Eight quarterbacks named Manning Award Stars of the Week

NEW ORLEANS (November 27, 2023) – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has named eight quarterbacks as its “Stars of the Week.” College football fans can follow the Manning Award on social media (@ManningAward) to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. When voting closes on Wednesday at 9 a.m. (Central), the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.

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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 the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting. Since the Manning Award started recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 524 different quarterbacks from 133 schools have been recognized. Sixty players were honored during the 2022 season while 64 quarterbacks have been recognized this year.

This week’s eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:

Brennan Armstrong, N.C. State (22-of-31, 334 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 82.6)
Armstrong, who posts season-bests in passing yards and touchdowns, directs the Wolfpack to an early 23-0 advantage as it cruises to a 39-20 victory over archrival North Carolina for its first five-game ACC winning streak in 50 years.

Hudson Card, Purdue (21-of-34, 360 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 79.6)
Card, who throws for 275 yards and runs for 85 yards – the first Purdue QB to reach those numbers since Drew Brees in 2000, rallies the Boilermakers from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, scoring on a 10-yard run with 2:39 to go in a 35-31 Big Ten victory over Indiana.

Jayden Daniels, LSU (16-of-24, 355 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 98.3)
Daniels, who posts his fourth game with 200 passing yards (235) and 100 rushing yards (120), leads the Tigers to a 42-30 comeback victory over SEC rival Texas A&M in a game that they trailed by 10 in the second half.

Noah Fifita, Arizona (30-of-41, 527 yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 98.2)
Fifita, who sets the school record for passing yards, breaks the Territorial Cup record for passing yards in the first half alone (357) as the Wildcats crush archrival Arizona State, 59-23, to achieve their first six-game winning streak since 1998.

Garrett Greene, West Virginia (16-of-25, 372 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 81.4)
Greene, who posts his second straight game with 200 pass yards (269) and 100 rush yards (103), drives the Mountaineers 80 yards on six plays in 51 seconds capped by a 29-yard touchdown pass with 23 seconds to go to lift the Mountaineers to a 34-31 Big 12 road win over Baylor.

Joe Milton, Tennessee (22-of-33, 394 total yards, 6 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 91.3)
Milton, who registers career-highs in passing yards and passing touchdowns, also runs for a pair of scores to become the first Volunteer with six TDs in a game since 2009 as Tennessee rolls to a 48-24 SEC win over Vanderbilt.

Bo Nix, Oregon (33-of-40, 398 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 97.4)
Nix has an outstanding performance as he leads the Ducks to their fourth 11-win season in history with a 31-7 Pac-12 victory over No. 16 Oregon State to clinch a spot in Friday’s Pac-12 Championship game.

Levi Williams, Utah State (16-of-27, 351 total yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 80.8)
Williams, who throws for 198 yards and two touchdowns and runs for 153 yards and three more scores, caps a career day with two of his rushing TDs in overtime, including a miraculous 13-yard walk-off TD, to lift the Aggies to bowl eligibility with a 44-41 win over New Mexico.

The Manning Award selected 30 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List and then added 15 midseason additions to the Watch List on October 19th. Finalists will be named on November 30, and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.

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.

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.