Stuffed in the middle of the frenzy of SEC Media Days is the release of the Davey O’Brien Award, given annually to college football’s best quarterback.
As it so happens, the player answering a slew of questions right now, Johnny Manziel, is on this year’s preseason watch list. He’s also the reigning winner of the trophy.
Some notable signal callers on this year’s O’Brien watch list include Tajh Boyd (Clemson), Marcus Mariota (Oregon) and A.J. McCarron (Alabama). The SEC leads all conferences with seven players on the list, followed by the Pac-12 with five and the ACC with four.
As always, you can view the entire list of preseason candidates below. You can now also check out our preseason watch lists repository HERE.
David Ash, Texas
Blake Bortles, UCF
Tajh Boyd, Clemson
Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville
Terrance Broadway, Louisiana-Lafayette
Kolton Browning, Louisiana-Monroe
Derek Carr, Fresno State
Rakeem Cato, Marshall
Cody Fajardo, Nevada
David Fales, San Jose State
James Franklin, Missouri
Devin Gardner, Michigan
Kevin Hogan, Stanford
Brett Hundley, UCLA
Chuckie Keeton, Utah State
Taylor Kelly, Arizona State
Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Taylor Martinez, Nebraska
AJ McCarron, Alabama
Braxton Miller, Ohio State
Stephen Morris, Miami (FL)
Aaron Murray, Georgia
Casey Pachall, TCU
Keith Price, Washington
Bryn Renner, North Carolina
Keenan Reynolds, Navy
Tyler Russell, Mississippi State
Connor Shaw, South Carolina
Tyler Tettleton, Ohio
Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
Bo Wallace, Ole Miss
Keith Wenning, Ball State