FCS Football Central Announces 2025 All-American Team
A total of 29 players from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, including nine on the first-team unit, are represted on the 2025 FCS Football Central All-America Teams.
First Team
QB - Beau Brungard (Youngstown State)
QB - Cole Payton (North Dakota State)
RB - L.J. Phillips Jr. (South Dakota)
WR - Bryce Lance (North Dakota State)
OL - Seth Anderson (North Dakota)
OL - Trent Fraley (North Dakota State)
OL - Jake Pope (Illinois State)
LB - Tye Niekamp (Illinois State)
K - Eli Ozick (North Dakota State)
Second Team
WR - Daniel Sobkowicz (Illinois State)
WR - Larenzo Fenner (South Dakota)
OL - Griffin Empey (North Dakota State)
DL - Lance Rucker (North Dakota)
DL - Keenan Wilson (North Dakota State)
LB - Malachi McNeal (North Dakota)
DB - Mikey Munn (South Dakota)
DB - Shadwel Nkuba II (Illinois State)
DB - Kimal Clark (Indiana State)
Third Team
QB - DJ Williams (Southern Illinois)
RB - Barika Kpeenu (North Dakota State)
WR - Max Tomczak (Youngstown State)
OL - Desmeal Leigh (Youngstown State)
OL - Quinten Christensen (South Dakota State)
OL - Landon Woodard (Illinois State)
DL - Michael Wells (Youngstown State)
LB - Logan Kopp (North Dakota State)
DB - Jeremiah McClendon (Southern Illinois)
AP - Kylon "Flash" Wilson (Youngstown State)
AP - Rashad Rochelle (Indiana State)
Here's the full teams:
First-Team Offense:
QB - Beau Brungard (Youngstown State)
QB - Cole Payton (North Dakota State)
RB - Joshua Dye (Southern Utah)
RB - Eli Gillman (Montana)
RB - L.J. Phillips Jr. (South Dakota)
WR - Jared Richardson (Penn)
WR - Bryce Lance (North Dakota State)
WR - Marquis Buchanan (Rhode Island)
WR - Josh Derry (Monmouth)
TE - Chris Corbo (Dartmouth)
OL - Seth Anderson (North Dakota)
OL - Titan Fleischmann (Montana State)
OL - Trent Fraley (North Dakota State)
OL - JT Cornelius (Monmouth)
OL - Delby Lemieux (Dartmouth)
OL - Jake Pope (Illinois State)
First-Team Defense:
DL - Andrew Zock (Mercer)
DL - Lando Brown (Southern Utah)
DL - Kaleb Proctor (Southeastern Louisiana)
DL - Joshua Stoneking (Furman)
DL - Keyshawn Johnson (UT Martin)
DL - David Hoage (West Georgia)
LB - James Conway (Fordham)
LB - A.J. Pena (Rhode Island)
LB - Theron Gaines (Tennessee Tech)
LB - Jaydon Southard (Stephen F. Austin)
LB - Tye Niekamp (Illinois State)
DB - Kaysus Kurns (Tarleton State)
DB - Abu Kamara (Yale)
DB - Caden Dowler (Montana State)
DB - Charles Demmings (Stephen F. Austin)
DB - Jarod Washington (South Carolina State)
DB - Jalen Jones (William & Mary)
First-Team Special Teams:
K - Eli Ozick (North Dakota State)
P - Jeff Yurk (Elon)
KR - Javon Ross (Bethune-Cookman)
PR - Bugs Mortimer (Stephen F. Austin)
AP - Michael Wortham (Montana)
Second-Team Offense:
QB - Taron Dickens (Western Carolina)
QB - Keali'i Ah Yat (Montana)
RB - Rodney Nelson (Monmouth)
RB - Josh Pitsenberger (Yale)
RB - Kente Edwards (Lafayette)
WR - Daniel Sobkowicz (Illinois State)
WR - Larenzo Fenner (South Dakota)
WR - Nico Brown (Yale)
WR - Samuel Gbatu Jr. (UC Davis)
TE - Nathan Levicki (Presbyterian)
OL - Michael Bennett (Yale)
OL - Langston Jones (Lehigh)
OL - Hunter Smith (Tarleton State)
OL - Erik Gray (Stephen F. Austin)
OL - Griffin Empey (North Dakota State)
OL - Gavin Ortega (Weber State)
OL - Temi Ajirotutu (Villanova)
Second-Team Defense:
DL - Lance Rucker (North Dakota)
DL - Brandon Maina (Wofford)
DL - Keenan Wilson (North Dakota State)
DL - Jacob Psyk (UC Davis)
DL - Kenneth Eiden IV (Montana State)
DL - Kahmari Brown (Elon)
DL - James Stewart (Tennessee State)
LB - Shane Hartzell (Villanova)
LB - KK Reno (Southeastern Louisiana)
LB - Rashon Myles Jr. (Abilene Christian)
LB - Malachi McNeal (North Dakota)
LB - Tyler Ochojski (Lehigh)
LB - Peyton Wing (Montana)
DB - Mikey Munn (South Dakota)
DB - Shadwel Nkuba II (Illinois State)
DB - Maximus Pulley (Wofford)
DB - Ayinde Johnson (Rhode Island)
DB - Cam Chapa (Northern Colorado)
DB - Kimal Clark (Indiana State)
DB - Jalen Mayo (Stephen F. Austin)
Second-Team Special Teams:
K - Trajan Sinatra (Idaho State)
P - Adam Watford (North Alabama)
KR - Ja'briel Mace (Villanova)
PR - Elijah Kennedy (North Carolina A&T)
AP - Kolbe Katsis (Northern Arizona)
AP - Rodney Hammond (Sacramento State)
Third-Team Offense:
QB - Chris Parson (Austin Peay)
QB - Devin Farrell (Rhode Island)
QB - DJ Williams (Southern Illinois)
RB - Luke Yoder (Lehigh)
RB - Marquis Gillis (Delaware State)
RB - Julius Davis (Montana State)
RB - Barika Kpeenu (North Dakota State)
WR - Jalen Jones (Alabama State)
WR - Kylon Harris (Stephen F. Austin)
WR - Javon Gipson (Abilene Christian)
WR - Geoffrey Jamiel (Lehigh)
WR - Max Tomczak (Youngstown State)
TE - Ryder Kurtz (Cornell)
OL - Cameron Smith (Alabama State)
OL - Desmeal Leigh (Youngstown State)
OL - Drew Wilder (Tennessee Tech)
OL - Xavier Jennings (Mercer)
OL - Quinten Christensen (South Dakota State)
OL - Cannon Panfiloff (Montana)
OL - Landon Woodard (Illinois State)
Third-Team Defense:
DL - Michael Wells (Youngstown State)
DL - Ezekiel Larry (Yale)
DL - Thomas Johnson (North Carolina Central)
DL - Jeremiah Williams (Jackson State)
DL - Paul Brott (Montana State)
DL - TJ Burke (Lehigh)
DL - Quincy Ivory (Jackson State)
LB - Rohan Davy (Rhode Island)
LB - Will Shaffer (Abilene Christian)
LB - Mikey D'Amato (Cal Poly)
LB - Erick Hunter (Morgan State)
LB - Logan Kopp (North Dakota State)
LB - Sean Allison (Drake)
DB - Jeremiah McClendon (Southern Illinois)
DB - Jaheim Ward (Eastern Kentucky)
DB - Dorian Plumley (Abilene Christian)
DB - Quentin Moten (Northern Arizona)
DB - Ty Bartrum (Harvard)
DB - Mekhai Smith (Lehigh)
DB - Christopher Jean (Central Connecticut State)
Third-Team Special Teams:
K - Nick Reed (New Hampshire)
P - James Platte (The Citadel)
KR - Brandon Hayes (Southeastern Louisiana)
PR - Drew Deck (Montana)
AP - Kylon Wilson (Youngstown State)
AP - Rashad Rochelle (Indiana State)