Big 12 puts four on Manning Award list
Source: Big 12 Football Blog - Aug 16, 2011 at 3:48 PM
The Manning Award, given annually to college football's top quarterback, has released its watch list.
The Big 12 representatives? About whom you'd expect. The league's top four returning starters.
Cam Newton took home the award last year, but Texas is the lone Big 12 school to have an award winner in the seven-year history of the Manning Award.
Vince Young won the award in 2005 and Colt McCoy won in 2009.
The Big 12 representatives? About whom you'd expect. The league's top four returning starters.
- Robert Griffin III, Baylor
- Landry Jones, Oklahoma
- Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M
- Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State
Cam Newton took home the award last year, but Texas is the lone Big 12 school to have an award winner in the seven-year history of the Manning Award.
Vince Young won the award in 2005 and Colt McCoy won in 2009.

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