Penn State football offensive lineman Nick Dawkins was the recipient of the 2024 Wuerffel Trophy, an award given "to the FBS player who best combines exemplary community service with leadership achievement on and off the field."
Dawkins' work is more than a service to him, though. The Nittany Lion started his own nonprofit organization, Dawkins Family Foundation, in honor of his father Darryl who passed in Aug. 2015 and his uncles.
"Everything is," Dawkins said when asked about what he does to honor his father. "I think the greatest gift you can be given is your last name and it's your job to add more value to it.