Davey O'Brien Award
Presented to the nation's best quarterback by the Davey O'Brien Foundation
2025 Davey O'Brien Award winner: Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
2026 Preseason Watch List
- Micah Alejado, Hawai‘i
- Bear Bachmeier, BYU
- CJ Bailey, NC State
- Alonza Barnett III, UCF
- Rocco Becht, Penn State
- Byrum Brown, Auburn
- CJ Carr, Notre Dame
- Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss
- Devon Dampier, Utah
- Carlos Del Rio-Wilson, Marshall
- Noah Fifita, Arizona
- Josh Hoover, Indiana
- Brad Jackson, Texas State
- Kevin Jennings, SMU
- Sam Leavitt, LSU
- Broc Lowry, Western Michigan
- Jayden Maiava, USC
- Arch Manning, Texas
- John Mateer, Oklahoma
- Owen McCown, UTSA
- Darian Mensah, Miami
- Drew Mestemaker, Oklahoma State
- Nick Minicucci, Delaware
- Dante Moore, Oregon
- Marcel Reed, Texas A&M
- Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, Cal
- Julian Sayin, Ohio State
- Gunner Stockton, Georgia
- Conner Weigman, Houston
- Demond Williams Jr., Washington
