Yale senior quarterback Patrick Witt has been named a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's National Scholar-Athlete award.

Witt, a history major with a 3.91 grade-point average, is also a Rhodes Scholarship candidate. He leads all Ivy League quarterbacks and ranks sixth among Football Championship Subdivision players with a passing efficiency rating of 165.1 as he has completed 73.4 percent of his passes for 526 yards with five touchdowns and one interceptions for the 2-0 Bulldogs.

The finalists will be announced on Oct. 26.