COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Three Mountain West football players are among the 29 student-athletes on the 2024 Manning Award preseason watch list, as announced today by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, which presents the award. The honor recognizes the top quarterback in the country.
Colorado State sophomore Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, Fresno State junior Mikey Keene and Hawai‘i senior Brayden Schager represent the Mountain West on the watch list.
The MW’s three players on the watch list are tied for fourth-most in the FBS, trailing only the Big 12, SEC and ACC.
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ postseason performances in its balloting.
The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the postseason.
Inclusion on the Watch List is not necessary for the quarterbacks to be selected for the honor. Transfers and other newcomers at schools were not eligible for the preseason Watch List, but additional quarterbacks will be added to the Watch List during the season. Finalists will be selected prior to the postseason and the winner will be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Manning Award Watch List (MW representatives)
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, So., Colorado State
Mikey Keene, Jr., Fresno State
Brayden Schager, Sr., Hawai‘i
