UConn guard Zach Hurd has been nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, those groups announced Tuesday. The team is put together “to honor the distinguished group of college football players who stand out for the positive influence they have in their communities.”
According to AFCA, Hurd’s community service accomplishments include:
– Participating in Dare Day where he speaks to over 4,000 elementary school children on the dangers of drugs and how to say “no”
– Leads the Goal Line Project, a UConn Football weekly community service initiative where student-athletes visit local schools to mentor students in academics and athletics.
– Continually lends his time to children’s volunteer work, specifically the Connecticut Children’s Hospital and Children’s Home, a full-service Christian treatment center
From the 112 nominees, the most ever in the 19-year history of the award, two 11-player Good Works Teams will be selected and announced in late September _ one for the Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-A) and the other for the Football Championship Subdivision, Divisions II, III and NAIA.
Past members of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Peyton and Eli Manning, and 2010 NFL first-round draft picks Tim Tebow and Gerald McCoy.
Here are the nominees from the FBS:
Arizona State University – Thomas Weber
Baylor University – Robert Griffin
Bowling Green State University – Ben Bojicic
Brigham Young University – Riley Nelson
Central Michigan University – Brian Bennyhoff
Clemson University – Mason Cloy
Colorado State University – Eugene Daniels
Duke University – Bryan Morgan
Florida State University – Christian Ponder
Georgia Institute of Technology – Roddy Jones
Indiana University – Ben Chappell
Iowa State University – Alex Alvarez
Kansas State University – Alex Hrebec
Marshall University – Lee Smith
Michigan State University – Kirk Cousins
Northern Illinois University – Adam Kiel
Northwestern University – Corbin Bryant
Ohio State University – Bryant Browning
Oklahoma State University – Andrew McGee
Penn State University – Stefen Wisniewski
Purdue University – Kyle Adams
Rice University – Cheta Ozougwu
Rutgers University – Howard Barbieri
Southern Methodist University – Pete Fleps
Syracuse University – Bud Tribbey
Temple University – Amara Kamara
Texas A&M University – Jerrod Johnson
Texas Christian University – Tejay Johnson
Texas Tech University – Baron Batch
University of Alabama – John Michael Boswell
University of Connecticut – Zach Hurd
University of Florida – Jeff Demps
University of Idaho – Tyrone Novikoff
University of Iowa – Julian Vandervelde
University of Kansas – Brad Thorson
University of Kentucky – Randall Cobb
University of Memphis – Dominik Riley
University of Mississippi – Jerrell Powe
University of Missouri – Dan Hoch
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Alex Henery
University of Nevada-Las Vegas – Matt Murphy
University of North Carolina – Robert Quinn
University of Notre Dame – Dayne Crist
University of Oklahoma – Quinton Carter
University of Pittsburgh – Greg Romeus
University of South Carolina – Cliff Matthews
University of Southern California – D.J. Shoemate
University of Southern Mississippi – Austin Davis
U.S. Naval Academy – Ricky Dobbs
University of Tennessee – Nick Reveiz
University of Texas-Austin – Sam Acho
University of Texas-El Paso – Donald Buckram
University of Toledo – Colin McHugh
University of Virginia – Ras-I Dowling
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Danny Coale
University of Wisconsin – Scott Tolzien
Western Michigan University – Nick Mitchell
- Neill
