IRVING, Texas (Aug. 25, 2014) – The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today that more than 270 NFF High School Scholar-Athletes have entered college football preseason camps this month at campuses across the country.

“The NFF Chapter Network does an exceptional job of identifying the best and the brightest high school football players nationwide,” said NFF Chairman and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning. “Their drive to compete on the field and in the classroom makes them a coveted addition to any college team. Their hard work in high school has paid off, and we look forward to watching them develop as they enter the college football ranks.”

The NFF Chapter Network has identified a total of 273 scholar-athletes on college rosters this fall who claimed honors during the 2014 NFF banquet season for their high school accomplishments. The scholar-athletes have landed at schools across all levels of the NCAA and NAIA, including 43 Football Bowl Subdivision institutions from all 10 conferences as well as independents Army, BYU, Navy and Notre Dame. A total of 29 members of the 2014 NFF High School Scholar-Athlete Class have earned a chance to play in the Ivy League with at least one honoree at all eight of the prestigious institutions of the Ivy League.

“NFF chapters are guided by strong leadership, and that is evident in the quality of our chapters and the amount of outstanding young men they honor each and every year,” said NFF President and CEO Steve Hatchell. “We are proud to highlight the names of the 2014 honorees who will continue their passion for the game at the next level this fall. Playing college football will help them hone a set of skills that will benefit them for many years to come as they enter the workforce and become leaders in their chosen professions.”

Several chapters supplied college football with a high number of scholar-athletes. The Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter led with 30 scholar-athletes while the NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Chapter and Philadelphia Chapter each produced 18 honorees. Other high-ranking chapters included the Casey-O’Brien/New Haven [Conn.] Chapter (12), Mike Cleary/Northeast Ohio Chapter (10), Northern Connecticut Chapter (12), Sacramento Valley (Calif.) Chapter (12), Southeastern Connecticut Chapter (10), Touchdown Club of Atlanta Chapter (16), Touchdown Club of Houston Chapter (16) and Valley of the Sun [Ariz.] Chapter (14).

The 2014 NFF High School Scholar-Athletes Playing College Football

Allstate Sugar Bowl (La.) Chapter

• Aaron Craig, Southeastern Louisiana University
• Sam Hurley, Tulane University
• Parker Jaquillard, Sewanee: The University of the South (Tenn.)
• Sean O’Brien, Rhodes College (Tenn.)

Brian Piccolo/Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Chapter

• Nathan Kirchmier, University of Pennsylvania
• Ryan Samuels, Davidson College
• Tyler Sayles, United States Naval Academy
• Semar Smith, Harvard University

Casey-O’Brien/New Haven (Conn.) Chapter

• John Burke, Salve Regina University (R.I.)
• Nicholas Crowle, Yale University
• Ian Dieli, Bowdoin College (Maine)
• Mark Dietrich, Western New England University (Mass.)
• T.J. Linta, Brown University
• Tyler MacNeil, Bowdoin College (Maine)
• Timothy Maher, Wagner College
• Andrew Meoli, Trinity College (Conn.)
• Joseph Nault, Tufts University (Mass.)
• Jason Nelson, Union College (N.Y.)
• Zack Siorwich, Saint Anselm College (N.H.)
• Nick Weissauer, Muhlenberg College (Pa.)

Central Indiana Chapter

• Sean Boswell, St. Francis University (Ind.)
• David Griffith, Western Illinois University
• Conner Smith, Valparaiso University
• Dakota Sneed, Butler University
• Mitch Turley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chicago Metro Chapter

• Collin Holte, Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.)
• Richard Schoen, Miami University (Ohio)

Colorado Chapter

• Christian McCaffrey, Stanford University

Delaware Valley (N.J.) Chapter

• Nicholas DeMarie, University of Pennsylvania

East Tennessee Chapter

• Toddy Kelly Jr., University of Tennessee

Essex County (N.J.) Chapter

• Joe Salter, Princeton University

Greater Baltimore Chapter

• Ryan Robertson, United States Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)

Hawaii Chapter

• Charleston Cazimero, Oregon State University
• Kevin Davis, Texas Christian University
• Isaac Joel Hurd, Southern Oregon University
• Jared Kapisi, Brigham Young University
• Jantzen Shinmoto, Lewis & Clark College (Ore.)

Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter

• Rhett Adley, Stony Brook University
• Jon Baker, Boston College
• Sam Benger, Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.)
• Aiden Beresford, Brown University
• Colby Blaze, Harvard University
• Matthew Bonazzoli, Macalester College (Minn.)
• Joe Byrnes, Tufts University (Mass.)
• Jordan Corbett-Frank, University of Maryland
• Zach Duguid, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Dan Fulham, Middlebury College (Vt.)
• James Hendren, Boston College
• Drew Jacobs, Middlebury College (Vt.)
• Matt Jeye, Wesleyan University (Conn.)
• Benjamin Joyal, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
• Shane Kaminski, Wesleyan University (Conn.)
• Grant Kramer, Babson College (Mass.)
• Erik Kushner, Colgate University
• Jonathan Lilley, University of Pennsylvania
• Connor Moriarty, Tufts University (Mass.)
• Dylan Oxsen, Assumption College (Mass.)
• Nick Paganetti, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.)
• Donte Papas, Amherst College (Mass.)
• Greg Roder, Amherst College (Mass.)
• Jonathan Saurman, College of the Holy Cross
• Brad Scuzzarella, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.)
• Connor Strachan, Boston College
• Zach Thomas, Tufts University (Mass.)
• Marcus Uran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Kyle Wisnieski, Bentley University (Mass.)
• Steven Zieselman, Colby College (Maine)

Joe Tiller/Northwest Indiana Chapter

• Nicholas Bokun, University of Pennsylvania
• Nigel Hensley, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (Ind.)
• Jake Jatis, Cornell University
• Garrett Johnson, University of Indianapolis
• Michael Krutz, Wabash College (Ind.)
• Andrew Ralph, Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.)
• Levi Schultz, University of Indianapolis
• Mitchell Sterner, Butler University

Joe Yukica/New Hampshire Chapter

• Patrick Flathers, Dartmouth College
• Kyle Kosiorek, Plymouth State University (N.H.)
• Jared Kuehl, University of New Hampshire
• Alex Parenteau, Stonehill College (Mass.)
• Donovan Phanor, Stonehill College (Mass.)
• Kyle Reisert, University of New Hampshire
• Colin Richardson, Bates College (Maine)
• Nicholas Vailas, Bowdoin College (Maine)

King County/Seattle Chapter

• Timothy Haehl, Harvard University

Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Chapter

• Nick Bendixen, Fairleigh-Dickinson University-Florham (N.J.)
• Marco Blasco, Muhlenberg College (Pa.)
• Nick Cook, Geneva College (Pa.)
• Jacob Del Priore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Andrew Morgan, Gettysburg College (Pa.)
• Nick Nejad, Moravian College (Pa.)

Little Rock Touchdown Club Chapter

• Joshua Liddell, University of Arkansas

Los Angeles Chapter

• Tristan De La Rosa, Valparaiso University
• Ajene Harris, University of Southern California
• Jermale Jefferson, University of California, Davis
• Gasetoto MacCarthur, Utah State University
• Adam Pilapil, University of Wyoming
• John JuJu Smith, University of Southern California
• Jamie Stewart, Harvard University
• John Turner, University of Washington
• Corey Walker, San Jose State University
• David Williams, San Jose State University

Memphis (Tenn.) Chapter

• Mike Goodrich, Hendrix College (Ark.)
• Witt Hawkins, Washington & Lee University (Va.)
• Cornelius Sturghill, University of Louisville
• Anthony Upchurch, Missouri State University
• Dominic Volpe, Washington & Lee University (Va.)

Middle Tennessee Chapter

• Tyler Swafford, Eastern Kentucky University

Midlands (S.C.) Chapter

• Christian Miller, University of Alabama

Mike Cleary/Northeast Ohio Chapter

• D’Andre Bearden-Brooks, University of Charleston (W.V.)
• Jim Byrne, University of Notre Dame
• Andrew Dorogi, Amherst College (Mass.)
• Ben Hart, Davidson College
• Mike Knoll, Boston College
• Daniel Lentz, United States Naval Academy
• Brad Novak, Mercyhurst University (Pa.)
• Ben Oxley, Northwestern University
• Jay Riley, Hillsdale College (Mich.)
• Patrick Riley, Gannon University (Pa.)

Minnesota Chapter

• Bronson Bruneau, Duke University
• Jack Dummer, University of St. Thomas (Minn.)
• Tobias Knight, University of St. Thomas (Minn.)
• Josh Sitarz, Saint John’s University (Minn.)
• Michael Strand, Minnesota State University Moorhead

Nassau County (N.Y.) Chapter

• James Kretkowski, University of Delaware

National Capital (D.C.) Chapter

• James McLaughlin, Georgetown University

NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Chapter

• Andrew Bolin, Midwestern State University (Texas)
• Frank Boudreaux, Northwestern State University
• Tyler Carver, United States Air Force Academy
• Alex Dillard, Bethel College (Kan.)
• Tyler Files, Grand View University (Iowa)
• Charles Grant, Arkansas State University
• Anders Huizenga, Yale University
• Curtis Ladd, United States Air Force Academy
• James Mayden, Rice University
• Otis McMillan, Jr., Ouachita Baptist University (Ark.)
• Laurent Njiki, United States Naval Academy
• Xavier Pinedo, Midwestern State University (Texas)
• Daniel Russell, Blinn Junior College (Texas)
• Mason Ruzicka, Southwest Baptist University (Mo.)
• Adam Sandy, Wheaton College (Ill.)
• Solomon Thomas, Stanford University
• Kolyn Waldrop, Texas Tech University
• Destri White, Rice University

NFFCHOF Bill Dooley (N.C.) Chapter

• Antwuan Elliott, Campbell University

Northern California Chapter

• Jack Heneghan, Dartmouth College
• Jacob Hicks, Fresno State
• Walker Hughes, Brigham Young University
• Spencer Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Nicholas Randolph, University of California, Berkeley

Northern Connecticut Chapter

• Stephen Barmore, Yale University
• Tyler Barnes, Union College (N.Y.)
• Julian Caraway, Wesleyan University (Conn.)
• Matt Houpert, Georgetown University
• Andrew Jenkelunas, Bates College (Maine)
• Shawn Loads, Nichols College (Mass.)
• Kyran McKinney-Crudden, Dartmouth College
• Victor Ortiz, Earlham College (Ind.)
• Walker Scanner, United States Naval Academy
• Tommy Seaver, Salve Regina University (R.I.)
• Teddy Voulgaris, Colby College (Maine)
• Eric Walz, Springfield College (Mass.)

Philadelphia Chapter

• Sonny Armstrong, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Brandan Burke, Bentley University (Mass.)
• Anthony Campanile, Johns Hopkins University (Md.)
• Luke Carrezola, University of Connecticut
• Alec Coyle-Nicholas, Harvard University
• Clifford David, Trinity College (Conn.)
• Eric Doe, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Brandon Hitner, Villanova University
• Joseph Levanthal, Franklin & Marshall College (Pa.)
• Kyle Lowery, Widener University (Pa.)
• Vincent Moffett, Franklin & Marshall College (Pa.)
• Walt Pegues, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Anthony Pond, Ursinus College (Pa.)
• Rasaan Stewart, Villanova University
• Andrew Sykes, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Steve Weyler, Villanova University
• Ricky Young, Villanova University
• Tyler Zilen, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Rochester (N.Y.) Chapter

• Trent Egenlauf, Milford Academy (CT)
• Kurtis Haut, University of Rochester (NY)
• Connor Heeb, Columbia University
• John Iacucci, Malone University (OH)
• Chris Nanni, Syracuse University
• Charlie Shuman, Pennsylvania State University
• Peter Thomas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
• Dan Welch, The College at Brockport (NY)

Sacramento Valley (Calif.) Chapter

• Tony Ellison, University of Arizona
• Colton Giorgi, University of San Diego
• Travis Gist, Baylor University
• Dylan Keeney, University of Colorado
• Nifae Lealao, Vanderbilt University
• Tyler Meteer, Sacramento State
• Custis Olsen, United States Naval Academy
• Kameron Schroeder, Duke University
• Kenny Smart, Harvard University
• Alex Van Dyke, University of California, Los Angeles
• Kyle Wells, University of California, Berkeley
• Logan Wolfley, Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)

Southeastern Connecticut Chapter

• Joseph Allyn, Westfield State University (Mass.)
• Zane Cooke, University of Connecticut
• Adam Davis, United States Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)
• Connor Elliot, Stevenson University (Md.)
• Dakota Fleming, College of the Holy Cross
• Calvin Green, Westfield State University (Mass.)
• Joseph Mariani, Colby College (Maine)
• Orrin Parke, Western Connecticut State University
• David Peck, Bowdoin College (Maine)
• Zach Pourier, Endicott College (Mass.)

Southern Indiana Chapter

• Owen Mattingly, Indiana University
• Sam Stratman, Wabash College (Ind.)

State of Maine Chapter

• Andrew Libby, University of Massachusetts
• Cody Lynn, Assumption College (Mass.)
• Cody O’Brien, Maine Maritime Academy
• Jedidiah Scott, Assumption College (Mass.)
• Joshua Thibeault, Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)

Tampa (Fla.) Chapter

• Richard James Bush, Princeton University

Texas Tech Chapter

• Ladareon Hunter, Wayland Baptist University (Texas)
• Stanton Keane, Texas Tech University
• Rayan Salinas, Wayland Baptist University (Texas)

Tom Lombaro/St. Louis Chapter

• Jacob Bolstad, Truman State University (Mo.)
• Brian Crowe, Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.)
• Austin Kistner, Davidson College
• Garrett Krueger, Missouri State University
• Marcus Ramspott, Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.)

Touchdown Club of Atlanta Chapter

• Coleton Brindle, Berry College (Ga.)
• Tyler  Browning, Berry College (Ga.)
• Daniel Crochet, Cornell University
• Chandler Ector, Delta State University (Miss.)
• Larenz Griggs, Georgetown University
• Jaylen Hudson, University of Dayton
• Cheyenne Hunt, Georgia Tech
• Andrew Johnson, Yale University
• Deion King, Princeton University
• Lex Lauletta, Dickinson College (Pa.)
• Delarrion Milner, Georgia Military College
• Harris Roberts, Furman University
• Jonathan Sheperd-Smith, Davidson College
• Thomas Sizemore, Reinhardt University (Ga.)
• Roderick Tyler, Georgia Tech
• Quincy Wolff, Princeton University

Touchdown Club of Houston Chapter

• Reggie Chevis, Texas A&M University
• Chaz Davis, Trinity University (Texas)
• Brandon Greer, Trinity University (Texas)
• Kyle Harden, McNeese State University
• Chris Harrell, Stanford University
• Zachary Hester, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Marcus Loud, University of Missouri
• Jacob McClean, Colorado School of Mines
• Zach Miller, Harvard University
• Maurice Morris, United States Naval Academy
• Karson Ota, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Karson Roberts, United States Air Force Academy
• Tyler Stehling, Rice University
• Ryan Trauffler, Rice University
• Maurice Walker, Maryville College (Tenn.)
• Taylor Woods, University of the Incarnate Word

Valley of the Sun (Ariz.) Chapter

• Nate Adams, University of Maryland
• Logan Adcock, Benedictine University (Ill.)
• Brett Darling, Friends University (Kan.)
• Matt Delos, Glendale Community College (Ariz.)
• William Gades, Colorado School of Mines
• Daniel Galindo, Northern Arizona University
• Jake Glatting, University of Arizona
• Quinten Hunt, South Dakota State University
• Charles Keller, Stanford University
• Matthew Peelman, Hastings College (Neb.)
• Luke Petruzzi, Princeton University
• Levi Sterling, Arizona State University
• Connor Wagner, Concordia University (Wis.)
• Zach Werlinger, University of Arizona

Walter J. Zable/San Diego Chapter

• Jimmy Hill, Harvard University

Wisconsin Chapter

• Max Scharping, Northern Illinois University

About The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 120 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, the NFF Leadership Hall of Fame, the NFF Scholar-Athlete Awards presented by Fidelity Investments, the NFF High School Showcases, the NFF Hampshire Honor Society, the NFF Faculty Salute Initiative presented by Fidelity Investments, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association, and scholarships of more than $1.3 million for college and high school scholar-athletes. The NFF also collaborates with the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to release the FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll; presents the William V. Campbell Trophy endowed by HealthSouth and hosted at the New York Athletic Club; and bestows several other major awards at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner. NFF corporate partners include the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Fidelity Investments, Herff Jones, PrimeSport, the Sports Business Journal, and Under Armour. Learn more at www.footballfoundation.org.