The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is presented to the senior or upperclassman quarterback with the most outstanding season. There is no shortage of talent on this list in this the year of the quarterback in college football.
- Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
- Brennan Armstrong, Virginia
- Hank Bachmeier, Boise State
- Connor Bazelak, Indiana
- Stetson Bennett, Georgia
- Gerry Bohanon, South Florida
- Logan Bonner, Utah State
- Charlie Brewer, Liberty
- Chase Brice, Appalachian State
- Davis Brin, Tulsa
- Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State
- Zach Calzada, Auburn
- Hudson Card, Texas
- Sean Clifford, Penn State
- Chase Cunningham, Middle Tennessee
- Malik Cunningham, Louisville
- Jayden Daniels, LSU
- JT Daniels, West Virginia
- Tommy DeVito, Illinois
- Jarret Doege, Western Kentucky
- Max Duggan, TCU
- Dequan Finn, Toledo
- Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma
- Jake Haener, Fresno State
- Jaren Hall, BYU
- Sam Hartman, Wake Forest
- Ryan Hilinski, Northwestern
- Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
- Dylan Hopkins, UAB
- KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
- Phil Jurkovec, Boston College
- Haynes King, Texas A&M
- Devin Leary, NC State
- Will Levis, Kentucky
- Brendon Lewis, Colorado
- Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
- Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
- D’Wan Mathis, Temple
- Grayson McCall , Coastal Carolina
- Tanner McKee, Stanford
- Cade McNamara, Michigan
- Graham Mertz, Wisconsin
- Tanner Mordecai, SMU
- Tanner Morgan, Minnesota
- Dylan Morris, Washington
- Bo Nix, Oregon
- Chance Nolan, Oregon State
- Aidan O’Connell , Purdue
- N’Kosi Perry, Florida Atlantic
- Spencer Petras, Iowa
- Jack Plummer, California
- Michael Pratt, Tulane
- Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
- Chris Reynolds, Charlotte
- Anthony Richardson, Florida
- Daniel Richardson, Central Michigan
- Cameron Rising , Utah
- Will Rogers, Mississippi State
- Kurtis Rourke, Ohio
- Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
- Tyler Shough, Texas Tech
- Garrett Shrader, Syracuse
- Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech
- Kedon Slovis, Pittsburgh
- C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
- Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland
- Casey Thompson, Nebraska
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
- Payton Thorne, Michigan State
- Jordan Travis, Florida State
- Clayton Tune, Houston
- DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson
- Tyler Van Dyke, Miami
- Grant Wells, Virginia Tech
- Hayden Wolff, Old Dominion
- Bryce Young, Alabama
TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS
- 2012 – Collin Klein, Kansas State
- 2013 – A.J. McCarron, Alabama
- 2014 – Marcus Mariota, Oregon
- 2015 – Connor Cook, Michigan State
- 2016 – Deshaun Watson, Clemson
- 2017 – Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State
- 2018 – Gardner Minshew, Washington State
- 2019 – Joe Burrow, LSU
- 2020 – Mac Jones, Alabama
- 2021 – Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
MY PAST TEN WINNERS
The past ten winners I would have chosen for this award after the bowl games (a flaw of college football) and thus taken the entire season into account. I also account for how their overall performance affected their team in a season.
- 2012 – Collin Klein, Kansas State
- 2013 – Derek Carr, Fresno State
- 2014 – Marcus Mariota, Oregon
- 2015 – Trevone Boykin, TCU
- 2016 – Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee
- 2017 – J.T. Barrett, Ohio State
- 2018 – Gardner Minshew, Washington State
- 2019 – Joe Burrow, LSU
- 2020 – Mac Jones, Alabama
- 2021 – Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
MY TOP TEN FOR 2022
As the award typically goes to the best senior quarterback, I picked the best 5th and some cases 6th year senior quarterbacks in America in 2022.
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Malik Cunningham, Louisville
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Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
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Sean Clifford, Penn State
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Aidan O’Connell, Purdue
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Tanner Mordecai, SMU
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Jake Haener, Fresno State
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Clayton Tune, Houston
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Brennan Armstrong, Virginia
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Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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Chase Brice, Appalachian State
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