Manning Award
| Manning Award
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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