TOCHO IS CAMPBELL SEMIFINALIST

The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today that NC State cornerback Jack Tocho has been named a semifinalist for the 2016 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity Investments®. The award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation.

Tocho, a senior from Charlotte, earned his degree in business finance with an accounting minor in just three years, graduating in May. He has been a two-time Academic All-ACC performer, a three-time Dean's List honoree and has been named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll all three years he's been at NC State.

On the field, the three-year letterwinner and four-year starter was elected a 2016 captain and ranks second on the 2016 Wolfpack squad in career starts.

The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Nov. 1, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, presented by Fidelity Investments. The finalists will travel to New York City for the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 6, where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports. At the event, one member of the class will be declared in dramatic fashion the winner of the 27th William V. Campbell Trophy and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000.

Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates for the awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.

Players Mentioned

Jack Tocho

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