BALTIMORE, Md. — Tennessee senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs has been named to the 2016 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List.

Dobbs is one of 43 quarterbacks on the watch list, all from the Football Bowl Subdivision. The winner will be announced on Dec. 9, 2016.

Established in 1987 and named after the former Louisville Cardinal and NFL Hall of Famer, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is presented annually at the end of each season to the nation’s top college quarterback based on character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, leadership qualities and athletic accomplishments.

VFL Peyton Manning won the award in 1997.

Dobbs is also on the preseason watch lists for the CFPA National Performer of the Year award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the Maxwell Award, the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award and the Wuerffel Trophy.

Dobbs started all 13 games for the Vols last season and is 14-5 in his last 19 starts. During that span, Tennessee has averaged 34.2 points and more than 424 yards of total offense per game. Last season, Dobbs threw for 2,291 yards and 15 touchdowns while also rushing for 671 yards — the most ever by a quarterback at Tennessee. He is one of just three SEC quarterbacks in the last 20 years to have 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game — joining Johnny Manziel and Tim Tebow — having accomplished that feat twice over the past two seasons (against Georgia in 2015 and South Carolina in 2014).

The watch list for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award includes:

Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska
J.T. Barrett, Ohio State
CJ Beathard, Iowa
Max Browne, USC
Matt Davis, SMU
Luke Del Rio, Florida
Joshua Dobbs, TENNESSEE
Dane Evans, Tulsa
Luke Falk, Washington State
Quinton Flowers, USF
Drew Hare, Northern Illinois
Kenny Hill, TCU
Bart Houston, Wisconsin
Skyler Howard, West Virginia
Brad Kaaya, U of Miami
Chad Kelly, Ole Miss
Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati
Trevor Knight, Texas A&M
Taylor Lamb, Appalachian State
Mitch Leidner, Minnesota
Davis Webb, California
Malik Zaire, Notre Dame
Wes Lunt, Illinois
Sean Maguire, Florida State
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
Nick Mullens, Southern Miss
Tyler O’Connor, Michigan State
John O’Korn, Michigan
Nathan Peterman, Pittsburgh
Kenny Potter, San Jose State
Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State
Cooper Rush, Central Michigan
Seth Russell, Baylor
Thomas Sirk, Duke
Nick Stevens, Colorado State
Zach Terrell, Western Michigan
Patrick Towles, Boston College
Mitch Trubisky, North Carolina
P.J. Walker, Temple
Greg Ward, Houston
Deshaun Watson, Clemson
Thomas Woodson, Akron