Tom Hutton is Semifinalist for William V. Campbell Award
STILLWATER – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) proudly announced today the 156 semifinalists for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy®, college football’s premier scholar-athlete award, and Oklahoma State senior and punter Tom Hutton was one of those semifinalists. The impressive list of candidates boasts an impressive 3.62 average GPA, with more than half of the semifinalists having already earned their bachelor’s degrees.
Hutton is set to earn his in December in Construction Engineering Technology/Building. The native of Newborough, Victoria, Australia is 32-years-old and married, but has fit in perfectly in his time at Oklahoma State. His career average with 205 punts is 41.6-yards and he has had only 10 touchbacks with 82 punts downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard-line and almost half of his punts (102) have been fair caught. This season he is averaging 44.7-yards on 15 punts including seven downed inside the 20 and no touchbacks.
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates for the awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing 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. The class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.
Hutton is a multiple All-Big 12 All-Academic honoree. Among the other Big 12 semifinalists were Baylor linebacker Dillion Doyle, Oklahoma receiver Drake Stoops and Kansas State quarterback Adrian Martinez.
Celebrating its 33rd year, the Campbell Trophy® recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
“These 156 impressive candidates truly represent the scholar-athlete ideal,” said NFF Chairman Archie Manning, whose sons Peyton (Campbell Trophy® winner) and Eli were named NFF National Scholar-Athletes in 1997 and 2003, respectively. “During the past seven decades, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards have recognized 891 college football players who excelled as the best our great sport has to offer. This year's semifinalists build on the tradition, further illustrating the power of football in developing the next generation of influential leaders.”
The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 26, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2022 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments. The finalists will travel to Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the 64th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 6, where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports.