Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe was voted the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced Thursday.
Zappe is the second Hilltopper in program history and the eighth Conference USA player to win the weekly award, which began during the 2011 season.
After being named one of eight Manning Award "Stars of the Week" on Monday, Zappe won a fan vote on the Allstate Sugar Bowl's Facebook page that took place over the past three days. The 563 votes for Zappe eclipsed 474 for West Virginia’s Jarret Doege, which was the next-closest number.
The other candidates were Utah State’s Logan Bonner, Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman, Bowling Green’s Matt McDonald, Houston’s Clayton Tune, Miami (Fla.