The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday the 16 finalists for the 2024 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes college football's best student-athlete in a combination of academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.

Notre Dame linebacker Jack Kiser was named as one of the finalists. Each of the finalists will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship.

The list:

• Tahj Brooks, RB – Texas Tech (3.55 GPA – Sport Management)
• Robert Coury, LB – Carnegie Mellon [PA] (3.97 GPA – Mechanical Engineering)
• Jaxson Dart, QB – Ole Miss (3.71 GPA – Business)
• Beau Freyler, DB – Iowa State (3.91 GPA – Kinesiology)
• Dillon Gabriel, QB – Oregon (3.43 GPA – Multidisciplinary Studies)
• Ashton Gillotte, DL – Louisville (3.69 GPA – Communications)
• Brody Grebe, DE – Montana State (3.93 GPA – Mechanical Engineering)
• Mark Gronowski, QB – South Dakota State (3.76 GPA – Mechanical Engineering)
• Terrance Hollon, LB – Howard (3.90 GPA – Health Science)
• Jack Kiser, LB – Notre Dame (3.82 GPA – Business Analytics)
• Luke Lehnen, QB – North Central [IL] (3.76 GPA – Exercise Science)
• Brayden Long, QB – Slippery Rock [PA] (4.00 GPA – Sport Management)
• Jake Majors, C – Texas (3.65 GPA – Business Management)
• Seth McLaughlin, C – Ohio State (4.00 GPA – Finance)
• Jalen Milroe, QB – Alabama (3.52 GPA – Management)
• Jackson Woodard, LB – UNLV (3.77 GPA – Kinesiology)

The winner will be named on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas. A Notre Dame player has not won the Campbell Trophy since its 1990 inception.

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From the Tuesday night media availability of Notre Dame football coordinators and players, we’ve provided full transcripts of both offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and defensive coordinator Al Golden.

We also wanted to give you some content from the other interviews. So, here are the greatest hits, or at least the most intriguing quotes, from tight end Mitchell Evans, safety Adon Shuler, linebacker Drayk Bowen, running back Jadarian Price and special teams coordinator Marty Biagi:

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Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden met with local media Tuesday night after practice ahead of Saturday's game against Navy. Here's everything Golden said during his session with print reporters.

Answers are largely verbatim. Questions may have been edited for brevity and clarity.

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The four-star Michigan tight end commit from Center Valley (Pa.) Southern Lehigh will be at Oregon this weekend followed by a trip to Penn State for the Ohio State game and then he will head to Notre Dame on Nov. 9.

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Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock met with the media Tuesday after Irish football practice as 12th-ranked ND continues its preparations for Saturday's matchup in East Rutherford, N.J. with No. 24 Navy. Here's everything he had to say. Answers are largely verbatim. Questions may have been edited for brevity and clarity.

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Offense is prolific. Definitely a playoff team. I wouldn’t want to play them

The Players Era Festival had to make some changes to its it tournament structure as a result of new guidance from the NCAA.

What was previously a round-robin format in Las Vegas that had Notre Dame playing three games against the Impact Division teams without a tournament bracket will now have teams in both the Impact Division and Power Division playing two games each before Championship Day on Nov. 30 with matchups determined by the outcome of the previous games.

The change will not impact Notre Dame's previously scheduled first two games. The Irish will play Rutgers on Nov. 26 at 10:30 p.m. EST on TBS and Houston on Nov. 28 at 12:30 a.m. EST on TBS. Then it will play on Nov. 30 against an opponent to be determined. Notre Dame won't play against Alabama as previously scheduled.

Here's how the Championship Day matchups will be determined:

"Each group will be ranked first through fourth, and after head-to-head record, seeding will be determined by total point differential in group games (capped at 20 points per game), then total points scored and fewest points allowed. The top seeds from each division will face off in the championship game, with the rest of the standings filling out the third, fifth and seventh-place matchups."

The four teams in the Power Division that Notre Dame could play are Oregon, Texas A&M, San Diego State or Creighton.

Here's the Championship Day schedule:

7th Place Game – 1 PM EST | truTV, Max
5th Place Game – 3:30 PM EST | truTV, Max
3rd Place Game – 7 PM EST | TNT, Max
Championship Game – 9:30 PM EST | TNT, Max

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A three-touchdown night for WR Dylan Faison.

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Georgia Tech and Ole Miss are scumbag, classless programs. That’s it.

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Watch @Eric Hansen and I discuss Notre Dame's big-picture view as the 12th-ranked Irish (6-1) continue their résumé-building for College Football Playoff consideration with Saturday's neutral-site matchup with No. 24 Navy (6-0) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., key takeaways from ND head coach Marcus Freeman's Monday press conference and the latest on the recruiting trail with roughly six weeks until the early signing period on the latest edition of "Football Never Sleeps." We also answered questions from viewers, too.

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Here's the Irish Access video from Fighting Irish Media on Notre Dame's victory over Georgia Tech:

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A short list of updates this week.

Kickoff time had been a place for a long time. It was an either/or game -- ABC or ESPN, and ABC has won out.


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i have never seen so many players fake injuries even the trainers went along by grabbing the players legs to make the fake look better . Then the player would get up and walk off like nothing happened

There has been confusion in recent years because Army ended its sponsorship of what many knew as the Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas every year. It became more confusing when Army started sponsoring the U.S. Army Bowl Game in Frisco, Texas.

The San Antonio game was the All-American Bowl for a few years. Now it's become the Navy All-American Bowl.

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