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Sean Mannion, 6'5", 230 lb.; Oregon State

- Pac-12's All-Time Passing Yards Leader
- Oregon State's All-Time Passing Yards Leader
- 24th QB in NCAA history with 1,000 career completions
- Maxwell Award Watch List
- David O'Brien Award Watch List
- Holds 18 OSU Passing Records
- 4-Time Manning Award winner
- 2-Time Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
- Senior CLASS Award Candidate

… set virtually every Oregon State career passing record
… owns 18 OSU passing records
… set the Pac-12 record for total passing yards against California (11/1/14); finished his career with 13,600 passing yards in his career which ranks 8th in NCAA Division I history
… broke the OSU career record with his 80th passing touchdown against Arizona State (11/15/14); 7th in Pac-12 history with 83 career touchdown passes
… 64.6 career completion percentage broke the school record.
... finished the season with 3,164 passing yards, the 10th-most prolific season in OSU history
... won the 2014 Manning Passing Academy Air-It-Out Challenge in July in Thibodaux, La. (over Marcus Mariota)
… served as a counselor at the Nike’s 2014 Elite 11 Quarterback Camp winning the counselor’s challenge
… named one of four team captains for the third straight year, the first OSU player ever chosen as a captain three times
… named to Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
… earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.

Mannion sports an NFL-caliber frame, has the arm to make every throw and is a classic drop-back passer with limited mobility. When he feels secure in the pocket and has the time to step into his throws correctly, Mannion's touch on intermediate and vertical passes is as impressive as any quarterback in the country. He lofts the ball with perfect trajectory over the shoulder of his receivers and allows them to go get it, demonstrating pinpoint accuracy to lead his target away from defenders and has an easy, natural throwing motion and he's well-versed in coach Mike Riley's pro-style offense, which asks him to take snaps from under center as well as from the gun. Reportedly given a third round grade from the NFL Advisory Committee after a record-breaking junior season, Mannion elected to return to Corvalis for a final year of college football.

Mannion's production (and coach Mike Riley's track record) speak for themselves. He threw for a Pac-12 record 4,662 passing yards last season, including a school record 37 touchdowns. He's entering his fourth season as the starter and is a three-time team captain.

"He might be the most pro-ready of the senior quarterbacks. Part of it is just the fact that he is playing in a pro-style system," Brooks said. "His arm, he can make all the throws. He really understands how to get through his progressions from his primary, to his secondary, to his third read. Because he's played under (Oregon State head coach) Mike Riley, at the next level, the verbage and all the things that come that give some quarterbacks problems, he should be able to understand that."

Mannion has a lot of skills that NFL teams are looking for in a starting quarterback. He has a strong arm that can make all the throws for the NFL. Mannion can push the ball vertically and drive the ball on deep outs to the sideline.

On top of his good height, Mannion has field vision and a nice basis for plus field vision as a pro. All college quarterbacks have to get better at scanning the field and working through their progressions for the NFL, but Mannion has a better starting point than most. He runs a pro-style offense at Oregon State and will enter the NFL with a lot of starting experience.