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Manning Award preseason watch list released with 5 B1G quarterbacks
By Paul Harvey
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The Manning Award has presented its preseason watchlist entering the 2022 season.
That watchlist includes 30 of the top quarterbacks in the country with nominees from all 10 FBS conferences in the country.
Out of the B1G, Heisman finalist CJ Stroud led a group of 5 QBs from the conference. Here is every B1G QB on the watchlist:
- Sean Clifford, Penn State
- Aidan O’Connell, Purdue
- CJ Stroud, Ohio State
- Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland
- Payton Thorne, Michigan State
Here is the criteria used for the award as presented in the Manning Award press release:
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’ll see how this award shapes up in 2022. Alabama’s Bryce Young took home the award last season.
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.