Campbell Trophy Semifinalists
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois senior Nick Allegretti was named a semifinalist for the prestigious Campbell Trophy, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. The award recognizes the best football scholar-athlete in the nation.
Candidates for the awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. This year there are 179 semifinalists from around the nation.
The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on October 31, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 60th NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class. The finalists will travel to New York City for the NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 4, where their accomplishments will be highlighted. At the event, one member of the class will be declared the winner of the 29th William V. Campbell Trophy and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000.
» Starting offensive lineman
» Team captain
» 28 straight starts entering the Rutgers game
» Earned bachelor's degree in accountancy in December 2017
» Working on his master's degree recreation, sport & tourism
» 2018 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
» 2018 Campbell Trophy semifinalist
» Two-time Wuerffel Trophy watch list (community service award)
» Two-time AFCA Good Works Team watch list
» Led the Illini's "Lift For Life," which raised over $86,000 for charity in the last two years
» Serves as president of the Illinois Uplifting Athletes chapter, which raises money for rare disease research and treatment
» Volunteers at the Tom Jones Challenger League
» 2018 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
» Three-time Academic All-Big Ten
The past recipients of the William V. Campbell Trophy include: Air Force's Chris Howard (1990); Florida's Brad Culpepper (1991); Colorado's Jim Hansen (1992); Virginia's Thomas Burns (1993); Nebraska's Rob Zatechka (1994); Ohio State's Bobby Hoying (1995); Florida's Danny Wuerffel (1996); Tennessee's Peyton Manning (1997); Georgia's Matt Stinchcomb (1998); Marshall's Chad Pennington (1999); Nebraska's Kyle Vanden Bosch (2000); Miami (Fla.)'s Joaquin Gonzalez (2001); Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.)'s Brandon Roberts (2002); Ohio State's Craig Krenzel (2003); Tennessee's Michael Munoz (2004); LSU's Rudy Niswanger (2005); Rutgers' Brian Leonard (2006); Texas' Dallas Griffin (2007); California's Alex Mack (2008); Florida's Tim Tebow (2009); Texas' Sam Acho (2010); Army West Point's Andrew Rodriguez (2011); Alabama's Barrett Jones (2012); Penn State's John Urschel (2013); Duke's David Helton (2014); Oklahoma's Ty Darlington (2015); Western Michigan's Zach Terrell (2016); and Virginia's Micah Kiser (2017).
