Manning Award
Manning Award
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Awarded for | Best quarterback in college football |
Country | United States of America |
Awarded by | Sugar Bowl Committee |
First awarded | 2004 |
Last award | Joe Burrow, LSU |
website | http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site26.php |
The Manning Award is an award given annually since 2004 by the Sugar Bowl Committee to the best college football - quarterback of the United States will be given. It is the only accolade given to quarterbacks that includes the postseason when assessing the performance of the nominated players .
The award is named after Archie Manning , former University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) quarterback , and his sons Peyton and Eli . Archie later played for the New Orleans Saints , Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFL . Peyton played college football at the University of Tennessee and then for the Indianapolis Colts and then for the Denver Broncos . His younger brother Eli was like his father a student at Ole Miss and was a quarterback for the New York Giants . Peyton and Eli were voted All Americans in their college careers and won the Super Bowl with their teams in the NFL , with both being each voted Super Bowl MVP . Archie was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Award winners
season | player | university |
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2004 | Matt Leinart | USC |
2005 | Vince Young | Texas |
2006 | JaMarcus Russell | LSU |
2007 | Matt Ryan | Boston College |
2008 | Tim Tebow | Florida |
2009 | Colt McCoy | Texas |
2010 | Cam Newton | Auburn |
2011 | Robert Griffin III | Baylor |
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 |
Awards per university
university | Award winners |
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Texas | 2 |
Clemson | 2 |
Oklahoma | 2 |
LSU | 2 |
Auburn | 1 |
Baylor | 1 |
Boston College | 1 |
Florida | 1 |
FSU | 1 |
Oregon | 1 |
Southern California | 1 |
Texas A&M | 1 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Manning Award (English) allstatesugarbowl.org, Accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Mariota wins Manning award (English) ESPN.com, Accessed on October 9, 2015