Football

NFF Honors 36 MAC Student-Athletes


IRVING, Texas - The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today the members of the 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.20 GPA or better throughout their college careers. An impressive 1,451 players from 365 schools qualified for membership in the Society’s 14th year. 

Representing the MAC are 36 student athletes from nine of the 12 MAC football programs.

Akron:  QB Robbie Kelley; LB John Lako; TE Darryl Long 
Ball State:  WR Riley Miller; OL Danny Pinter; OL Andrew Poenitsch; OL Zac Ricketts; TE Kyle Schrank 
Buffalo:  LB Matt Otwinowski 
Central Michigan:  QB Quinten Dormady; K/P Kaden Keon; K/P Ryan Tice; OL Clay Walderzak 
Eastern Michigan:  DL Hunter Andrews; LB Kobie Beltram; DB Brody Hoying; OL Steven Nielsen; OL Yannik Rohrschneider; RB Breck Turner 
Northern Illinois:  OL Andrew Starr; OL Jordan Steckler 
Ohio:  LS Devin King; LB Eric Popp; QB Nathan Rourke 
Toledo:  OL Yazeed Atariwa; OL Cameron Bell; DL Nate Childress; LB Jordan Fisher; TE Reggie Gilliam; QB Mitchell Guadagni 
Western Michigan:  DB Stefan Claiborne; LB Alex Grace; OL Luke Juriga; TE Giovanni Ricci; DB Justin Tranquill; QB Jon Wassink

Members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have: 
  -Completed their final year of playing eligibility in 2019; 
  -Graduated players, who have remaining eligibility but will not return to collegiate play may also be nominated. 
  -Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout entire course of undergraduate study; and 
  -Met all NCAA mandated progress toward degree requirements.
  -Been starters or significant contributors throughout the 2019 season.