Garrett Shrader named to preseason watch list for Davey O’Brien award

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football’s Garrett Shrader is one of 35 quarterbacks on the preseason watch list for the 2023 Davey O’Brien Award.
The award is the oldest national quarterback award and has been presented annually since 1977.
Shrader was a member of the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2022. He’d been added to the watch list following his Week 2 performance against Connecticut for which he was named a O’Brien Great 8 Performer of the Week.
Shrader threw for 2,640 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2022. He also rushed for an additional 453 net yards and nine touchdowns.
Though Shrader was kept out of spring ball rehabilitating his throwing elbow from an offseason surgery, he said at ACC Kickoff he feels the best he has since arriving at Syracuse in 2021.
Four other ACC quarterbacks made the preseason watch list: Florida State’s Jordan Travis, University of North Carolina’s Drake Maye, Duke’s Riley Leonard and Clemson’s Cade Klubnik.
The 35-man Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2023 class will be announced Oct. 31. Semifinalists for the award will be announced Nov. 14, and three finalists will be revealed Nov. 28. The winner will be presented at the College Football Awards on Dec. 7.
Unlike many national awards, fan voting through social media factors into all rounds of voting for the award.
The Davey O’Brien watch list is the second Shrader has landed on this preseason. He was also named to the Maxwell Award list alongside teammate Oronde Gadsden II and the Wueffel Trophy list.