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Football Michael LaRocca

18 Bulldogs Named In Phil Steele Year-End Awards

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – College football analyst Phil Steele has released his 2025 FCS Postseason All American & All Conference teams, and Yale is heavily represented, seeing 18 players recognized across offense, defense and special teams.

At the national level, Abu Kamara was named a 2nd Team All-American and Nico Brown was named a 4th Team All-American. First-year kicker Noah Piper was named a 2nd Team Freshman All-American. 

Kamara also earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year honors. 

The first team All-League selections are Josh Pitsenberger, Brown and Michael Bennett on offense to go along with Kamara, Ezekiel Larry and Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye on defense and Joshua Tarver on special teams.
 
Yale's second team All-League selections were Leo Bluhm on offense, Phoenix Grant and Brandon Webster on defense, and Piper and Joey Fortner on special teams.
 
Third team All-League selections are Jaxton Santiago on offense, Jaylin Tate and Zairion Jackson-Bass on defense.
 
The fourth team selections were Quinton Lewis and Cameron Charron on offense and Micaiah Shaber on defense.
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Players Mentioned

Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye

#24 Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye

LB
6' 1"
Senior
Engineering Science-Electrical
Michael Bennett

#75 Michael Bennett

OL
6' 5"
Senior
Political Science
Leo Bluhm

#58 Leo Bluhm

OL
6' 4"
Senior
Engineering Science-Mechanical
Nico Brown

#23 Nico Brown

WR
6' 0"
Senior
Economics
Cameron Charron

#70 Cameron Charron

OL
6' 3"
Senior
Economics
Joey Fortner

#55 Joey Fortner

LS
6' 2"
Junior
Political Science
Phoenix Grant

#8 Phoenix Grant

LB
6' 2"
Junior
Economics
Zairion Jackson-Bass

#1 Zairion Jackson-Bass

DL
6' 3"
Junior
Religious Studies
Abu Kamara

#4 Abu Kamara

DB
6' 1"
Junior
Political Science
Quinton Lewis

#69 Quinton Lewis

OL
6' 4"
Junior
Political Science
Josh Pitsenberger

#7 Josh Pitsenberger

RB
6' 0"
Senior
Economics
Jaxton Santiago

#18 Jaxton Santiago

WR
6' 3"
Sophomore
Undeclared

Players Mentioned

Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye

#24 Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye

6' 1"
Senior
Engineering Science-Electrical
LB
Michael Bennett

#75 Michael Bennett

6' 5"
Senior
Political Science
OL
Leo Bluhm

#58 Leo Bluhm

6' 4"
Senior
Engineering Science-Mechanical
OL
Nico Brown

#23 Nico Brown

6' 0"
Senior
Economics
WR
Cameron Charron

#70 Cameron Charron

6' 3"
Senior
Economics
OL
Joey Fortner

#55 Joey Fortner

6' 2"
Junior
Political Science
LS
Phoenix Grant

#8 Phoenix Grant

6' 2"
Junior
Economics
LB
Zairion Jackson-Bass

#1 Zairion Jackson-Bass

6' 3"
Junior
Religious Studies
DL
Abu Kamara

#4 Abu Kamara

6' 1"
Junior
Political Science
DB
Quinton Lewis

#69 Quinton Lewis

6' 4"
Junior
Political Science
OL
Josh Pitsenberger

#7 Josh Pitsenberger

6' 0"
Senior
Economics
RB
Jaxton Santiago

#18 Jaxton Santiago

6' 3"
Sophomore
Undeclared
WR