STANFORD, Calif. - Fifth-year senior offensive lineman David Bright was named one of six finalists for the Pop Warner College Football Award on Wednesday.
The award was established in 2010 to recognize a graduating senior who has made a difference on the field, in the classroom and in his community, involvement that Pop Warner emphasizes with its own student athletes. The award is presented on Dec. 7 during the annual Pop Warner Super Bowl at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
Bright, who is also a Campbell Trophy semifinalist, has started every game for the 20th-ranked Cardinal this season. He anchors an offensive line that led Stanford to 656 total yards vs. Rice (seventh-most in school history), and 405 rushing yards vs. UCLA (fourth-most in school history) this season. In addition, Bright and the line have paved the way for junior running back Bryce Love, a Heisman Trophy candidate who has set single-game school rushing record (301 yards) vs. Arizona State, totaled the fourth-most rushing yards in FBS history through five games and became the fastest player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season (87 carries).
In the community, Bright has volunteered at the Lucile Packer Children's Hospital and the United Students for Veterans Health at Stanford. In the classroom, the biomechanical engineering major is a three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention honoree, and studied the biomechanics of bird flight during the 2016 offseason.