UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt senior Sean Clifford was named to the Manning Award watch list on Monday. Clifford is one of 30 quarterbacks on the watch list.
The Manning Award, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl to the top quarterback in the nation.
Sean Clifford · R-Sr.+ · QB · 6-2 · 212 · Cincinnati, Ohio · Saint Xavier
- Also represented on Davey O'Brien Award, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year and Wuerffel Trophy watch lists.
- Has played in 38 career games, making 33 starts.
- Is one of three Penn State players to reach 8,000 yards of total offense and one of three PSU quarterbacks to eclipse 7,500 career passing yards.
- Sits as the current all-time leader at Penn State in completion percentage (.603).
- Ranks second at PSU in career passing touchdowns (62), third in passing yardage (7,839), completions (607) and passing efficiency (141.2), fourth in attempts (1,006), tied for seventh in yards per passing attempt (7.8), eighth in lowest interception percentage (2.49), and 10th in touchdown pass percentage (6.16) and wins as a starting quarterback (21).
- Is third in school history in 300-yard passing games (7) and 200-yard games (19).
- Among Penn State quarterbacks, is third all-time at PSU in rushing yardage (897) and tied for sixth in rushing touchdowns (10).
- Is second all-time in program history in career total yards (8,736) and touchdowns responsible for (72).
- Owns 26 career games with multi-touchdown passes, including 12 with three or more TDs and three with four or more.
- Has 16 career games with multi-passing touchdown halves and nine games with multi-passing TD quarters.
- Has thrown for at least 250 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in eight career games.
- Has six career touchdown passes of 70 or more yards.
- Has completed 105 career passes of 20 or more yards.
The Manning Award, in its 19th year, was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. The award is voted on by a panel of local and national media, as well as each of the Mannings. It is the only quarterback award that takes into consideration the candidates' bowl and playoff performances.
Penn State Football Recognized on 2022 Preseason Watch Lists
Ji'Ayir Brown: Bednarik Award, Jim Thorpe Award
Sean Clifford: Davey O'Brien Award, Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Wuerffel Trophy
Theo Johnson: Mackey Award
Keyvone Lee: Doak Walker Award
PJ Mustipher: Rotary Lombardi Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Outland Trophy
Joey Porter Jr.: Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Jim Thorpe Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy
Juice Scruggs: Rimington Trophy
Chris Stoll: Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, Mannelly Award
Brenton Strange: Mackey Award
Jonathan Sutherland: Paul Hornung Award
Mitchell Tinsley: Biletnikoff Award
Parker Washington: Biletnikoff Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose
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