Wisconsin safety Hunter Wohler was named to the preseason watch list for the 2024 Wuerffel Trophy on Thursday.
The trophy is ‘college football’s premier award for community service.’ It is Wohler’s third significant preseason watch list, along with the Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back) and Bronko Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player).
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The nomination period for the 2024 Wuerffel Trophy ran from May 22 to June 14 with nominations coming exclusively from FBS programs’ media relations staff. The trophy is then given to the athlete who shows ‘Sustained, measurable and documented community service to others in need’ on a ‘local, statewide, national or international’ scale.
Wohler is among the list of notable players nominated including Arizona QB Noah Fifita, Florida QB Graham Mertz, Georgia DB Malachi Starks, Iowa LB Jay Higgins, LSU OT Will Campbell, Ohio State C Seth McLaughlin and Oklahoma State QB Alan Bowman.
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— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) August 1, 2024
Wohler enters 2024 as Wisconsin’s unquestioned defensive leader after a breakout 2023 campaign. His 120-tackle, 5.5 tackle-for-loss, 1.0-sack, 2-interception, 6 pass-deflection 2023 season cemented his place as one of the best defenders in the sport. That profile should only grow in 2024.
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