Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell's Bryan Marine Named Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
9/26/2018 10:55:00 AM | Football
IRVING, Texas – Bucknell's Bryan Marine was named a semifinalist for the 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy®, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced Wednesday.
Marine was among 179 semifinalists, which included 40 from FCS programs. Marine, Holy Cross's Ryan Brady, Lafayette's Andrew Chuma and Lehigh's Harrison Kauffman were the Patriot League student-athletes among the semifinalists.
Only Bucknell and Dayton have had a Campbell Trophy semifinalist each of the past 13 years. Previous Bison honorees include David Frisbey (2006), Nick Mozal (2007), Kevin Mullen (2008), Sam Nana-Sinkam (2009), Travis Nissley (2010), Tim Bolte (2011), Samuel Oyekoya (2012), Tracey Smith (2013), Derek Maurer (2014), Matt DelMauro (2015), Cary Hess (2016) and Mark Pyles (2017).
The senior captain is off to a strong start in 2018 with 34 tackles (27 solo), two interceptions and two fumble recoveries in the Bison's first four games. Also the primary return man, he boasts 226 kick return yards and 108 punt return yards.
Marine enters Saturday's Patriot League opener at Holy Cross ranked in the FCS's top 15 in fumbles recovered (t-1st), combined kick returns (2nd, 334), solo tackles (t-4th) and solo tackles per game (t-8th, 6.8). His two interceptions at Penn gave him nine in his career, making him the Patriot League active leader and placing him in a tie for fifth among active FCS players. He is also tied for second among FCS players with 34 career passes defended.
A 2016 All-Patriot League First Team selection, Marine boasts 191 tackles (150 solo), 7.5 tackles for a loss, nine interceptions, 34 passes defended, five forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 33 career games, a class of 2019 best of which 28 were starts. He also owns 634 career all-purpose yards on 395 kickoff return yards, 108 punt return yards and 131 interception return yards.
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates for the NFF awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first-team player or significant contributor and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.
This Campbell Trophy is awarded to the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation. The NFF will announce 12 to 14 finalists on Oct. 31, and each will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, presented by Fidelity Investments. The finalists will travel to New York City for the 61st NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 5. During the event, one member of the class will be declared the winner of the 29th William V. Campbell Trophy® and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000.
