COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou redshirt junior quarterback Maty Mauk (Kenton, Ohio) has been named to the Manning Award Watch List, as announced by the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday (July 23). The annual award honors the nation's top quarterback and is named in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only college football quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting; therefore, it is presented annually following the completion of the bowl season. The winner is selected by a panel of national media covering college football, as well as each of the Mannings.

Mauk is one of 30 quarterbacks nationally to make the list and one of four SEC signal callers, joining Arkansas' Brandon Allen, Tennessee's Joshua Dobbs and Mississippi State's Dak Prescott.

Mauk, who was a Manning Award Star of the Week on Sept. 8 last season, is 14-4 in 18 career games as a starter and helped guide Mizzou to a second consecutive SEC Eastern Division Championship in 2014. Mauk threw for 25 touchdowns last season and rushed for two more, accounting for 2,648 total passing yards and 3,021 yards of total offense. Mauk's 2,648 passing yards a season ago are the third-most of any returning SEC quarterback.

Inclusion on the Watch List is not necessary for the quarterbacks to be selected for the honor. Midseason additions to the Watch List will be announced on Wednesday, October 14. The list of 10 finalists will be released on Wednesday, November 25. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, January 13.

This year's Watch List includes players from all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences. The ACC leads the way with five selections, followed by the SEC, the Pac-12 and the American with four each. There are 15 seniors on the list while the junior class is represented by 10 quarterbacks and the sophomore class has four.

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