Seven ACC Quarterbacks Named to 2025 Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch List

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference is strongly represented on the nationwide stage, as seven of its standout quarterbacks have been named to the 2025 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Preseason Watch List, unveiled at the moment by the Davey O’Brien Foundation.
 
The preseason checklist consists of 36 of the nation’s high returning school quarterbacks and options 16 seniors, 13 juniors and 7 sophomores. Six gamers – together with Cade Klubnik (Clemson) and Kevin Jennings (SMU) – have been semifinalists in 2024.
 
The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is offered yearly to the nation’s finest school quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious nationwide quarterback award. The forty ninth Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner honoring the winner will probably be held Monday, February 16, 2026, at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. For extra data, go to www.daveyobrienaward.com.
 
ACC Players Named to the 2025 Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch List
Name, School, Class
Cade Klubnik, Clemson, Senior
Darian Mensah, Duke, Sophomore
Haynes King, Georgia Tech, Senior
Miller Moss, Louisville, Senior
Carson Beck, Miami, Senior
Kevin Jennings, SMU, Sophomore
Chandler Morris, Virginia, Senior
 
Compiled by a subset of the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee, this yr’s checklist was chosen primarily based on earlier NCAA Division I profession participant efficiency in addition to expectations heading into the 2025 school soccer season.
 
The official Davey O’Brien Midseason Watch List will probably be launched on Tuesday, October 21. It will embrace energetic quarterbacks from the preseason checklist, weekly Great 8 honorees from the primary eight weeks, and any extra gamers authorised by the choice subcommittee.
 
The 35-player Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2025 will probably be introduced on Tuesday, October 28. Fan voting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (X) will once more depend as bonus committee votes throughout the semifinalist, finalist and winner rounds. First-round voting begins October 28, following the QB Class announcement.
 
Semifinalists will probably be revealed on Wednesday, November 12, with the three finalists introduced on Tuesday, November 25. The 2025 Davey O’Brien Award winner will probably be introduced stay on ESPN on Thursday, December 11, throughout The Home Depot College Football Awards.
 
The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses school soccer’s most prestigious awards. The NCFAA’s 25 awards have honored greater than 950 recipients since 1935. Visit NCFAA.org for extra data.