On Friday morning, the starting quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers, Graham Mertz, was named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list.
The Golden Arm Award annually recognizes the top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class. The semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the distinguished Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, and former players. Candidates are chosen based on player performance on-and-off the field.
Mertz had a stellar first two games of his career, before contracting COVID-19 and also suffering an, unreported during the season, shoulder injury.