Kansas senior football player Darrell Stuckey has been named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.  The award recognizes just 11 Football Bowl Series football student-athletes nationally for outstanding efforts in volunteerism and community service.

Stuckey, a safety for the 19th-ranked Jayhawks, was an All-Big 12 First Team selection in 2008 and is a candidate for a number of national awards this season.  In his most recent action he recorded a team-high 11 tackles in KU’s 44-16 victory against Duke on Saturday.

His volunteer activities include speaking at schools and youth groups, working with Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity and Read With the Jayhawks programs among many others.Voted a team captain for his senior season, Stuckey also represents the student body on the KU student senate after winning a seat during elections last spring.

Stuckey was named a Big 12 Community of Champions member and earned his team’s co-Leadership Award a year ago.  This season he is a candidate for a number of national awards including the Bronko Nagurski Award (top defender), Bednarik Award (top defender), Thorpe Award (top defensive back), Lott Award (on and off the field success for defender) and Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (on and off the field excellence).

2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team