The National Football Foundation has honored 15 players as national scholar-athletes and finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is presented to college football's top performer on the field and in the classroom across all NCAA divisions.
All 15 finalists received an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship and will be recognized at a Dec. 4 banquet in New York City, where the Campbell Trophy winner will be named. The winner receivers an extra $7,000 in scholarship money.
The finalists are:
Matt Barkley, QB, Southern California
Rex Burkhead, RB, Nebraska
Cody Davis, S, Texas Tech
Nick Driskill, S, Mount Union
Nick Florence, QB, Baylor
Nabal Jefferson, DT, Northern Illinois
Barrett Jones, C, Alabama
Aaron Mullane, OL, West Texas A&M
Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse
Nolan Nearhoof, DE, Robert Morris
Ethan Peterson, OL, MIT
Sean Renfree, QB, Duke
Manti Te'o, LB, Notre Dame
Patrick Ward, OL, Northwestern
Shane Zackery, WR, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
