The University of Alabama has nominated junior defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick for the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy, it was announced Thursday.

Fitzpatrick, who is majoring in Human Environmental Studies, volunteers at the YMCA, TAP Inc. and FCA, according to a release, and spent his spring break in Costa Rica with other Alabama student-athletes doing relief work while teaching in football camps.

The defensive back from St. Peter’s Prep (Old Bridge, N.J.) is also a three-year starter for the Crimson Tide and was named a First Team All-American by the AP and AFCA in 2016.

Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel, the Wuerffel Trophy, “often referred to as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service,” is annually presented in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., to the college football player that best combines exemplary community service with academic and athletic achievement.

Alabama’s Barrett Jones was the 2010 recipient of the award.

The nomination period for the award ends Oct. 13, with semi-finalists released on Nov. 2 and finalists on Nov. 22. Formal announcement of the winner will be at the National Football Foundation’s press conference in New York City on Dec. 5, with the presentation being made at the 49th Annual All Sports Association Awards Banquet on Feb. 16, 2018.

Fitzpatrick is currently one of 41 nominees. A full list can be found HERE.

Fitzpatrick was initially on the Wuerffel Trophy’s preseason watch list. He was also on the watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Bednarik Award, AFCA Good Works Team, Nagurski Trophy, Jim Thorpe Award, Paul Hornung Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy and Walter Camp Player of the Year.

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