Newsstand: Veteran Notre Dame linebacker Jack Kiser named Campbell Trophy semifinalist
For the second year in a row, Notre Dame has a linebacker in the running for the the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Trophy, “college football’s premier scholar-athlete award that annually recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership” per the Fighting Irish’s official press release.
It’s graduate student Jack Kiser who’s a semifinalist this year. Kiser, one of five team captains, is following in the footsteps of the Atlanta Falcons’ JD Bertrand, who was a finalist in 2023.
Kiser has 207 tackles and counting now playing in his sixth season with the Irish. He’s been a staple rotational player for multiple years now and was named the Irish’s special teams player of the year in 2023 at the end-of-season awards banquet. As the unquestioned leader in the middle of the 2024 Irish defense, Kiser leads the team with 22 total tackles through four games.
Kiser has two degrees from Notre Dame, including a Master’s in Accounting. He was the top-ranked student in his graduating class for that particular program.
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“Get better every day. That’s it. That’s the only thing I focus on. If you set an expectation for them, what if we crush it, right? What if I say, ‘Let’s win 20 games.’ What if we go 20-0? Are we just gonna relax? We’re done? We’ve hit our goals? No, our goal is to get better.”
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