HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana University defensive tackle Kaleb Proctor, linebacker KK Reno and kick returner Brandon Hayes were all named to the 2025 FCS Football Central All-America Team, FCS Football Central on SI announced Monday.
 
Proctor was a first team selection, while Reno was a second team choice and Hayes was named to the third team. The selections marked the 14^th consecutive season the SLU football program has produced at least one All-American.
 
Proctor and Reno were the leaders of a Southeastern defense that ranks among the FCS leaders in scoring defense (18.0, 9th), total defense (295.2, 8th), sacks per game (3.08, 9th), tackles for loss per game (7.0, 11th), first downs allowed (201, 7th) and third down conversion percentage defense (31.8, 9th). 
 
Named the Southland Conference Player of the Year and finishing seventh in the Buck Buchanan award voting, Proctor was the leader on and off the field for a Southeastern team that finished the regular season with a 9-1 record versus FCS opposition. Rated as the top FCS interior defensive lineman by PFF with a grade of 90.6 and 36 total pressures, the Oak Grove, Louisiana native has drawn all 32 NFL teams to the SLU campus this fall and is projected to be a late-day 2/early-day 3 pick in next spring's NFL Draft.
 
Proctor led the Southland Conference with nine sacks from his defensive tackle position, while also ranking fifth in the league in tackles for loss. He also had two sacks and three tackles for loss at FBS then-No. 3/4 LSU.
 
Named the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Reno was second in the Southland in tackles per game and led the league in total tackles. The New Iberia, Louisiana native's 126 stops on the year are good for seventh in FCS and are the sixth-highest single-season total in program history.
 
Reno was named Stats Perform FCS National and Southalnd Conference Defensive Player of the Week after recording a career-high 17 tackles in a 10-7 victory at UIW. The performance in the road win was one of seven double-digit tackle performances for Reno, who recorded 16 tackles at Lamar, 14 tackles at then-No.3/4 LSU, 11 tackles at McNeese, as well as 10 tackles at Louisiana Tech, at HCU and versus East Texas A&M.
 
Named first-team All-Southland Conference at kick returner for the second straight season, Hayes led the Southland Conference and is third in the NCAA with 30.7 yards per kickoff return and is one of five FCS players with multiple kickoff return touchdowns this fall.
 
The Hattiesburg, Miss. product returned kickoffs for touchdowns in consecutive weeks in wins over SLC foes Northwestern State and HCU. Such a dangerous weapon in the return game, opponents kicked away from Hayes in the season's final month, allowing him only four returns in November.
 
Southeastern and league champion SFA represented the Southland Conference on the FCS Football Central All-America Team. Proctor was joined on the first team by Lumberjack linebacker Jaydon Southard, defensive back Charles Demmings and punt returner Bugs Mortimer.
 
Reno was accompanied on the second team by SFA offensive lineman Erik Gray and defensive back Jalen Mayo. Hayes and Stephen F. Austin wide receiver Kylon Harris were the SLC's third team representatives.
 
2025 FCS Football Central All-America Team
 
First Team Defense
DL | Kaleb Proctor | Southeastern
DL | Andrew Zock | Mercer
DL | Lando Brown | Southern Utah
DL | Joshua Stoneking | Furman
DL | Keyshawn Johnson | UT Martin
DL | David Hoage | West Georgia
LB | James Conway | Fordham
LB | A.J. Pena | Rhode Island
LB | Theron Gaines | Tennessee Tech
LB | Jaydon Southard | SFA
LB | Tye Niekamp | Illinois State
DB | Kaysus Kurns | Tarleton State
DB | Abu Kamara | Yale
DB | Caden Dowler | Montana State
DB | Charles Demmings | SFA
DB | Jarod Washington | South Carolina State
DB | Jalen Jones | William & Mary
 
First Team Offense
QB | Beau Brungard | Youngstown State
QB | Cole Payton | North Dakota State
RB | Joshua Dye | Southern Utah
RB | Eli Gillman | Montana
RB | L.J. Phillips Jr. | South Dakota
WR | Jared Richardson | Penn
WR | Bryce Lance | North Dakota State
WR | Josh Derry | Montana State
TE | Chris Corbo | Dartmouth
OL | Seth Anderson | North Dakota
OL | Titan Fleischmann | Montana State
OL | Trent Fraley | North Dakota State
OL | JT Cornelius | Monmouth
OL | Delby Lemeiux | Dartmouth
OL | Jake Pope | Illinois State
 
First Team Special Teams
K | Eli Ozick | North Dakota State
P | Jeff Yurk | Elon
KR | Javon Ross | Bethune-Cookman
PR | Bugs Mortimer | SFA
AP | Michael Wortham | Montana
 
Second Team Defense
DL | Lance Rucker | North Dakota
DL | Brandon Maina | Wofford
DL | Keenan Wilson | North Dakota State
DL | Jacob Psyk | UC Davis
DL | Kenneth Eiden IV | Montana State
DL | Kahmari Brown | Elon
DL | James Stewart | Tennessee State
LB | KK Reno | Southeastern
LB | Shane Hartzell | Villanova
LB | Rashon Myles Jr. | Abilene Christian
LB | Malachi McNeal | North Dakota
LB | Tyler Ochojski | Lehigh
LB | Peyton Wing | Montana
DB | Mikey Munn | South Dakota
DB | Shadwel Nkuba II | Illinois State
DB | Maximus Pulley | Wofford
DB | Ayinde Johnson | Rhode Island
DB | Cam Chapa | Northern Colorado
DB | Kimal Clark | Indiana State
DB | Jalen Mayo | SFA
 
Second Team Offense
QB | Taron Dickens | Western Carolina
QB | Keali'i Ah Yat | Montana
RB | Rodney Nelson | Monmouth
RB | Josh Pitsenberger | Yale
RB | Kente Edwards | Lafayette
WR | Daniel Sobkowicz | Illinois State
WR | Larenzo Fenner | South Dakota
WR | Samuel Gbatu Jr. | UC Davis
TE | Nathan Levicki | Presbyterian
OL | Michael Bennett | Yale
OL | Langston Jones | Lehigh
OL | Hunter Smith | Tarleton State
OL | Erik Gray | SFA
OL | Griffin Empey | North Dakota State
OL | Gavin Ortega | Weber State
OL | Temi Ajirotutu | Villanova

Second Team Special Teams
K | Trajan Sinatra | Idaho State
P | Adam Watford | North Alabama
KR | Ja'briel Mace | Villanova
PR | Elijah Kennedy | North Carolina A&T
AP | Kolbe Katsis | Northern Arizona
AP | Rodney Hammond | Sacramento State
 
Third Team Defense
DL | Michael Wells | Youngstown State
DL | Ezekiel Larry | Yale
DL | Thomas Johnson | North Carolina Central
DL | Jeremiah Williams | Jackson State
DL | Paul Brott | Montana State
DL | TJ Burke | Lehigh
DL | Quincy Ivory | Jackson State
LB | Rohan Davy | Rhode Island
LB | Will Shaffer | Abilene Christian
LB | Mikey D'Amato | Cal Poly
LB | Erick Hunter | Morgan State
LB | Logan Koop | North Dakota State
LB | Sean Allison | Drake
DB | Jeremiah McClendon | Southern Illinois
DB | Jaheim Ward | Eastern Kentucky
DB | Dorian Plumley | Abilene Christian
DB | Quentin Moten | Northern Arizona
DB | Ty Bartum | Harvard
DB | Mekhai Smith | Lehigh
DB | Christopher Jean | Central Connecticut State
 
Third Team Offense
QB | Chris Parson | Austin Peay
QB | Devin Farrell | Rhode Island
QB | DJ Williams | Southern Illinois
RB | Luke Yoder | Lehigh
RB | Marquis Gillis | Delaware State
RB | Julius Davis | Montana State
RB | Barika Kpeenu | North Dakota State
WR | Jalen Jones | Alabama State
WR | Kylon Harris | SFA
WR | Javon Gipson | Abilene Christian
WR | Geoffrey Jamiel | Lehigh
WR | Max Tomczak | Youngstown State
TE | Ryder Kurtz | Cornell
OL | Cameron Smith | Alabama State
OL | Desmeal Leigh | Youngstown State
OL | Drew Wilder | Tennessee Tech
OL | Xavier Jennings | Mercer
OL | Quinten Christensen | South Dakota State
OL | Cannon Panfiloff | Montana
OL | Landon Woodard | Illinois State
 
Third Team Special Teams
K | Nick Reed | New Hamsphire
P | James Platte | The Citadel
KR | Brandon Hayes | Southeastern
PR | Drew Deck | Montana
AP | Kylon Wilson | Youngstown State
AP | Rashad Rochelle | Indiana State
 
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