BALTIMORE -- Jake Allen won the inaugural

Rivals Quarterback Challenge Finals on Sunday,

slinging his way to the Accurate Arm award with a stellar performance at M&T

Bank Stadium.

The three-star pro-style quarterback from Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas

Aquinas edged out fellow 2017 prospect Chase Brice in a tiebreaker

championship that resembled a game of horse, except the competitors had to

get the other to spell out Q-B-C to win the event. Allen nailed a variety

of throws and Brice matched him before eventually falling 3-1 in the overtime

period as the other 12 participants cheered them on.

Sean Clifford, Aidan Smith and Deuce Wallace finished

third, fourth and fifth, respectively, topping off an event that saw 320

quarterbacks compete across four regional stops and the final round.

"It was fun being able to see where you stand with the quarterbacks," Allen

said. "That was big. I believe I can hang with all these guys. The format is

different, but I had a blast. It's not the easiest thing, but it's really fun.

Coming out I was a bit nervous but I got the jitters out and did well.

"It's different because you don't have receivers with you -- you have to throw

to stationary targets. You can't mess up and you don't have a receiver to bail

you out. You have to make that throw, and that's a great challenge."

Brice, a four-star prospect from Loganville (Ga.) Grayson, also had a great

showing. He found his rhythm on intermediate throws about midway through the day and that

carried him into the championship round. Mike Farrell, the national recruiting

director for Rivals.com, was impressed by the tenacity of the final two

competitors.

"Allen is a great winner for the first time," Farrell said. "He's a kid that I

think is going to get a ton of offers. Obviously he is playing for a great

program and that's going to raise his profile.

"Chase Brice was a guy we saw in Atlanta and was very, very good. It was great

to watch the playoff because Chase make three or four throws to save a letter

and showed a lot of ability under pressure. It shows he has ice water in his

veins.

Four-star dual-threat quarterback Tate Martell, a member of the 2017

Rivals100 watch list and the reigning Nevada Player of the Year, didn't crack

the top five on the scorecard, but he showcased excellent footwork and the

accompanying arm strength with an event-best heave of 65 yards. Farrell

acknowledged Martell, who recently added scholarship offers from

Alabama and Texas A&M, because his effort was off the charts.

"He's just a ball of energy and takes everything to the next level," Farrell

said.

The event featured the four automatic qualifiers that punched their tickets to

the finals at their respective events: Brice (Atlanta), Clifford (Cincinnati),

Rondle Johnson (Dallas) and Connor Neville (Los Angeles).

Braxton Burmeister (Arizona), Danny Clark (Ohio State), Tylin Oden (Louisville), Khalil Tate

(Arizona) and Wallace (Vanderbilt) were the committed prospects in

attendance.

"I thought the interesting part was that we added some stations for the finals

that we didn't have at the regionals and that tested them a little bit,"

quarterback coach Peter Vaas said. "That goes to show that coaching, repetition

and practice help. That idea behind this is that a quarterback is more than just

throwing a ball. He has to think which means he has to process information and

depending on the information he gets it changes his drop or it changes where he

throws the ball."