Herbert, Luton among candidates for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Both quarterbacks in the state of Oregon this year have been named among the 49 candidates for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.  The award is given annually to the best senior or fourth-year junior quarterback in the country.  Washington State’s Gardner Minshew won the award last season.  Joining Herbert and Luton among Pac-12 candidates are Utah’s Tyler Huntley, Stanford’s KJ Costello, Washington’s Jacob Eason, Washington State’s Gage Gubrud, Arizona’s Khalil Tate, Colorado’s Steven Montez, and Arizona State’s Dillon Sterling-Cole (not ASU’s starting QB).

The full list of candidates is below:

2019 Golden Arm Award Watch List Presented by A. O. Smith

• Jack Abraham, Southern Mississippi
• Blake Barnett, University of South Florida
• Woody Barrett, Kent State
• Jake Bentley, University of South Carolina
• Anthony Brown, Boston College
• Kelly Bryant, Missouri
• Joe Burrow, LSU
• Stephen Buckshot Calvert, Liberty
• Marcus Childers, Northern Illinois
• J. Costello, Stanford Unversity
• Jacob Eason, Washington University
• Caleb Evans, University of Louisiana Monroe
• Mason Fine, North Texas
• Feleipe Franks, University of Florida
• Mitchell Guadagni, Toledo
• Jarrett Guarantano, University of Tennessee
• Gage Gubrud, Washington State University
• Quentin Harris, Duke University
• Justin Herbert, University of Oregon
• Kelvin Hopkins, Jr., Army
• Tyler Huntley, University of Utah
• Jalen Hurts, University of Oklahoma
• Josh Jackson, University of Maryland
• D’Eriq King, Houston
• Brian Lewerke, Michigan State University
• Jordan Love, Utah State University
• Jake Luton, Oregon State University
• Cole McDonald, University of Hawaii
• Justin McMillan, Tulane
• Steven Montez, University of Colorado
• James Morgan, FIU
• Riley Neal, Vanderbilt University
• Kato Nelson, Akron
• Shea Patterson, University of Michigan
• Bryce Perkins, University of Virginia
• Malcolm Perry, Navy
• Peyton Ramsey, Indiana University
• Armani Rogers, UNLV
• Nathan Rourke, Ohio
• Anthony Russo, Temple University
• J’Mar Smith, Louisiana Tech
• Nate Stanley, University of Iowa
• Dillon Sterling-Cole, Arizona State University
• Khalil Tate, University of Arizona
• Zac Thomas, Appalachian State University
• Skylar Thompson, Kansas State
• Brady White, University of Memphis
• Ryan Willis, Virginia Tech
• Brandon Wimbush, University of Central Florida