Bo Nix named to Davey O’Brien Award Watch List
Oregon Ducks quarterback Bo Nix has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2022 Davey O’Brien Award, the award’s foundation announced Tuesday.
Nix is one of 35 quarterbacks to be named to the watch list, and one of four quarterbacks from the Pac-12 Conference. The award is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award.
Nix is in an open competition for the starting quarterback position on the Oregon football team, along with Ty Thompson and Jay Butterfield, entering fall camp.
Oregon’s season-opener is Sept. 3rd in Atlanta, Ga., against the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs (12:30 p.m., ABC).
The midseason watch list for the award will be unvieled October 18th.
The full list of quarterbacks named to the preseason watch list, below:
2022 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Preseason Watch List
Brennan Armstrong, Virginia
Stetson Bennett, Georgia
Gerry Bohanon, USF
Logan Bonner, Utah State
Chase Brice, Appalachian State
Sean Clifford, Penn State
Malik Cunningham, Louisville.
Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH)
Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma
Jake Haener, Fresno State
Jaren Hall, BYU
Frank Harris, UTSA
Sam Hartman, Wake Forest
Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
Devin Leary, NC State
Will Levis, Kentucky
Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina
Tanner McKee, Stanford
Tanner Mordecai, SMU
Bo Nix, Oregon
Aidan O’Connell, Purdue
Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
Chris Reynolds, Charlotte
Cameron Rising, Utah
Will Rogers, Mississippi State
Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
Payton Thorne, Michigan State
Clayton Tune, Houston
Tyler Van Dyke, Miami (Fla.)
Caleb Williams, USC
Bryce Young, Alabama