Miami Hurricanes redshirt senior quarterback D’Eriq King was one of 30 college football returning quarterbacks named to the watch list for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award on Tuesday.
With the Cougars, King accounted for 78 total touchdowns — 50 passing and 28 rushing — 4,295 passing yards and 1,421 rushing yards in 22 starts.
He did most of his damage in the 2018 season as a junior, when he set the American Athletic Conference (AAC) record for “touchdowns responsible for” with 50. That year, he was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award and Earl Campbell Award.