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Oklahoma State QB Spencer Sanders Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List

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Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders was named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List, it was announced by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., along with presenting sponsor A.O. Smith Corporation.

A redshirt senior, Sanders is one of seven players from the Big 12 conference on the watch list for the honor, which annually recognizes the top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class.

The returning first team All-Big 12 quarterback after leading the conference in total offense and total offense per game in 2021, Sanders has 24 wins as OSU's starting quarterback and needs eight more to tie Mason Rudolph, who was the 2017 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award recipient, for the most wins as a starting quarterback in school history heading into his senior season.

His 6,911 career passing yards total ranks among the top 10 of all returning Power Five players and ranks as the second-most in school history for any player entering his senior season.

Additionally, he ranks among the top five Cowboys in school history in passing yards per game and completion percentage, finished 2021 as the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP and is one of two players in OSU history with more than 5,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in his career. He has also progressively improved his total offense average, interception percentage and touchdowns-responsible-for to turnovers-responsible-for ratio in each season of his career.

Sanders' 32 career starts are 10 more than any other OSU offensive player entering 2022 and are second on the team only to defensive end Tyler Lacy's 35 starts.

The preseason watch list, semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the distinguished Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers and former players. The 2022 award winner will be presented the Golden Arm Award trophy by The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation President, John Unitas, Jr., at the Golden Arm Award banquet and celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.

Oklahoma State is scheduled to open the 2022 season September 1 when it faces Central Michigan at Boone Pickens Stadium, with kickoff set for 6 p.m. CT on FS1.