Manning Award

The Manning Award has been presented annually since the 2004 football season to the collegiate American football quarterback as judged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States. It is the only quarterback award that includes each candidate's postseason-bowl performance in its balloting.[1]

This article is about American football awards named after Archie Manning. For American comic book artist awards named after Russ Manning, see Russ Manning Award. For Canadian innovation awards named after Ernest Manning, see Manning Innovation Awards.
Manning Award
Given forthe collegiate American football quarterback adjudged to be the best in the United States
CountryUnited States
Presented bySugar Bowl Committee
History
First winnerMatt Leinart
Most winsDeshaun Watson (2)
Most recentMac Jones, Alabama
Websiteallstatesugarbowl.org/other-events/manning-award/

The award is named in honor of former University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) quarterback Archie Manning and his quarterback sons Peyton and Eli. Archie was also the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers, and Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). Peyton was a star quarterback at the University of Tennessee as well as with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos of the NFL. Eli was also a star quarterback at Ole Miss and was the quarterback of the NFL's New York Giants. Both Peyton and Eli were All-America selections during their college careers and both led their respective professional teams to Super Bowl championships (Peyton with the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI and with the Broncos in Super Bowl 50, and Eli with the New York Giants in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI). Both won the Super Bowl MVP award, Eli twice. Archie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Each of the award winners has gone on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, except Colt McCoy, who won the award following the 2009 season and was a third-round selection. Deshaun Watson is the only player to win the award twice, for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.

Winners
Winners (from left) Vince Young, Colt McCoy, and Baker Mayfield
SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2004Matt LeinartUSC[1]
2005Vince YoungTexas[1]
2006JaMarcus RussellLSU[1]
2007Matt RyanBoston College[1]
2008Tim TebowFlorida[1]
2009Colt McCoyTexas (2)[1]
2010Cam NewtonAuburn[1]
2011Robert Griffin IIIBaylor[1]
2012Johnny ManzielTexas A&M[1]
2013Jameis WinstonFlorida State[1]
2014Marcus MariotaOregon[1]
2015Deshaun WatsonClemson[1]
2016Deshaun Watson (2)Clemson (2)[1]
2017Baker MayfieldOklahoma[1]
2018Kyler MurrayOklahoma (2)[1]
2019Joe BurrowLSU (2)[2]
2020Mac JonesAlabama[3]

Footnotes
  1. Manning Award. Allstate Sugar Bowl official website. Retrieved August 8, 2011]
  2. "Joe Burrow adds Manning Award to 2019 hardware haul". nbcsports.com. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. Team, WDSU Digital (January 19, 2021). "Mac Jones Follows National Championship by Winning Manning Award". WDSU.

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