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Montez Makes Top 15 List For Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
October 24, 2018 | Football
BALTIMORE, Md. – Junior QB Steven Montez remains a candidate for the 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award after the list of candidates was cut from 30 to 15 on Wednesday.Â
The award has been presented to the nation's top senior or fourth-year quarterback since 1987 based on accomplishments both on and off the field.
Montez is one of four Pac-12 quarterbacks on the list along with Washington's Jake Browning, Oregon's Justin Herbert and Washington State's Gardner Minshew. Other QBs on the list are Eric Dungey (Syracuse), Ryan Finley (NC State), Will Grier (West Virginia), Drew Lock (Missouri), Trace McSorley (Penn State), McKenzie Milton (UCF), Shea Patterson (Michigan), Brett Rypien (Boise State), Jordan Ta'amu (Ole Miss), Clay Thorson (Northwestern) and Brady White (Memphis).Â
This season, Montez has completed 158-of-228 passes for 1,734 yards and 12 touchdowns with four interceptions. His completion percentage of 69.3 is on pace to break the CU single season record and his QB Rating of 147.0 currently ranks fourth for a season.Â
Of his 70 incompletions this season, just 30 of those have been missed or intercepted passes, meaning 188-of-228 passes (82.5 percent) have been on target. He has thrown the ball away 14 times, had eight passes dropped, 16 broken up and twice the receiver has slipped on his route.Â
He opened the season by completing 22-of-25 passes against Colorado State, setting the single game record for highest completion percentage, 88 percent, for both 20 and 25 pass attempts in a game. He actually holds the top two spots on both lists as his 22-of-26 performance against UCLA, 84.6 percent, would've set both marks had it not been for his other performance. He has three 300-yard games this season and has completed 80 percent of his passes in a game twice, 70 percent four times and 60 percent in six of seven games.Â
He currently ranks in the top 5 in career passing yards (5,582) and total offense (6,285).
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The award has been presented to the nation's top senior or fourth-year quarterback since 1987 based on accomplishments both on and off the field.
Montez is one of four Pac-12 quarterbacks on the list along with Washington's Jake Browning, Oregon's Justin Herbert and Washington State's Gardner Minshew. Other QBs on the list are Eric Dungey (Syracuse), Ryan Finley (NC State), Will Grier (West Virginia), Drew Lock (Missouri), Trace McSorley (Penn State), McKenzie Milton (UCF), Shea Patterson (Michigan), Brett Rypien (Boise State), Jordan Ta'amu (Ole Miss), Clay Thorson (Northwestern) and Brady White (Memphis).Â
This season, Montez has completed 158-of-228 passes for 1,734 yards and 12 touchdowns with four interceptions. His completion percentage of 69.3 is on pace to break the CU single season record and his QB Rating of 147.0 currently ranks fourth for a season.Â
Of his 70 incompletions this season, just 30 of those have been missed or intercepted passes, meaning 188-of-228 passes (82.5 percent) have been on target. He has thrown the ball away 14 times, had eight passes dropped, 16 broken up and twice the receiver has slipped on his route.Â
He opened the season by completing 22-of-25 passes against Colorado State, setting the single game record for highest completion percentage, 88 percent, for both 20 and 25 pass attempts in a game. He actually holds the top two spots on both lists as his 22-of-26 performance against UCLA, 84.6 percent, would've set both marks had it not been for his other performance. He has three 300-yard games this season and has completed 80 percent of his passes in a game twice, 70 percent four times and 60 percent in six of seven games.Â
He currently ranks in the top 5 in career passing yards (5,582) and total offense (6,285).
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