Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
First presented in 1987 to honor the nation’s top senior quarterback by the Kentucky Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame, Inc. Each year, a committee composed of NFL executives, coaches, scouts and media members selects the winner based on citizenship, scholarship, leadership and athletic accomplishments. The award is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas.
History of other Major College FB awards
Year Player, College
1987 Don McPherson, Syracuse
1988 Rodney Peete, Southern California
1989 Tony Rice, Notre Dame
1990 Craig Erickson, Miami (Fla.)
1991 Casey Weldon, Florida St.
1992 Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.)
1993 Charlie Ward, Florida St.
1994 Jay Barker, Alabama
1995 Tommy Frazier, Nebraska
1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida
1997 Peyton Manning, Tennessee
1998 Cade McNown, UCLA
1999 Chris Redman, Louisville
2000 Chris Weinke, Florida St.
2001 David Carr, Fresno St.
2002 Carson Palmer ,Southern California
2003 Eli Manning , Mississippi
2004 Jason White , Oklahoma
2005 Matt Leinart , Southern California
2006 Brady Quinn , Notre Dame
2007 Matt Ryan , Boston College
2008 Graham Harrell , Texas Tech
2009 Colt McCoy , Texas
2010 Scott Tolzien , Wisconsin
2011 Andrew Luck , Stanford
2012 Collin Klein , Kansas State
2013 AJ McCarron, Alabama
2014 Marcus Mariota , Oregon
2015 Connor Cook , Michigan State
2016 Deshaun Watson . Clemson
2017 Mason Rudolph , Oklahoma State
2018 Gardner Minshew, II , Washington State
2019 Joe Burrow , Louisiana State
2020 Mac Jones, Alabama
2021Kenny Pickett , Pittsburgh
2022 Max Duggan , TCU
2023 Jayden Daniels , Louisiana State
2024