Georgia football fifth year quarterback Gunner Stockton has been named to the 2026 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., has announced.
The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is presented annually to the “…top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class.” Stockton is one of 27 student-athletes named to this year’s watch list that is based on “player performance on and off the field.”
Other SEC quarterbacks named to the 2026 watch list include Byrum Brown (Auburn), Sam Leavitt (LSU), Arch Manning (Texas), John Mateer (Oklahoma), Marcel Reed (Texas A&M), and LaNorris Sellers (South Carolina).
The winner of the 2026 Golden Arm Award will be presented with the trophy at the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award celebration in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 9.
Gunner Stockton, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound fifth year player, hails from Tiger, Ga. Stockton started in all 14 games last season, completing 269-of-386 passes for 2,894 yards and 24 touchdowns with only five interceptions. He also rushed for 462 yards and 10 touchdowns. Stockton was later named to the Coaches All-SEC Third Team and finished seventh in Heisman voting.
The third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are scheduled to open the 2026 season on Saturday, September 5 against the Tennessee State Tigers at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. The game will kickoff at 3:00pm ET and will be a streaming-only event on SEC Network+ (Buy Tickets).