2024 Golden Arm Candidates

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA, August 14, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation are honored to announce the 2024 Golden Arm Award candidates. This season’s list acknowledges 63 of the nation’s leading quarterbacks, representing all 10 FBS conferences as well as football independent.

The preseason Watch List, semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the distinguished Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, and former players. The award annually recognizes the top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class.

2024 Golden Arm Award Watch List Presented by A. O. Smith

Joey Aguilar, App State

Drew Allar, Penn State

Luke Altmyer, Illinois

Rocco Becht, Iowa State

Carson Beck, Georgia

Alan Bowman, Oklahoma State

Max Brosmer, Minnesota

Byrum Brown, South Florida

Hudson Card, Purdue

Thomas Castellanos, Boston College

Brady Cook, Missouri

Jalon Daniels, Kansas

Ashton Daniels, Stanford

Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss

Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech

Billy Edwards Jr., Maryland

Quinn Ewers, Texas

Noah Fifita, Arizona

TJ Finley, Western Kentucky

Dequan Finn, Baylor

Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, Colorado State

Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH)

Dillon Gabriel, Oregon

Ethan Garbers, UCLA

Garrett Greene, West Virginia

Seth Henigan, Memphis

Will Howard, Ohio State

KJ Jefferson, UCF

Athan Kaliakmanis, Rutgers

Mikey Keene, Fresno State

Haynes King, Georgia Tech

Cade Klubnik, Clemson

Riley Leonard, Notre Dame

Grayson McCall, NC State

Kyle McCord, Syracuse

Cade McNamara, Iowa

Fernando Mendoza, Cal

Graham Mertz, Florida

Jalen Milroe, Alabama

Behren Morton, Texas Tech

Garrett Nussmeier, LSU

Andrew Peasley, Wyoming

Cameron Rising, Utah

Will Rogers, Washington

Kurtis Rourke, Indiana

Kaidon Salter, Liberty

Shedeur Sanders, Colorado

Brayden Schager, Hawai’i

Blake Shapen, Mississippi State

Tyler Shough, Louisville

Donovan Smith, Houston

Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati

Preston Stone, SMU

Payton Thorne, Auburn

DJ Uiagalelei, Florida State

Tyler Van Dyke, Wisconsin

Brock Vandagriff, Kentucky

Nicholas Vattiato, Middle Tennessee

Cam Ward, Miami

Conner Weigman, Texas A&M

Hayden Wolff, Western Michigan

Nate Yarnell, Pittsburgh

Jacob Zeno, UAB

The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied history. Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in 1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239 yards, 290 touchdowns and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games.

This year’s award winner will be presented the Golden Arm Award trophy at the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award celebration the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Giving life to the commitment to give back, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. and presenting sponsor A. O. Smith continue to promote football on all levels by providing financial aid to deserving young scholar athletes.

Sharing a tradition of innovation with Johnny Unitas, who invented football’s two-minute drill, A. O. Smith has been an innovator in its industry for 150 years. What began as a small machine shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1874, has evolved into a leading global water technology company committed to improving the lives of its customers by ensuring access to clean, safe, hot water.

The learn more about the 2024 Watch List and to watch the full reveal, please visit: 2024 Golden Arm Award Watch List. For more information on the Golden Arm Award, please visit: Golden Arm Award. Additionally, follow the conversation throughout the college football season on Twitter, @GoldenArmAward, and use the hashtags #GoldenArmAward and #InnovationLeaders.

Sponsors of the Golden Arm Award Presented by A. O. Smith Corporation include: MedStar Sports Medicine, The Babe Ruth Museum, Comcast, Dunbar Security Solutions, Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, Haddock Investments, HMS Insurance Associates, Inc., Milwaukee Tool, Encore, TRAY, AE2 Creative, Wolf Professional Security, and Extraordinar Luxury Transportation.

About A. O. Smith

Celebrating its 150th year of business, A. O. Smith is a leading global water technology and manufacturing company that proudly employs more than 12,000 people who together provide water heating and water treatment solutions. A. O. Smith offers its customers an advantage in that the company designs, builds, distributes and supports the world’s broadest and deepest line of residential and commercial water heaters as well as commercial boilers. This single-source concept simplifies ordering, installation and service and is backed by decades of research and innovation. For the most up-to-date A. O. Smith news, like us on Facebook, follow us on LinkedIn and visit www.hotwater.com.

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2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watchlist