NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Marc Nolan (Woodstock, Ga./Blessed Trinity Catholic), a senior punter for the Stony Brook football team, has been named one of the 169 nominees for the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® , it was announced by the America Football Coaches Association (AFCA) this week.

Nolan enters his senior season with a 3.39 GPA as a chemistry major in addition to having a career punting average of 37.4 with a long of 63, 71 punts downed inside the 20 and 11 kicks of longer than 50 yards. Nolan also plays an important leadership role off the field with the Seawolves and the local community. He is the Stony Brook representative for UpLifting Athletes and a "Be the Match" volunteer, as well as works with the Save-A-Pet Animal Shelter, the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Kickers Kicking Cancer.

The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® has been one of the most esteemed honors in college football for more than 25 years. The student-athletes who are nominated for this award not only demonstrate a unique dedication to community service and desire to make a positive impact on the lives around them, but they also show tremendous perseverance as well as the ability to overcome personal struggles and come out victorious against all odds.  
 
"Each nominee has an inspiring story to tell – often times about how they have prevailed over hardships and adversity only to turn around and pour their hearts into helping others," said David Prendergast, president of the Eastern Territory at Allstate Insurance Company and a member of the 2018 voting panel. "It is our privilege at Allstate to come together with the AFCA for the 11^th consecutive year to shine a light on these exceptional nominees who set the highest standards of community service and serve as role models for generations to come."
 
The college football players who have been nominated make it a priority to find time in their busy schedules to volunteer in meaningful ways. Of the nominees, many players dedicate time to reading, mentoring and playing sports with disadvantaged children when they are not in the classroom or on the field. Other players make frequent visits to hospitals to spend one-on-one time with ill patients. One student-athlete even went as far as donating bone marrow in order to save the life of a child in need.
 
A special voting panel consisting of former Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® members and prominent college football media members will review submissions from sports directors across the nation to select the 2018 Good Works Team^®. Tim Tebow, two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner and 2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® member, will once again headline the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® voting panel.
 
The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® is comprised of 11 players from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and 11 players from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Divisions II, III and the NAIA and one honorary head coach. To be in consideration by Allstate and the AFCA for a nomination, each player must be actively involved with a charitable organization or service group while maintaining a strong academic standing. 
 
The final roster of 22 award recipients and honorary head coach will be unveiled in September. 
 
"There are always a lot of great stories that come out every year during the college football season, but none of them compare to the inspiring stories that each of these Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominees live out on a daily basis," Todd Berry, AFCA Executive Director said. "How these student-athletes spend their time helping others should be a motivation to everyone who reads about them to give back. It's an honor to partner with Allstate to publicize the great works these student-athletes achieve each year."
 
In addition to Tebow and Prendergast, the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® selection panel members includes: former Good Works Team^® members Zaid Abdul-Aleem (Duke, 1994 team), Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia, 1997, 1998 teams), Brian Brenberg (St. Thomas, 2001 team), Mike Proman (Amherst, 2002 team) and Wes Counts (Middle Tennessee State, 1999 team); media members Kirk Herbstreit (ESPN), Blair Kerkhoff (Kansas City Star) and Paul Myerberg (USA TODAY); Georgetown College head coach Bill Cronin; 2001 AFCAPresident and current athletic director at Virginia Union University Joe Taylor.
 
After the final team members are announced in September, college football fans can visit the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® official page on ESPN.com to view profiles and images of the players and honorary head coach, and vote for the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^® Captain. Fans are also encouraged to follow along and join in on the conversation by searching and using #GoodWorksTeam on their social media channels throughout the season.