University of North Texas Athletics
Hawkins Earns Walter Camp Second Team All-America Honors
12/12/2025 7:58:00 PM | Football
True Freshman from Shawnee, Oklahoma, becomes third Walter Camp All-American in program history
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – True freshman running back Caleb Hawkins did something only two other players in the history of the program have accomplished Friday when he was named a Walter Camp Second Team All-American.
Hawkins joins Jaelon Darden (2020) and Joe Greene (1968) as just the third player in program history to garner honors from the Walter Camp Foundation. He is also the first true freshman and first running back in program history to earn the distinction.
In addition, Hawkins is the first true freshman running back to earn the accolade since Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor was a Second Team selection in 2017. He joins Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and USC's Zachariah Branch as just the third freshman to be named to the Walter Camp AA teams in the last three years.
This season, Hawkins leads the country in rushing touchdowns with 23 and in total touchdowns with 26. In 12 games, Hawkins has rushed 200 times for 1,236 yards and also has 29 catches for 345 yards and three scores through the air.
Among players with 200+ carries this season, Hawkins 6.2 yards per attempt ranks fourth in the nation.
This is the 136th edition of the Walter Camp All-America team, the nation's oldest college football All-America team. Twenty-five players were selected to the first team by the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. In addition, 27 players were selected to the Second Team. The team was certified by the New Haven-based accounting firm of CBIZ.
Considered the "Father of American Football," Walter Camp introduced the play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side in 1880. Nine years later, Mr. Camp, then the Yale University head coach, selected the first-ever college football All-America team.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. Visit www.waltercamp.org for more information. The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football's most prestigious awards and its 25 awards have honored more than 950 recipients dating back to 1935.
Hawkins joins Jaelon Darden (2020) and Joe Greene (1968) as just the third player in program history to garner honors from the Walter Camp Foundation. He is also the first true freshman and first running back in program history to earn the distinction.
In addition, Hawkins is the first true freshman running back to earn the accolade since Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor was a Second Team selection in 2017. He joins Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and USC's Zachariah Branch as just the third freshman to be named to the Walter Camp AA teams in the last three years.
This season, Hawkins leads the country in rushing touchdowns with 23 and in total touchdowns with 26. In 12 games, Hawkins has rushed 200 times for 1,236 yards and also has 29 catches for 345 yards and three scores through the air.
Among players with 200+ carries this season, Hawkins 6.2 yards per attempt ranks fourth in the nation.
This is the 136th edition of the Walter Camp All-America team, the nation's oldest college football All-America team. Twenty-five players were selected to the first team by the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. In addition, 27 players were selected to the Second Team. The team was certified by the New Haven-based accounting firm of CBIZ.
Considered the "Father of American Football," Walter Camp introduced the play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side in 1880. Nine years later, Mr. Camp, then the Yale University head coach, selected the first-ever college football All-America team.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. Visit www.waltercamp.org for more information. The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football's most prestigious awards and its 25 awards have honored more than 950 recipients dating back to 1935.
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