Davey O’Brien’s Great 8 Announced for Week 4

FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 22, 2025) — The Davey O’Brien Foundation has selected its eight quarterbacks for the Week 4 Davey O’Brien Great 8. All eight quarterbacks on this week’s list are first-time honorees in 2025, giving the Great 8 a total of 31 different members through four weeks.

This week’s Great 8 features Trinidad Chambliss of Ole Miss, Marshall’s Carlos Del Rio-Wilson, Josh Hoover of TCU, USC’s Jayden Maiava, Fernando Mendoza of Indiana, Oregon’s Dante Moore, Chandler Morris of Virginia and Washington’s Demond Williams Jr.

Chambliss, Del Rio-Wilson, Maiava, Moore and Williams are now officially added to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Midseason Watch List. With the five additions, that list now stands at 57 members. The other three players recognized in week four, Hoover, Mendoza and Morris, 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.

—www.DaveyOBrienAward.com—

Davey O’Brien Great 8: Week 4

Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss, Sr., 6-0, 200, Grand Rapids, Mich.

·      Was 17-for-27 passing for 307 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 14 times for 112 yards (8.0 yards per carry) in a 45-10 win over Tulane.

Carlos Del Rio-Wilson, Marshall, Jr., 6-2, 219, Atlanta, Ga.

·      Threw as many touchdown passes (four) as incompletions (18-for-22, 261 yards) and added a rushing score in a 42-28 win at Middle Tennessee.

Josh Hoover, TCU, Jr., 6-2, 200, Heath, Texas

·      Led TCU to a rivalry win over SMU, 35-24, by throwing for 379 yards and five touchdowns while adding 27 rushing yards.

Jayden Maiava, USC, Jr., 6-4, 230, Palolo, Hawaii

·      Connected on 20 of 26 passes for 234 yards and three scores and rushed four times for 32 yards and two TDs as USC defeated Michigan State, 45-31.

Fernando Mendoza, Indiana, Jr., 6-5, 225, Miami, Fla.

·      Was 21-for-23 (91.3 percent) for 267 yards and a career-high-tying five touchdowns as the Hoosiers cruised to a 63-10 win over No. 9 Illinois.

Dante Moore, Oregon, So., 6-3, 210, Detroit, Mich.

·      Completed 21 of 31 passes for 305 yards and four touchdowns and tacked on 53 rushing yards on seven carries in a 41-7 win over rival Oregon State.

Chandler Morris, Virginia, Sr., 6-0, 192, Highland Park, Texas

·      Had 399 total yards (380 passing, 19 rushing) and five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) as Virginia downed Stanford, 48-20.

Demond Williams Jr., Washington, So., 5-11, 190, Chandler, Ariz.

·      Was 16-for-19 (.842) for 298 yards and four scores and carried 13 times for 88 yards and another score in a 49-24 win in the Apple Cup.