking to throw more, and to more receiving options, so that the threat of his running is that much more effective, if he's not doing it every other play.

 

[Cusefan69]

144% THIS.

Before he started getting dinged up last year, he was putting up some overall videogame-type efficiency numbers.

But between his "owies" and Tuck being a shell of his former self, and then mounting additional injuries, especially on D,
we're just lucky we had that 6-0 start in the bag, before the wheels fell off.

Shredder needs to be opportunistic about his running, and also, get down rather than taking big hits.
We ideally will have him looking to throw more, and to more receiving options, so that the threat of his running is that much more effective, if he's not doing it every other play.

Agree and I don't know if Dino is looking to change how he engages but in a perfect world, if our team looks good coming out our first 2 games, I would not mind seeing GS out of the game to rest by early 3rd qtr and give CDRW reps or the other guys. Hits add up. If he can rest by mid 3rd qtr for Colgate and W Mich that would be ideal going into Purdue. Also I would really like our #2 to get some early season game time for development and heck even our #3 for a series or two.