Dozen Dores Receive NFF Honor – Vanderbilt University Athletics

Vanderbilt football has school-record 12 named to Hampshire Honor Society
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt football set yet another program record on Wednesday when 12 members of the program were named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society on Wednesday, nearly doubling the previous high.
Commodores included in the group were Charlie Clark, Richie Hoskins, Prince Kollie, Bradley Mann, Cade McConnell, Langston Patterson, Diego Pavia, Nick Rinaldi, Marlen Sewell, Joshua Singh Cole Spence and Eli Stowers. It’s the second year in a row that Pavia and Stowers were recognized.
Earlier this offseason, Vandy had a school-record eight student-athletes make the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® team.
To be nominated for the Hampshire Honor Society, individuals are required to either graduate this spring or summer and have completed their final season of eligibility, competed in 2025 after having previously received their undergraduate degree or played as a graduate transfer last fall. In addition to either starting or serving as a key contributor on the field, nominees must have obtained a minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 3.2 or better.
A Madison, Wisconsin, native, Clark was a member of the Dores’ field goal and extra point unit that recorded 99 of the team’s 500 points during the 2025 campaign. He competed last fall as a graduate student after majoring in both classical and Mediterranean studies and political science before receiving his degree last May.
Hoskins finished last season with 28 receptions for 321 yards and three touchdowns, all career-best totals, including posting highs with five catches at No. 20/19 Texas and 70 receiving yards in a win over Utah State. Originally from Lake Forest, Illinois, he earned his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt in political science prior to the start of last season.
Kollie—who hails from Jonesborough, Tennessee—was credited with 15 total tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage, and a quarterback hurry in the fall. He received his Vanderbilt degree before the beginning of the campaign after majoring in sociology.
A resident of Jacksonville, Florida, Mann was credited with a pair of tackles in a victory at Virginia Tech on his way to collecting eight on the season. He is on track to graduate with a degree in human & organizational development.
McConnell, who is from Choctaw, Oklahoma and a human & organizational development major, was a starter in all 13 of the Commodores’ contests a year ago. The senior offensive lineman was credited with his best grades from Pro Football Focus in the fall after consecutive outings against nationally-ranked opponents Alabama and LSU.
One of the leading tacklers on the Dore defense, Patterson collected 69 total stops highlight by 1½ for loss his final season at the collegiate level. A native of Nashville with a human & organizational development major, he posted five or more tackles in five straight outings against top 25 opponents in conference play last fall.
It’s the second year in a row that Pavia—the runner-up for the Heisman trophy and winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award—has made the Hampshire Honor Society. A biology major as an undergraduate student originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, he concluded his final collegiate season with 4,401 yards of total offense while accounting for 39 touchdowns.
Rinaldi was chosen the 2025 SEC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year after finishing the campaign with 47 total tackles, including seven stops behind the line with 3½ sacks and a team-best nine quarterback hurries. The Dover, Massachusetts, resident received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt in economics last spring.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Sewell’s 52 stops a year ago more than doubled his tackle total from his first four seasons combined with the program. After earning his Vanderbilt degree in medicine, health & society, he was credited with a season-high eight tackles at nationally-ranked Texas as well as with six in a win at Tennessee to conclude the regular season.
In his lone season with the program, Singh made 27 tackles—including eight for loss—while adding four quarterback pressures. The defensive lineman from Laie, Hawai’i, who received a degree in global studies from Brigham Young, made two tackles behind the line and broke up a pass at No. 10/11 Alabama.
Spence had a career-best 15 catches for 233 yards in 2025, highlighted by a performance in a victory over No. 10/10 LSU that saw the senior from Roswell, Georgia finish with five receptions for 56 yards and a score. A human & organizational development major, he also caught the game-winning touchdown in overtime to help the Dores defeat Auburn on Homecoming weekend.
The winner of the William V. Campbell Trophy—presented to the premier scholar-athlete in college football—last fall, Stowers also claimed the John Mackey Award after leading Vandy with 62 receptions for 769 yards. The Denton, Texas, resident made the Hamshire Honor Society list last year as well after earning his undergraduate degree in individual studies.
In addition to their performance in the classroom, the group was part of a Vanderbilt program that competed in a postseason bowl in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2012-13 while setting school records with 10 total and six SEC wins last fall.
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