Jonathan Named a Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
10/1/2020 12:07:00 PM | Football
Syracuse senior defensive end Kingsley Jonathan has been selected as a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy Presented by Mazda. Celebrating its 31st year, the award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
An information and technology major in Syracuse University's iSchool, Jonathan earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and was picked to the All-ACC Academic Team last season. He is a member of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Board and he is in the second year of a two-year term as one of the ACC's three representatives with voting privileges under the Division I autonomy process. Most recently, he was selected to represent ACC student-athletes on the search advisory committee for the next league commissioner.
Jonathan's community involvement includes participation in the 2019 Syracuse University OttoTHON Dance Marathon, which raised more than $200,000 for the Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital. He's volunteered at the annual Boys & Girls Club Field Day at Manley Field House and he is the founder of Hoodie Drive, a program he started in 2019 to collect hooded sweatshirts for less fortunate members of the Central New York community during the winter.
On the field, Jonathan has played in 36 career games with five starts, including all three this season. He has 56 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks. Through three games this season, he has 1.0 sacks, seven tackles, one pass breakup and two quarterback hurries.
Jonathan is also a member of the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
The National Football Foundation will announce 12-14 finalists in November, and each one of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2020 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments. Later this year, one member of the class will be declared as the winner of the 31st Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda, having his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000 and receiving his own 25-pound-bronze version of the iconic statue.
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An information and technology major in Syracuse University's iSchool, Jonathan earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and was picked to the All-ACC Academic Team last season. He is a member of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Board and he is in the second year of a two-year term as one of the ACC's three representatives with voting privileges under the Division I autonomy process. Most recently, he was selected to represent ACC student-athletes on the search advisory committee for the next league commissioner.
Jonathan's community involvement includes participation in the 2019 Syracuse University OttoTHON Dance Marathon, which raised more than $200,000 for the Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital. He's volunteered at the annual Boys & Girls Club Field Day at Manley Field House and he is the founder of Hoodie Drive, a program he started in 2019 to collect hooded sweatshirts for less fortunate members of the Central New York community during the winter.
On the field, Jonathan has played in 36 career games with five starts, including all three this season. He has 56 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks. Through three games this season, he has 1.0 sacks, seven tackles, one pass breakup and two quarterback hurries.
Jonathan is also a member of the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
The National Football Foundation will announce 12-14 finalists in November, and each one of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2020 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments. Later this year, one member of the class will be declared as the winner of the 31st Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda, having his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000 and receiving his own 25-pound-bronze version of the iconic statue.
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