Luke Fortner is a bright guy. The Kentucky team captain could turn those smarts into some hardware. Fortner is a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given each year by the National Football Foundation to the nation’s top football scholar-athlete.
Fortner has a resume worthy of this award. He has a 3.5 GPA and has earned his undergrad and masters in mechanical engineering. He’s now working on an MBA. He will probably get 17 more degrees before leaving Lexington.
In addition to his brains, there’s some brawn to go with his community service. A member of the Allstate Good Works team in 2020, he switched to center this fall and has promptly earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors twice in the first four weeks of the season.