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Mississippi State QB Will Rogers Named to Golden Arm Award Watch List

Preseason recognition continues for Mississippi State QB Will Rogers.

Mississippi State junior quarterback Will Rogers has been named to the 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, as was announced by the organization on Wednesday.

The award is presented annually to the top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class. 

Players are selected based on performance on and off of the field. The preseason Watch List, semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the distinguished Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee. The committee is composed of college football journalists, commentators, announcers, and former players.

Rogers completed 73.9% of his passes for 4,739 yards with 36 touchdowns and nine interceptions last season, breaking the SEC single-game completion rate against Kentucky (92.3%).

Here's a look at the complete watch list:

Grayson McCall , Coastal Carolina
Tanner McKee, Stanford
Cade McNamara, Michigan
Graham Mertz, Wisconsin
Tanner Mordecai, SMU
Tanner Morgan, Minnesota
Dylan Morris, Washington
Bo Nix, Oregon
Chance Nolan, Oregon State
Aidan O’Connell , Purdue
N’Kosi Perry, Florida Atlantic
Spencer Petras, Iowa
Jack Plummer, California
Michael Pratt, Tulane
Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
Chris Reynolds, Charlotte
Anthony Richardson, Florida
Daniel Richardson, Central Michigan
Cameron Rising , Utah
Will Rogers, Mississippi State
Kurtis Rourke, Ohio
Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
Tyler Shough, Texas Tech
Garrett Shrader, Syracuse
Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech
Kedon Slovis, Pittsburgh
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland
Casey Thompson, Nebraska
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
Payton Thorne, Michigan State
Jordan Travis, Florida State
Clayton Tune, Houston
DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson
Tyler Van Dyke, Miami
Grant Wells, Virginia Tech
Hayden Wolff, Old Dominion
Bryce Young, Alabama

Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
Brennan Armstrong, Virginia
Hank Bachmeier, Boise State
Connor Bazelak, Indiana
Stetson Bennett, Georgia
Gerry Bohanon, South Florida
Logan Bonner, Utah State
Charlie Brewer, Liberty
Chase Brice, Appalachian State
Davis Brin, Tulsa
Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State
Zach Calzada, Auburn
Hudson Card, Texas
Sean Clifford, Penn State
Chase Cunningham, Middle Tennessee
Malik Cunningham, Louisville
Jayden Daniels, LSU
JT Daniels, West Virginia
Tommy DeVito, Illinois
Jarret Doege, Western Kentucky
Max Duggan, TCU
Dequan Finn, Toledo
Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma
Jake Haener, Fresno State
Jaren Hall, BYU
Sam Hartman, Wake Forest
Ryan Hilinski, Northwestern
Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
Dylan Hopkins, UAB
KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
Phil Jurkovec, Boston College
Haynes King, Texas A&M
Devin Leary, NC State
Will Levis, Kentucky
Brendon Lewis, Colorado
Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
D’Wan Mathis, Temple