Nansemond-Suffolk senior Bobby Lamm put up all sorts of stats on the football field this fall.

As a running back, he carried for over 1,100 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a defensive back, Lamm was one of the Saints’ leading tacklers. As NSA’s kicker, Lamm made 31 extra points and three field goals.

Throughout the football season though, Lamm’s best numbers had nothing to do with yards or points and his best and toughest work was being done away from the field.

Lamm was taking and excelling in courses such as AP Literature, AP Calculus and AP Government, with a grade point average, “I think it’s somewhere around 99.8,” Lamm said, shortly after finishing his last exam of the term on Tuesday at NSA.

Academics, athletics and community volunteering went into making Lamm the Virginia state winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.

Lamm won the honor out of thousands of nominees, then 20 state finalists.

“I guess it was just luck of the draw. I saw the candidates (state finalists) and all of them were very deserving of the award. I think I was rather lucky to get it,” Lamm said.

Lamm is the senior class president and was a captain on the gridiron. He’s also a standout lacrosse player for the Saints where he’s equally versatile and hard-working as a midfielder, where he’s a great one-on-one defender and one of NSA’s best goal-scorers.

The football season was a unique test for all of the Saints. After losing four straight games to start the season, with three of the four being tight contests, the Saints won six straight to earn a winning season in their first campaign under head coach Lew Johnston.

“With Coach Johnston, there wasn’t really any moment where there was a doubt about what we were doing, what we were working toward,” Lamm said.

On one hand, Lamm said there’s still a little disappointment since one win during the early part of the season probably would’ve been enough to put the Saints into the state playoffs.

“Other than that, it was a successful season. For the underclassmen, they certainly have a bright future ahead of them,” Lamm said.

Maintaining excellent grades while being a year-around athlete is simply one more challenge, says Lamm.

“It’s a challenge because there’s staying up pretty late at night to study and finish things. It teaches me how to manage my time wisely,” Lamm said. “It’s good preparation for college because once you’re in college, there won’t be anyone to tell you to do homework or to study.”

Lamm’s High School Heisman run came to an end at the state finalist level. Two national winners will go on to be on hand and get recognized at the Heisman Trophy presentation in New York City in December.

If the football season and AP classes weren’t enough, Lamm wants to continue playing football collegiately, so “now we’re in the midst of the recruiting process,” Lamm said.

He is interested in studying pre-med and is thinking about going in the direction of sports medicine.