Hartman Adds Walter Camp Watch List Honors

NEW YORK, N.Y. – For the third time this preseason, Wake Forest redshirt junior quarterback Sam Hartman was named to a national watch list ahead of the 2022 season, being placed on the Walter Camp Award Watch List Friday.

Hartman is one of six returning semifinalists from a season ago and the only from the ACC. Additionally, he is one of just four returning quarterbacks for the award.

The redshirt junior from Charlotte, N.C. was also awarded the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week after the Army victory, becoming the first Wake Forest player to be named the national player of the week by Walter Camp since 2004.

The Walter Camp Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year.

The 2022 watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists in mid-November. The 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 130 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on ESPN's College Football Awards Show (date TBD).

The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's 55th annual national awards banquet in New Haven, Conn in early 2023.

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Hartman, who is one of eight returning semifinalists for the Maxwell Award from a year ago, goes into the 2022 season with 9,266 career passing yards, ranking second in program history. Additionally, he holds the program record with 72 career touchdown passes while also ranking in the top-five in program history in career completions, attempts, completion percentage and passing efficiency.

He is the only Wake Forest quarterback with three or more four-plus touchdown games in his career.

Last season, the Charlotte, N.C. native had a breakout sophomore campaign, being named a finalist for the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award while also being chosen as a Semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award.

He garnered Second Team All-ACC honors from the league, coaches and media, was the back-to-back ACC Quarterback of the Week (Oct. 25 and Nov. 1) and was named MVP of the 2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, finishing the game with 304 yards and three touchdown passes

His 50 total touchdowns ranked second in conference history and was just one away from tying the ACC record. Hartman threw for 4,228 yards in 2021, ranking sixth in ACC history and first in Wake Forest history. Additionally, he ran for 11 touchdowns, the second-most in program history by a Wake Forest quarterback.

So far this offseason, Hartman has earned Preseason First Team All-ACC from both Lindy's Sports and Athlon while also being named the Preseason ACC MVP by Lindy's Sports.

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