Fort Walton Beach, Fla. – Eleven Sun Belt Conference student-athletes, including five from Texas State, were named to the Wuerffel Trophy watch list today. The five Texas State student-athletes was the most by a single program in the country.

The watch list featured 109 student-athletes in total. Arkansas State’s Blaise Taylor earned a second consecutive mention on the watch list after appearing on the 2016 list.
 
The 11 student-athletes from the Sun Belt Conference were:
Taylor Lamb, Appalachian State
Blaise Taylor, Arkansas State
Kayden Elliss, Idaho
Grant Horst, Louisiana
Tre Alford, South Alabama
Gabe Lloyd, Texas State
Tryston Mizerak, Texas State
Gabe Schrade, Texas State
James Sherman, Texas State
Tyler Watts, Texas State
Seth Calloway, Troy
 
The Wuerffel Trophy, known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service,” is presented annually by the All Sports Association in Fort Walton Beach Florida. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy is awarded to the FBS student-athletes that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
 
The formal announcement of the 2017 recipient will be made at the National Football Foundation’s press conference in New York City on December 5. The presentation of the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy will occur at the 49th Annual All Sports Association Awards Banquet on February 16, 2018 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.