Northwestern University Athletics
Gaziano, Thomas Named to 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
4/15/2020 4:12:00 PM | Football
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern's Joe Gaziano and Jared Thomas were named to the 2020 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society Wednesday, which is made up of players who maintain a 3.2 grade point average or higher throughout their college careers.
Gaziano and Thomas join 1,454 players from 366 schools to achieve the prestigious honor. This is the fourth consecutive year Northwestern has been represented.
A first team All-Big Ten selection, Gaziano matched his career high with nine sacks this season while becoming Northwestern's all-time sacks leader with 30 in his career. He finished the regular season tied for fourth among Big Ten players in sacks and was third in the league with 17 tackles for loss. In addition to matching his career high in sacks, Gaziano set career highs in solo tackles (34), total tackles (49), tackles for loss (17), pass deflections (5) and fumble recoveries (2). The Scituate, Massachusetts, native finished his career as the program's leader in sacks and forced fumbles (10) and is second in program history with 48.5 career tackles for loss.
Thomas appeared in 43 games during his Northwestern career and made 26 consecutive starts in his final two seasons. The Indianapolis, Indiana, native was named a team captain in 2019 and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors. The 'Cats' rushing attack surpassed 275 yards in three games during the 2019 season, including a season-high 383 in a win over Illinois, to finish fourth in the Big Ten with 180.1 yards per game.
About The Hampshire Foundation
The Hampshire Foundation is the charitable arm of The Hampshire Companies, a privately-held, fully-integrated real estate firm that has more than 60 years of hands-on, cycle-tested experience in acquiring, developing, leasing, repositioning, managing, financing and disposing of real estate. Founded by Jon F. Hanson, who served as NFF Chairman from 1994-2006, Hampshire is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Learn more at www.hampshirere.com.
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