Sam Hartman Named Manning Award Finalist

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest football redshirt junior quarterback Sam Hartman was named a finalist for the Manning Award on Friday, just a few days after the Atlantic Coast Conference named him the 2022 Brian Piccolo Award recipient. 
 
Hartman was named a finalist for this award for the second-straight year. 
 
The winner will be announced after the bowls in January. 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 takes the candidates’ bowl performances into consideration in its balloting.
 
Career Snapshot

• Redshirt junior quarterback Sam Hartman, one of the nation’s top returning players, returned to the field on Saturday, Sept. 10 to make his season debut. 

  • Quick Bio & Career Recap:
    

    • Sam Hartman, who is one of eight returning semifinalists for the Maxwell Award from a year ago and one of five returning finalists for the Manning Award, goes into the 2022 season with 9,266 career passing yards, ranking second in program history. Additionally, he holds the program record with 72 career touchdown passes while also ranking in the top-five in program history in career completions, attempts, completion percentage and passing efficiency.

      He is the only Wake Forest quarterback with three or more four-plus touchdown games in his career.

      Last season, the Charlotte, N.C. native ​​had a breakout sophomore campaign, being named a finalist for the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award while also being chosen as a Semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award.

      He garnered Second Team All-ACC honors from the league, coaches and media, was the back-to-back ACC Quarterback of the Week (Oct. 25 and Nov. 1) and was named MVP of the 2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, finishing the game with 304 yards and three touchdown passes.

      His 50 total touchdowns ranked second in conference history and was just one away from tying the ACC record. Hartman threw for 4,228 yards in 2021, ranking sixth in ACC history and first in Wake Forest history. Additionally, he ran for 11 touchdowns, the second-most in program history by a Wake Forest quarterback.

      So far this offseason, Hartman has earned Preseason First Team All-ACC from both Lindy’s Sports and Athlon while also being named the Preseason ACC MVP by Lindy’s Sports….