The 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team foreshadowed a number of key players from the Division I subdivision who have been earning invites to the major 2025 college all-star games.
When FCS college football players are invited to major college all-star games, it often signals they’re on the radar of professional scouts.
A relative Who’s Who of 2025 NFL prospects from the FCS will be participating in the biggest all-star games in January and February.
The best of the postseason showcases draw hundreds of NFL personnel (plus UFL and CFL) to the practices and games to evaluate candidates for the draft, which next spring will be held from April 24-26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Following is a working list of FCS players who have been announced for the bigger all-star games:
79th Hula Bowl
Jan. 11 at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida
Noon ET, CBS Sports Network
- Chandler Brayboy, WR, Elon
- Kendall Bohler, DB, Florida A&M
- Max Brosmer, QB, New Hampshire/Minnesota
- Efton Chism III, WR, Eastern Washington
- Payton Collins, OL, Eastern Kentucky
- Branson Combs, LB, Southern Illinois/Wake Forest
- Matthew Downing, QB, Elon
- Brendan Hall, PK, Montana State
- Keondre Jackson, DB, Illinois State
- Tyler Neville, TE, Harvard/Virginia
- Dylan Poirier, OL, New Hampshire
- Carter Runyon, TE, Towson
- Isas Waxter, CB, Villanova
10th Tropical Bowl
Jan. 19 in Celebration, Florida
11 a.m. ET
FCS commitments, TBA
100th East-West Shrine Bowl
Jan. 30 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
8 p.m. ET, NFL Network
- Max Brosmer, QB, New Hampshire/Minnesota
- Mark Gronowski, QB, South Dakota State
- Jackson Slater, OL, Sacramento State
- Aaron Smith, LB, South Carolina State
- Marcus Wehr, OL, Montana State
- Marcus Yarns, RB, Delaware
76th Reese’s Senior Bowl
Feb. 1 at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama
2:30 p.m. ET, NFL Network
- Charles Grant, OL, William & Mary
- Jackson Hawes, TE, Yale/Georgia Tech
- Carson Vinson, OL, Alabama A&M
- David Walker, DE/OLB, Central Arkansas
- Grey Zabel, OL, North Dakota State
3rd HBCU Legacy Bowl
Feb. 22 at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans
4 p.m. ET, NFL Network
- Malachi Bailey, DE, Alcorn State
- Braxston Blackwell, LS, Southern
- Kendall Bohler, DB, Florida A&M
- Keandre Booker, DE, Tennessee State
- Jayden Broughton, DE, South Carolina State
- Eric Brown Jr., OL, South Carolina State
- Carlos Buchanan, LB, Tennessee State
- James Burgess Jr., CB, Alabama State
- Steve Carter, OL, Alcorn State
- Myles Crawley, QB, Grambling State
- DeMarkus Cunningham, LB, Alabama State
- Joaquin Davis, WR, North Carolina Central
- Jalal Dean, WR, Tennessee State
- Carlvainsky Decius, DB, Morgan State
- Rico Dozier, LB, Alabama State
- Arelious Dunn, OL, Alabama State
- Donovan Eaglin, RB, Alabama A&M
- Stemarion Edwards, LB, Alcorn State
- Draylen Ellis, QB, Tennessee State
- Kirk Ford Jr., OL, Jackson State
- Darius Fox, OL, Howard
- Kenny Gallop Jr., S, Howard
- Jamari Gassett, WR, Florida A&M
- Jalen Goss, OL, Florida A&M
- Tavarious Griffin, TE, Alcorn State
- John Hannibal Jr., DL, South Carolina State
- Kasey Hawthorne, WR, Howard
- Evan Henry, OL, Jackson State
- Carson Hinton, DB, Howard
- Jarett Hunter, RB, Howard
- Cam Johnson, OL, South Carolina State
- Jacquez Jones, WR, Norfolk State
- Kole Jones, DB, North Carolina Central
- James Lowery, PK/P, Tennessee State
- Robert McDaniel, DB, Jackson State
- Irv Mulligan, RB, Jackson State
- Matt Noll, PK/P, Jackson State
- Eric Phoenix, QB, South Carolina State
- Karon Prunty, CB, North Carolina A&T
- Donte Reed, DL, Mississippi Valley State
- Daniel Richardson, QB, Florida A&M
- Shemar Savage, WR, Prairie View A&M
- Amon Scarbrough, DB, Alabama State
- Aaron Smith, LB, South Carolina State
- Justin Smith-Brown, WR, South Carolina State
- Edwin Summerour, DB, Alcorn State
- Jaden Sutton, RB, Delaware State
- Nick Taiste, OL, South Carolina State
- Treqwan Thomas, DE, Alabama State
- Keshawn Toney, TE, South Carolina State
- Mehdi Torrence, OL, Texas Southern
- Juan Velarde, P, North Carolina Central
- Dylan West, PK/P, Howard
- Jordan White, DB, Hampton
- Elijah Williams, DL, Morgan State
- Javius Williams, S, Texas Southern
- Raymond Woodie III, S, Bethune-Cookman
Top graphic from left: William & Mary’s Charles Grant, South Carolina State’s Aaron Smith and North Dakota State’s Grey Zable. (Ana Gonzalez Graphic)
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