Oklahoma State University Athletics
Weeden On Manning Award Watch List
August 15, 2011 | Cowboy Football
Aug. 15, 2011
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden is one of 31 quarterbacks on the preseason watch list for the Manning Award, it was announced today. The winner will be announced after the bowls in January and will be honored at a ceremony in New Orleans.
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.
Weeden earned All-Big 12 first-team accolades in 2010 after setting school records with 4,277 passing yards and 34 touchdowns. He led the Cowboys to the best year in school history, as OSU capped an 11-2 season with a win over Arizona in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Weeden enters the 2011 season with a career pass efficiency rating of 155.42 to rank fourth among active quarterbacks, trailing only Boise State's Kellen Moore, Stanford's Andrew Luck and Houston's Case Keenum.
A look at Oklahoma State players on the 2011 major awards preseason watch lists:
Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year)
Justin Blackmon
Brandon Weeden
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award (Nation's Most Outstanding Player)
Justin Blackmon
Brandon Weeden
Biletnikoff Award (Nation's Most Outstanding Receiver)
Justin Blackmon
Josh Cooper
Davey O'Brien Award (Nation's Most Outstanding Quarterback)
Brandon Weeden
Manning Award (Nation's Most Outstanding Quarterback)
Brandon Weeden
Rimington Award (Nation's Best Center)
Grant Garner
Ray Guy Award (Nation's Top Punter)
Quinn Sharp
Outland Trophy (Nation's Most Outstanding Interior Lineman)
Levy Adcock
Lane Taylor
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Nation's Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
Markelle Martin
Jim Thorpe Award (Nation's Most Outstanding Defensive Back)
Markelle Martin
Rotary Lombardi Award (Nation's Most Outstanding OL/DL/LB)
Levy Adcock
Shaun Lewis
Paul Hornung Award (Nation's Most Versatile Player)
Joseph Randle
Preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year
Justin Blackmon
Preseason All-Big 12 First Team
Levy Adcock
Justin Blackmon
Markelle Martin
Quinn Sharp
