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Morgan Named to 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
9/21/2010 4:00:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke senior center Bryan Morgan has been named to the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® announced on Tuesday by the Allstate Insurance Company and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
“It is a huge honor and I am thankful to have been nominated,” said Morgan. “I love to work in the community and work with the kids and people of Durham. It makes me very grateful for all of the opportunities I have been given. I am very thankful to my parents for instilling in me the morals and values to help others. My mother and father always taught me that there is no substitute for kindness and that it is about how you affect the people around you. I have had the opportunity to do that here at Duke and have taken advantage of it.”
Morgan is the third Blue Devil to earn the honor, joining Zaid Abdul-Aleem (1994) and Re'quan Boyette (2008). Morgan is accompanied on the 2010 Football Bowl Subdivision squad by Sam Acho (Texas), Corbin Bryant (Northwestern), Quinton Carter (Oklahoma), Ben Chappell (Indiana), Kirk Cousins (Michigan State), Amara Kamara (Temple), Adam Kiel (Northern Illinois), Riley Nelson (BYU), Christian Ponder (Florida State) and Stefen Wisniewski (Penn State).
“That's a great, and much deserved honor,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Bryan is one of those guys that is truly deserving, through his community service, his service to Duke and his service to his squad.”
A native of Hoover, Ala., Morgan has participated in community service projects involving Duke Children's Hospital, Durham Rescue Mission, Read with the Blue Devils, Marbles Kids Museum, E.K. Powe Elementary School, Sandra E. Lerner Jewish Community Day School, Veterans Affairs Center, Forest at Duke Retirement Home, among others.
A total of 112 players across all collegiate levels of the sport were nominated for the award by sports information directors on behalf of their teams, the most ever in the 19-year history of the program. From the nominations, a special selection committee named 22 college football players from across the country to the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. Of the two 11-member teams, one includes players competing in the NCAA® Football Bowl Subdivision (I-A) and the other is a combined team representing the NCAA® Football Championship Subdivision (I-AA), Divisions II, III, and the NAIA.
“Allstate's partnership with the AFCA to present this award is not about X's and O's,” said Guy Hill, vice president of sales and service for Allstate, who also served on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® voting panel. “By shining a spotlight on college football student-athletes who demonstrate a unique commitment to serving their communities, we are protecting the integrity of the sport and showcasing its positive impact that extends well beyond the field of play.”
“Reading about all the community service activities and off the field accomplishments of the 22 members of this year's Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® is humbling,” said Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director. “Even at a young age, they get what is really important in life, and they represent thousands of college football players across the nation that are doing the same things on campus and in their hometowns. We're proud to join Allstate in recognizing these outstanding student-athletes.”
For the first time in the program's history, fans will be able to vote for a Team Captain by visiting ESPN.com and searching “Good Works.” The Team Captain will be recognized by ESPN personality and Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® national ambassador Lou Holtz during The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The site also features profiles of the award recipients and their selfless acts of kindness.
Allstate assembled a high-profile voting panel made up of previous Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® members, including former University of Georgia lineman Matt Stinchcomb and former Tulane University running back Mewelde Moore, as well as prominent college football media personalities, including ESPN analyst Lou Holtz, ESPN.com writer Pat Forde and USA Today college sports editor Tom O'Toole. Also part of the selection committee are current AFCA president and University of Mount Union head coach Larry Kehres, 1996 AFCA president and former head coach at the United States Air Force Academy Fisher DeBerry, and Allstate vice president Guy Hill.
“It is a huge honor and I am thankful to have been nominated,” said Morgan. “I love to work in the community and work with the kids and people of Durham. It makes me very grateful for all of the opportunities I have been given. I am very thankful to my parents for instilling in me the morals and values to help others. My mother and father always taught me that there is no substitute for kindness and that it is about how you affect the people around you. I have had the opportunity to do that here at Duke and have taken advantage of it.”
Morgan is the third Blue Devil to earn the honor, joining Zaid Abdul-Aleem (1994) and Re'quan Boyette (2008). Morgan is accompanied on the 2010 Football Bowl Subdivision squad by Sam Acho (Texas), Corbin Bryant (Northwestern), Quinton Carter (Oklahoma), Ben Chappell (Indiana), Kirk Cousins (Michigan State), Amara Kamara (Temple), Adam Kiel (Northern Illinois), Riley Nelson (BYU), Christian Ponder (Florida State) and Stefen Wisniewski (Penn State).
“That's a great, and much deserved honor,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Bryan is one of those guys that is truly deserving, through his community service, his service to Duke and his service to his squad.”
A native of Hoover, Ala., Morgan has participated in community service projects involving Duke Children's Hospital, Durham Rescue Mission, Read with the Blue Devils, Marbles Kids Museum, E.K. Powe Elementary School, Sandra E. Lerner Jewish Community Day School, Veterans Affairs Center, Forest at Duke Retirement Home, among others.
A total of 112 players across all collegiate levels of the sport were nominated for the award by sports information directors on behalf of their teams, the most ever in the 19-year history of the program. From the nominations, a special selection committee named 22 college football players from across the country to the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. Of the two 11-member teams, one includes players competing in the NCAA® Football Bowl Subdivision (I-A) and the other is a combined team representing the NCAA® Football Championship Subdivision (I-AA), Divisions II, III, and the NAIA.
“Allstate's partnership with the AFCA to present this award is not about X's and O's,” said Guy Hill, vice president of sales and service for Allstate, who also served on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® voting panel. “By shining a spotlight on college football student-athletes who demonstrate a unique commitment to serving their communities, we are protecting the integrity of the sport and showcasing its positive impact that extends well beyond the field of play.”
“Reading about all the community service activities and off the field accomplishments of the 22 members of this year's Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® is humbling,” said Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director. “Even at a young age, they get what is really important in life, and they represent thousands of college football players across the nation that are doing the same things on campus and in their hometowns. We're proud to join Allstate in recognizing these outstanding student-athletes.”
For the first time in the program's history, fans will be able to vote for a Team Captain by visiting ESPN.com and searching “Good Works.” The Team Captain will be recognized by ESPN personality and Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® national ambassador Lou Holtz during The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The site also features profiles of the award recipients and their selfless acts of kindness.
Allstate assembled a high-profile voting panel made up of previous Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® members, including former University of Georgia lineman Matt Stinchcomb and former Tulane University running back Mewelde Moore, as well as prominent college football media personalities, including ESPN analyst Lou Holtz, ESPN.com writer Pat Forde and USA Today college sports editor Tom O'Toole. Also part of the selection committee are current AFCA president and University of Mount Union head coach Larry Kehres, 1996 AFCA president and former head coach at the United States Air Force Academy Fisher DeBerry, and Allstate vice president Guy Hill.
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