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Alabama’s Bryce Young and Ole Miss’ Matt Corral both appear to be in the running for the Heisman Trophy this season. But that’s not the only award that the pair of SEC quarterbacks is battling for.
Young and Corral were among the 20 QBs named semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award on Tuesday. The group was determined by voting from the award’s selection committee and by fans on social media.
There were 5 SEC quarterbacks named semifinalists, as Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker and Mississippi State’s Will Rogers also made the list.
Corral is 1 of 4 quarterbacks who is a semifinalist for the second straight year, along with North Carolina’s Sam Howell, Coastal Carolina’s Grayson McCall and Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder.
From here, the field will be cut down to 3 finalists, who will be announced on Nov. 23 after voting from the selection committee and fans on social media again takes place. The winner of the award will then be announced on Dec. 9 on The Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
Here’s the full list of the 20 semifinalists for the honor (SEC quarterbacks in bold):
Brennan Armstrong, Virginia
Stetson Bennett, Georgia
Anthony Brown, Oregon
Matt Corral, Ole Miss
Jake Haener, Fresno State
Frank Harris, UTSA
Sam Hartman, Wake Forest
Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
Sam Howell, North Carolina
Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina
Tanner Mordecai, SMU
Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati
Will Rogers, Mississippi State
Carson Strong, Nevada
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
Caleb Williams, Oklahoma
Malik Willis, Liberty
Bryce Young, Alabama
Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.
