Davey O’Brien Award Names Week 13 Great 8

FORT WORTH, Texas (Nov. 25, 2024) — The Davey O’Brien Foundation has announced the players named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 for Week 13.

The quarterbacks on this week’s list are Luke Altmyer of Illinois, Oklahoma’s Jackson Arnold, Bryson Barnes of Utah State, Ohio State’s Will Howard, Kyle McCord of Syracuse, Texas Tech’s Behren Morton, Payton Thorne of Auburn and Georgia State’s Christian Veilleux.

The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week, selected from the Great 8 list, will be revealed Tuesday at 9 a.m. (CT).

The Davey O’Brien Foundation was created in 1977, and the National Quarterback Award, the oldest and most prestigious college quarterback award, was first issued in 1981. Over its time, the Davey O’Brien Foundation has given away more than $1.3 million in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life.

In 1938, O’Brien, who wore No. 8 as a star quarterback for TCU, became the first player ever to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award in the same year. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

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Davey O’Brien Great 8: Week 13

Luke Altmyer, Illinois, Jr., 6-2, 205, Starkville, Miss.

• Completed 12 passes for 249 yards (20.8 yards per completion) and two touchdowns, and added 11 rushes for 74 yards and a score in a 38-31 win over Rutgers.

Jackson Arnold, Oklahoma, So., 6-1, 210, Denton, Texas

• Steered Oklahoma to a 24-3 upset victory over No. 7 Alabama by rushing for 131 yards on 25 carries and completing 9 of 11 passes for 68 yards.

Bryson Barnes, Utah State, Jr., 6-2, 205, Milford, Utah

• Rushed 15 times for 193 yards and a score and threw more touchdown passes (3) than incompletions, going 13-for-15 for 139 yards as Utah State downed San Diego State, 41-20.

Will Howard, Ohio State, Sr., 6-4, 235, Downingtown, Pa.

• Was 22-for-26 passing for 201 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for a TD in a 38-15 win over No. 5 Indiana.

Kyle McCord, Syracuse, Sr., 6-3, 220, Mt. Laurel, N.J.

• Completed 37 of 47 passes (78.7 percent) for a career-high 470 yards and a pair of touchdowns and tacked on a rushing score in a 31-24 victory over UConn.

Behren Morton, Texas Tech, Jr., 6-2, 220, Eastland, Texas

• Connected on 35-for-50 (.700) throws for 366 yards and four touchdowns during a 56-48 triumph at Oklahoma State.

Payton Thorne, Auburn, Sr., 6-2, 203, Naperville, Ill.

• Led Auburn to a 43-41 four-overtime victory over No. 15 Texas A&M by accounting for 339 total yards (301 passing, 38 rushing) with a pair of touchdown passes.

Christian Veilleux, Georgia State, Jr., 6-5, 209, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Was 15-for-26 through the air for 285 yards and three touchdowns against no interceptions during a 52-44 victory over Texas State.