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Will Howard among 36 quarterbacks named to Davey O’Brien Watch List

Not yet named the starter, but on the Davey O’Brien watch list! #GoBucks

The Davey O’Brien Award preseason watch list is out, and it names 36 of the most talented quarterbacks in college football.

Will Howard, the expected Ohio State starter, is among them. Numerous other Big Ten quarterbacks like Dillon Gabriel from Oregon and Penn State’s Drew Allar were also among them.

Howard has yet to be named the starter and is still in a quarterback battle with Devin Brown, but the former Kansas State starter is the likely starting option. He threw for 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while eclipsing 2,400 passing yards with the Wildcats last season.

He and 35 other quarterbacks were named to the list. There is a midseason list which will be announced on Oct. 29 and then the 48th Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner will be on Feb. 17, 2025.

Former star quarterback Troy Smith, in 2006, was the last, and only, Ohio State player to win the award. Alabama and LSU have combined for four of the last five winners.

Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel named to Davey O’Brien, Maxwell Award watch lists

In anticipation of what many expect to be a productive season for the Oklahoma quarterback, Dillon Gabriel was named to Davey O’Brien and Maxwell award watch lists.

Oklahoma is looking to get back on top of the Big 12 and back to the College Football Playoff and the man charged with leading the offense is Dillon Gabriel.

Gabriel, who transferred to OU after a productive career at UCF has been named to a couple of preseason watch lists for the Maxwell and Davey O’Brien awards.

Originally given to the best player in the southwest, in 1981, the award began to focus on the quarterback position. No school has won the award more than the Oklahoma Sooners, and Jason White is one of four players to win the award multiple times. Other winners of the award include Billy Sims (Davey O’Brien Memorial Trophy), Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray.

The last two awards went to the SEC with Alabama quarterbacks Mac Jones and Bryce Young taking home the award for the nation’s best quarterback.

The Maxwell Award, given to the best all-around player in college football, has been around since 1937, and three Oklahoma Sooners have won the award; Tommy McDonald, Jason White, and Baker Mayfield.

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Trojans quarterback Kedon Slovis named to Davey O’Brien watch list

USC Trojans quarterback Kedon Slovis has been named to the preseason Davey O’Brien Award watch list, given to the nation’s top quarterback.

The 2020 college football season is facing an uphill battle to even happen, but the folks in the college football media landscape have not stopped churning out their preseason content – which includes a lot of award watch lists.

The latest is for quarterback Kedon Slovis, who was named to the Davey O’Brien Award watch list, presented to the nation’s best quarterback.

A win would be a first for the Trojans, as this award somehow managed to escape former USC stars, including Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart.

Slovis turned a lot of heads in 2019 when, as a true freshman, he took over as the starter in the first game of the season and ended up throwing for over 3,500 yards with an astonishing 71.9% completion rate and a 30-to-9 touchdown-to-interception ratio.

Perhaps Slovis, who will face plenty of competition from Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Ohio State’s Justin Fields, among others, will be the first Trojan to take home the honor.

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