Matthew Mitchell/MSU Athletic Communications
Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State sixth-year graduate kicker Jonathan Kim has been nominated for the 2024 Burlsworth Trophy, which is annually given to the most outstanding football player in America who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field.
Seventy-eight players have been nominated from FBS schools from across the country for the 2024 Burlsworth Trophy. In the award’s 15th year, the Trophy is named in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, former University of Arkansas walk-on and All-American offensive lineman.
Each nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy must have begun his first season of participation with FBS (D1) football program without financial aid of any kind from his university’s athletic department.
“The walk-on athlete is an integral part of college football, it’s in the very fabric of the game,” said Marty Burlsworth, President and CEO of the Burlsworth Trophy and older brother of Brandon Burlsworth. “All of these nominees have embraced this opportunity and made the very most of it. It’s certainly not an easy path, but through hard work and determination, they have made their dreams come true.”
Without one Division I scholarship offer, Brandon Burlsworth walked on at the University of Arkansas in 1994. He became a three-year starter and was eventually named an All-American in 1998. Burlsworth was selected as the 63rd overall pick…
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