Sean Mahone Named a Semifinalist for Campbell Trophy

West Virginia safety Sean Mahone's performance on and off the field gains national recognition

On Wednesday, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) proudly announced West Virginia Mountaineer safety Sean Mahone as one of 176 semifinalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which the National Football Foundation annually bestows to the nation's top football scholar-athlete.

Mahone is second on the team with 29 tackles while maintaining a 3.6 GPA in Management Information Systems. 

The redshirt senior is a four-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team member. Last season, Mahone earned All-Big 12 Second Team by Pro Football Focus after tallying 54 tackles, 20 solos, including two tackles for a loss, four pass breakups, an interception and a fumble recovery. Additionally, he was an NFF Foundation Scholar-Athlete Semifinalist.

The Liberty Township, OH, native has recorded 172 career tackles, 10 tackles for a loss, two sacks, eight pass deflections, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. 

Mahone and the Mountaineers will be back in action Saturday with kickoff set for 3:30 and televised on ESPN2. 

Campbell Trophy Recipients

1990 – Chris Howard (Air Force)

1991 – Brad Culpepper (Florida)

1992 – Jim Hansen (Colorado)

1993 – Thomas Burns (Virginia)

1994 – Rob Zatechka (Nebraska)

1995 – Bobby Hoying (Ohio State)

1996 – Danny Wuerffel (Florida)

1997 – Peyton Manning (Tennessee)

1998 – Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia)

1999 – Chad Pennington (Marshall)

2000 – Kyle Vanden Bosch (Nebraska)

2001 – Joaquin Gonzalez (Miami [FL])

2002 – Brandon Roberts (Washington U. in St. Louis [MO])

2003 – Craig Krenzel (Ohio State)

2004 – Michael Munoz (Tennessee)

2005 – Rudy Niswanger (LSU)

2006 – Brian Leonard (Rutgers)

2007 – Dallas Griffin (Texas)

2008 – Alex Mack (California)

2009 – Tim Tebow (Florida)

2010 – Sam Acho (Texas)

2011 – Andrew Rodriguez (Army West Point)

2012 – Barrett Jones (Alabama)

2013 – John Urschel (Penn State)

2014 – David Helton (Duke)

2015 – Ty Darlington (Oklahoma)

2016 – Zach Terrell (Western Michigan)

2017 – Micah Kiser (Virginia)

2018 – Christian Wilkins (Clemson)

2019 – Justin Herbert (Oregon)

2020 – Brady White (Memphis)

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