Eight quarterbacks named Manning Award Stars of the Week

Fans Vote on Facebook to Select Overall Manning Quarterback of the Week

NEW ORLEANS – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has named eight quarterbacks as its “Stars of the Week.” College football fans can now go to the Allstate Sugar Bowl Facebook page to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. When voting closes on Thursday at 11 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, 464 different quarterbacks from 129 schools have been recognized. Sixty-seven players from 66 different schools were honored during the 2021 season.

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

Holton Ahlers, East Carolina (31-of-41, 465 yards, 6 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 94.0)

Ahlers matches his career-best for TD passes while recording the seventh 400-yard game of his career as he leads the Pirates to a 48-28 victory over USF.

Jayden de Laura, Arizona (33-of-46, 484 yards, 6 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 92.4)

De Laura tied the school record for touchdown passes while throwing for the fifth-most yards in school history as the Wildcats rolled to a 43-20 Pac-12 win over Colorado.

Max Duggan, TCU (23-of-33, 302 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 96.1)

Duggan, who also has five carries for 116 yards and a pair of touchdowns, leads the Horned Frogs to 668 yards of offense (8.9 yards per play) as they roll to a 55-24 Big 12 victory over No. 18 Oklahoma.

Frank Harris, UTSA (27-of-36, 414 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INT, QBR: 93.5)

Harris, who also runs for a pair of touchdowns, sets the UTSA record for single-game passing yards while leading the Roadrunners to a 45-20 C-USA road win over Middle Tennessee.

Adrian Martinez, Kansas State (12-of-19, 116 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, QBR: 93.7)

Martinez, who runs for 57 yards on the first play of the game, runs 12 times for 171 yards and three touchdowns, including a 69-yard dash early in the fourth quarter to put the Wildcats on top for good as they take down Texas Tech, 37-28, in Big 12 play.

Drake Maye, North Carolina (26-of-36, 363 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 94.8)

Maye, who also runs for 73 yards and a pair of touchdowns, registers his career-best for passing yards as he leads the Tar Heels to a 41-10 win over Virginia Tech in their ACC opener.

Will Rogers, Mississippi State (31-of-45, 329 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 84.6)

Rogers notches his fourth game of the season with 300 yards and three touchdowns as he leads the Bulldogs to a 42-24 SEC win over No. 17 Texas A&M.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA (24-of-33, 315 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 92.4)

Thompson-Robinson, who also runs for 53 yards and a touchdown, posts the sixth 300-yard game of his career as he leads the Bruins to their first win over a top-15 team since 2014, a 40-32 Pac-12 win over No. 15 Washington.

While the Manning Award selected 30 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List, additional quarterbacks are expected to be added to the Watch List later in the season. Ten finalists will be selected and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.

In its first 18 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 13 different schools and from four different conferences. The Southeastern Conference (Bryce Young, Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton, JaMarcus Russell and Tim Tebow) leads the way with seven 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) joins LSU (Burrow and Russell), Oklahoma (Murray and Mayfield) and Texas (McCoy and Vince Young) as the only schools with two different 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.