Gunner Stockton named to 2026 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 10

Georgia football fifth year quarterback Gunner Stockton has been named to the 2026 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 10, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., has announced.

The 2026 Golden Arm Award Top 10 list is here! Who takes it home? 👇

CJ Carr, Notre Dame
Devon Dampier, Utah
Noah Fifita, Arizona
Kevin Jennings, SMU
Sam Leavitt, LSU
Jayden Maiava, USC
Arch Manning, Texas
Drew Mestemaker, Oklahoma State
Gunner Stockton, Georgia
Conner Weigman,… pic.twitter.com/4YJLN2y4p4

— Golden Arm Award (@GoldenArmAward) November 6, 2026

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is presented annually to the “…top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class.” Prior to the season, Stockton was one of 27 student-athletes named to this year’s watch list that is based on “player performance on and off the field.”

Below are the Top 10 quarterbacks for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award:

CJ Carr, Notre Dame
Devon Dampier, Utah
Noah Fifita, Arizona
Kevin Jennings, SMU
Sam Leavitt, LSU
Jayden Maiava, USC
Arch Manning, Texas
Drew Mestemaker, Oklahoma State
Gunner Stockton, Georgia
Conner Weigman, Houston

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.

Through eight games this season, Stockton has completed 130-of-181 passes for 1,671 yards, 16 touchdowns, and four interceptions. He has also rushed 47 times for 205 yards.

The No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs are next scheduled to travel to Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, November 7 to take on the No. 10 Ole Miss Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The game will be televised by ABC at 7:30pm ET (Buy Tickets).

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