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Five Beavers Named As Members Of 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
April 15, 2020 | Football
CORVALLIS – Oregon State football 2019 seniors Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Keegan Firth, Andrzej Hughes-Murray and Daniel Rodriguez have been announced as members of the 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society Membership.
The honors were announced Wednesday by the National Football Foundation. The Honor Society is in its 14th year and is comprised of college football seniors from all divisions of play who maintained a 3.2 grade point average or better through their career.
Season ticket prices for the 2020 season remain the same as for 2019, with an additional game and the 124th Civil War. For information on season tickets please call 541-737-2050 or online at osubeavers.com.
Four of the five have earned their degrees; Brandel (3.21 GPA) in business administration, Choukair (3.50) and Rodriguez (3.42) in digital communication arts and Firth (3.40) in business information systems. Hughes-Murray, meanwhile, is majoring in psychology (3.43 GPA).
Brandel, an offensive lineman from Milwaukie, Ore., started every game of his career at Oregon State, amassing 48 in all. Those 48 starts tie him for third-most all-time at Oregon State and are the third-most consecutively. He was the rated as the top pass blocking offensive tackle nationally by Pro Football Focus for the 2019 season. Brandel was named to the Pac-12 Conference's All-Academic honorable mention three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Choukair, a kicker from Poway, Calif., ended his OSU career with 27 field goals made, which ranks him 10th all-time in the program's history. Choukair was named to the Pac-12's All-Academic honorable mention squad after both his sophomore and junior seasons.
Firth concluded his Oregon State career by playing in 28 games, all at long snapper. The Corvallis native was a semifinalist for the inaugural Mannelly Award, given to the nation's top long snapper, in 2019. He was named to the Pac-12's All-Academic honorable mention team after his junior season in 2018.
Hughes-Murray did not play in 2019 due to injury and will be a redshirt senior in 2020. The Federal Way, Wash., native has appeared in 30 career games, and has 78 tackles, including 47 solo. A linebacker, he has 9.5 career tackles for loss with four sacks, a pass deflection and two fumble recoveries. He was a 2017 and 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection in addition to being named a 2019 Wuerffel Trophy watch list member and a William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist.
Rodriguez served as Oregon State's punter for two seasons, totaling 113 kicks. The Plesanton, Calif., native averaged 42.3 yards per punt over his career, which ranks third for a career at Oregon State. His 42.7-yards per punt average in 2019 ranks seventh for a single-season and helped him to be on the watch list for the Ray Guy Award (nation's top punter); he was also the Pac-12's Special Teams Player of the Week twice last season. Rodriguez was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2018.
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The honors were announced Wednesday by the National Football Foundation. The Honor Society is in its 14th year and is comprised of college football seniors from all divisions of play who maintained a 3.2 grade point average or better through their career.
Season ticket prices for the 2020 season remain the same as for 2019, with an additional game and the 124th Civil War. For information on season tickets please call 541-737-2050 or online at osubeavers.com.
Four of the five have earned their degrees; Brandel (3.21 GPA) in business administration, Choukair (3.50) and Rodriguez (3.42) in digital communication arts and Firth (3.40) in business information systems. Hughes-Murray, meanwhile, is majoring in psychology (3.43 GPA).
Brandel, an offensive lineman from Milwaukie, Ore., started every game of his career at Oregon State, amassing 48 in all. Those 48 starts tie him for third-most all-time at Oregon State and are the third-most consecutively. He was the rated as the top pass blocking offensive tackle nationally by Pro Football Focus for the 2019 season. Brandel was named to the Pac-12 Conference's All-Academic honorable mention three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Choukair, a kicker from Poway, Calif., ended his OSU career with 27 field goals made, which ranks him 10th all-time in the program's history. Choukair was named to the Pac-12's All-Academic honorable mention squad after both his sophomore and junior seasons.
Firth concluded his Oregon State career by playing in 28 games, all at long snapper. The Corvallis native was a semifinalist for the inaugural Mannelly Award, given to the nation's top long snapper, in 2019. He was named to the Pac-12's All-Academic honorable mention team after his junior season in 2018.
Hughes-Murray did not play in 2019 due to injury and will be a redshirt senior in 2020. The Federal Way, Wash., native has appeared in 30 career games, and has 78 tackles, including 47 solo. A linebacker, he has 9.5 career tackles for loss with four sacks, a pass deflection and two fumble recoveries. He was a 2017 and 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection in addition to being named a 2019 Wuerffel Trophy watch list member and a William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist.
Rodriguez served as Oregon State's punter for two seasons, totaling 113 kicks. The Plesanton, Calif., native averaged 42.3 yards per punt over his career, which ranks third for a career at Oregon State. His 42.7-yards per punt average in 2019 ranks seventh for a single-season and helped him to be on the watch list for the Ray Guy Award (nation's top punter); he was also the Pac-12's Special Teams Player of the Week twice last season. Rodriguez was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2018.
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For more information on Oregon State football, follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverFootball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverFootball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverFootball.
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Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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