Tulane’s Michael Pratt earns 2 more weekly honors for South Alabama performance

Fort Worth, Texas / New Orleans, La. – After the first week of the action, Tulane football’s Michael Pratt has earned two more weekly awards as he was named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great Eight and as one of the Manning Award Stars of the Week on Tuesday.

In No. 24/23 Tulane’s 37-17 victory over South Alabama, Pratt was 14-for-15 passing for 294 yards and four touchdown passes. His fourth touchdown pass tied the Tulane school record for career touchdown throws as he now sits atop the leaderboard along with Patrick Ramsey (1998-01) with 72. His 98.0 passing rating was the second-highest single-game mark by an FBS quarterback since 2014. Pratt also ran for 39 yards in the game. His passing efficiency is a nation-leading 346.0. In his career, he has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 35 of his 36 career games. Pratt now has 25 multiple touchdowns passing performances in his career. His four passing touchdowns against the Jaguars matched his career-high set against UCF in the AAC Championship Game on Dec. 3, 2022.

The Davey O’Brien Foundation announced the eight quarterbacks named to the Great 8 list for their performance in week one of the college football season. The quarterbacks on this week’s list are TJ Finley (Texas State), Mike Keene (Fresno State), Michael Penix (Washington), Michael Pratt (Tulane), Shedeur Sanders (Colorado), Jordan Travis (Florida State), DJ Uiagalelei (Oregon State) and Cameron Ward (Washington), The Davey O’Brien Foundation was created in 1977, and the National Quarterback Award, the oldest and most prestigious college football quarterback award, was first issued in 1981.

The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, named eight quarterbacks as its “Stars of the Week”. 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 ballot. This week’s eight Manning Stars of the Week are: Drew Allar (Penn State), TJ Finley (Texas State), Mikey Keene (Fresno State), Michael Pratt (Tulane), Shedeur Sanders (Colorado), Jordan Travis (Florida State), Michael Penix Jr. (Washington) and DJ Uiagalelei (Oregon State).

Pratt was also named as the Senior Bowl’s Offensive Player of the Week and the AAC’s Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He also is on the watch list for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm, the Manning Award, the Walter Camp Award, the Davey O’Brien, the Wuerffel, the Maxwell Trophy and for the Senior Bowl.
After defeating South Alabama on Saturday, the Green Wave welcomes in No. 22 / 22 Ole Miss for a 2:30 p.m. game on Saturday, Sept. 9, at Yulman Stadium. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN2.
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