Davey O'Brien Award

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

Credit: Miami Athletics

Miami's Cam Ward, 2024 Davey O'Brien Award winner

2025 Preseason Watch List

  • Drew Allar, Penn State
  • Luke Altmyer, Illinois
  • Alonza Barnett III, James Madison
  • Rocco Becht, Iowa State
  • Carson Beck, Miami
  • Braylon Braxton, Southern Miss
  • Devon Dampier, Utah
  • Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, Colorado State
  • Tucker Gleason, Toledo
  • Taylen Green, Arkansas
  • Josh Hoover, TCU
  • Blake Horvath, Navy
  • Nico Iamaleava, UCLA
  • Keyone Jenkins, FIU
  • Kevin Jennings, SMU
  • Avery Johnson, Kansas State
  • Haynes King, Georgia Tech
  • Cade Klubnik, Clemson
  • DJ Lagway, Florida
  • Sam Leavitt, Arizona State
  • Maddux Madsen, Boise State
  • Arch Manning, Texas
  • John Mateer, Oklahoma
  • Owen McCown, UTSA
  • Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
  • Darian Mensah, Duke
  • Chandler Morris, Virginia
  • Behren Morton, Texas Tech
  • Miller Moss, Louisville
  • Maalik Murphy, Oregon State
  • Parker Navarro, Ohio
  • Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
  • Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
  • Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
  • LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
  • Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati

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.

2024 Recipient

Cam Ward, Miami

2025 Dates

Watch List: Thursday, August 7

Contact

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

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