IRVING, Texas -- The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today the members of the 2018 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players who each maintained a cumulative 3.20 GPA or better throughout their college careers. An all-time high 1,251 players from a record-tying 302 schools from all divisions of play qualified for membership in the society's 12th year.
Representing the MAC are 38 student athletes from 10 of the 12 MAC football programs.
Akron: RB Warren Ball; WR Tra'Von Chapman; S Zach Guiser; LB Andrew Hauser; OL Xavier Quigley; WR Anthony Young
Ball State: OL Vinnie Palazeti
Bowling Green: OL Clark Clancy; P Joseph Davidson; OL Ryan Hunter; LB Nate Locke
Buffalo: P Kyle DeWeen; S Tim Roberts
Central Michigan: WR Mark Chapman; OL Derek Edwards; DE Joe Ostman
Eastern Michigan: WR Sergio Bailey II; LB Jason Beck; TE Daniel Buschman; DB Juan Giraldo; DL Luke Maclean; WR Johnnie Niupalau
Kent State: LB James Alexander; QB George Bollas; S Marcus Elliott; QB Nick Holley; OL Nathan Puthoff; DE Matt Sommers
Northern Illinois: S Jackson Abresch; K Christian Hagan; TE Shane Wimann
Toledo: OL Nate Jeppesen; LS Brad Spelman; OL Brant Weiss; QB Logan Woodside
Western Michigan: TE Lucas Bezerra; P Derrick Mitchell; LS Wyatt Pfeifer
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.