The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award announced on Tuesday that Bruin quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was a member of its 2020 Watch List presented by A.O. Smith. The award, which recognizes the nation's top upperclassman quarterback, is selected by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Education Foundation and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee.
 
Thompson-Robinson ranked among the top 10 single-season performers in UCLA history with his 21 touchdown passes (10^th), 2899 yards of total offense (10^th) and 216 completions (9^th) in the 2019 campaign. While leading the Bruins back from a 32-point deficit late in the third quarter at Washington State last season, he set a school record with 564 yards of total offense, which included 507 yards passing (third on the all-time school list). 

The Bruin signal-caller ranked 34^th in the NCAA, fourth in the Pac-12, in total offense per game (263.5 yards) and 31^st nationally and fifth in the conference in passing yards per game (245.5). Thompson-Robinson also ran for at least 35 yards in seven games in 2019. He joins Josh Rosen, Cade McNown and Brett Hundley as the only Bruin quarterbacks to achieve multiple 400-yard total offense games for their careers. His 431 yards of total offense against USC rates as the second-most ever by a Bruin in a battle versus the Trojans (Tommy Maddox – 445 yards in 1990).
 
Johnny Unitas, the namesake of the Golden Arm Award, was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before beginning his professional career with the Baltimore Colts in 1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239 yards, 290 touchdowns and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games.