The preseason watchlist honors continue to mount for Michigan State Spartans’ redshirt junior quarterback Payton Thorne as the returning starter was named to the Manning Award Watch List.
The Manning Award is an annual award selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowl games. Created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the award honors the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton, and Eli Manning, and is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting.
After earning the starting job last season, Thorne went on to set a school single-season record with 27 touchdown passes in 2021.