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  James Madison Football   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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  Central Florida Football   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, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (149)

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  Georgia Tech Football   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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  Miami Football   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/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (05)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (20)

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  Mississippi Football   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, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (248)

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  Miami Football   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, So/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* ()

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  San Diego State Football   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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  Oklahoma State Football   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, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Hawaii Football   2025 MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): KANSEI MATSUZAWA, SENIOR, PLACEKICKER, Hawaii,...Hawaii's second MW Special Teams Player of the Year and first since kick returner Mike Edwards in 2012...One of three finalists for the Lou Groza Place-Kicker of the Year Award...Named to seven different midseason All-America teams, including by The Associated Press and The Sporting News...Four-time Old Trapper MW Special Teams Player of the Week...Leads FBS with 25 made field goals and 2.08 field goals per game...Ranks second in the FBS with a 96.2 field-goal percentage (25-for-26)...Leads the MW and ranks eighth nationally in scoring at 9.3 points per game.

Made his first 25 field goal attempts of the season, matching the FBS record. His 25 field goals this season are a Hawaii record and tie for fifth in a season in MW history...Matched the MW record for consecutive field goal makes with 26 dating back to last season...Has kicked at least one field goal in all 12 games this season and has five games with at least three field goals, one shy of the FBS record...Kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired in Hawaii's season-opening 23-20 win over Stanford...Kicked a career-long 52-yard field goal against Fresno State in Week 4 and is 11-for-11 on field goals from 40-plus yards this season. - Mountain West Football


K Kansei Matsuzawa, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Miami Football   2025 ACC JACOBS BLOCKING TROPHY WINNER: Miami offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa has been voted the winner of the 2025 Jacobs Blocking Trophy, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Monday. Mauigoa is the first Miami Hurricane to receive the ACC Jacobs Blocking Trophy. The Jacobs Blocking Trophy has been awarded annually since 1953 to the player selected most outstanding blocker in the ACC by a poll of the league's head coaches and defensive coordinators. The trophy is given in memory of William P. Jacobs, who served as president of Presbyterian College from 1935 to 1945. Mauigoa, a 6-6, 335-pound junior from Ili'ili, American Samoa, has played and started in every game for the Hurricanes at right tackle for each of the last three years, earning All-ACC recognition in both 2023 and 2024, and Freshman All-America honors in 2023.

Mauigoa has been one of Miami's highest-graded offensive linemen, starting all 38 games at right tackle since arriving in 2023. His 85.9 overall grade from Pro Football Focus ranks sixth among all offensive tackles nationally, while his 88.8 pass-blocking grade is the third best in college football. A projected first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, Mauigoa anchors an offensive line that ranks eighth nationally in sacks allowed (0.92) and sixth in tackles-for-loss allowed (3.50). He was also named to the Joe Moore Award midseason honor roll recognizing the nation's top offensive line units. He was also named both an ACC Offensive Lineman and Outland Trophy National Player of the Week this season and was on several preseason watch lists, including the Outland Trophy and the Wuerffel Trophy. - ACC Football


OT Francis Mauigoa, Jr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (02)
Recruiting Grade: 5* (02)

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  Georgia Tech Football   2025 BRIAN PICCOLO AWARD WINNER: Boston College's Bryce Steele and Georgia Tech's Keylan Rutledge were named the recipients of the Atlantic Coast Conference's 2025 Brian Piccolo Award, the league announced on Monday. Rutledge, a 2025 Lombardi Award semifinalist and All-America candidate, made an extraordinary comeback following a life-and career-threatening accident. On December 10, 2023, near his hometown of Royston, Georgia, Rutledge's car was pushed into a concrete construction barricade on I-85, flipping twice into a ditch. He escaped the heavily damaged vehicle and began walking barefoot up the embankment for help, severely injuring his left big toe. Rutledge was transported to a local hospital, where surgeons reattached the toe using multiple pins. Upon arriving at Georgia Tech in January 2024, Rutledge's injury was further complicated by a severe infection, likely caused by walking through motor oil and gasoline. He was treated with aggressive intravenous antibiotics via a PICC line for six weeks, followed by a second surgery to re-break and reset the toe bones and a skin graft to promote proper healing.

He spent about seven months in intensive wound care and rehabilitation, relearning proper toe function before returning to football conditioning in late June 2024. Rutledge played his first snap on July 24, 2024, just over eight months after the accident, and has started all 24 games over the last two seasons. In 2025, he anchors an offensive line that ranks in the top 20 nationally in total offense, rushing offense, red zone offense and fewest sacks allowed, earning recognition from Pro Football Focus as one of the nation's top 15 guards in overall, run and pass blocking. Rutledge's recovery and performance stand as a testament to his resilience, determination and leadership. Rutledge becomes the fifth Georgia Tech student-athlete to receive the ACC Brian Piccolo Award and the first since running back Robert Godhigh in 2013. - ACC Football


OG Keylan Rutledge, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (14)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (294)

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  Hawaii Football   2025 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): MICAH ALEJADO, QUARTERBACK, Hawaii,...Hawaii's first MW Freshman of the Year...Fourth quarterback in the last five seasons to win the award...Named a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award...Was a two-time Old Trapper MW Offensive Player of the Week and a six-time MW Freshman of the Week selection this season...Ranks ninth in the FBS with 283.2 passing yards per game and fourth with 25.30 completions per game, leading the Mountain West in both categories...Is 253-for-384 for 2,832 yards and 21 touchdowns this season, despite missing two games with injury.

Ranks 29th in the FBS in both passing yards and passing touchdowns...His 21 passing touchdowns are a program freshman record...Ranks second in the MW and 16th in the FBS in total offense at 290.4 yards per game...Is third in the Mountain West with a 141.2 passing efficiency and is fourth with a .659 completion percentage...Posted consecutive 400-yard passing games in leading Hawaii to wins over Air Force and Utah State in Weeks 5 and 7, respectively. Became the first Rainbow Warrior quarterback to do that since 2018...Helped Hawaii to an 8-4 overall record, a 5-3 MW mark and bowl eligibility for the first time since 2019. - Mountain West Football


QB Micah Alejado, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (70)

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  Navy Football   2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): DL Landon Robinson, Navy,...Robinson leads the American with 0.59 sacks per game with 6.5 sacks in 11 games. The senior has 54 tackles on the campaign and becomes the first Midshipman to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors. - American Conference Football

DT Landon Robinson, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  New Mexico Football   2025 MOUNTAIN WEST CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): JAXTON ECK, JUNIOR, LINEBACKER, NEW MEXICO,...Becomes the first New Mexico player to be named the MW Defensive Player of the Year. The Lobos' Brian Urlacher was the Player of the Year in 1999 before the award was separated into offense and defense...Has posted 126 total tackles for an average of 10.5 per game, both of which rank eighth in the FBS...Paces the Mountain West and ranks fifth in the FBS with 64 solo tackles and 5.33 solo tackles per game...Has totaled 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks...Has recorded seven double-digit tackle games this season...Forced a fumble in a win over Idaho State in Week 2 and recovered a fumble in a win over San Diego State in Week 14.

Named the Old Trapper Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Lobos' defensive efforts in a 35-10 win over UCLA at The Rose Bowl in Week 3...His 18 tackles against Boise State in Week 7 are tied for seventh-most in a game in the FBS this season...Recorded a safety in New Mexico's 33-14 win over Utah State in Week 9...Top-ranked MW linebacker in rushing defense (89.5), according to Pro Football Focus...Has helped UNM turn in the nation's most improved rushing defense (99.5 yards per game fewer than last season) and the nation's third-most improved scoring defense (15.5 points per game fewer)...Second among Mountain West linebackers and 11th nationally in "Stops," according to PFF (the number of plays that represent a failure by the offense) with 55...Has helped New Mexico (9-3, 6-2) to its best overall and MW records and first bowl eligibility since 2016. - Mountain West Football


ILB Jaxton Eck, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Oklahoma State Football   2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (COACHES): RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas,...Hawkins leads FBS with 23 rushing touchdowns, 26 total touchdowns and 156 total points scored. His total touchdowns and 156 total points rank second on the American's single-season list. He is third in FBS in all-purpose yards (140.9 per game), is 13th in rushing yards with 1,216 and is 16th in yards per carry (6.3). Hawkins was the lone player to be unanimously selected to the all-conference first team. - American Conference Football

RB Caleb Hawkins, Fr/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* ()

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