Washington State defensive tackle Hercules Mata’afa has been named one of 15 semifinalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award.
The Walter Camp award is the fourth-oldest college football award nationally, and WSU QB Luke Falk was a semifinalist for it last season.
Mata’afa leads the Pac-12 and is third nationally with 21.5 tackles-for-loss. His conference-leading 9.5 sacks are tied for fifth-most nationally.
Mata’afa, a redshirt junior from Lahaina, Hawaii, was recently named the Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of the Week and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after his five tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in WSU’s win over Utah last Saturday.