Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
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Awarded for	the nation's outstanding senior quarterback in college football
Presented by	The Golden Arm Foundation
Country	United States
First awarded	1987
Currently held by	Collin Klein, Kansas State
Official website	http://www.goldenarmfoundation.com/

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is given annually in the United States to the nation's outstanding senior or fourth year quarterback in college football. It was established in 1987 by a foundation named for Johnny Unitas (1933-2002), the Hall of Fame quarterback who played his college career at the University of Louisville, and set many records in the National Football League, for the Baltimore Colts.

Winners

Year	Player	School
1987	Don McPherson	Syracuse
1988	Rodney Peete	USC
1989	Tony Rice	Notre Dame
1990	Craig Erickson	Miami
1991	Casey Weldon	Florida State
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State
1994	Jay Barker	Alabama
1995	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee
1998	Cade McNown	UCLA
1999	Chris Redman	Louisville
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State
2001	David Carr	Fresno State
2002	Carson Palmer	USC
2003	Eli Manning	Ole Miss
2004	Jason White	Oklahoma
2005	Matt Leinart	USC
2006	Brady Quinn	Notre Dame
2007	Matt Ryan	Boston College
2008	Graham Harrell	Texas Tech
2009	Colt McCoy	Texas
2010	Scott Tolzien	Wisconsin
2011	Andrew Luck	Stanford
2012	Collin Klein	Kansas State

External links

Official website

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1987: McPherson 1988: Peete 1989: Rice 1990: Erickson 1991: Weldon 1992: Torretta 1993: Ward 1994: Barker 1995: Frazier 1996: Wuerffel 1997: Manning 1998: McNown 1999: Redman 2000: Weinke 2001: Carr 2002: Palmer 2003: Manning 2004: White 2005: Leinart 2006: Quinn 2007: Ryan 2008: Harrell 2009: McCoy 2010: Tolzien 2011: Luck 2012: Klein

v · d · eCollege football awards

Overall trophies	Heisman Memorial Trophy (1935) Maxwell Award (1937) Walter Camp Award (1967)

Overall media awards	AP Player of the Year (1998) SN Player of the Year (1942)

Positional awards	Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Center) Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) Doak Walker Award (Running back) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Wide receiver) Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) John Mackey Award (Tight end) Lombardi Award (Lineman/linebacker) Lott Trophy (Defenseman) Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) Manning Award (Quarterback) Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) Ray Guy Award (Punter) Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end) Johnny Rodgers Award (Return Specialist)

Other national player awards	Chic Harley Award (Best player) Archie Griffin Award (Best player) Bill Willis Trophy (Defensive lineman) Jack Lambert Trophy (Linebacker) Jack Tatum Trophy (Defensive back) Jim Brown Trophy (Running back) Jim Parker Trophy (Offensive lineman) Paul Hornung Award (Most versatile) Sammy Baugh Trophy (Quarterback) Paul Warfield Trophy (Wide receiver) Johnny Unitas Award (Senior quarterback)

All-Americans	College Football All-America Team

Head coaching awards	AFCA Coach of the Year (1935) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1957) SN Coach of the Year (1963) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1967) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1976) Woody Hayes Trophy (1977) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) Home Depot Coach of the Year (1994) AP Coach of the Year (1998) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2006) Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award (2009) Defunct: Joseph V. Paterno Award (2010) (formerly the George Munger Award (1989))

Assistant coaching awards	Broyles Award (Assistant Coach of the Year) AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year

Conference awards	ACC awards Big 12 awards Big East awards Big Ten awards (MVP) MAC awards Pac-12 awards SEC awards Defunct: SWC awards

Division I FCS awards	Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defenseman) Jerry Rice Award (Div. I FCS freshman) Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach)

Other divisions/associations	Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) Melberger Award (Div. III) Rawlings Award (NAIA)

Academic, inspirational, and versatility awards	Academic All-America of the Year (Student-athlete) Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete) Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (Student-athlete) Burlsworth Trophy (Walk-on) Rudy Award (inspirational/motivational)

Service awards	Amos Alonzo Stagg Award Walter Camp Alumni of the Year Walter Camp Man of the Year National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award National Football Foundation Gold Medal Winners Theodore Roosevelt Award

Regional awards	Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award (New England Sportsmanship)

Halls of fame	College Football Hall of Fame

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Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Winners

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