BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana football junior running back Davion Ervin-Poindexter was honored as a nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the nation's most outstanding student-athlete that began his career as a walk-on, on Tuesday (November 2).
In the award's twelfth year, the trophy is named in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, former University of Arkansas walk-on and All-American offensive lineman. The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player in American who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field. Each nominee must have begun his first season of participation with FBS football program without financial aid of any kind from his university's athletic department.