Leyton Cure Named to Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watch Listing

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas redshirt senior Leyton Cure was considered one of 116 gamers named to the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, the group introduced on Thursday, awarded to varsity soccer gamers from throughout the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) who exemplify neighborhood service, tutorial excellence, and athletic achievement.

Widely considered school soccer’s premier award for neighborhood service, the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy celebrates student-athletes who use their platforms to serve others and create constructive change. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winner and University of Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who turned his soccer success right into a lifelong mission of service, the award displays his legacy of management and humanitarianism. This 12 months marks the 21^st anniversary of the trophy’s founding.

From Goodland, Kansas, Cure performed in all 12 video games in 2024 at tight finish for the Jayhawks, together with one begin vs. Colorado on Senior Day. Cure was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team and helped Kansas soccer to back-to-back program data in GPA, together with a 3.46 workforce GPA within the spring of 2025.

Cure transferred to Kansas from Fort Hays State, the place he earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award with an ideal 4.0 GPA thrice and was named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll in 2023, 2022 and 2021.

While at Fort Hays, Cure began seven video games, whereas enjoying in 11 in 2022. Cure hauled in 26 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns.

Cure is amongst Kansas’ most energetic in the neighborhood, as he’s a frontrunner in Kansas’ summer season neighborhood service initiative. Cure has participated in a number of neighborhood cleanup occasions, summer season camps, youth engagement actions and extra.

For the second 12 months, Allstate is partnering with the Wuerffel Foundation to align two of faculty soccer’s most significant honors: the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy. Together, they acknowledge student-athletes who display excellence in neighborhood service, teachers and athletics.

The 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy finalists and recipient shall be chosen by a nationwide voting committee, with enter from a fan vote. The 2025 recipient will even function Captain of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and shall be introduced reside on The Home Depot College Football Awards present on December twelfth, airing on ESPN. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Presentation Gala will comply with on January 31, 2026, on the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.