Former Baylor Standout David Helton Named State of Tennessee’s Amateur Athlete of the Year

The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame has named former Baylor standout David Helton the state of Tennessee’s Amateur Athlete of the Year. Helton will be honored at the Hall of Fame ceremonies on June 6th in Nashville.

Chattanooga native David Helton was an all-state football player and state champion wrestler at Baylor School. The 6-foot-3, 226-pounder decided on Duke and has been awarded the National Football Foundation (NFF) William V. Campbell Trophy, the ACC’s Jim Tatum and Weaver-James-Corrigan Awards, NFF Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy and First Team Capital One Academic All-America choice. Helton has excelled on and off the gridiron for the Duke University football program. 
He was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at linebacker, helping the Blue Devils to a program-record three consecutive bowl appearances. In 2014, he led the ACC in tackles per game (10.31) for the second straight season, becoming only the fifth player in league history to repeat as tackle champion. A first team All-ACC selecti