IRVING – The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team has 10 honorees on the 2022 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society announced on Wednesday by the NFF & College Hall of Fame.
 
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have:
- Completed their final year of playing eligibility in 2021;
- Graduated players, who have remaining eligibility but will not return to collegiate play (e.g. declared for NFL Draft or retired from football), may also be nominated.
- Achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average throughout entire course of undergraduate study; and
- Met all NCAA- or NAIA-mandated progress toward degree requirements.
 
The honorees for the Lions can be found below.

Name	Hometown
Devin Beamon	Forney, Texas
Chance Cooper	Leander, Texas
D'Angelo Ellis	Cypress, Texas
Dominion Ezinwa	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Christian Hernandez	Frisco, Texas
Kader Kohou	Euless, Texas
Antonio Leali'ie'e	Copperas Cove, Texas
Dominique Ramsey	Converse, Texas
Alex Shillow	Pflugerville, Texas
Cedrick Wilcox III	Port St. Lucie, Fla.

 
An elite group of 1,559 players from 313 schools qualified for membership in 2022, the Society's 16th year. The 1,559 honorees are the second most in a single year during the program's history. The initiative has now honored 14,640 student-athletes since its inception.
 
Full list of 2022 Hampshire Honor Society members can be found HERE.
 
The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete program by greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The program further strengthens the organization's leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes at the 778 colleges and universities with football programs nationwide.