QB Joe Fagnano Named a Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist

STORRS, CT – UConn quarterback Joe Fagnano (Williamsport, PA) was named a 2025 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist on Wednesday as introduced by the Davey O’Brien Foundation.

This 12 months’s 20-player record options eight seniors, 5 juniors, 4 sophomores and three freshmen. Only two of the quarterbacks have beforehand been semifinalists for the award and none have been previous finalists. Navy’s Blake Horvath and Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia return to the record after each have been semifinalists a 12 months in the past. The 20 quarterbacks have helped information their respective groups to a mixed file of 154-31 (.832). With 5 apiece, the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten Conference share honors for probably the most semifinalists.

Fagnano ranks among the many top-quarterbacks within the nation this season and is among the many nationwide leaders in virtually each statistical class. He ranks second in passing yards (2,840), third in passing TDs (25), seventh in factors accountable for (164), tenth in passing yards per recreation (284.0), eleventh in completions per recreation (23.6) and passing effectivity (162.4) and nineteenth in completion proportion (.688).

His 316 yards and three landing efficiency in opposition to Duke final Saturday marked his fifth 300-yard passing recreation this season. In the final 5 video games, Fagnano has thrown for a minimum of 250 yards and three or extra touchdowns with no interceptions. He joins solely Joe Burrow at LSU in conducting that feat within the final decade.

Fagnano has put up huge numbers this season and accomplished it enjoying mistake free soccer. He has accomplished 237 of 344 passes this season with out an interception.  Fagnano has thrown for extra yards (2,840) and had extra go makes an attempt (344) than any quarterback within the nation with out an interception. He is the one QB with over 300 go makes an attempt with out an interception this season. He enters Saturday’s recreation in opposition to Air Force with 10-straight video games with out an interception, relationship again to final season. He has had 376 go makes an attempt and thrown 29 touchdowns since his final interception, which got here at UMass within the common season finale final season.

His 2025 numbers have a number of UConn season data inside his sights. His 236 completions this season ranks fourth, and is 52 completions away from the file. His 2,840 yards ranks third and is 645 yards away from the UConn file.  And his 25 touchdowns additionally ranks third, eight away from the UConn mark.

Fagnano is joined on this 12 months’s semifinalist record by Luke Altmyer (Illinois), Bear Bachmeier (BYU), Byrum Brown (USF), CJ Carr (Notre Dame), Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss), Blake Horvath (Navy), Haynes King (Georgia Tech), Jayden Maiava (USC), Fernando Mendoza (Indiana), Darian Mensah (Duke), Drew Mestemaker (North Texas), Dante Moore (Oregon), Chandler Morris (Virginia), Diego Pavia (Vanderbilt), Marcel Reed (Texas A&M), Julian Sayin (Ohio State), Ty Simpson (Alabama), Brendan Sorsby (Cincinnati), and Gunner Stockton (Georgia).

The subsequent step within the course of can be to pick out the award’s three finalists, who will once more be chosen based mostly on voting from the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee in addition to bonus ballots awarded from the second spherical of the Davey O’Brien Fan Vote.

For the sixth straight 12 months, fan voting on social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) will earn gamers bonus choice committee votes. Second-round fan voting will start instantly following the semifinalist announcement. To vote, followers should just like the official graphic from the @daveyobrien social media account that highlights their favourite quarterback. The second spherical will shut Friday, Nov. 21, at 11:59 p.m. (CT).

The Davey O’Brien Foundation will announce the three finalists Tuesday, Nov. 25. The 2025 Davey O’Brien Award winner can be unveiled dwell on ESPN on Friday, Dec. 12, throughout The Home Depot College Football Awards.

The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is offered yearly to the nation’s finest faculty quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious nationwide quarterback award. The forty ninth Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner honoring the winner can be held Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. For extra info, go to www.daveyobrienaward.com.

The Davey O’Brien Foundation was created in 1977, and the National Quarterback Award was first issued in 1981. Over its time, the Davey O’Brien Foundation has given away greater than $1.4 million in scholarships and college grants to assist highschool and faculty athletes remodel management on the sector into management in life.

In 1938, O’Brien, who was a star quarterback for TCU, grew to become the primary participant ever to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award in the identical 12 months. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.