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12/04/25 - WR Camden Brown, Sr/2026, Georgia Southern + More +

2025 SUN BELT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Camden Brown, Georgia Southern (Sr., WR - Monroe, La.),...Brown, a transfer from Auburn, became Georgia Southern's single-season program record holder with 1,049 receiving yards on 63 receptions, as the program's first-ever 1,000-yard receiver. The Monroe, La., native leads the nation with 14 touchdown receptions on the year, while his receiving yardage total ranks second in the Sun Belt and 10th in the country. The senior wide receiver tied the Eagles program record with five 100-yard receiving performances. - Sun Belt Football

WR Camden Brown, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (95)

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12/04/25 - P Evan Crenshaw, rJr/2027, Troy + More +

2025 SUN BELT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Evan Crenshaw, Troy (RS Jr., P - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.),...Crenshaw averaged 46.70 yards per punt to lead the Sun Belt and rank sixth in the country. The Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., product posted 20 punts of 50-or-more yards on the season, with 25 of his punts being downed inside the 20-yard line. Behind redshirt junior punter Crenshaw, Troy paces the Sun Belt and ranks third in the nation in net punting at 43.75 net yards per punt. - Sun Belt Football

P Evan Crenshaw, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (31)

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12/04/25 - QB Rodney Tisdale Jr., rFr/2029, Western Kentucky + More +

2025 CUSA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Rodney Tisdale Jr., WKU,...Tisdale Jr. assumed the starting quarterback role for the last five games of the regular season and provided a spark to the offense, which averaged 29.8 points during that stretch against CUSA competition in four games and against LSU in the other. He threw for 1,367 yards and nine touchdowns on 67.7% (130-192) passing during the season, with the majority of that coming over the course of the last five games. Tisdale finished as WKU's fourth-leading rusher with 105 yards and two scores on 47 attempts. He had two 300-yard passing performances in five games, and his two 300-yard passing performances are tied for fourth-most in CUSA across all games, despite only starting five games. - Conference USA Football

QB Rodney Tisdale Jr., rFr/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (129)

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12/04/25 - P Cole Maynard, rSr/2026, Western Kentucky + More +

2025 CUSA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Cole Maynard, WKU,...Maynard led the nation in punting average during the regular season at 48.7 yards per punt over 51 punting attempts. He has twice been named to the Ray's 8 List, honoring the top punting performances of the week. Maynard has also been recognized with the top special teams performance of the week in the league twice as CUSA's Special Teams Player of the Week. Over his 51 punts this season, Maynard had sent 25 50-plus yards - with a long of 71 yards - and has 12 downed inside the 20-yard line, with 15 fair catches and only five touchbacks. His 48.7 yards per punt would be a new WKU record for single-season punting average, topping the previous mark of 45.9 yards per punt by John Haggerty during the 2019 season. - Conference USA Football

P Cole Maynard, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (308)

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12/04/25 - RB Emmett Johnson, rJr/2026, Nebraska + More +

2025 BIG TEN AMECHE-DAYNE RUNNING BACK OF THE YEAR: Emmett Johnson, Nebraska,...Johnson is Nebraska's first winner of the Ameche-Dayne Award and the first Husker to capture a positional award since Austin Allen was named the Big Ten's Tight End of the Year in 2021. Johnson's 2025 season has been one of the best by a running back in Nebraska football history. His 1,451 rushing yards rank in the top 10 in school history and the most by a Husker since 2014. Johnson has rushed for better than 100 yards eight times this season, including six times in conference play.

Johnson's average of 120.9 rushing yards per game leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth nationally. Johnson also leads all FBS running backs with 46 receptions for 370 yards. His 1,821 yards from scrimmage rank second nationally and first among Power Four Conference players. His season stacks up well historically with Big Ten greats. Johnson is just the seventh Big Ten player since 1956 to have 1,400 rushing yards and 350 receiving yards in a season. Johnson and Penn State's Saquon Barkley (2015) are the only Big Ten players to reach those milestones in the past 20 years. - Nebraska Football

RB Emmett Johnson, rJr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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12/04/25 - WR Jeremiah Smith, So/2028, Ohio State + More +

2025 BIG TEN RICHTER-HOWARD RECEIVER OF THE YEAR: Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State,...The nation's best wide receiver, Jeremiah Smith, was named the Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year for a second consecutive year, joining Marvin Harrison and Penn State's Allen Robinson as the only two-time winners of the award. Smith is a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award and has become the fastest wide receiver in school history to catch 100 passes, reach 1,500 and 2,000 yards and catch 25 TD passes. - Ohio State Football

WR Jeremiah Smith, So/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 5* (01)

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12/04/25 - QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2027, Indiana + More +

2025 BIG TEN GRIESE-BREES QUARTERBACK OF THE YEAR: Fernando Mendoza, Indiana,...Mendoza was named the Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year and Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year. He is the first to earn the conference's quarterback of the year honor since its inception in 2011. He is the fourth Hoosier to earn Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and joins Anthony Thompson (1988 & 1989) and Antwaan Randle El (2001). Along with those honors, Mendoza was the first-team All-Big Ten quarterback and is just the seventh IU signal caller and first since Randle El in 2001 to earn first team honors. It is just the third time since 1950 a Hoosier took the first team spot at quarterback along with Randle EL and Harry Gonso (1967). - Indiana Football

QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (02)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (144)

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12/04/25 - ILB Trent Hendrick, Sr/2026, James Madison + More +

2025 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Trent Hendrick, James Madison (Sr., LB - Richmond, Va.),...Hendrick led James Madison and ranks eighth in the Sun Belt with 7.6 tackles per game. The Richmond, Va., native also notched 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, a pass breakup and a forced fumble on the year. The senior linebacker was a key cog in the Dukes defense that ranks fifth in the nation in total defense at 253.5 yards per game, fifth in rushing defense at 84.7 yards per game, 10th in scoring defense at 16.0 points per game and 12th in passing defense at 167.8 yards per game. - Sun Belt Football

ILB Trent Hendrick, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (286)

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12/04/25 - QB Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison + More +

2025 SUN BELT PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Alonza Barnett III, James Madison (RS Jr., QB - Whitsett, N.C.),...Barnett III helmed a James Madison offense that paces the Sun Belt and ranks 10th in the nation averaging 37.8 points per game. The Whitsett, N.C, product threw for 2,440 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushed for 459 yards and 13 touchdowns. The redshirt junior quarterback ranks ninth in the country with 16.7 points responsible for per game, 17th with 13.33 yards per completion and 22nd with 13 rushing touchdowns. Barnett guided James Madison to the seventh unblemished conference season in Sun Belt history and the third during the championship game era. - Sun Belt Football

QB Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (149)

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12/04/25 - QB Haynes King, rSr/2026, Georgia Tech + More +

2025 ACC PLAYER/OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Haynes King, R-Sr., QB, Georgia Tech (Longview, Texas),...First-Team All-ACC quarterback...Leads the ACC and ranks seventh overall, third among quarterbacks, nationally in rushing touchdowns (15)...Leads the ACC and ranks third nationally in total offense (329.0 yards per game)...Second in the ACC and sixth nationally in completion percentage (71.7)...Second in the ACC and first among all quarterbacks in rushing yards per game (83.8)...Third in the ACC and first among all quarterbacks in rushing yards (922)...Third in the ACC in passing efficiency (151.4)...Third in the ACC in yards per pass attempt (8.40).

Third in the ACC in points responsible for per game (14.9) and fourth in points responsible for overall (164)...Fifth in the ACC in both scoring (8.2) and total points scored (117) overall, but first among non-placekickers...Scored a rushing touchdown in nine of the 11 games he played, including multiple rushing scores in five of those contests...Recorded five 100-yard rushing games on the season...Threw for over 300 passing yards in three consecutive games versus Syracuse, NC State and Boston College...Totaled over 300 yards of total offense in seven games on the season, including a program-record 511 total yards of offense at NC State...Leads a Georgia Tech offense that ranks 12th nationally in total offense (466.3 yards per game), 19th in rushing offense (203.0 ypg) and fifth in red-zone offense (93.9%). - ACC Football

QB Haynes King, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (10)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (07)

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12/04/25 - DE Rueben Bain Jr., Jr/2027, Miami + More +

2025 ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Rueben Bain Jr., Jr., DE, Miami (Miami, Florida),...First Miami Hurricane player to win ACC Defensive Player of the Year...First-Team All-ACC defensive end...Started all 12 games along the defensive line for the Hurricanes...Registered 37 tackles, including 19 solo stops, on the season...Added 7.5 tackles-for-loss and 4.5 sacks from his defensive end spot...Has one fumble recovery, one interception and one pass breakup...Highest graded defensive edge in all of FBS this season by PFF at 92.9 overall...One of only 10 players in the nation credited with 50 or more quarterback pressures this season, which ranks fifth nationally...Leader on the Miami defense that leads the ACC and ranks in the top 15 nationally in total defense (277.8 ypg), rushing defense (86.8 ypg), scoring defense (13.8 ppg) and sacks (2.83). - ACC Football

DE Rueben Bain Jr., Jr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (05)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (20)

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12/04/25 - ILB Luke Ferrelli, rFr/2029, California + More +

2025 ACC DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Luke Ferrelli, R-Fr., California (San Diego, California),...All-ACC Honorable Mention...Started all 12 games for the Cal defense...Leads all ACC freshmen and redshirt freshmen team in tackles (87) and solo tackles (36) on the season...Second among all ACC freshmen in tackles-for-loss (5.0)...Also recorded 1.0 sack (-11 yards) and one interception, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry from his linebacker position...Tied for eighth overall in the ACC in total tackles and tied for ninth in tackles per game (7.3)...Recorded three double-digit tackle games, including a career-high-tying 11 in back-to-back contests versus Texas Southern and Minnesota, as well as 10 at Stanford. - ACC Football

ILB Luke Ferrelli, rFr/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (248)

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12/04/25 - WR Malachi Toney, Fr/2029, Miami + More +

2025 ACC ROOKIE/OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Malachi Toney, Fr. WR, Miami (Liberty City, Florida),...First-Team All-ACC wide receiver; Second-Team All-ACC all-purpose...Leads all freshmen (redshirt and true freshmen) in FBS in receptions (84), receiving yards (970) and receiving yards per game (80.8)...Tied for first nationally among all FBS freshmen and first in the ACC in receiving touchdowns (7)...Third in the ACC and sixth nationally in receptions per game (7.0)...Fourth in the ACC and 16th nationally in receiving yards (970)...Fifth in the ACC and 21st nationally in receiving yards per game (80.8)...Ranks third in the ACC and 43rd nationally in all-purpose yards per game (103.83)...Returned 13 punts for 187 yards on special teams...Recorded four 100-yard receiving games on the year...Also has one rushing touchdown and thrown two touchdown passes on the season. - ACC Football

WR Malachi Toney, Fr/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* ()

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12/02/25 - CB Chris Johnson, Sr/2026, San Diego State + More +

2025 MOUNTAIN WEST CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): CHRIS JOHNSON, SENIOR, DEFENSIVE BACK, SAN DIEGO STATE,...Sixth San Diego State player to earn MW Defensive Player of the Year honors and first since Cameron Thomas in 2021...Was a first-team midseason All-America selection by The Associated Press...Was a semifinalist for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, which goes to the best defensive back in college football...Ranks ninth in the FBS with 1.18 passes defended per game, with a total of 13 in 11 games played...Has recorded four interceptions and nine pass breakups...His four interceptions are 16th in the FBS and his 0.36 interceptions per game are 23rd nationally...Returned two interceptions for touchdowns this season, doing so in wins over Cal in Week 4 and Nevada in Week 7.

Has totaled 49 tackles, including 36 solo stops, three tackles for loss and a sack...Forced a fumble at Washington State in Week 2...Best cornerback on a team that leads the FBS with three shutouts and has held seven of its 12 opponents to single digits...Paces a defense that is fifth in the FBS in scoring defense (12.6), seventh in total defense (266.7), fourth in yards per play allowed (4.12) and second in red-zone scoring percentage allowed (66.7)...Is the top-graded defensive player in the Mountain West, and tied for the fifth-highest in the FBS, per Pro Football Focus (92.0, min. 600 snaps). Is tied for the top-rated cornerback in the country (min. 10 snaps)...Receivers are just 18-for-45 for 185 yards, no touchdowns and four interceptions when targeted against Johnson this season, according to PFF. That's a defensive pass efficiency rating of 56.76. - Mountain West Football

CB Chris Johnson, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (20)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (330)

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12/02/25 - QB Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029, North Texas + More +

2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas,...Mestemaker leads FBS with 3,835 passing yards and has thrown 29 touchdowns against just four interceptions. He broke the American's single-game record with 608 passing yards at Charlotte on October 24. The redshirt freshman ranks third in the nation in passing efficiency (178.2), fourth in passing touchdowns (29), fourth in total offense (324.3 yards per game), ninth in completion percentage (70.9 percent). - American Conference Football

QB Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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