Manning award watch list

[Rellyrell]

I was curious about the list. There are 30 QBs on it.
Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces 2018 Manning Award Watch List - Official Site of the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Jake Bentley, Jr., South Carolina
Jake Browning, Sr., Washington
A.J. Erdely, Sr., UAB
Caleb Evans, Jr., UL Monroe
Mason Fine, Jr., North Texas
Ryan Finley, Sr., N.C. State
Nick Fitzgerald, Sr., Mississippi State
Andrew Ford, Sr., Massachusetts
Ty Gangi, Sr., Nevada
Will Grier, Sr., West Virginia
Justice Hansen, Sr., Arkansas State
Ben Hicks, Jr., SMU
Alex Hornibrook, Jr., Wisconsin
Josh Jackson, So., Virginia Tech
Daniel Jones, Jr., Duke
Kyle Kempt, Sr., Iowa State
Brian Lewerke, Jr., Michigan State
Drew Lock, Sr., Missouri
Trace McSorley, Sr., Penn State
McKenzie Milton, Jr., UCF
Gus Ragland, Sr., Miami (Ohio)
Malik Rosier, Sr., Miami
Nathan Rourke, Jr., Ohio
Brett Rypien, Sr., Boise State
Kyle Shurmur, Sr., Vanderbilt
Nathan Stanley, Jr., Iowa
Jarrett Stidham, Sr., Auburn
Khalil Tate, Jr., Arizona
Manny Wilkins, Sr., Arizona State
Brandon Wimbush, Jr., Notre Dame

I also want to add that I've never been so happy about a kid that went to UF; Will Grier who is on the watch list and taunting them every week.

List is incomplete; where’s the rumbling and bumbling Fayleepay Franks at? Per Gators, under Mullen he’ll be unstoppable!

 

[BabyManiac]

Comparing this list to the AP top 25, interestingly, only 5 of the top 10 have QBs on this list. Wisconsin (4), Washington (6), Miami (8), Auburn (9), Penn State (10). Not sure if it has any relevance, but clearly you don't have to have a preseason top 30 QB to be ranked 1, 2, or 3 in the country at this point. Obviously both rankings and watch lists mean nothing at this point. But I do think it means we don't need Malik to be all word to compete for the playoffs. Just need more good Malik than bad Malik. We don't need him to be better per se, just more consistent.