The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
04.13.2022 | Football
Cade Brewer, Cameron Dicker, Derek Kerstetter and Justin Mader were recognized by the National Football Foundation for their combined academic and athletic achievement.
IRVING, Texas – Texas Football's Cade Brewer, Cameron Dicker, Derek Kerstetter and Justin Mader have been named to the 2022 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions who each maintained a 3.2 cumulative grade point average or higher during their careers.
The four Longhorns were among a total of 1,559 players from 313 colleges and universities that qualified for membership in the Society's 16th year.
Along with the GPA requirement, student-athletes nominated by their respective schools must have completed their final year of playing eligibility in 2021, been starters or significant contributors last season and met all NCAA- or NAIA-mandated progress toward degree requirements.
Brewer was a four-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection (2018-21), while Dicker, Kerstetter and Mader were three-time honorees (2019-21). Additionally, Brewer and Kerstetter were six-time members of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, and Dicker and Mader each earned the distinction five times.
A native of Austin, Texas, Brewer appeared in 55 games with 33 starts during his career as a Longhorn. He is tied for fourth among UT tight ends in career touchdowns (8), and ranks sixth in career receptions (59) and 10th in career receiving yards (611). He twice earned All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades (2020, 2021) and was named to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and 2017-18 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. In 2021, he played in 12 games with 11 starts and set career-bests with 22 receptions, 184 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Dicker was one of the most successful kickers in Texas history. During his time on the Forty Acres, the Austin native appeared in 49 games and scored 386 points for the Longhorns, the most points ever by a Texas kicker and the third-most among any position in program history. He is UT's career leader in field goals made (60), tied for first in career attempts (79), is second all-time in extra points made (206) and attempted (210), and fourth in career field goal accuracy at 75.9 percent (60-for-79). During a stretch from 2020-21, Dicker was successful on 70 consecutive extra point attempts, the fourth-longest streak in program history, and made his final 12 field goal attempts of 2021, the fourth-longest string for a Longhorn. His four 50-yard field goals are tied for the sixth-most in UT history, including a 57-yard field goal at Rice in 2019 that is tied for the seventh-longest ever for a Longhorn. He handled punting duties during the 2021 season, punting 47 times for 2,200 yards for an average of 46.8 yards per punt, the third-best single-season average in program history, earning All-Big 12 First Team honors from the league's coaches and semifinalist accolades for the Ray Guy Award.
Kerstetter played in 58 games with 49 starts with the Longhorns, tallying 35 starts at right tackle, eight starts at center, five at right guard and one at left guard. A native of San Antonio, Kerstetter was a 2021 first-team All-Big 12 selection by the league's coaches and garnered an honorable mention nod in 2019. In 2021, he anchored an offensive line that produced the seventh running back duo in UT history with a 1,000- and 500-yard rusher (Bijan Robinson – 1,127, Roschon Johnson – 569) and protected QB Casey Thompson, who had a Big 12-leading 24 touchdown passes. He also helped Texas post back-to-back 58-plus-point games (58 vs. Rice, 70 vs. Texas Tech) with the 70 points against Texas Tech tying for the ninth-most points scored in a game in program history.
Mader was a constant with the UT special teams unit during his four seasons with the Longhorns, appearing in 49 games as the primary long snapper. Mader did not miss a single game during his career, helping Dicker become Texas' all-time leading scorer among place-kickers, while also serving as the snapper for punts, including Dicker's standout season in 2021. A native of Magnolia, Texas, Mader was a 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree.
