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Often, it is the players who achieve success in this manner that are the inspiration for future walk-ons. One significant college football national award, the Burlsworth Trophy—named after the eventual All-American former walk-on guard Brandon Burlsworth who played for the Arkansas Razorbacks—has been awarded since the 2010 season to the ...
The Burlsworth Trophy is an award given annually to the most outstanding FBS college football player who began his career as a walk-on. [1] [2] It was first awarded for the 2010 season and is a program of the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation. Burlsworth walked on to the Arkansas Razorbacks football program in 1994 and
This trophy is presented each year to college football's most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on. [14] Houston Nutt, Arkansas Razorback head football coach from 1998 through 2007, started the saying, "Do it the Burls Way", which means do it the right way even when no one is looking. This is the motto of the Brandon Burlsworth ...
Nebraska is considered the birthplace of walk-ons in college football, starting with coach Bob Devaney’s teams in the 1960s. Traditionally, Nebraska walk-ons were from small, rural towns who ...
That means roster size is a hot-button issue for football coaches around the country, even if far from the biggest with direct payments from schools to players on the table if a federal judge ...
Can you imagine a world without college football walk-ons? Well, it’s at least under consideration. As part of a proposed new athlete compensation model, power conference leaders are considering ...
Greater is a 2016 American biographical sports film directed by David Hunt and starring Christopher Severio as American football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college player who became an All-American, dying in a car crash 11 days after being drafted high in the 3rd round to the National Football League.
Former Missouri Tigers kicker Jeff Wolfert played last season for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. After connecting on 9 of 10 field-goal attempts in the UFL season, Wolfert ...