IRVING, Texas – Fifteen University of Dayton football players – cornerback Sam Broom, safety Joe Bubonics, quarterback Jack Cook, linebacker Grant Dyer, safety Brandon Easterling, tight end Andrew Holderer, wide receiver Nick Keyes, wide receiver Jonny Krone, defensive tackle Jake Lyons, linebacker Danny Meehan, Flyer Zach Rumpke, Flyer Owen Smith, wide receiver Cameron Specht, defensive end Mason Stauffer and cornerback Logan Tate – have been named to the 2022 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.

Now in its 16th year, the Hampshire Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college career. A total of 1,559 players from 313 schools qualified for membership in the society this year. 

The Flyers are one of just 18 Division I institutions (and 25 overall) to have at least one senior qualify for membership in all 16 classes of the Hampshire Society.  Dayton is also the only PFL member.

The top five for total honorees during the 15-year span of the program include Brown (180), Dayton (166), Johns Hopkins (148), Nebraska Wesleyan (137) and Yale (132).

The majors of the Flyers recognized this year include Finance, Management Information Systems, Pre-Dentistry, Marketing, Education, and Sport Management.  Meehan is a double major in Business Economics and Finance.  

Dayton is one of just three Division I institutions (and 10 overall) to have at least 15 members of this year's Hampshire Society class.  The others are Chicago, Cornell, DePauw, Gustavus Adolphus, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, St. John's (Minn.), Washington Univ., and Wheaton.  MIT had the most this year with 22.

"As the National Football Foundation celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2022, we are pleased to honor another impressive group of athletes as part of this year's Hampshire Honor Society," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "Over the last 16 years, the Hampshire Honor Society has served as a powerful vehicle for schools to recognize their college football players who have distinguished themselves both academically and athletically, and we congratulate the schools and each of these young men for their commitment to excellence in all aspects of their lives."
"We're very proud of our players being recognized by the National Football Foundation as members of the Hampshire Society," Flyer coach Rick Chamberlin said.  "It's great for our program.  It allows our recruits to see that not only can they play for an outstanding football program, but they can also be in high academic culture that will benefit them after graduation.  And to have Dayton players recognized every year since the Hampshire Honor Society started this recognition in 2007 shows everyone that this is who we are.  It's not just something that happens every so often.  

"It's part of our Flyer football every day, and we are gratified that the NFF recognizes the young men in our sport who excel on the field, as well as the classroom, over their college careers."

The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete program by greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The program further strengthens the organization's leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes at the 771 colleges and universities with football programs