Jake Browning

The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced its preseason Watch List on Wednesday and Washington junior quarterback Jack Browning was among 30 of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2017 season nominated. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.Browning, from Folsom, Calif., had previously been named to the preseason watch lists for the Walter Camp, Maxwell and the Davey O'Brien Awards.Last year, Browning was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting after passing for 3,430 yards and a Pac-12, record-tying 43 touchdowns.He was a finalist for the Manning and Walter Camp Awards in 2016 and also earned Academic All-America District VIII honors as a sophomore. Browning enters the 2017 season with 6,385 yards and 59 touchdown passes in his two seasons at Washington.The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.Austin Allen, Sr., ArkansasJosh Allen, Jr., WyomingJ.T. Barrett, Sr., Ohio StateSam Darnold, So., USCEric Dungey, Jr., SyracuseJacob Eason, So., GeorgiaLuke Falk, Sr., Washington StateRiley Ferguson, Sr., MemphisRyan Finley, Jr., NC StateNick Fitzgerald, Jr., Mississippi StateQuinton Flowers, Sr., USFDeondre Francois, So., Florida StateJalen Hurts, So., AlabamaLamar Jackson, Jr., LouisvilleDaniel Jones, So.-R, DukeTaylor Lamb, Sr., App StateMatt Linehan, Sr., IdahoDrew Lock, Jr., MissouriBaker Mayfield, Sr., OklahomaTrace McSorley, Jr., Penn StateBrogan Roback, Jr., Eastern Mich.Mason Rudolph, Sr., Oklahoma St.Brett Rypien, Jr., Boise StateBrandon Silvers, Sr., TroyNick Stevens, Sr., Colorado StateBrent Stockstill, Jr., Middle Tenn.Clayton Thorson, Jr., NorthwesternMike White, Sr., Western KentuckyLogan Woodside, Sr., Toledo