Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is given annually in the United States to the nation's top upperclassman quarterback in college football. Candidates are judged on accomplishments on the field as well as on their character, scholastic achievement, and leadership qualities.<ref name=Hickey>Template:Cite news</ref> The award was established in 1987 and named after Johnny Unitas, who was nicknamed "The Golden Arm".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Unitas played his college career at the University of Louisville and set many records in the National Football League while playing for the Baltimore Colts.

Winners

These are the award recipients since inception in 1987.<ref name="initial">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year	Player	School	Refs
1987	Don McPherson	Syracuse	<ref name="initial" />
1988	Rodney Peete	USC	<ref name="initial" />
1989	Tony Rice	Notre Dame	<ref name="initial" />
1990	Craig Erickson	Miami	<ref name="initial" />
1991	Casey Weldon	Florida State	<ref name="initial" />
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami (2)	<ref name="initial" />
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State (2)	<ref name="initial" />
1994	Jay Barker	Alabama	<ref name="initial" />
1995	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	<ref name="initial" />
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	<ref name="initial" />
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee	<ref name="initial" />
1998	Cade McNown	UCLA	<ref name="initial" />
1999	Chris Redman	Louisville	<ref name="initial" />
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State (3)	<ref name="initial" />
2001	David Carr	Fresno State	<ref name="initial" />
2002	Carson Palmer	USC (2)	<ref name="initial" />
2003	Eli Manning	Ole Miss	<ref name="initial" />
2004	Jason White	Oklahoma	<ref name="initial" />
2005	Matt Leinart	USC (3)	<ref name="initial" />
2006	Brady Quinn	Notre Dame (2)	<ref name="initial" />
2007	Matt Ryan	Boston College	<ref name="initial" />
2008	Graham Harrell	Texas Tech	<ref name="initial" />
2009	Colt McCoy	Texas	<ref name="initial" />
2010	Scott Tolzien	Wisconsin	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011	Andrew Luck	Stanford	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012	Collin Klein	Kansas State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013	A. J. McCarron	Alabama (2)	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Marcus Mariota	Oregon	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Connor Cook	Michigan State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016	Deshaun Watson	Clemson	<ref name=Hickey/>
2017	Mason Rudolph	Oklahoma State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018	Gardner Minshew	Washington State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019	Joe Burrow	LSU	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	Mac Jones	Alabama (3)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Max Duggan	TCU	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Jayden Daniels	LSU (2)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Shedeur Sanders	Colorado	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

• Official website

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