The 2015 Davey O'Brien Award watch list was released on Thursday with 24 student-athletes up for the honor of top quarterback in the country.
Oregon's Marcus Mariota received the award in 2014. Mariota was a first-round selection in the 2015 NFL Draft of the Tennessee Titans.
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Here is the complete list of nominees:
Trevone Boykin, TCU
Connor Cook, Michigan State
Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee
Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky
Blake Frohnapfel, Massachusetts
Jared Goff, California
Christian Hackenberg, Penn State
Taysom Hill, BYU
Kevin Hogan, Stanford
Jeremy Johnson, Auburn
Cardale Jones, Ohio State
Brad Kaaya, Miami (Fla.)
Chuckie Keeton, Utah State
Cody Kessler, USC
Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati
Fredi Knighten, Arkansas State
Paxton Lynch, Memphis
Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
Keenan Reynolds, Navy
Anu Solomon, Arizona
Zach Terrell, Western Michigan
Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech
Deshaun Watson, Clemson
Marquise Williams, North Carolina