Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders is one of 30 players listed on the 2021 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List.

Sanders, who has already been named as one of the top 25 quarterbacks for 2021 by the Sporting News, is one of four Big 12 players on the list for the award, which is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback.

­Sanders finished 2020 as the Cheez-It Bowl Most Valuable Player after passing for 305 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions in OSU’s 37-34 win over No. 18 Miami.

On the year, Sanders finished 2020 ranked second in the Big 12 with 8.13 yards per pass attempt and third in the conference with a passing efficiency of 143.2. He also finished among the top five in the conference in several other categories, including passing touchdowns (14), total offense per game (252.9), completion percentage (62.8), passing yards (2,007), passing yards per game (223) and yards per completion (12.95). He was also named an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the league’s head coaches.

Sanders also enjoyed a record-setting freshman campaign in 2019, as he was voted the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year after setting an OSU freshman record by passing for 2,065 yards. His 4,072 career passing yards after his sophomore year rank as the second-most ever for an OSU sophomore, trailing only the 4,623 Mason Rudolph tallied from 2014-15.