Janikowski named to AFCA Good Works Team, Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Semifinalist

NORTHBROOK, Ill. (September 17, 2024) – Washington State kicker Dean Janikowski was named to the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and a Wuerffel Trophy Semifinalist, the AFCA and Wuerffel Foundation announced Tuesday.
 
Janikowski is one of 11 FBS semifinalists up for College Football’s premier award for community service and one of the most meaningful award in collegiate sports. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, announced later this year, is presented to one of the 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players elected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. This year’s Allstate AFCA Good Works Team was selected from a record 178 nominees, representing players and coaches from colleges and universities across the country for their unwavering commitment to community service and their “good works” off the field.
 
The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida who parlayed his success on the football field into a lifetime of service. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy embodies Wuerffel’s commitment to being a humanitarian, while honoring student-athletes who are inspired to serve others and make positive impacts on society. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Trophy’s founding, and the Foundation will recognize the first nineteen recipients throughout the fall season.
 
Last season, Janikowski appeared in all 12 games, was perfect on 44 PAT attempts and went 10-of-15 on field goal attempts. In the classroom, Janikowski was named to 2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll with a 4.00 GPA while working towards his MBA, was named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List and was a William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist, give to the nation’s best scholar athlete. Janikowski enters week four with a pair of made field goals and 15-of-16 on extra points while pulling double duty and punting this season, averaging 40.8 yards-per-punt on 11 punts with three inside the 20 and a long of 52. Janikowski enters the week four game against San Jose State second in school history with 141 career PAT, fourth in career field goal percentage (74.0), fifth with 252 career points and sixth with 37 career made field goals.
 
Off the field, Janikowski started a pledge called “More than a Kick” in 2021 where donations were made for each field goal and PAT by Janikowski and the…