Eastern Michigan Athletics
Harris Named Semifinalist for 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy
9/26/2018 1:47:00 PM | Football
The award recognizes the best football scholar-athlete in the nation
IRVING, Texas (EMUEagles.com) - Eastern Michigan University senior defensive end Jeremiah Harris (Lambertville, Mich.- Bedford Senior) has been named a semifinalist for the 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Candidates for the prestigious award are nominated by their school and must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing eligibility, showing strong leadership ability and citizenship on and off of the gridiron. Nominees for the Campbell Trophy must have at least a 3.2 grade point average and show outstanding football ability as a first-team player or significant contributor.
The Lambertville, Mich. native is a recognized leader for the Eagles, as a two-time captain, presented the Torchbearer Leader and Committed to Excellence team awards in 2017. Harris has continued his career successes on the field this season, already recording nine tackles, including a quarterback hurry and one tackle-for-loss. A leader on and off the field, the senior is a huge part of what is currently the nation's second-best redzone defense, holding opponents to score only nine times on 16 attempts. Eastern has allowed less than 175 yards in the second half of its past three matchups, giving up the 10th-fewest second half points nationwide.
In honor of the 60th year of its National Scholar-Athlete awards, the National Football Foundation will name 12-14 finalists on Oct. 31, each earning an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship. The finalists will travel to New York City for the 61st Annual NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 4, where one finalist will be named the winner of the Campbell Trophy, increasing his postgraduate scholarship amount to $25,000.
2018 NFF WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY® SEMIFINALISTS
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
Hale Hentges, Alabama
Hjalte Froholdt, Arkansas
Kenneth Brinson Jr., Army West Point
Alex Joss, Ball State
Zach Allen, Boston College
Adam Pulsipher, Brigham Young
Patrick Laird, California
Mitch Stanitzek, Central Michigan
Christian Wilkins, Clemson
Wyatt Bryan, Colorado State
Ben Humphreys, Duke
Jeremiah Harris, Eastern Michigan
Jackson Harris, Georgia
Brad Stewart, Georgia Tech
Zach Vaughan, Houston
Nick Allegretti, Illinois
Wes Martin, Indiana
Parker Hesse, Iowa
Spencer Benton, Iowa State
Dalton Risner, Kansas State
Matt Bahr, Kent State
Miles Butler, Kentucky
Chase Hancock, Marshall
Drew Kyser, Memphis
Noah Furbush, Michigan
Khari Willis, Michigan State
Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee State
Jared Weyler, Minnesota
Sean Rawlings, Mississippi
Corey Fatony, Missouri
Andrew Wood, Navy
Mick Stoltenberg, Nebraska
Ty Gangi, Nevada
Ryan Finley, North Carolina State
Max Scharping, Northern Illinois
Drue Tranquill, Notre Dame
Britton Abbott, Oklahoma State
Oshane Ximines, Old Dominion
Trace McSorley, Penn State
Alex Bookser, Pittsburgh
David Blough, Purdue
Graysen Schantz, Rice
Zack Heeman, Rutgers
Bryce Crawford, San Jose State
Gavin Patterson, South Alabama
Jaymon Thomas, South Florida
Garrett Stotts, Southern Methodist
Jesse Burkett, Stanford
Eric Dungey, Syracuse
Frank Nutile, Temple
Kyle Phillips, Tennessee
Jak Holbrook, Texas
Yannis Routsas, Texas at San Antonio
Cody Thompson, Toledo
Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah
Jontrell Rocquemore, Utah State
Kyle Shurmur, Vanderbilt
Lester Coleman, Virginia
Peyton Pelluer, Washington State
Billy Kinney, West Virginia
John Keenoy, Western Michigan
D'Cota Dixon, Wisconsin
Nick Smith, Wyoming
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
Dylan Renaker, Alabama State
Charles Hughes, Alcorn State
Ryan Rockensuess, Austin Peay State
Christian Montano, Brown
Bryan Marine, Bucknell
Thomas Hartshorn, Campbell
Alex Trotter, Chattanooga
Mike Hinton, Columbia
Drew Hunnicutt, Dartmouth
Nathan Campbell, Davidson
David Leisring, Dayton
Nathan Clayberg, Drake
Aaron Callaway, Eastern Illinois
De'Arius Christmas, Grambling State
Alex White, Harvard
Ryan Brady, Holy Cross
Ed Hall, Idaho
Jake Kolbe, Illinois State
Nic Duch, Jacksonville
Hunter Etheridge, James Madison
Andrew Chuma, Lafayette
Harrison Kauffman, Lehigh
LeMarkus Bailey, Mercer
Reggie Tilleman, Montana
Kyle Reisert, New Hampshire
Easton Stick, North Dakota State
Jake Casteel, Northern Arizona
Jack Soslow, Pennsylvania
Jesper Horsted, Princeton
Adam Wollet, Robert Morris
Andrew O'Neill, Sacred Heart
Michael Ames, Saint Francis
Anthony Lawrence, San Diego
Isaac Armstead, South Dakota
Taryn Christion, South Dakota State
Ryan Bell, Villanova
Zachary Weeks, Western Carolina
Sean McGuire, Western Illinois
J. Hunter Roman, Yale
Armand Dellovade, Youngstown State
Division II
Travis Downing, Ashland (OH)
Jack Hansbury, Bentley (MA)
Austin Goddard, Black Hills State (SD)
Austin Miller, Central Missouri
Brandon Payer, Colorado State-Pueblo
Michael Fleming, East Stroudsburg (PA)
Landon Nault, Emporia State (KS)
Bart Williams, Grand Valley State (MI)
Sam Blankenship, Harding (AR)
Conor Sullivan, Kutztown (PA)
Matt Blasiole, Malone (OH)
Jake Sell, Mars Hill (NC)
Jason Balts, Minnesota Duluth
Landon Compton, Missouri S&T
Jawanza Adams, Newberry (SC)
Ben Althoff, Northwest Missouri State
Cory Contini, Ohio Dominican
Drew Harris, Ouachita Baptist (AR)
Darian Taylor, Pittsburg State (KS)
Joel Carlos, Southeastern Oklahoma State
Kile Pletcher, Southern Arkansas
Jon Dicke, Southwest Minnesota State
Garrett Blubaugh, Texas A&M-Commerce
Drew Dowding, Wayne State (MI)
Christopher Birozes, Wingate (NC)
Division III
Tristan Rhoades, Allegheny (PA)
Andrew Yamin, Amherst (MA)
Rob Wolfington, Baldwin Wallace (OH)
Nick McGee, Berry (GA)
Kyle Kilgore, Bethel (MN)
Matthew Byers, Birmingham-Southern (AL)
Ethan Williams, Bluffton (OH)
Cam Rondeau, Bowdoin (ME)
Patrick Gray, Central (IA)
John Wilson, Centre (KY)
Nate Orrison, DePauw (IN)
Brendan Kilkenny, Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Joey Powell, Frostburg State (MD)
Brad Peterson, Gallaudet (DC)
Patrick Riley, Hardin-Simmons (TX)
Kiyon Brandford, Hobart (NY)
JD Roesch, Illinois College
Drew Turner, John Carroll (OH)
Anthony Davidson, Johns Hopkins (MD)
Joel Reighard, Juniata (PA)
Jagan Cleary, Lake Forest (IL)
Sam Romanofsky, Lycoming (PA)
John Bennett, Maine Maritime
Zane Yon, Manchester (IN)
Steele Liles, Millsaps (MS)
Nick Zambelli, Moravian (PA)
Danny Robinson, Mount Union (OH)
Michael Smosny, Ohio Wesleyan
Christian Godina, Redlands (CA)
P.J. Settles, Rhodes (TN)
Will Gillach, Saint John's (MN)
Nick Giorgio, Springfield (MA)
Ashton Leschke, Stevenson (MD)
Andrew Reo, Washington & Jefferson (PA)
Hank Michalski, Washington U. in St. Louis (MO)
Joseph Wilson, Wesleyan (CT)
Eric Stevenson, Wheaton (IL)
Turner Geisthardt, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Caleb Adams, Wisconsin-Stout
Nate Trewyn, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Russell Boston, Wooster (OH)
NAIA
Blake Fanning, Benedictine (KS)
Jeremy Williams, Cumberland (TN)
Michael Cleveland, Dakota State (SD)
Justin Slaughter, Edward Waters (FL)
Trent Mueller, Lindsey Wilson (KY)
Connor McKillop, Montana Western
Bryce Van Beek, Northwestern College (IA)
Dan Boshart, Peru State (NE)
Austin Eggl, Presentation (SD)
Piercen Harnish, Saint Francis (IN)
Candidates for the prestigious award are nominated by their school and must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing eligibility, showing strong leadership ability and citizenship on and off of the gridiron. Nominees for the Campbell Trophy must have at least a 3.2 grade point average and show outstanding football ability as a first-team player or significant contributor.
The Lambertville, Mich. native is a recognized leader for the Eagles, as a two-time captain, presented the Torchbearer Leader and Committed to Excellence team awards in 2017. Harris has continued his career successes on the field this season, already recording nine tackles, including a quarterback hurry and one tackle-for-loss. A leader on and off the field, the senior is a huge part of what is currently the nation's second-best redzone defense, holding opponents to score only nine times on 16 attempts. Eastern has allowed less than 175 yards in the second half of its past three matchups, giving up the 10th-fewest second half points nationwide.
In honor of the 60th year of its National Scholar-Athlete awards, the National Football Foundation will name 12-14 finalists on Oct. 31, each earning an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship. The finalists will travel to New York City for the 61st Annual NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 4, where one finalist will be named the winner of the Campbell Trophy, increasing his postgraduate scholarship amount to $25,000.
2018 NFF WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY® SEMIFINALISTS
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
Hale Hentges, Alabama
Hjalte Froholdt, Arkansas
Kenneth Brinson Jr., Army West Point
Alex Joss, Ball State
Zach Allen, Boston College
Adam Pulsipher, Brigham Young
Patrick Laird, California
Mitch Stanitzek, Central Michigan
Christian Wilkins, Clemson
Wyatt Bryan, Colorado State
Ben Humphreys, Duke
Jeremiah Harris, Eastern Michigan
Jackson Harris, Georgia
Brad Stewart, Georgia Tech
Zach Vaughan, Houston
Nick Allegretti, Illinois
Wes Martin, Indiana
Parker Hesse, Iowa
Spencer Benton, Iowa State
Dalton Risner, Kansas State
Matt Bahr, Kent State
Miles Butler, Kentucky
Chase Hancock, Marshall
Drew Kyser, Memphis
Noah Furbush, Michigan
Khari Willis, Michigan State
Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee State
Jared Weyler, Minnesota
Sean Rawlings, Mississippi
Corey Fatony, Missouri
Andrew Wood, Navy
Mick Stoltenberg, Nebraska
Ty Gangi, Nevada
Ryan Finley, North Carolina State
Max Scharping, Northern Illinois
Drue Tranquill, Notre Dame
Britton Abbott, Oklahoma State
Oshane Ximines, Old Dominion
Trace McSorley, Penn State
Alex Bookser, Pittsburgh
David Blough, Purdue
Graysen Schantz, Rice
Zack Heeman, Rutgers
Bryce Crawford, San Jose State
Gavin Patterson, South Alabama
Jaymon Thomas, South Florida
Garrett Stotts, Southern Methodist
Jesse Burkett, Stanford
Eric Dungey, Syracuse
Frank Nutile, Temple
Kyle Phillips, Tennessee
Jak Holbrook, Texas
Yannis Routsas, Texas at San Antonio
Cody Thompson, Toledo
Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah
Jontrell Rocquemore, Utah State
Kyle Shurmur, Vanderbilt
Lester Coleman, Virginia
Peyton Pelluer, Washington State
Billy Kinney, West Virginia
John Keenoy, Western Michigan
D'Cota Dixon, Wisconsin
Nick Smith, Wyoming
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
Dylan Renaker, Alabama State
Charles Hughes, Alcorn State
Ryan Rockensuess, Austin Peay State
Christian Montano, Brown
Bryan Marine, Bucknell
Thomas Hartshorn, Campbell
Alex Trotter, Chattanooga
Mike Hinton, Columbia
Drew Hunnicutt, Dartmouth
Nathan Campbell, Davidson
David Leisring, Dayton
Nathan Clayberg, Drake
Aaron Callaway, Eastern Illinois
De'Arius Christmas, Grambling State
Alex White, Harvard
Ryan Brady, Holy Cross
Ed Hall, Idaho
Jake Kolbe, Illinois State
Nic Duch, Jacksonville
Hunter Etheridge, James Madison
Andrew Chuma, Lafayette
Harrison Kauffman, Lehigh
LeMarkus Bailey, Mercer
Reggie Tilleman, Montana
Kyle Reisert, New Hampshire
Easton Stick, North Dakota State
Jake Casteel, Northern Arizona
Jack Soslow, Pennsylvania
Jesper Horsted, Princeton
Adam Wollet, Robert Morris
Andrew O'Neill, Sacred Heart
Michael Ames, Saint Francis
Anthony Lawrence, San Diego
Isaac Armstead, South Dakota
Taryn Christion, South Dakota State
Ryan Bell, Villanova
Zachary Weeks, Western Carolina
Sean McGuire, Western Illinois
J. Hunter Roman, Yale
Armand Dellovade, Youngstown State
Division II
Travis Downing, Ashland (OH)
Jack Hansbury, Bentley (MA)
Austin Goddard, Black Hills State (SD)
Austin Miller, Central Missouri
Brandon Payer, Colorado State-Pueblo
Michael Fleming, East Stroudsburg (PA)
Landon Nault, Emporia State (KS)
Bart Williams, Grand Valley State (MI)
Sam Blankenship, Harding (AR)
Conor Sullivan, Kutztown (PA)
Matt Blasiole, Malone (OH)
Jake Sell, Mars Hill (NC)
Jason Balts, Minnesota Duluth
Landon Compton, Missouri S&T
Jawanza Adams, Newberry (SC)
Ben Althoff, Northwest Missouri State
Cory Contini, Ohio Dominican
Drew Harris, Ouachita Baptist (AR)
Darian Taylor, Pittsburg State (KS)
Joel Carlos, Southeastern Oklahoma State
Kile Pletcher, Southern Arkansas
Jon Dicke, Southwest Minnesota State
Garrett Blubaugh, Texas A&M-Commerce
Drew Dowding, Wayne State (MI)
Christopher Birozes, Wingate (NC)
Division III
Tristan Rhoades, Allegheny (PA)
Andrew Yamin, Amherst (MA)
Rob Wolfington, Baldwin Wallace (OH)
Nick McGee, Berry (GA)
Kyle Kilgore, Bethel (MN)
Matthew Byers, Birmingham-Southern (AL)
Ethan Williams, Bluffton (OH)
Cam Rondeau, Bowdoin (ME)
Patrick Gray, Central (IA)
John Wilson, Centre (KY)
Nate Orrison, DePauw (IN)
Brendan Kilkenny, Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Joey Powell, Frostburg State (MD)
Brad Peterson, Gallaudet (DC)
Patrick Riley, Hardin-Simmons (TX)
Kiyon Brandford, Hobart (NY)
JD Roesch, Illinois College
Drew Turner, John Carroll (OH)
Anthony Davidson, Johns Hopkins (MD)
Joel Reighard, Juniata (PA)
Jagan Cleary, Lake Forest (IL)
Sam Romanofsky, Lycoming (PA)
John Bennett, Maine Maritime
Zane Yon, Manchester (IN)
Steele Liles, Millsaps (MS)
Nick Zambelli, Moravian (PA)
Danny Robinson, Mount Union (OH)
Michael Smosny, Ohio Wesleyan
Christian Godina, Redlands (CA)
P.J. Settles, Rhodes (TN)
Will Gillach, Saint John's (MN)
Nick Giorgio, Springfield (MA)
Ashton Leschke, Stevenson (MD)
Andrew Reo, Washington & Jefferson (PA)
Hank Michalski, Washington U. in St. Louis (MO)
Joseph Wilson, Wesleyan (CT)
Eric Stevenson, Wheaton (IL)
Turner Geisthardt, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Caleb Adams, Wisconsin-Stout
Nate Trewyn, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Russell Boston, Wooster (OH)
NAIA
Blake Fanning, Benedictine (KS)
Jeremy Williams, Cumberland (TN)
Michael Cleveland, Dakota State (SD)
Justin Slaughter, Edward Waters (FL)
Trent Mueller, Lindsey Wilson (KY)
Connor McKillop, Montana Western
Bryce Van Beek, Northwestern College (IA)
Dan Boshart, Peru State (NE)
Austin Eggl, Presentation (SD)
Piercen Harnish, Saint Francis (IN)
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