NEW YORK CITY — College football's most prestigious award honoring both athletic and academic achievement is coming home to Eugene.
Oregon senior quarterback Justin Herbert, a Eugene native who led the Ducks to a Pac-12 Championship game win Friday, was awarded the William V. Campbell Trophy on Tuesday by the National Football Foundation. Considered the "academic Heisman," the Campbell Trophy honors academic and athletic success along with leadership and community achievement.
Herbert was named the 30th Campbell Trophy winner Tuesday night at the NFF's Hall of Fame banquet in midtown Manhattan. He and his family were in attendance, and will travel to Atlanta for recognition as the Campbell Trophy winner during Thursday's College Football Awards Show.