Dakota Davis named a 2022 Campbell Trophy Semifinalist

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The William V. Campbell Trophy®

The William V. Campbell Trophy®

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Click Here to See The William V. Campbell Trophy® Recipients​

Established: 1990

Named in honor of the late William V. Campbell, the former chairman of Intuit, former player and head coach at Columbia University and the 2004 recipient of the NFF's Gold Medal, The William V. Campbell Trophy® has become the most prestigious and desirable "academic" award in college football. The trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.

Criteria and Selection Process
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates must be:

* A senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility;
* Have a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale;
* Have outstanding football ability as a first team player; and
* Have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.

Selected by the NFF Awards Committee in October, the finalists and the winner are all honored at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas in December. Each finalist receives an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments. During the event, one member of the class is selected as the recipient of the Campbell Trophy® as the best football scholar-athlete in the nation and has his postgraduate scholarship increased to a total of $25,000.

Each recipient also receives a 24-inch, 25-pound bronze trophy that was designed based on the vintage NFF logo, which was the organization’s primary mark from 1959 to 2010.

Following the NFF Annual Awards Dinner, the recipient of the Campbell Trophy® is honored at several prestigious events. He will take part in ESPN's virtual "The Home Depot College Football Awards" on Thursday, where he will be interviewed live during the show. Finally, he is honored on the field during the College Football Playoff National Championship in January.

Known as "The Coach of Silicon Valley," Bill Campbell became one of our country's most influential business leaders, playing critical roles in the success of Apple, Google, Intuit and countless other high tech companies. The captain of the 1961 Columbia Ivy League championship team, he found his true calling after an unlikely career change at age 39 from football coach to advertising executive. His ability to recruit, develop, and manage talented executives - all lessons learned on the gridiron - proved to be a critical component of his ability to inspire his business teams to the highest levels of success. Later in life, Campbell was driven by a heartfelt desire to give back, and he quietly gave away tens of millions of dollars to multiple charities while also finding an hour and half each autumn weekday to coach an eighth-grade boys and girls flag-football team near his home in Palo Alto, California. Campbell passed away April 18, 2016, at the age of 75.

With an average GPA of 3.74, past recipients of the Campbell Trophy® include two Rhodes Scholars, a Rhodes Scholar finalist, two Heisman Trophy winners and seven first round NFL Draft picks. Additionally, 20 of the 31 winners have made their mark in the NFL. If you hold the title Campbell Trophy® recipient, you are one of the following: a university president, a doctor, a lawyer, a world-wide leader in climatology research, a PhD nuclear engineer executive, a partner in a highly successful real estate firm, a director with a non-profit foundation, high school football coach, television broadcaster or personality, insurance executive, corporate executive, assistant college football coach, philanthropist, humanitarian, U.S. Army captain, consulting analyst, financial advisor or PhD candidate, and that does not include the five recipients still playing in the NFL.

 

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Davis Semifinalist for Campbell Trophy - Syracuse University Athletics

Syracuse redshirt senior Dakota Davis is a semifinalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy, college football's premier scholar-athlete award. The comple...

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Cool

 

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I'm not sure if I should feel proud that a student athlete from my favorite team is so good at the student part as well as the athlete part or if I should feel jealous that he is so much smarter and more ahtletic than me. I suppose a bit of both.

 

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[All4SU]

I'm not sure if I should feel proud that a student athlete from my favorite team is so good at the student part as well as the athlete part or if I should feel jealous that he is so much smarter and more ahtletic than me. I suppose a bit of both.

The world needs as many smart people as we can get. Athletes? Not so much.

 

[texascpa]

The world needs as many smart people as we can get. Athletes? Not so much.

eh, I don't know about that. Sports is a part of culture. All societies have sports with people who focus on that sport. Not all make tons of money like they do in first world countries, but it does impact their culture and identity.

 

[All4SU]

eh, I don't know about that. Sports is a part of culture. All societies have sports with people who focus on that sport. Not all make tons of money like they do in first world countries, but it does impact their culture and identity.

Yes sports is part of culture. Always has been. Never more than now, however. And now is a little too much IMO.

 

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Yes sports is part of culture. Always has been. Never more than now, however. And now is a little too much IMO.

Sports were pretty big in ancient Rome, just before the collapse, so...