Deletion of Justin Brantly

Comment: As noted in prior college football discussions, the sole purpose of  is to establish an automatic ''inclusionary'' rule for players who have reached the highest level of a sport.  Brantly's status as a consensus All-Big 12 award winner and a second-team All-American go a long way to showing notability.  More importantly, college football players qualify under the general notability standard if they have been the subject of significant, non-trivial coverage in the mainstream media.  A search of the Newsbank database shows that Brantly has been the subject of such media coverage focused on him (i.e., not passing references in game coverage).  Examples include: '''(1)''' http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/6458931.html Brantly feeling right at home Ex-A&M punter impressing Texans during workouts, Houston Chronicle, June 5, 2009, '''(2)''' Small-town guy making big-time kicks A&M's Brantly fourth nationally in yards per punt, Houston Chronicle, November 26, 2008, '''(3)''' http://www.aggiesports.com/football/Brantly-following-closely-in-what-Lechler-accomplished Brantly following closely in what Lechler accomplished, McClatchy-Tribune Regional News, September 27, 2008, '''(4)''' http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=123B04F52A662040&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Aggies punter aims to follow in steps of early mentor, San Antonio Express, October 7, 2008, '''(5)''' http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E2433738780630&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM A&M punter enjoys Lechler comparisons, San Antonio Express, November 24, 2005, '''(6)''' http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/28578794.html Brantly Named To Ray Guy Award Watch List, KBTX, Sep 17, 2008, '''(7)''' http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/35927649.html Brantly Earns All-American Honors, KBTX, Dec 10, 2008
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: after bringing the chains in for a measurement. The minute he kicks a ball in the NFL, CFL, or even UFL, he meets point 1 of WP:ATH—and then notability is clear-cut. Even now, it's arguable that he meets point 2: what higher level of amateur football is there than the Football Bowl Subdivision? The stronger case for keeping the article, though, is that the references section shows that he meets . Even though a lot of the links are to aggiesports.com, there is at least one full-fledged story about him from the Houston ''Chronicle''. Accordingly, I'm willing to say he's "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)