BALTIMORE, Md. -- Billy Edwards Jr. has been selected to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25 List, it was announced today, Oct. 7. Edwards Jr. is one of just six Big Ten quarterbacks to make the list, which was pared-down today from the original watchlist.
The Springfield, VA native has been one of the nation's top passers this season, currently ranking in the top-15 among all FBS quarterbacks in completion percentage (72.3%) and passing yards per game (288.8). Edwards' 11 passing TDs are tied for fourth in the Big Ten. He has five games this season with multiple touchdown passes and zero or one interception, one of five FBS QBs with that many in 2024. Over the last 30 Maryland seasons, only two QBs have more such games in a season—Taulia Tagovailoa (seven in both 2021 & 2023) and Danny O'Brien (six in 2010).

Against Villanova on Sept. 21, Edwards Jr. completed 28-of-32 (87.5%) passes for a career-high 328 yards and two touchdowns against Villanova. His completion percentage broke the single-game school record held by Taulia Tagovailoa, who completed 87.1% (27-of-31) of his passes at Charlotte in 2022. In that game, Edwards Jr. became the second Big Ten QB since 1996 to have a game with at least an 87.5% completion percentage on 30+ passes and 300+ passing yards. The other was Ohio State's C.J. Stroud in 2021.