The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corp. have announced the 2019 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list. The award is presented annually to the top senior or fourth-year junior quarterback set to graduate with their class by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation.

 

 

Jack Abraham, Southern Mississippi

Blake Barnett, University of South Florida

Woody Barrett, Kent State

Jake Bentley, University of South Carolina

Anthony Brown, Boston College

Kelly Bryant, Missouri

Joe Burrow, LSU

Stephen Buckshot Calvert, Liberty

 Marcus Childers, Northern Illinois

K.J. Costello, Stanford Unversity

Jacob Eason, Washington University

Caleb Evans, University of Louisiana Monroe

Mason Fine, North Texas

Feleipe Franks, University of Florida

Mitchell Guadagni, Toledo

Jarrett Guarantano, University of Tennessee

Gage Gubrud, Washington State University

Quentin Harris, Duke University

Justin Herbert, University of Oregon

Kelvin Hopkins, Jr., Army

Tyler Huntley, University of Utah

Jalen Hurts, University of Oklahoma

Josh Jackson, University of Maryland

D'Eriq King, Houston

Brian Lewerke, Michigan State University

Jordan Love, Utah State University

Jake Luton, Oregon State University

Cole McDonald, University of Hawaii

Justin McMillan, Tulane

Steven Montez, University of Colorado

James Morgan, FIU

Riley Neal, Vanderbilt University

Kato Nelson, Akron

Shea Patterson, University of Michigan

Bryce Perkins, University of Virginia

Malcolm Perry, Navy

Peyton Ramsey, Indiana University

Armani Rogers, UNLV

Nathan Rourke, Ohio

Anthony Russo, Temple University

J'Mar Smith, Louisiana Tech

Nate Stanley, University of Iowa

Dillon Sterling-Cole, Arizona State University

Khalil Tate, University of Arizona

Zac Thomas, Appalachian State University

Skylar Thompson, Kansas State

Brady White, University of Memphis

Ryan Willis, Virginia Tech

Brandon Wimbush, University of Central Florida

 

The Golden Arm Award is entering the second year of its partnership with A. O. Smith. "We are very proud and honored to continue this partnership with A. O. Smith," commented John Unitas Jr., president of the Johnny Unitas Educational Foundation. "The entire A. O. Smith organization has truly embraced all that the award represents and we look forward to continuing that momentum for many years to come."

 

"A. O. Smith has a legacy of innovation and performance in the water heating and water treatment industries, much like Johnny Unitas did on the football field. Both of these iconic names have been around for decades and share many of each other's values," said Jeff Storie, A. O. Smith director of marketing. "For A. O. Smith, partnering with the Johnny Unitas Foundation and the Golden Arm Award makes perfect sense.  We're excited to tie our own efforts to further education in our trade with the Foundation's efforts to help further the education of youths interested in football around the country."

 

Sharing a tradition of innovation with Unitas, who invented football's two-minute drill, A. O. Smith has been an innovator in its industry for more than a century. A. O. Smith offers its customers an additional competitive advantage in that the company designs, builds, distributes and field supports one of the world's broadest lines of residential and commercial water heaters, water treatment products as well as commercial boilers. This single-source concept simplifies ordering, installation and service and is backed by decades of research and innovation.

 

Giving life to the commitment to always give something back, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation Inc. and A. O. Smith will continue to promote football on all levels by providing financial aid to deserving young scholar athletes.  

 

Other sponsors of the Golden Arm Award Presented by A. O. Smith Corp. include the following: MedStar Sports Medicine, The Babe Ruth Museum, Century Engineering, Comcast, Dunbar Security Solutions, Dunbar Protective Services, Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, Haddock Investments, Harvey Agency, HMS Insurance Associates Inc., Milwaukee Tool, PSAV, Panini, TRAY, The Scott Garceau Show, SILKS, Wilson Sporting Goods, and ZBest Executive & Global Transportation Services.

 

The Golden Arm Award will continue to use the hashtag #InnovationLeaders on all foundation and award advertising, marketing, social media, website, and public relations materials and represents both organizations' commitment to always being leaders through innovation. More information on the Golden Arm Award can be found at www.goldenarmfoundation.com. Additionally, the conversation can be followed throughout the season on Twitter with the profile @GoldenArmAward and hashtags #GoldenArmAward and #InnovationLeaders.