Maalik Murphy Named To Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State’s Maalik Murphy was named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, an honor offered yearly to the highest senior or upperclassman quarterback who’s on monitor to graduate with their class.

This 12 months’s listing showcases 58 of the nation’s premier collegiate quarterbacks, together with a mixture of returning standouts and rising stars.

Now in its thirty ninth 12 months, the Golden Arm Award continues to honor excellence each on and off the sphere. The award is offered by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation in partnership with A. O. Smith Corporation, whose mission aligns with the Foundation’s dedication to advancing the sport of soccer whereas selling character, management, and tutorial achievement amongst younger athletes.

This 12 months, the Foundation is proud to announce a brand new partnership with Leveling the Playing Field (LPF), a nonprofit group devoted to increasing entry and fairness in youth sports activities. LPF supplies sports activities tools to underserved communities, giving each little one the possibility to expertise the life-changing advantages of athletic participation. Together, the Foundation, A. O. Smith and LPF are working to make sure that the subsequent era of leaders has the instruments and alternatives to succeed—on the sphere and past.

As the 2025 school soccer season unfolds, the watch listing shall be narrowed to semifinalists, finalists and one standout quarterback will take house the Golden Arm Award in December. The winner shall be celebrated at our annual Golden Arm Award ceremony on the Four Seasons Hotel in Johnny Unitas’ hometown of Baltimore—an unforgettable evening honoring management, legacy, and the perfect in school soccer.

Murphy, a local of Inglewood, Calif., is in his first season at Oregon State. The quarterback transferred from Duke, the place he threw for two,933 yards and a program-record 26 touchdowns in 2024. He ranked thirteenth nationally for passing scores and twenty second for complete yardage. Murphy surpassed 200 yards in 11 of 12 video games and 300 twice.

He additionally performed two seasons on the University of Texas, in 2022 and 2023, combining for 477 yards and three touchdowns in seven video games.

 

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