The Good Works team, which features 11 individuals from the Football Bowl Subdivision, was selected from a record 195 student-athletes who were nominated by universities across the country. The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team recognizes college football student-athletes for their exemplary community service, academic dedication and impact on the field.

Wall is the second BYU student-athlete in the past three years to be named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, joining Tyler Batty who was on the team in 2023. Former BYU quarterback Riley Nelson was also a member of the Good Works Team back in 2010.

Wall, a 6-1, 205-pound senior from Arlington, Virginia, has started the first two games of 2025 after being elected a team captain. Wall started all 13 games as a junior for BYU in 2024 and was the team co-leader in interceptions with three. He ranked fourth in total tackles with 53, including 31 unassisted, and had four pass defection and a pass breakup.

Following the 2024 season, Wall received All-Big 12 Third Team recognition by College Football Network, while also achieving CSC Academic All-America First Team honors for his excellence in the classroom. In addition, he earned recognition on both the Fall Academic All-Big 12 Team and Commissioner’s Honor Roll in both 2023 and 2024. Wall is majoring in finance and has a cumulative GPA of 3.89.

In addition to his success on the field and in his academic studies, Wall has been very involved in a variety of community service endeavors. He currently coordinates the BYU football efforts with the BYU Pathway Worldwide program to help connect with and mentor hundreds of students from across Africa and the South Pacific.

He also serves as the co-chair of the BYU Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Service Committee, which provides service opportunities for student-athletes in the local community.

In addition, Wall speaks regularly at local school events and church devotionals for youth to inspire them to pursue education and value learning and discipline. Along with other members of the BYU football team, he makes weekly visits to patients at Utah Valley Hospital who are struggling with illness.

Wall recently returned from a summer trip to Israel where he and other BYU football players helped run a youth camp for the American Football Israel League. They also worked closely with Osimschuna Israel on a large service project in Ashqelon, organizing and the cleaning common area of an apartment building.

For the second year, Allstate is partnering with the Wuerffel Foundation to unify two of college football’s most meaningful community service honors — the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy and the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The Wuerffel Trophy is named after Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Danny Wuerffel, whose life mission is to inspire greater service in the world.

Fans can vote at ESPN.com/Allstate through Nov. 10 for one of 11 FBS honorees who will be named the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy recipient and serve as the Good Works Team captain.

Young claims ninth in marathon at Worlds

TOKYO – BYU Track and Field alumnus Clayton Young finished ninth in the marathon at the 2025 Track and Field World Championships Monday morning.

Young, who represented the United States, set his season high record by finishing in 2:10:43. Despite taking a tumble early in the race he quickly got back up and was able to work his way back to the front where he stayed with the pack the majority of the race. The main pack which consisted of nearly twenty runners began to separate with just four kilometers remaining. The former Cougar then was able to hang on and pass Isaac Mpofu of Zimbabwe in the final stretch to take ninth overall.

“Finishing in the top 10 at this world championship further cements Clayton as one of the world’s most consistent marathoners” said BYU Director of Track and Field Ed Eyestone, “Clayton had a very sound and tactical race. He put himself in the lead pack with the best runners in the world and stuck there despite being tripped and falling hard just after 10k. He bounced right back up and reattached to the leaders. I am very proud of the hard work Clayton put in preparing for the heat and humidity of Tokyo.”

Young, who graduated from BYU in 2019, made his Olympic debut and finished ninth overall last year while representing the United States in the Olympic Marathon in Paris, France.

BYU Alumni Kenneth Rooks competed in the 3000-meter steeplechase prelims Friday night finishing in a time of 8:45.57. He qualified for the Tokyo World Athletics Championships after taking first overall at the USA Track and Field Championships last month finishing in a time of 8:26.58.

Halladay-Lowry qualifies for steeplechase finals at Worlds

TOKYO – Cougar alumna Lexy Halladay-Lowry placed ninth overall and fifth in her heat to qualify for the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships 3000-meter steeplechase final on Monday morning at the Japan National Stadium.

Making her Team USA debut, Halladay-Lowry ran 9:15.06, finishing just over a second behind Kenyan heat winner Faith Cherotich. Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai led all qualifiers in 9:07.68. Halladay-Lowry stayed in the middle of the pack throughout the race, climbing as high as second place through 1500m. The Nike professional topped the trio of Americans advancing to the final, with Kaylee Mitchell and Angelina Napoleon also moving on.

The Meridian, Idaho, native will race for a podium finish Wednesday at 6:57 a.m. MST. Follow live results on the World Athletics Championships website.