Kentucky senior tight end Josh Kattus was named a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team on Tuesday.
The final roster of 23 award recipients announced in September will consist of 11 players from the NCAA FBS,
11 players from lower divisions and 1 honorary head coach.
Here are more details from UK Athletics:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky senior tight end Josh Kattus has been named one of the record-breaking 197 nominees for the 2025 Allstate AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Good Works Team, the organizations announced today.
For the second year, Allstate is partnering with the Wuerffel Foundation to align two of college football’s most meaningful honors: the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy. Together, they recognize student-athletes who demonstrate excellence in community service, academics and athletics.
The final roster of 23 award recipients announced in September will bring together:
11 players from the NCAA FBS
11 players from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Divisions II, III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
1 honorary head coach
A voting panel of former Good Works Team members, head coaches and journalists select the team roster based on outstanding leadership on and off the field.
Kattus, a native of Cincinnati, is a senior communication major who is on track to graduate in December of ’25. The three-year letter winner has played in 33 games with 15 starting assignments and has totaled 21 receptions for 310 yards and five touchdowns in his Wildcat career.
Kattus is a leader on and off the field, especially when it comes to community service initiatives. The past two years, he has volunteered to participate in the “Dancing with the Lexington Stars” event. In 2024, he helped raise more than $34K for the Lexington Rotary Club Endowment Fund and Surgery on Sunday, a nonprofit that provides essential outpatient procedures at no cost to income-eligible individuals who are either uninsured or under-insured and do not qualify for federal or state assistance. In 2025, he helped raise close to $11K for Baby Health Services and the Rotary Club of Lexington’s scholarship and service initiatives. Baby Health Services provides free, quality preventative and primary healthcare to the uninsured children of Central Kentucky from birth through age 18.
He also is a weekly volunteer at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital, specifically at the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology Oncology Clinic, where he visits with sick children, plays games or just hangs out.
Additionally, he has volunteered at Lexington’s Ronald McDonald House and at the Scott County Humane Society, helping find foster homes for pets and raising awareness of fostering.
“Josh has been such a positive light to pediatric cancer and blood disorder patients in the DanceBlue Clinic,” Jordan Heflin, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology RN at the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology Oncology Clinic said. ”He is a very consistent volunteer, coming almost every Tuesday for the past three years. He is always happy to sit and play with a kid, sign an autograph, or take a picture. I am amazed at his commitment to bringing joy to these patients. Josh is a great football player, but I believe that he is an even better guy. I am so thankful that he continues to give back to these patients. A lot of the kids can’t go out to football games because of their treatments, but at least when they watch on TV, they can say that they know No. 84.”
The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team was established in 1992 by the College Football Association, recognizing the extra efforts made by college football players and student support staff off the field. AFCA became the governing body of the award in 1997 and continues to honor college football players who go the extra mile for those in need. Allstate worked to present the award starting with the 2008 season.
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) leads all conferences with 89 selections to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team since it began in 1992. The SEC is followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference with 55 selections and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with 43 selections. Georgia is in first place with 24 honorees to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The Bulldogs are followed by Kentucky and Bethel (Minn.) with 18 honorees. See the list below:
1992 Doug Pelfrey Kicker
1994 Leon Smith Split End
1996 Kurt Supe Defensive End
1998 Jimmy Carter Punter
1999 Seth Hanson Kicker
2000 Matt Layow Defensive End
2002 Antonio Hall Offensive Tackle
2004 Antoine Huffman Cornerback
2006 Jacob Tamme Tight End
2008 Tim Masthay Punter
2011 Jake Lewellen Defensive End
2014 Max Godby Offensive Guard
2015 Landon Foster Punter
2017 Courtney Love Linebacker
2019 Landon Young (Captain) Offensive Tackle
2020 Luke Fortner Offensive Guard
2021 Kenneth Horsey Offensive Guard
2022 Mark Stoops Honorary Head Coach
2024 J.J. Weaver Outside Linebacker
Kentucky’s Courtney Love won the coveted Wuerffel Trophy in 2017.
