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NEW ORLEANS\u00a0\u2013 Sun Belt football programs were well-represented on All-America teams following the 2025 season in which the conference led non-autonomy conferences in Bowl Season representation for the fourth-straight year and James Madison earned the conference\u2019s first-ever berth into the College Football Playoff.\u00a0
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\nTwenty-three student-athletes combined to earn 42 All-America honors.\u00a0
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\nThe Sun Belt boasted multiple 10-win teams\u2014James Madison (12-2) and Old Dominion (10-3)\u2014for the eighth-straight season.\u00a0
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\nNine-of-14 Sun Belt programs produced at least one All-America honoree, with Sun Belt champion James Madison leading all programs with five different student-athletes honored. Texas State and Credit Union 1 Sun Belt Football Championship presented by Visit Pensacola participant Troy followed with four representatives apiece.\u00a0
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\nStudent-athletes from championship game participants James Madison (12) and Troy (10) accrued double-digit national nods. Players from Marshall (4), Southern Miss (4), Texas State (4), Louisiana (3), Arkansas State (2), Georgia Southern (2) and Old Dominion (1) earned at least one national recognition.\u00a0
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\nParamount among this year\u2019s honorees were James Madison redshirt junior all-purpose back Wayne Knight and Troy redshirt junior punter Evan Crenshaw, who each received six All-America nods. Knight earned Second Team status from the Associated Press (AP), On3, Sports Illustrated and USA Today; Third Team recognition from Phil Steele; and G5 First Team mention from Hero Sports. Crenshaw reaped First Team recognition from Athlon Sports, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Phil Steele and Sporting News; Third Team mention from Pro Football & Sports Network (PFSN); and G5 First Team status from Hero Sports.\u00a0
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\nTexas State redshirt junior kick returner Jaylen Jenkins was a Sporting News Second Team All-American, joining Knight and Crenshaw as 1-of-3 Sun Belt student-athletes to earn All-America status from at least one of the five organizations (AFCA, AP, FWAA, Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation) utilized by the NCAA to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.\u00a0
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\nSUN BELT FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICANS
\nChauncy Cobb, Arkansas State\u00a0
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, RS
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Camden Brown, Georgia Southern\u00a0
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Second Team, WR
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Honorable Mention, WR\u00a0
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\nAlonza Barnett III, James Madison\u00a0
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Third Team, QB
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\nTrent Hendrick, James Madison
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, LB
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Fourth Team, LBcam
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\nWayne Knight, James Madison
\nAP \u2013 Second Team, AP
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, AP
\nOn3 \u2013 Second Team, AP
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Third Team, AP\u00a0
\nSports Illustrated \u2013 Second Team, AP
\nUSA Today \u2013 Second Team, AP\u00a0
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\nPat McMurtrie, James Madison\u00a0
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, OL\u00a0
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Honorable Mention, T
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\nSahir West, James Madison
\nThe Athletic \u2013 Freshman First Team, Edge
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\nJaden Dugger, Louisiana
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Third Team, LB\u00a0
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Honorable Mention, LB<\/p>\n
Jax Harrington, Louisiana
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Third Team, OL\u00a0
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\nLorcan Quinn, Marshall
\n247 Sports \u2013 True Freshman First Team, K
\nThe Athletic \u2013 Freshman Second Team, K\u00a0
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\nBoogie Trotter, Marshall
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, DB
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Honorable Mention, DB
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\nColton Joseph, Old Dominion
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Third Team, QB
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\nChris Jones, Southern Miss
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Third Team, LB
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\nJosh Moten, Southern Miss
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, DB
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Honorable Mention, DB
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\nJ\u2019Mond Tapp, Southern Miss
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Second Team, DL\u00a0
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\nJaylen Jenkins, Texas State
\nSporting News \u2013 Second Team, KR
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\nBrock Riker, Texas State
\nThe Athletic \u2013 Freshman Second Team, C<\/p>\n
Beau Sparks, Texas State
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Second Team, WR
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\nDorian Strawn, Texas State
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Second Team, OL\u00a0
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\nPaul Bowling, Troy\u00a0
\nPFF \u2013 Freshman First Team, C
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\nEvan Crenshaw, Troy
\nAthlon Sports \u2013 First Team, P\u00a0
\nFWAA \u2013 First Team, P\u00a0
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 First Team, P\u00a0
\nPFSN \u2013 Third Team, P\u00a0
\nPhil Steele \u2013 First Team, P\u00a0
\nSporting News \u2013 First Team, P<\/p>\n
Devin Lafayette, Troy\u00a0
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Second Tema, DB\u00a0
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\nDonnie Smith, Troy
\nHero Sports \u2013 G5 Third Team, DL\u00a0
\nPhil Steele \u2013 Honorable Mention, DL\u00a0
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