FORT WORTH, Texas – For the third consecutive year, Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall has been recognized by The Davey O'Brien Foundation, as this year he was one of 40 quarterbacks named to the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2022. Each member of the group is now an official candidate to win the 2022 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award.
 
McCall was also named to the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2020 and 2021 in each of the last two years.
 
McCall, who recently set the Coastal Carolina record for career touchdown passes with 73, has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 21-straight games, also a program record. This season, he ranks fifth in all of NCAA FBS football in passing efficiency (176.1), sixth in yards per pass attempt (9.45), 16th in points responsible for (138), 17th in completion percentage (68.8), 17th in passing touchdowns (19), 19th in points responsible for per game (17.2), and 20th in passing yards per completion (13.74).
 
Named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week and a member of the Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 List on Oct. 3, the Johnny Unitas Award Top 25 honoree ranks in the top five in the Sun Belt Conference in passing efficiency (1st), yards per pass attempt (1st), passing touchdowns (2nd), points responsible for (2nd), points responsible for per game (3rd), completion percentage (3rd), total offense (3rd), passing yards (3rd), passing yards per game (4th), and passing yards per completion (4th).
 
Joining McCall as part of the Class of 2022 is Holton Ahlers (East Carolina), Stetson Bennett (Georgia), Todd Centeio (James Madison), Jayden Daniels (LSU), Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss), Jayden de Laura (Arizona), Tommy DeVito (Illinois), Max Duggan (TCU), Dequan Finn (Toledo), Dillon Gabriel (Oklahoma), Jaren Hall (BYU), Frank Harris (UTSA), Sam Hartman (Wake Forest), Hendon Hooker (Tennessee), KJ Jefferson (Arkansas), Will Levis (Kentucky), Drake Maye (North Carolina), J.J. McCarthy (Michigan), Tanner Mordecai (SMU), Bo Nix (Auburn), Aidan O'Connell (Purdue), Michael Penix Jr. (Washington), John Rhys Plumlee (UCF), Michael Pratt (Tulane), Austin Reed (WKU), Cameron Rising (Utah), Will Rogers (Mississippi State), Kurtis Rourke (Ohio), Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State), Garrett Shrader (Syracuse), C.J. Stroud (Ohio State), Taulia Tagovailoa (Maryland), Dorian Thompson-Robinson (UCLA), Jordan Travis (Florida State), Clayton Tune (Houston), D.J. Uiagalelei (Clemson), Kyle Vantrease (Georgia Southern), Caleb Williams (USC), and Bryce Young (Alabama).
 
The next step in the process will be to select the award's 16 semifinalists from the 40 quarterbacks. The semifinalists will be chosen based on voting from the Davey O'Brien National Selection Committee as well as bonus ballots awarded from the first round of the Davey O'Brien Fan Vote.
 
For the third straight year, the Fan Vote will take place on the award's three social media platforms—Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook—and the top five vote getters on each will receive bonus committee member ballots which will be added to the votes cast by the National Selection Committee.
 
To participate in the Fan Vote, fans must like the original Davey O'Brien Award post highlighting their quarterback. The first round is open now until Friday, Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. ET. The 16 semifinalists will be named on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Looking ahead, the three finalists will be tabbed on Tuesday, Nov. 29, while the winner will be announced live on Thursday, Dec. 8, on The Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
 
The Davey O'Brien Foundation was created in 1977, and the National Quarterback Award, the oldest and most prestigious college quarterback award, was first issued in 1981. Over its time, the Davey O'Brien Foundation has given away more than $1.2 million in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life.
 
In 1938, O'Brien, who was a star quarterback for TCU, became the first player ever to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award in the same year. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

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