#45 Cody Markel
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As a Senior (2019)
• 2020 SEC Brad Davis Community Service Leader of the Year (male recipient)
• 2020 Vanderbilt Athletics Jim Robins Award recipient
• 2020 Vanderbilt Athletics Community Service Award recipient
• 2019 NFF-College Football Hall of Fame William Campbell Trophy nominee
• 2019 Bickerstaff-Pace Award recipient (NFF Middle Tennessee chapter award)
• 2019 Allstate AFCA FBS Good Works Team nominee
• 2019 Senior CLASS Award nominee
• 2019 finalist for Vanderbilt Outstanding Senior Award
• Vanderbilt’s 2019 SEC Community Service Team representative
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Dean’s List
• Founded Turner’s Heroes non-profit organization prior to season to honor classmate and fellow tight end Turner Cockrell
• Turner’s Heroes aims to uplift pediatric cancer patients. Working in conjunction with Cockrell’s parents, the organization reproduces superhero capes designed by pediatric patients, then brings them and their families together with Vanderbilt student-athletes for a day of fun and superhero-themed activities
• 82-hour fundraiser for Turner’s Heroes held in conjunction with Vanderbilt-LSU game raised $70,000 for pediatric cancer research grants
• One game played
• Lone appearance due to injuries came in season opener against Georgia
As a Junior (2018)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Dean’s List
• 12 games played
• Starts vs. Middle Tennessee, South Carolina and Missouri
• Two-yard touchdown catch vs. Tennessee
As a Sophomore (2017)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 10 games played
• First career start against Ole Miss
As a Freshman (2016)
• Did not see action
The Markel File
• Prepped at Middleton (Wis.)
• Team captain as a senior
• Varsity letters in football, basketball and tennis
• 18 catches, five touchdowns as senior
• Led team to 8-2 record, conference title and state playoffs as a senior
• 2015 all-state
• 2015 all-conference
• National Honor Society member
• Full name is Cody Steinkamp Markel
• Son of Mark Markel and Lisa Steinkamp
• Father played football at UC Davis
• Mother played soccer at Stanford
• One brother, Tyler
• Enjoys playing hockey
• Earned double major: political science and medicine, health and society
• Six-time Dean’s List recipient