Aidan Chiles Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State junior quarterback Aidan Chiles has been named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, which was launched on Tuesday by the Johnny Unitas Golden Award Educational Foundation, Inc.

The award is offered yearly to the highest senior or upperclassman quarterback who’s on monitor to graduate with their class. This 12 months’s record 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 educational achievement amongst younger athletes.

In his first 12 months as a beginning quarterback in 2024, Chiles turned simply the sixth Spartan sophomore to throw for greater than 2,000 yards in a single season, finishing 59 % of his passes (192-of-323) for two,415 yards and 13 touchdowns. In addition, Chiles was a risk operating the soccer, gaining a internet of 225 yards on the bottom, together with 28 first downs and 14 carries of 10-plus yards. The Long Beach, California, native ended up ending ninth within the Big Ten in whole offense (220.0 ypg), which was additionally probably the most by any underclassmen quarterback within the convention. 

Chiles was voted a group captain for the second consecutive season following the conclusion of preseason camp on Monday; he’s the primary Spartan to be voted a group captain in consecutive seasons since Xavier Henderson and Payton Thorne in 2021-22.

Connor Cook, the winningest quarterback in MSU historical past, is the one Spartan to win the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He claimed the consideration in 2015 after serving to lead Michigan State to the Big Ten Championship and a berth within the College Football Playoff.

MSU opens the 2025 season in opposition to Western Michigan on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. The recreation will probably be televised on FS1.