{"id":65102,"date":"2024-09-26T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=65102"},"modified":"2024-09-25T23:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T03:28:08","slug":"acc-players-on-the-first-semifinal-campbell-trophy-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/09\/26\/acc-players-on-the-first-semifinal-campbell-trophy-list\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Players on the First Semifinal Campbell Trophy List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifteen ACC players have made the first semifinalist list for the William Campbell Trophy. The award is given out to a player deemed to be the best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance, and exemplary leadership. So let\u2019s check out the ACC players on the first semifinal Campbell Trophy list.<\/p>\n

The ACC List<\/h3>\n

Craig Woodson, California, Defensive Back<\/p>\n

Phil Mafah<\/a>, Clemson, Running Back<\/p>\n

Jordan Moore, Duke, Wide Receiver<\/p>\n

Robert Scott Jr., Florida State, Offensive Line<\/p>\n

Henry Freer, Georgia Tech, Long Snapper<\/p>\n

Ashton Gillotte<\/a>, Louisville, Defensive Line<\/p>\n

J.J. Jones, North Carolina, Wide Receiver<\/p>\n

Timothy McKay, NC State, Offensive Line<\/p>\n

Terrence Moore, Pitt, Offensive Line<\/p>\n

Jake Bailey, SMU, Wide Receiver<\/p>\n

Tristan Sinclair, Stanford, Linebacker<\/p>\n

Derek McDonald, Syracuse, Linebacker<\/p>\n

Brian Stevens, Virginia, Offensive Line<\/p>\n

Cole Nelson, Virginia Tech, Defensive Line<\/p>\n

Taylor Morin<\/a>, Wake Forest, Wide Receiver<\/p>\n

The Particulars<\/h3>\n

There are 203 players in the first round of semifinalists for the award. The ACC is tied for second among all conferences for the most nominees. There have been three winners from the conference in the last decade. The most recent one was Christian Wilkins of Clemson in 2018.<\/p>\n

In an era where college football players have more years of eligibility, more than half of the first round of semifinalists have already earned their Bachelor\u2019s Degree.<\/p>\n

The players are nominated by their schools.<\/a> All nominees must be in their final year of eligibility in the 2024 season or a graduate student or graduate transfer who has already earned a degree. They must have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. And per the award committee, they must have outstanding football ability as a first-team player or significant contributor; and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.<\/p>\n

The National Football Foundation will narrow the list down to 14 finalists by October 23rd<\/sup>. Each of them gets an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship. The winner will be announced in Las Vegas on December 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Photo courtesy: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fifteen ACC players have made the first semifinalist list for the William Campbell Trophy. The award is given out to a player deemed to be the best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance, and exemplary leadership. So let\u2019s check out the ACC players on the first semifinal Campbell Trophy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1534,"featured_media":65105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[102,7219,7447,90,590,306,321,100,1249],"class_list":["post-65102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-acc","tag-acc","tag-cal-golden-bears","tag-campbell-trophy","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-syracuse-orange","tag-virginia-cavaliers","tag-virginia-tech-hokies","tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons"],"modified_by":"Tony Siracusa, CFB Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}