KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State quarterback
Amari Odom was lauded for his performance in the Owls' thrilling victory over Missouri State on Saturday at Walens Family Field at Fifth Third Stadium, being named to the Davey O'Brien Award's weekly "Great 8" and being named one of eight quarterbacks to the Manning Award's "Stars of the Week."
Odom capped a record-setting performance with a 14-yard game-winning touchdown pass to
Chase Belcher with 27 seconds left to give KSU the 41-34 victory. For the game, Odom set the program records for passing yards (387), total offense (419), passing touchdowns (5) and touchdowns responsible for (6).
Odom connected on 24-of-34 (.706) through the air to help the Owls amass back-to-back games with 500 yards of offense for the first time since 2019. The 387 passing yards were the most allowed by a perennially stout Missouri State defense since 2023.
The Inglewood, Calif. native is one of only three FBS quarterbacks this season to record 350 passing yards, five passing TD's, one rushing TD and amass more than 400 yards of offense overall in a single game, joining Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia (Nov. 22 vs. Kentucky) and Syracuse's Steve Angeli (Sept. 12 vs. Colgate). Only 16 FBS quarterbacks have recorded this stat line since 2020.
Odom is the first Conference USA quarterback to record that stat line (350 pass., 5 pass TD, 1 rush TD, 400 offense) since 2017 (WKU's Mike White) and only 10 CUSA quarterbacks have recorded that stat line in its history.
According to
Pro Football Focus, Odom tallied the ninth-best passing grade (90.5) in the country for Week 13 and the third-best in Group of Five. Recorded what would've been a 147.1 NFL passer rating.
The Davey O'Brien Great 8 recognizes the top performances by college football quarterbacks each week. One member of the Great 8 list will be named the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week on Tuesday. All quarterbacks of the Great 8 are also named to the Davey O'Brien Award Midseason Watch List.
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.
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