Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cornelius a Top 30 Candidate for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
October 05, 2018 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State quarterback Taylor Cornelius has been named a top 30 candidate for the 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the organization announced Friday.
The honor is given annually to the nation's top college quarterback, and candidates must be a college senior or fourth-year junior on schedule to graduate with their class. Criteria to be considered for the award include character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, leadership qualities and athletic accomplishments.
Cornelius has quarterbacked the Cowboys to a 4-1 record this season in his first five games as a starter and ranks among the top 10 in FBS with 1,541 passing yards, 308.2 passing yards per game and 326 yards of total offense per game. His performance in OSU's win at Kansas last week may have been his best of the season thus far, as he set OSU single-game records for passing efficiency (min. 20 attempts) at 262.04 and yards per attempt (min. 20 attempts) at 15.6 yards.
The senior out of Bushland, Texas has also been successful in the classroom, earning Academic All-Big 12 second team honors last season.
The list of candidates for the award, which was given to former OSU quarterback Mason Rudolph last season, was cut to 30 from its original watch list of 49 in the preseason. It will be narrowed to 15 eligible candidates in the coming weeks.
The winner of the 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award will be honored Dec. 7 at the Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel & The Grand.
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The Cowboys host Iowa State on Oct. 6, with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. Single game tickets are available at www.okstate.com/tickets or by calling the OSU ticket office at 877-ALL-4-OSU.
The honor is given annually to the nation's top college quarterback, and candidates must be a college senior or fourth-year junior on schedule to graduate with their class. Criteria to be considered for the award include character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, leadership qualities and athletic accomplishments.
Cornelius has quarterbacked the Cowboys to a 4-1 record this season in his first five games as a starter and ranks among the top 10 in FBS with 1,541 passing yards, 308.2 passing yards per game and 326 yards of total offense per game. His performance in OSU's win at Kansas last week may have been his best of the season thus far, as he set OSU single-game records for passing efficiency (min. 20 attempts) at 262.04 and yards per attempt (min. 20 attempts) at 15.6 yards.
The senior out of Bushland, Texas has also been successful in the classroom, earning Academic All-Big 12 second team honors last season.
The list of candidates for the award, which was given to former OSU quarterback Mason Rudolph last season, was cut to 30 from its original watch list of 49 in the preseason. It will be narrowed to 15 eligible candidates in the coming weeks.
The winner of the 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award will be honored Dec. 7 at the Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel & The Grand.
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The Cowboys host Iowa State on Oct. 6, with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. Single game tickets are available at www.okstate.com/tickets or by calling the OSU ticket office at 877-ALL-4-OSU.
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