The season may be over, but Mac Jones isn’t done collecting awards.
On Tuesday it was announced by the Sugar Bowl that Jones had won the Manning Award for the nation’s top quarterback. It is also the only quarterback award that factors in postseason play.
He is the first signal-caller in Alabama history to take home the award.
Mac Jones
Quarterback
- Led the nation in passing yards (4,500), completion percentage (77.4), passer rating (203.06) and yards per attempt (11.2) and was also second in passing touchdowns (41) and third in passing yards per game (346.2)
- First Alabama quarterback to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a single year
- Finished the season with a 77.4 completion percentage, a new single-season record in college football
- Named a consensus All-American and was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy
- In addition to the Manning Award, Jones won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and Davey O’Brien Award
Other finalists for this year’s Manning Award were: Ian Book (Notre Dame), Matt Corral (Ole Miss), Justin Fields (Ohio State), Dillon Gabriel (UCF), Sam Howell (North Carolina), Trevor Lawrence (Clemson), Grayson McCall (Coastal Carolina), Brock Purdy (Iowa State), Desmond Ridder (Cincinnati), Kyle Trask (Florida) and Zach Wilson (BYU).
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Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via Pat_Dowd77
