NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 22, 2019) – FIU football's James Morgan was named to the 2019 Manning Award Watch List this past week, adding to the Johnny Unitas Gold Arm Watch List that the senior signal caller was named to earlier in the week.
 
Morgan joins a list of 29 quarterbacks from all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences. In addition to this week's honors, the Green Bay, Wisconsin native has also been named to the Davy O'Brien Award Watch List, Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List over the summer. 
 
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.
 
In his first season at FIU, Morgan took the conference by storm as he earned C-USA Newcomer of the Year honors on his way to a record-breaking season. The Green Bay, Wisconsin native broke single-season school records for passing touchdowns (26), highest passer efficiency rating (157.6) and total offense per play (7.67). Morgan also garnered C-USA Honorable Mention, C-USA Spirit of Service Award and Manning Stars of the Week to name a few distinctions. 

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Entering its 18th year of football in 2019, the FIU Panthers are coming off a program-best nine wins a season ago. FIU capped 2018 with a 35-32 victory over Toledo in the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl to finish the season 9-4 overall. Under legendary head coach Butch Davis, the Panthers have earned back-to-back bowl appearances and 17 wins in the last two years.
 
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