Hartman Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List

ATLANTA – Wake Forest redshirt junior quarterback Sam Hartman added to his list of preseason honors after being named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, as the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., along with presenting sponsor A. O. Smith Corporation.

The award, given to the nation's top upperclassmen quarterbacks marks the fifth national award watch list Hartman has been named to ahead of the start of the 2022 season:

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List (August 24)
Manning Award Watch List (August 22)
Walter Camp Watch List (July 29)
Davey O'Brien Watch List (July 19)
Maxwell Award Watch List (July 18)

Last season, Hartman was named as a top-10 finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and this is the third consecutive year that he has been named as a watch list member for the award.

Additionally, he has been named a Preseason First Team All-ACC member by PFF, Lindy's Sports and Athlon while also being named the Preseason ACC MVP by Lindy's Sports.

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Hartman, who is one of eight returning semifinalists for the Maxwell Award from a year ago and one of five returning finalists for the Manning Award, goes into the 2022 season with 9,266 career passing yards, ranking second in program history. Additionally, he holds the program record with 72 career touchdown passes while also ranking in the top-five in program history in career completions, attempts, completion percentage and passing efficiency.

He is the only Wake Forest quarterback with three or more four-plus touchdown games in his career.

Last season, the Charlotte, N.C. native had a breakout sophomore campaign, being named a finalist for the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award while also being chosen as a Semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award.

He garnered Second Team All-ACC honors from the league, coaches and media, was the back-to-back ACC Quarterback of the Week (Oct. 25 and Nov. 1) and was named MVP of the 2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, finishing the game with 304 yards and three touchdown passes

His 50 total touchdowns ranked second in conference history and was just one away from tying the ACC record. Hartman threw for 4,228 yards in 2021, ranking sixth in ACC history and first in Wake Forest history. Additionally, he ran for 11 touchdowns, the second-most in program history by a Wake Forest quarterback.

So far this offseason, Hartman has earned Preseason First Team All-ACC from both Lindy's Sports and Athlon while also being named the Preseason ACC MVP by Lindy's Sports. Additionally, he has been placed on the Walter Camp Watch List, Davey O'Brien Watch List, Maxwell Award Watch List and now the Manning Award Watch List.

Preseason Honors

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