Several SEC quarterbacks named to 2020 Manning Award watch list
Watch list season isn’t over yet as the 2020 Manning Award has released its preseason list of the nation’s top quarterbacks heading into the upcoming college football season.
If you aren’t familiar with the Manning Award, it’s annually awarded to the nation’s best quarterback and is the only QB award that takes into account the candidates’ bowl performance in addition to their regular season accomplishments.
Of course, the award is named after Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. The 2020 Manning Award winner will be selected after the bowls by a voting panel, which includes national media members, and each of the Mannings.
This season, three quarterbacks from the Southeastern Conference were honored on the 2020 Manning Award watch list.
SEC Players on the Manning Award watch list
- Kyle Trask, Sr., Florida
- Bo Nix, So., Auburn
- Kellen Mond, Sr., Texas A&M
National Players on the Manning Award watch list
- Jack Abraham, Jr., Southern Miss
- Holton Ahlers, Jr., East Carolina
- Ian Book, Sr., Notre Dame
- Charlie Brewer, Sr., Baylor
- Shane Buechele, Sr., SMU
- Sean Clifford, Jr., Penn State
- Jack Coan, Sr., Wisconsin
- Dustin Crum, Sr., Kent State
- Micale Cunningham, Jr., Louisville
- Jayden Daniels, So., Arizona State
- Sam Ehlinger, Sr., Texas
- Justin Fields, Jr., Ohio State
- Dillon Gabriel, So., UCF
- Sam Howell, So., North Carolina
- Trey Lance, So., North Dakota State
- Trevor Lawrence, Jr., Clemson
- Levi Lewis, Sr., Louisiana
- Tanner Morgan, Jr., Minnesota
- Drew Plitt, Sr., Ball State
- Brock Purdy, Jr., Iowa State
- Chris Reynolds, Jr., Charlotte
- Chris Robison, Jr., FAU
- Kedon Slovis, So., USC
- Zac Thomas, Sr., Appalachian State
- Skylar Thompson, Sr. Kansas State
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Jr., UCLA
- Brady White, Sr., Memphis
Sam Howell-UNC and Kyle Trask-Florida should have breakout years. Micale Cunnigham at Louisville is one to watch carefully. Kellen Mond…not so much…His inconsistency just seems to get the best of him at key moments in games. Bo Nix is still growing as a QB. The other name-QB’s we all know who they are.
LOL. I guess the Mannings aren’t big believers in PFF’s data analytics?
From PFF, “Bo Nix faces the same problem Kyle Trask does: He just wasn’t that good last year.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself. What’s that? That’s exactly what I’ve been saying?
Yeah you’re right Trask and Mullen aren’t any good. What was I thinking??
Overrated? Yes, both Trask and MuLLLen are highly overrated by the media. Which is the point I’ve been making.
Interesting that the list doesn’t include any 2020 transfer qbs. King, Newman/Daniels, Costello, etc. are all excluded. Not saying any of those would necessarily win, but they’re certainly worthy of the company of the other pre-season qbs.
Top 5 to win it
1. Lawrence
2. Fields
3. Lance
4. Howell
5. Daniels
C21…Fields & Lawrence…We all know them quite well. That’s why I omitted them. Howell at UNC could have played anywhere, SEC included. He just makes-it-happen. They would have beaten Clemson in 2019 if the OC had called any other play. He called a QB sweep, with Clemson’s fast Defense=wrong. Howell impresses me…a lot of maturity in that young QB.
Fields & Lawrence probably won’t win this award just because they should be Heisman finalists and finalists for countless others, but if we’re looking at just this award, other awards aside, they are top 5.