NEW ORLEANS – Old Dominion quarterback Colton Joseph has been named to the Manning Award Watch List, presented by the AllState Sugar Bowl, as announced on Thursday.
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning.
Joseph completed 133-of-122 passes last season for 1,627 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also rushed for 647 yards and 11 touchdowns, tying for fourth in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing touchdowns and finishing seventh in the league with 72 rushing yards per game.
A native of Newport Beach, California, Joseph had two 300-yard passing games and two 100-yard rushing games. He passed for a career high 332 yards at App State and rushed for a career best 158 yards against Marshall.
Inclusion on the Watch List is not necessary for the quarterbacks to be selected for the honor. Transfers and other newcomers at schools were not eligible for the preseason Watch List, but additional quarterbacks will be added to the Watch List during the season. Finalists will be selected prior to the postseason and the winner will be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.
2025 Manning Award Preseason Watch List (2024 stats)
|
Player, Class, School |
QBR |
Pct. |
Yards |
TD |
INT |
Rushing |
|
Drew Allar, Sr., Penn State |
81.6 |
66.5 |
3,327 |
24 |
8 |
302 yds, 6 TDs |
|
Luke Altmyer, Sr., Illinois |
66 |
60.8 |
2,717 |
22 |
6 |
217 yds, 4 TDs |
|
CJ Bailey, So., NC State |
62.4 |
64.9 |
2,413 |
17 |
10 |
279 yds, 5 TDs |
|
Rocco Becht, Jr., Iowa State |
69.4 |
59.4 |
3,505 |
25 |
9 |
318 yds, 8 TDs |
|
Tucker Gleason, Sr., Toledo |
53.3 |
60.5 |
2,793 |
24 |
8 |
364 yds, 7 TDs |
|
Taylen Green, Sr., Arkansas |
67.4 |
60.4 |
3,154 |
15 |
9 |
602 yds, 8 TDs |
|
Josh Hoover, Jr., TCU |
72.8 |
66.5 |
3,949 |
27 |
11 |
4 TDs |
|
Blake Horvath, Sr., Navy |
83.4 |
57.6 |
1,353 |
13 |
4 |
1,254 yds, 17 TDs |
|
Katin Houser, Jr., East Carolina |
42.3 |
60.8 |
2,006 |
18 |
11 |
170 yds, 4 TDs |
|
Keyone Jenkins, Jr., FIU |
39.7 |
61.8 |
2,557 |
22 |
8 |
130 yds, 2 TDs |
|
Kevin Jennings, Jr., SMU |
74.5 |
65 |
3,245 |
23 |
11 |
354 yds, 5 TDs |
|
Avery Johnson, Jr., Kansas State |
69.6 |
58.3 |
2,712 |
25 |
10 |
605 yds, 7 TDs |
|
Colton Joseph, So., Old Dominion |
66.4 |
59.9 |
1,627 |
11 |
5 |
647 yds, 11 TDs |
|
Haynes King, Sr., Georgia Tech |
82.4 |
72.9 |
2,114 |
14 |
2 |
587 yds, 11 TDs |
|
Cade Klubnik, Sr., Clemson |
78.9 |
63.4 |
3,639 |
36 |
6 |
463 yds, 7 TDs |
|
Sam Leavitt, So., Arizona State |
81.6 |
61.7 |
2,885 |
24 |
6 |
443 yds, 5 TDs |
|
Maddux Madsen, Jr., Boise State |
73.6 |
62.4 |
3,018 |
23 |
6 |
221 yds, 5 TDs |
|
Owen McCown, So., UTSA |
61.6 |
63 |
3,424 |
25 |
10 |
340 yds, 3 TDs |
|
Behren Morton, Sr., Texas Tech |
56.4 |
63.3 |
3,335 |
27 |
8 |
1 TD |
|
Parker Navarro, Sr., Ohio |
68.5 |
66.1 |
2,423 |
13 |
11 |
1,054 yds, 18 TDs |
|
Garrett Nussmeier, Sr., LSU |
79 |
64.2 |
4,052 |
29 |
12 |
3 TDs |
|
Diego Pavia, Sr., Vanderbilt |
73.9 |
59.4 |
2,293 |
20 |
4 |
800 yds, 8 TDs |
|
Marcel Reed, So., Texas A&M |
75.1 |
61.3 |
1,864 |
15 |
6 |
547 yds, 7 TDs |
|
Sawyer Robertson, Sr., Baylor |
83.7 |
62.2 |
3,071 |
28 |
8 |
230 yds, 4 TDs |
|
LaNorris Sellers, So., South Carolina |
70.3 |
65.6 |
2,534 |
18 |
7 |
674 yds, 7 TDs |
|
Brendan Sorsby, Jr., Cincinnati |
72.6 |
64 |
2,813 |
18 |
7 |
447 yds, 9 TDs |
|
Nicholas Vattiato, Sr., Middle Tennessee |
38.1 |
64.4 |
3,092 |
16 |
10 |
77 yds, 1 TD |