Davey O'Brien Award

Presented to the nation's best quarterback by the Davey O'Brien Foundation

Credit: LSU Athletics

LSU's Jayden Daniels: 2023 Davey O'Brien Award winner

2024 Preseason Watch List

  • Joey Aguilar, App State
  • Drew Allar, Penn State
  • Rocco Becht, Iowa State
  • Carson Beck, Georgia
  • Byrum Brown, South Florida
  • Brady Cook, Missouri
  • Jalon Daniels, Kansas
  • Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss
  • Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech
  • Quinn Ewers, Texas
  • Noah Fifita, Arizona
  • TJ Finley, WKU
  • Dequan Finn, Baylor
  • Brett Gabbert, Miami (Ohio)
  • Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
  • Garrett Greene, West Virginia
  • Seth Henigan, Memphis
  • Will Howard, Ohio State
  • KJ Jefferson, UCF
  • Mikey Keene, Fresno State
  • Haynes King, Georgia Tech
  • Cade Klubnik, Clemson
  • Riley Leonard, Notre Dame
  • Grayson McCall, NC State
  • Jordan McCloud, Texas State
  • Kyle McCord, Syracuse
  • Graham Mertz, Florida
  • Jalen Milroe, Alabama
  • Cameron Rising, Utah
  • Will Rogers, Washington
  • Kaidon Salter, Liberty
  • Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
  • Preston Stone, SMU
  • DJ Uiagalelei, Florida State
  • Cameron Ward, Miami
  • Jacob Zeno, UAB

Named For

Davey O'Brien, who led TCU to the 1938 national championship. He was the first player to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award in the same year.

2023 Recipient

Jayden Daniels, LSU

2024 Dates

Watch List: Thursday, August 8

Contact

Kendall Cason-Iles
kendall@daveyobrien.org
817-637-4042

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