2022 Manning Award Preseason Watch List

One of the unique things about the Manning Award that I absolutely love is that it includes the postseason performance of all its candidates when it makes its evaluation and final selection after the completion of the entire college football season. That said I still have my disagreements with their choices, but that’s the fun of college football. Here are their candidates for 2022.

2022 Manning Award Preseason Watch List (2021 stats)

Name, Class, School	QBR	Pct.	Yards	TD	INT	Rushing
Brennan Armstrong, Sr., Virginia	75.4	65.2	4,449	31	10	251 yds, 9 TDs
Stetson Bennett, Sr., Georgia	86.7	64.5	2,862	29	7	259 yds, 1 TD
Logan Bonner, Sr., Utah State	63.7	61.2	3,628	36	12	NA
Chase Brice, Sr., Appalachian State	67.9	62.1	3,337	27	11	149 yds, 3 TDs
Sean Clifford, Sr., Penn State	66.2	61	3,107	21	8	163 yds, 2 TDs
Malik Cunningham, Sr., Louisville	81.9	62	2,941	19	6	1,031 yds, 20 TDs
Brett Gabbert, Jr., Miami (Ohio)	64.5	59.5	2,648	26	6	151 yds, 1 TD
Jake Haener, Sr., Fresno State	66.5	67.1	4,096	33	9	3 TDs
Jaren Hall, Jr., BYU	78	63.9	2,583	20	5	307 yds, 3 TDs
Frank Harris, Sr., UTSA	75.8	66.1	3,177	27	6	566 yds, 6 TDs
Sam Hartman, Jr., Wake Forest	79.7	58.9	4,228	39	14	363 yds, 11 TDs
Seth Henigan, So., Memphis	62.9	59.8	3,322	25	8	147 yds
Hendon Hooker, Sr., Tennessee	77.9	68.2	2,945	31	3	620 yds, 5 TDs
KJ Jefferson, Jr., Arkansas	76.7	67.3	2,676	21	4	664 yds, 6 TDs
Devin Leary, Jr., NC State	71.9	65.7	3,433	35	5	2 TDs
Will Levis, Sr., Kentucky	76.8	66	2,826	24	13	376 yds, 9 TDs
Grayson McCall, Sr., Coastal Carolina	81.5	73	2,873	27	3	290 yds, 4 TDs
Tanner Mordecai, Sr., SMU	69.6	67.8	3,628	39	12	202 yds, 2 TDs
Aidan O’Connell, Sr., Purdue	85.7	71.6	3,712	28	11	1 TD
Chris Reynolds, Sr., Charlotte	53.3	63.9	2,680	26	9	174 yds, 4 TDs
Cameron Rising, Jr., Utah	84.2	63.8	2,493	20	5	499 yds, 6 TDs
Will Rogers, Jr., Mississippi State	74	73.9	4,739	36	9	NA
Spencer Sanders, Sr., Oklahoma St.	68.1	62.1	2,839	20	12	668 yds, 6 TDs
C.J. Stroud, So., Ohio State	91.6	71.9	4,435	44	6	NA
Taulia Tagovailoa, Jr., Maryland	70.3	69.2	3,860	26	11	77 yds, 2 TDs
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sr., UCLA	79	62.2	2,409	21	6	609 yds, 9 TDs
Payton Thorne, Jr., Michigan State	77.7	60.4	3,240	27	10	181 yds, 4 TDs
Clayton Tune, Sr., Houston	71.5	68.2	3,546	30	10	154 yds, 2 TDs
Tyler Van Dyke, So., Miami	80.1	62.3	2,931	25	6	1 TD
Bryce Young, Jr., Alabama	87.6	66.9	4,872	47	7	3 TDs

TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS

2012 – Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M

2013 – Jameis Winston, Florida State

2014 – Marcus Mariota, Oregon

2015 – Deshaun Watson, Clemson

2016 – Deshaun Watson, Clemson

2017 – Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma

2018 – Kyler Murray, Oklahoma

2019 – Joe Burrow, LSU

2020 – Mac Jones, Alabama

2021 – Bryce Young, Alabama

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 effected their team in a season.

2012 – Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois

2013 – Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville

2014 – Marcus Mariota, Oregon

2015 – Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma

2016 – Lamar Jackson, Louisville

2017 – Lamar Jackson, Louisville

2018 – Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State

2019 – Joe Burrow, LSU

2020 – Mac Jones, Alabama

2021 – C.J. Stroud, Ohio State

MY TOP TEN FOR 2022

1. C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
2. Bryce Young, Alabama
3. Stetson Bennett, Georgia
4. Caleb Williams, USC
5. Malik Cunningham, Louisville
6. Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
7. Jake Haener, Fresno State
8. Jaren Hall, BYU
9. Clayton Tune, Houston
10. Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma

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