The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
Keep - A search of Newsbank and other sources turns up extensive coverage on Godfrey, who was the leading receiver and a key special teams player on Utah's 2007 undefeated team. He also was a leader of the 2008 team that went to the Sugar Bowl. He is also identified as one of the leading receivers in school history. In terms of feature coverage of Godfrey (as opposed to team or game coverage), I found at least five feature stories as follows: (1) The doors of opportunity Layton's Godfrey saviors senior season with unbeaten Utah, Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT), September 23, 2008; (2) Utah: Godfrey's effort sets him apart, The Salt Lake Tribune (UT), September 11, 2007; (3) Godfrey's great hands, confidence help Utes, Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT), December 17, 2006; (4) Walk-on now one of Utes' best receivers, Salt Lake Tribune, August 19, 2006; (5) Former Ute Bradon Godfrey signs with Atlanta Falcons, The Daily Utah Chronicle, June 8, 2009. Cbl62 (talk) 22:46, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak keep College football is tough, because it's unquestionably more notable than the college equivalents of the other three major North American sports (only basketball comes close), but yet it's still not necessarily satisfactory of WP:ATHLETE. Yet it's also the sport where it's most possible to be a major star in college and not even make the pro league at all. If Gino Torretta or Ron Dayne had flopped to the point where they never even made the NFL, would they be notable? Maybe. Hard to say. Godfrey seems to have been a star college player per the links given by Cbl62 (though obviously not a Heisman winner like Torretta and Dayne), but I'm not entirely convinced that's enough. Deletion per failure of ATHLETE wouldn't bother me at all. Alex finds herself awake at night(Talk · What keeps her up) 00:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ernie Davis is another example, although it would be difficult to make a non-notability case against his article for a number of reasons, of which the Heisman is just one.Rlendog (talk) 19:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Was a member of the Utah's 2007 undefeated team. He also was a key part of the 2008 team that went to the Sugar Bowl and defeated Alabama. He participated in the 2009 NFL Preseason, so he plyed at least a game and was in two teams: Baltimore and Atlanta--Zta ♠talk♠ September 15, 2009 ♠Nastia '♣
Just a note, preseason counts don't count towards WP:ATH only regular season games do.--Giants27 (c|s) 00:59, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Admittedly, it doesn't actually say that. In any case, I would hope that post-season games count as much as regular season games do. Rlendog (talk) 19:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah post-season too.--Giants27 (c|s) 19:45, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Essentially, all non-exhibition NFL games.►Chris NelsonHolla! 23:23, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Since football is not an Olympic sport, the highest amateur level would seem to be college football. Not that every walk on is notable, but a star on an undefeated team that played in a major bowl game would seem to qualify. In any case, the feature stories found by Cbl62 seem to satisfy WP:N, regardless of any WP:ATH issues. Rlendog (talk) 19:41, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]