Davey O’Brien Selects Great 8 in Week 3
FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 15, 2025) — The Davey O’Brien Foundation has announced the eight quarterbacks named to the Week 3 Davey O’Brien Great 8. The quarterbacks on this week’s list are Utah State’s Bryson Barnes, Colton Joseph of Old Dominion, Georgia Tech’s Haynes King, Behren Morton of Texas Tech, Texas A&M’s Marcel Reed, Jake Retzlaff of Tulane, Alabama’s Ty Simpson and Gunner Stockton of Georgia.
Barnes, Joseph, Reed, Retzlaff, Simpson and Stockton are now officially added to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Midseason Watch List. With the additions, that list now stands at 52 members. The other three players recognized in week three, King and Morton, had previously been named to the preseason watch list.
The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week, selected from the Great 8 list, will be revealed Tuesday at 11 a.m. (CT).
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 $1.3 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 wore No. 8 as 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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Davey O’Brien Great 8: Week 3
Bryson Barnes, Utah State, Sr., 6-2, 210, Milford, Utah
· Accounted for a career-high five touchdowns (three rushing, two passes) and 331 yards (287 passing, 44 rushing) as Utah State defeated Air Force, 49-30.
Colton Joseph, Old Dominion, So., 6-4, 200, Newport Beach, Calif.
· Completed 16 of 22 pass attempts for 276 yards and two touchdowns and rushed eight times for 62 yards and a score in a 45-26 win at Virginia Tech.
Haynes King, Georgia Tech, Sr., 6-3, 215, Longview, Texas
· Helped direct Georgia Tech to a 24-21 win over No. 12 Clemson with 314 total yards (211 passing, 103 rushing) and a rushing TD.
Behren Morton, Texas Tech, Sr., 6-2, 210, Eastland, Texas
· Completed 23 of 35 passes for a career-best 464 yards with four touchdowns, all more than 20 yards, in a 45-14 victory over Oregon State.
Marcel Reed, Texas A&M, So., 6-1, 185, Nashville, Tenn.
· Passed for 360 yards and two touchdowns, including the game winner with 13 seconds left, and added 37 rushing yards on seven carries in a 41-40 win at No. 8 Notre Dame.
Jake Retzlaff, Tulane, Sr., 6-1, 205, Corona, Calif.
· Rushed 17 times for 111 yards and a school quarterback-record four touchdowns and was 15-for-23 passing for 245 yards in a 34-27 win over Duke.
Ty Simpson, Alabama, Jr., 6-2, 208, Martin, Tenn.
· Was 24-for-29 (82.8 percent) for 382 yards and four touchdowns and rushed six times for 25 yards in a 38-14 win over Wisconsin.
Gunner Stockton, Georgia, Jr., 6-1, 215, Tiger, Ga.
· Led Georgia to a 44-41 comeback overtime win at No. 15 Tennessee by connecting on 23 of 31 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 38 yards and a score.