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12/02/25 - QB Anthony Colandrea, Sr/2027, Nebraska + More +

2025 MOUNTAIN WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): ANTHONY COLANDREA, JUNIOR, QUARTERBACK, UNLV,...Becomes the first UNLV player to be named the MW Offensive Player of the Year...Is the 18th quarterback to earn the honor and the first since 2021...Member of the Davey O'Brien Award Class of 2025...Was on the watch list for the Manning Award...Was a four-time Old Trapper Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week this season, a UNLV program record...Named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 after Week 2 and a Manning Award Star of the Week after Week 7...Has completed 238 of 349 passes for a MW-best 3,050 yards (19th in FBS) and a league-leading 22 touchdowns (26th in FBS) this season...His 68.2 completion percentage ranks 17th in the FBS and is on pace to set a program record...Has also rushed for a career-high 555 yards and eight touchdowns.

Leads the Mountain West and ranks ninth nationally in total offense at 300.4 yards per game...Leads the Mountain West and ranks 17th in the FBS in passing efficiency (157.8)...Ranks 15th in the FBS in points responsible for with 180...Is one of just four FBS quarterbacks with at least 3,000 yards passing and 500 yards rushing this season...Only player in the country to throw for at least one touchdown and rush for at least 15 net yards in every game this season...Has led the Rebels (10-2) to their fourth 10-win season in program history and second straight...Has led UNLV to its third straight MW Football Championship game appearance and third straight bowl appearance. - Mountain West Football

QB Anthony Colandrea, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (49)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (78)

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12/02/25 - ILB Bryce Steele, rSr/2027, Troy + More +

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. Steele, a 2025 Capital One Orange Bowl–FWAA Courage Award nominee, has returned to the field after missing the 2024 season while battling cancer. This was not Steele's first fight with the disease, as he was first diagnosed with a rare thymoma in 2019, requiring the removal of a 13-centimeter tumor near his heart. Despite the diagnosis occurring during his high school recruitment period, Steele kept it private and successfully beat the cancer before joining the Boston College football program.

Unfortunately, the cancer returned repeatedly, necessitating multiple surgeries over the years and eventually spreading to his chest wall. After a failed round of chemotherapy in 2023, Steele and his family chose an alternative surgical approach. Two months later, he was out of the hospital, cleared for non-contact training, and began the challenging process of relearning how to walk and breathe due to diaphragm weakness. By August 2024, Steele was cleared for full-contact football. In 2025, Steele appeared in nine games for the Eagles, contributing 16 tackles, a fumble recovery, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup. While the statistics are modest, his return represents an extraordinary triumph over adversity. Steele becomes the third Boston College student-athlete to receive the ACC Brian Piccolo Award and the first since defensive end Richard Yeargin in 2019. - ACC Football

ILB Bryce Steele, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (76)

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12/02/25 - K Will Bettridge, rSr/2027, Virginia + More +

2025 JIM TATUM AWARD WINNER: Virginia senior placekicker Will Bettridge has been named the recipient of the 2025 Jim Tatum Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday. The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete. A standout on and off the field, Virginia's Bettridge is a William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist and three-time ACC All-Academic team member and has earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition. He was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Football team and served as Virginia's nominee for both the Wuerffel Trophy and the All-State Good Works Team in 2024, all while majoring in foreign affairs with a minor in entrepreneurship.

On the field, he has been a key contributor to a Virginia team that is 10-2 overall and 7-1 in ACC play, matching the program's single-season records for both overall and conference wins, and will play in the 2025 ACC Football Championship Game on Saturday, December 6, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Individually, he ranks third on Virginia's all-time scoring list with 302 career points and ranks among the nation's top 15 in scoring this season with 106 points. Through 12 games, he has recorded a career-high 20 field goals, highlighted by a 39-yard kick to force a second overtime in UVA's thrilling 46-38 double-overtime victory over then-No. 8 Florida State on September 26 and two field goals and three extra points in the Cavaliers' win over Virginia Tech in the Commonwealth Clash to clinch a spot for the Cavaliers in the ACC Football Championship Game. Bettridge is the ninth football student-athlete to be honored with the ACC's Jim Tatum Award and the first Cavalier to win the award since Jordan Mack in 2019. - ACC Football

K Will Bettridge, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (01)

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12/02/25 - LS Rayne Fry, Sr/2027, Navy + More +

2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE DEEP SNAPPER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): DS Rayne Fry, Navy,...Fry earned the American's first Deep Snapper of the Year honor as the Midshipmen did not allow a kick or punt block all season. - American Conference Football

LS Rayne Fry, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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12/02/25 - K Patrick Durkin, rSo/2029, Florida + More +

2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): K Patrick Durkin, Tulane,...Durkin is 22-of-24 on field goals and 36-of-37 on PATs for the season. His field goal percentage of 92.3 percent is ninth in FBS and his total points of 102 ranks 15th in FBS. Durkin is the first Tulane player to earn the Special Teams Player of the Year. - American Conference Football

K Patrick Durkin, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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12/02/25 - QB Andrew Body, rSr/2027, Alabama State + More +

2025 SWAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Andrew Body, Alabama State,...Body completed 113-of-160 passes for 1,770 yards with 20 touchdowns and only one interception. He also rushed 71 times for 518 yards (5th SWAC) and four touchdowns before sitting out the final four games with an injury. Body was named the SWAC's Offensive Player of the Week three times and earned HBCU National Player of the Week twice. The Corpus Christi, Texas, native led the SWAC in touchdown passes (20) and points responsible for (144) while ranking second in completion percentage (70.5). Body led a prolific offense that led or ranked second in the he SWAC in 13 categories while ranking in the top 12 in the FCS in seven categories. Alabama State wrapped up a 10-2 season with a 58-21 win over Tuskegee University in the 101st Turkey Day Classic. The 10-win season is the first since 2004. - SWAC Football

QB Andrew Body, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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12/02/25 - RB Joshua Dye, rJr/2028, Mississippi + More +

2025 UNITED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Joshua Dye (Southern Utah),...Joshua Dye, the second consecutive T-Bird running back named Offensive Player of the Year, consistently put up dominant numbers on the ground and rushed for a Division I (FCS & FBS) regular season leading 1,831 yards and 28 touchdowns. Averaging over 6 yards per carry, Dye finished as the FCS statistical champion in rushing yards per game (152.6 ypg), rushing touchdowns, total points scored (168), points per game (14.0 ppg), total rushing attempts (295), and finished top 15 in yards per carry. Dye claimed UAC Offensive Player of the Week honors four times this season. The redshirt-sophomore produced 10 games this season with 100-plus yards rushing including a pair of 200-plus yard contests capped by a season-best 221 yard effort against EKU. Dye finished fouth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award, presented to the FCS Offensive Player of the Year. - United Athletic Conference Football

RB Joshua Dye, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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12/02/25 - DE Lando Brown, rSr/2026, Southern Utah + More +

2025 UNITED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Lando Brown (Southern Utah),...Southern Utah's defensive front was anchored all season by edge rusher Lando Brown, earning the redshirt senior the Defensive Player of the Year award. In just 11 games, Brown racked up 55 total tackles with a league leading 14 sacks and 18 tackles-for-loss, which ranked second in the UAC.The FCS regular season leader in Sacks per game at 1.27, Brown led SUU with 11 QB hurries and recorded a TFL in nine of 11 games this season highlighted by three games with 3.0 behind the line stops. Brown was named to the Walter Camp FCS Player of the Year watchlist and finished fifth in the voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the FCS Defensive Player of the Year. - United Athletic Conference Football

DE Lando Brown, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 1* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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12/02/25 - RB Chase Bingmon, rSo/2029, Prairie View AM + More +

2025 SWAC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Chase Bingmon, Prairie View A&M,...In his first full collegiate season, Bingmon emerged as one of the league's most dynamic offensive playmakers. Appearing in 11 games, the freshman rushed for 857 yards on 143 carries, averaging 6.0 yards per attempt and 77.9 yards per game. He found the end zone eight times on the ground, including a 74-yard breakaway run that showcased his elite speed and explosiveness.

Bingmon also contributed in the passing game, recording 17 receptions for 122 yards, proving to be a versatile asset in multiple offensive schemes. His 48 total points and consistent production helped power Prairie View's offense in key conference matchups throughout the season. With vision, power, and maturity beyond his years, Bingmon's immediate impact made him a clear standout among SWAC freshmen, earning him one of the conference's highest individual honors. - SWAC Football

RB Chase Bingmon, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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12/02/25 - ILB Sean Allison, rSr/2027, Rutgers + More +

2025 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Sean Allison, Drake,...Allison, from Hinsdale, Illinois, becomes the sixth Drake athlete to claim the league's Defensive Player of the Year honor. He finished the season with 126 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, and two interceptions. Allison led the league and ranked among the FCS Top 12 in both total tackles per game (10.5, 7th in the FCS) and solo tackles per game (5.17, 12th). He led a Drake defense that held PFL opponents to 11.0 points per game and 287.6 yards per game, ranking first and second in the league. Allison had eight double-digit tackle outings, including a five-game streak of such outings to end the regular season. - Pioneer Football League

ILB Sean Allison, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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12/02/25 - QB Collin Hurst, rJr/2028, West Georgia + More +

2025 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Collin Hurst, Presbyterian,...Besides becoming the first Presbyterian athlete to earn the league's top offensive honor, Hurst, a Davie, Florida product, becomes the first athlete in league history to earn the PFL Offensive Freshman of the Year award and then its Offensive Player of the Year honor in back-to-back seasons. He posted a 10-1 record as the Blue Host starting quarterback and led the league in passing efficiency (168.3, 7th in the FCS), passing touchdowns (26, 6th), completion percentage (68.2, 13th), passing yards (2,684, 18th), and points responsible for (176, 14th). - Pioneer Football League

QB Collin Hurst, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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12/02/25 - DE Quincy Ivory, rSr/2026, Jackson State + More +

2025 SWAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER & NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Quincy Ivory, Jackson State,...Ivory, a Buck Buchanan Award finalist and HBCU Player of the Year finalist, was named First Team All-SWAC on Monday afternoon after he finished the regular season with a team-high 64 tackles including 31 solo, while also recording 13.5 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks. He also recorded an interception [against Alabama State], recorded five quarterback hurries, forced one fumble, and recovered two others. Ivory recorded eight or more tackles four times including eight against Hampton [8.30], 10 against Southern Miss [9.6], 10 against Alabama A&M [10.4], and a career-high 12 against Alabama State [10.11].

He recorded at least 0.5 sack in six games this season including a career-high two against Hampton [8.30], and recorded at least 0.5 tackle for loss in 10 games this season including a season-high 3.5 against Hampton [8.30]. The senior is ranked nationally in tackles for loss [20th], sacks [52nd], and fumbles recovered [93rd]; while he is ranked second in the conference in tackles for loss and third in sacks. This season he was named SWAC Defensive Player of the Week three times and SWAC Newcomer of the Week three other times. - SWAC Football

DE Quincy Ivory, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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12/02/25 - OLB Montreze Smith Jr., rSo/2029, Iowa State + More +

2025 UNITED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Montreze Smith Jr. (Austin Peay),...Redshirt freshman linebacker Montreze Smith Jr., a Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award Watch List selection, garnered the UAC Freshman of the Year accolade after leading Austin Peay in tackles, solo tackles, interceptions, and defensive touchdowns, while ranking second on the team in tackles for loss, sacks, and forced fumbles. Smith Jr. topped all league rookies with 74 tackles as well as tackles per game (6.2), solo stops (40), TFLs (6.0) and interceptions (2). The Carollton, Ga., native boasted three double-digit tackling performances, highlighted by a personal best 10 tackles against UNA, and was twice named the UAC Freshman of the Week. - United Athletic Conference Football

OLB Montreze Smith Jr., rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (87)

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Iowa State Player News & Notes

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12/02/25 - P Adam Watford, Sr/2027, Alabama + More +

2025 UNITED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CO-SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Adam Watford (North Alabama),...North Alabama punter Adam Watford joins Smith as the league's Specialist of the Year. Watford averaged 46.5 yards per punt over 66 kicks this season, ranking fourth in the FCS. The junior's strong leg was regularly on display producing a school record 21 punts over 50 yards this season, breaking the program's career mark for 50-plus yard punts with 36, and posting at least one 50-yard or longer kick in 10 of 12 games. A consistent weapon for the Lions, Watford was the lone FCS punter to tally three punts over 70 yards showcased by a UAC record 74-yard blast versus UCA along with a pair of 72-yard bombs against Tarleton State and Utah Tech. He also led the league with 18 punts downed inside the 20 yard line. - United Athletic Conference Football

P Adam Watford, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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12/02/25 - K Carson Smith, rSr/2027, Arizona State + More +

2025 UNITED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CO-SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Carson Smith (Austin Peay),...Carson Smith matched the Austin Peay single-season record with 14-made field goals en route to claiming a share of the Specialist of the Year honor. His 95 points scored in 2025 are the fourth-best single-season total in Govs history and the second-best single-season total by a kicker in program history. A redshirt-senior, Smith also equaled the APSU single-season PAT percentage mark, going a perfect 53-for-53. One of the league's most productive kickers, Smith averaged 7.9 points per game for the Governors and connected on 7-of-10 field goal attempts from 40-plus yards including a season-best 50-yarder against Samford. He was named the UAC Specialist of the Week in back-to-back weeks and selected to an all-conference team for a second straight season. - United Athletic Conference Football

K Carson Smith, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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