Brandon Cleveland Sees His Name on the AllState Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
7/31/2025 1:00:00 PM | Football
ATLANTA, Ga. – For the second straight season, Brandon Cleveland has been nominated to the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, college football's premier award for community service, the Wuerffel Foundation announced today.
Cleveland, who was also nominated to the AFCA Good Works Team, is one of 116 nominees representing players from college football's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for their commitment to community service.
Cleveland is active in the Raleigh community. Most recently, he helped nearly 200 elementary and middle school students at the Boys & Girls Club in Raleigh and assisted in handing out backpacks filled with school supplies using his own NIL money.
With his coaches and teammates, he hands out Pizza downtown to the unhoused community and works with the regional hospital in his hometown on Christmas. He has also raised $10,000 for Feed the Pack Pantry, a program on the NC State campus run by students that helps support unhoused students and students facing food insecurity. Still in the process of fundraising, students can go grocery shopping on campus for free and get the essentials they need.
The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy celebrates student-athletes who use their platforms to serve others and create positive change. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winner and University of Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who turned his football success into a lifelong mission of service, the award reflects his legacy of leadership and humanitarianism. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the trophy's founding.
The 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy finalists and recipient will be selected by a national voting committee, with input from a fan vote. The 2025 recipient will also serve as Captain of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards show on December 12th, airing on ESPN. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Presentation Gala will follow on January 31, 2026, at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
Cleveland, who was also nominated to the AFCA Good Works Team, is one of 116 nominees representing players from college football's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for their commitment to community service.
Cleveland is active in the Raleigh community. Most recently, he helped nearly 200 elementary and middle school students at the Boys & Girls Club in Raleigh and assisted in handing out backpacks filled with school supplies using his own NIL money.
With his coaches and teammates, he hands out Pizza downtown to the unhoused community and works with the regional hospital in his hometown on Christmas. He has also raised $10,000 for Feed the Pack Pantry, a program on the NC State campus run by students that helps support unhoused students and students facing food insecurity. Still in the process of fundraising, students can go grocery shopping on campus for free and get the essentials they need.
The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy celebrates student-athletes who use their platforms to serve others and create positive change. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winner and University of Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who turned his football success into a lifelong mission of service, the award reflects his legacy of leadership and humanitarianism. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the trophy's founding.
The 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy finalists and recipient will be selected by a national voting committee, with input from a fan vote. The 2025 recipient will also serve as Captain of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards show on December 12th, airing on ESPN. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Presentation Gala will follow on January 31, 2026, at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
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