IRVING, Tx. - The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today a record number of members for the 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA and sprint football who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.

Twelve Vikings made the record setting list:
Charlie Bell
David Billiard
Colby Brookshire
Blade Bryant
Tonny Garcia
Blake Hembree
John Mancuso
Charlie Sims
Kristofer Thomas
Kuannas Walker
Jared Weitkamp
Al Williams

To be nominated the student-athlete must have been a senior player, who will graduate this spring/summer, and just completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2023; or a graduated player, who has been out of high school for at least three years; must have attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale; and been a starter or contributor throughout the 2023 season.

The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete program by greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The program further strengthens the organization's leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes at the 772 colleges and universities with football programs nationwide.