IRVING, Texas - The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced the members of the 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA and sprint football who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.
The Big 12 tallied 43 student-athletes that qualified for membership this year. Iowa State and Kansas State led the Conference with nine players each followed by Texas Tech with eight, Texas with six, Oklahoma with four and Oklahoma State with four as well. Baylor, TCU and West Virginia all added one to round out the Conference selections.
An elite group of 1,734 players from 328 schools qualified for membership in 2023, setting a record for the number of members in a single year during the program's 17-year history. The initiative has now honored 16,370 student-athletes since its inception.
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K-State's Adrian Martinez was named a finalist for the NFF's William V. Campbell Trophy, college football's premier scholar-athlete award that annually recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
West Virginia is one of only 22 programs to have had at least one player in all 17 years of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2007-23).
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must be either:
- A senior player, who will graduate this spring/summer, and just completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2022; or
- A graduated player, who has been out of high school at least (3) years;
And must have:
- Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale); and
- Been starters or significant contributors throughout the 2022 season.
The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete program by greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The program further strengthens the organization's leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes at the 774 colleges and universities with football programs nationwide.
2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society Membership
Dillon Doyle, Baylor
Blake Clark, Iowa State
Beau Coberley, Iowa State
Connor Guess, Iowa State
Kendell Jackson, Iowa State
Anthony Johnson Jr., Iowa State
Drake Nettles, Iowa State
Colby Reeder, Iowa State
Jared Rus, Iowa State
O’Rien Vance, Iowa State
Nick Allen, Kansas State
Drake Cheatum, Kansas State
Thomas Helten, Kansas State
Robert Hentz II, Kansas State
Eli Huggins, Kansas State
*Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
Cincere Mason, Kansas State
Kade Warner, Kansas State
Sammy Wheeler, Kansas State
Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma
Eric Gray, Oklahoma
Drake Stoops, Oklahoma
Michael Turk, Oklahoma
Matt Hembrough, Oklahoma State
Tom Hutton, Oklahoma State
Ben Kopenski, Oklahoma State
Hunter Woodard, Oklahoma State
Dominic DiNunzio, TCU
Junior Angilau, Texas
Roschon Johnson, Texas
Moro Ojomo, Texas
Logan Parr, Texas
Devin Richardson, Texas
Daniel Trejo, Texas
Patrick Curley, Texas Tech
Jaylon Hutchings, Texas Tech
Tyrique Matthew, Texas Tech
Tyler Shough, Texas Tech
Henry Teeter, Texas Tech
Marquis Waters, Texas Tech
Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
Weston Wright, Texas Tech
Casey Legg, West Virginia
* Member of 2022 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments