TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil Football redshirt senior quarterback Mike Bercovici has been named to the preseason watch list for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award®, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., and Transamerica® announced.
The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award®, established in 1987, is presented annually at the end of each season to the nation’s top college quarterback based on character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, leadership qualities and athletic accomplishments. Candidates must be a college senior or fourth-year junior on schedule to graduate with their class.
Bercovici is one of 30 quarterbacks on the watch list and joins four other student-athletes from the Pac-12. This is Bercovici’s third preseason watch list.
2015 Sun Devil Award Watch Lists
Unitas Golden Arm Award - Mike Bercovici
Polynesian POY Award – Salamo Fiso, Laiu Moeakiola, Vi Teofilo
Walker Award (nation’s most outstanding running back) – Demario Richard
Wuerffel Trophy (“College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service”) – Bercovici
Butkus Award (nation’s most outstanding linebacker) – Antonio Longino
Nagurski Trophy (national defensive player of the year) – Lloyd Carrington, Jordan Simone
Thorpe Award (nation’s most outstanding defensive back) – Simone
Outland Trophy (nation’s most outstanding interior lineman) – Nick Kelly, Christian Westerman
Groza Award (nation’s top placekicker) – Zane Gonzalez
Rimington Trophy (nation's top center) - Kelly
Maxwell Award (player of the year) – Bercovici, D.J. Foster
Bednarik Award (college defensive player of the year) –Carrington
About the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award®
The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® will be presented at a ceremony on Dec. 11 in Baltimore, Md. For the 2015 Golden Arm Award ceremony, The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. and Transamerica are happy to be returning to the Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel & The Grand. Proceeds from the event help support the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, which provides assistance to underprivileged and deserving student-athletes throughout Maryland and Kentucky.
Past standout winners of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® include: Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997); Carson Palmer (USC, 2002); Eli Manning (Ole Miss, 2003); Brady Quinn (Notre Dame, 2006); Matt Ryan (Boston College, 2007); Colt McCoy (Texas, 2009); and Andrew Luck (Stanford, 2011). Last year’s winner, Marcus Mariota of University of Oregon, 2015 Heisman Trophy winner and Pac-12 offensive player of the year.
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