FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – The University of South Alabama's Keith Gallmon received national recognition for the second time in just over a week on Thursday with the announcement of the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
He is one of 93 individuals from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level in consideration for the award honoring college football's top community servant. Last week, Gallmon was announced as the Jaguars' nominee for the American Football Coaches Association's Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®.
Semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 2 and finalists will be announced on Nov. 22. The formal announcement of the 2021 recipient will be made on Dec. 9 and the presentation of the 2021 Wuerffel Trophy will occur in February 2022 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Established in 2005, the Wuerffel Trophy honors college football players who serve others, celebrate their impact, and inspire greater service in the world. It is named after Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Famer, former NFL quarterback, and renowned humanitarian Danny Wuerffel, whose life mission is to inspire greater service in the world.
Off the field, Gallmon has been a participant in the SouthServes Food Box Assembly program, the Jags4Justice Unity March, a Secure the Ballot Voter Registration drive and South Alabama Athletics' Coping With COVID Session dating back to the start of the 2020 campaign. Prior to that, during his first two seasons with the program he also visited a local hospital in conjunction with the LendingTree Bowl, served as a mentor at the Boys & Girls Club, participated in both the athletic department's Operation Christmas Child and Holiday Havoc activities as well as in a career fair at ER Dickson Elementary School.
The Mobile, Ala., native was credited with 84 tackles and 10 passes defensed a year ago, earning third-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors after finishing among the top 10 in the league in both categories. After recording 10 or more stops on three occasions as well as leading South in the category in three contests, Gallmon was included among Pro Football Focus' list of the top 10 returning safeties in the country this summer while earning preseason All-America accolades from both Pro Football Network (third-team) and PFF (honorable mention). The junior safety has also been named preseason second-team all-league by the Sun Belt's head coaches and selected media voters.
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