Duggan Adds to Accolades
11/15/2022 2:00:00 PM | Football
TCU QB a Finalist for the Johnny Unitas Award, Semifinalist for Davey O'Brien
FORT WORTH -- TCU's Max Duggan has been named a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award.
The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award annually recognizes the top senior or upperclassman quarterback based on performance on and off the field. Duggan is one of five finalists. The Davey O'Brien Award is named after TCU's 1938 Heisman Trophy winner who guided the Horned Frogs to the national championship that season.
Duggan has led the No. 4 Horned Frogs (10-0, 7-0) to a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game. He is sixth in the nation in passing efficiency (172.6) while leading all Power 5 quarterbacks with 15 touchdown passes of at least 20 yards. He has thrown for 25 touchdowns on the year with just two interceptions. He has accounted for at least three touchdowns in seven of nine starts.
In addition to passing efficiency and touchdown passes, Duggan tops the Big 12 in yards per completion (14.1) and yards per attempt (9.3). He is second in passing yards (2,531) and yards per game (253.1). His 65.9 completion percentage is a career high, while his 0.73 interception percentage is on pace to shatter TCU's season record.
With a 73-yard touchdown pass to Taye Barber and a 67-yard scoring run just 1:18 apart against Oklahoma, Duggan became just the second player nationally in the last 15 years and first since Lamar Jackson in 2016 to have a touchdown pass and touchdown run of at least 60 yards in the first quarter of a game.
The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award annually recognizes the top senior or upperclassman quarterback based on performance on and off the field. Duggan is one of five finalists. The Davey O'Brien Award is named after TCU's 1938 Heisman Trophy winner who guided the Horned Frogs to the national championship that season.
Duggan has led the No. 4 Horned Frogs (10-0, 7-0) to a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game. He is sixth in the nation in passing efficiency (172.6) while leading all Power 5 quarterbacks with 15 touchdown passes of at least 20 yards. He has thrown for 25 touchdowns on the year with just two interceptions. He has accounted for at least three touchdowns in seven of nine starts.
In addition to passing efficiency and touchdown passes, Duggan tops the Big 12 in yards per completion (14.1) and yards per attempt (9.3). He is second in passing yards (2,531) and yards per game (253.1). His 65.9 completion percentage is a career high, while his 0.73 interception percentage is on pace to shatter TCU's season record.
With a 73-yard touchdown pass to Taye Barber and a 67-yard scoring run just 1:18 apart against Oklahoma, Duggan became just the second player nationally in the last 15 years and first since Lamar Jackson in 2016 to have a touchdown pass and touchdown run of at least 60 yards in the first quarter of a game.
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