FORT WORTH, Texas (Oct. 10, 2022) — The eight quarterbacks named to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list for the sixth week of the college football season have been officially announced by the Davey O’Brien Foundation. The list features three players on the list for the second consecutive week.
The quarterbacks on this week’s list are TCU’s Max Duggan, Quinn Ewers of Texas, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, Drew Pyne of Notre Dame, Mississippi State’s Will Rogers, C.J. Stroud of Ohio State, UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Clayton Tune of Houston. Duggan, Rogers and Thompson-Robinson were also honored in week five.
With their inclusion on the Great 8 list, Ewers, McCarthy and Pyne have now been officially added to the Davey O’Brien Midseason Watch List, bringing the current list to 59 players. The Midseason Watch List includes all active starting quarterbacks who were either named to the Preseason Watch List or added as Great 8 picks during the season’s first eight weeks.
The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week, selected from the Great 8 list, will be announced on Tuesday.
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 $1.2 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. For more information, visit
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Davey O’Brien Great 8 - Week 6
Max Duggan, TCU, Sr., 6-2, 210, Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Was 23-for-33 for 308 yards and three touchdowns and ran nine times for 55 yards and a score in a 38-31 victory at No. 19 Kansas.
Quinn Ewers, Texas, R-Fr., 6-2, 207, Southlake, Texas
- Tossed a career-high four touchdown passes while completing 21 of 31 attempts for a career-best 289 yards in a 49-0 blanking of archrival Oklahoma.
J.J. McCarthy, Michigan, So., 6-3, 196, La Grange, Ill.
- Threw for a career-high 304 yards (28 of 36) and matched a career best with three touchdown strikes as Michigan defeated Indiana, 31-10.
Drew Pyne, Notre Dame, Jr., 5-11, 198, New Canaan, Conn.
- Led Notre Dame to a 28-20 upset of No. 16 BYU by connecting on 22 of 28 passes (78.5 percent) for 262 yards and three touchdowns.
Will Rogers, Mississippi State, Jr., 6-2, 210, Brandon, Miss.
- Became the SEC’s all-time completions leader while going 31-for-48 for 395 yards with three touchdown passes in a 40-17 triumph over Arkansas.
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State, Jr., 6-3, 218, Inland Empire, Calif.
- Threw more touchdown passes (school-record-tying 6) than incompletions (5), going 21-for-26 for 361 yards in a 49-20 win over Michigan State.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA, Sr., 6-1, 205, Las Vegas, Nev.
- Guided UCLA to a 42-32 victory over No. 11 Utah by totaling five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) and completing 18 of 23 passes for 299 yards.
Clayton Tune, Houston, Sr., 6-3, 220, Carrollton, Texas
- Led Houston to an improbable 33-32 comeback win at Memphis, throwing two touchdown passes in the final 1:17, while finishing with 386 yards (366 passing, 20 rushing) and four TDs (three passing, one rushing).
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