NEW ORLEANS – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced its preseason Watch List on Wednesday with three Sun Belt student-athletes recognized.
Appalachian State’s Taylor Lamb, Idaho’s Matt Linehan, and Troy’s Brandon Silvers were all listed among the top 30 quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2017 season.
The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.
STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES:
Taylor Lamb
Quarterback • Senior • 6-2 • 200
Physical Education
Second among active quarterbacks in college football with 27 wins as a starter (Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma)…Fifth in Sun Belt history and second in App State history with 63 career touchdown passes, needs 11 to become App’s career leader and 18 to reach the Sun Belt mark…Third in App State history with 8,473 career yards of total offense, trails Richie Williams (9,370) for second-all-time…Threw for 2,281 yards, including five 200-yard passing games … top of App State career records in passing yards (7,049, third all-time), pass attempts (903, fourth all-time), pass completions (548, third all-time), touchdown passes (63, second all-time) and passing yards per game (185.