- Tajh Boyd, Clemson
- Derek Carr, Fresno State
- Taylor Kelly, Arizona State
- Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
- Sean Mannion, Oregon State
- AJ McCarron, Alabama
- Aaron Murray, Georgia
- Keith Price, Washington
- Connor Shaw, South Carolina
- Keith Wenning, Ball State
Named
after the man many refer to as the greatest quarterback ever to play the game
of football, the prestigious Golden Arm Award is presented annually by the
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. and TransamericaÒ.
Candidates for the Golden Arm
Award – which has been presented at the end of each college football season
since 1987 – must be college seniors or fourth-year juniors on schedule to
graduate with their class. In addition to the accomplishments on the field,
candidates are judged on their character, citizenship, scholastic
achievement, and leadership qualities.
The 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden
Arm AwardÒ will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, December 13, in Baltimore, MD. For the 2013 Golden Arm Award ceremony, The Johnny Unitas
Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. and TransamericaÒ will be returning to The Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner
Harbor & Grand Historic Venue (formerly The Tremont Grand), where the
ceremony was held from 2006 until 2010.
Previous winners of the Golden Arm Award include: Peyton
Manning (Tennessee, 1997); Carson Palmer (USC, 2002); Eli Manning (Ole Miss,
2003); Matt Ryan (Boston College, 2007); Colt McCoy (Texas, 2009); and Andrew
Luck (Stanford, 2011). Last year’s winner, Collin Klein of Kanas State, was a Second
Team All-American (AP) and the 2012 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (AP).
Proceeds from the Golden Arm Award help to support the
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation. The Foundation provides
financial assistance to underprivileged and deserving young scholar-athletes
throughout Maryland and Kentucky.
The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied history.
Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate
career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in
1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239
yards, 290 touchdowns and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games.
Unitas was inducted into Pro Football’s Hall of Fame in
1979. The Hall of Fame, in commemorations of the NFL’s 25th, 50th, and 75th
anniversaries selected Unitas as the top quarterback of all-time. In
turn-of-the-century listings, he was named to Sports Illustrated’s list of top
10 athletes, Time Magazine’s list of 10 most influential athletes, and ESPN’s
series on the 50 greatest athletes of the century
“Despite
my Dad’s outstanding on-field accomplishments, he never forgot his humble
beginnings and that won him a permanent place in the hearts of everyone who
ever knew him,” says John C. Unitas, Jr., President
of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. “Giving
life to his commitment to ‘give back,’ the Golden Arm Foundation was
established to promote football on all levels by providing financial aid to
deserving young athletes.”
In addition to TransamericaÒ, sponsors of the Golden
Arm Award include: Andretti Sports Marketing, Athlon Sports, The Babe Ruth and
Sports Legends Museum, Baltimore Sun Media Group, Bloomberg Television, Century
Engineering, Coach for America, Comcast, Dunbar Armored and Dunbar Digital
Armor, The Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor
& Grand Historic Venue, GEICO, Haddock Investments, HMS Insurance
Associates, Inc., Metropolis Funding, Panini, Tray Inc., The Scott Garceau
Show, MedStar Union Memorial Sports Medicine, VAE Visual Aid Electronics Corp,
VPC Inc., Weiss PR, Woodberry Kitchen, Wilson Sporting Goods, and ZBest
Executive & Global Transportation Services.
To learn more about the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm
AwardÒ, visit:
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