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Saltes Named to Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - July 25, 2019 - The Wuerffel Trophy, presented by Chick-fil-A Foundation® announced its Watch List today of 86 players from college football's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Teton Slates (Albuquerque, N.M.) is one of those 86 players on the initial watch list. He is the first Lobo to make the watch list since 2015, when Garrett Adcock was one of three semifinalists for the award.

The Wuerffel Trophy, known as "College Football's Premier Award for Community Service," is presented each February in Fort Walton Beach. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy is awarded to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.