UIW football notches most preseason All-Americans of any FCS team Seven players from the Cardinals were named to the list
Incarnate Word Head Coach Clint Killough during the Cardinals game against Lamar on 11/9/2024 (Photographer: Nick Mantas). (Copyright 2025 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
SAN ANTONIO – When the 2025 FCS Football Central Preseason All-American Team was released on Tuesday, the University of Incarnate Word saw the most selections out of any school on the list.
Seven Cardinals all made the All-American preseason list:
Declan Williams
Traveon Newsome
Jalen Walthall
Jaylon Spears
Chedon James
Tyler Morton
Dune Smith
This year’s list was made up of 113 players from 51 schools, with UIW leading all schools with its seven selections.
Wide receiver Jalen Walthall is returning to the list after finishing on last year’s postseason first team. Offensive lineman Traveon Newsome is joining him as a first-team selection.
Cardinals wideout Chedon James made the third-team offense while Declan Williams, Dune Smith and Tyler Morton all made the third-team defense. Jaylon Speard made the third-team special teams list.
The Cardinals will kick off the 2025 FCS football season with the first game played in the country. UIW will face Nicholls State University on the road at noon on August 22.
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About the Author Nick Mantas headshot
Nick Mantas is an award-winning sports reporter who joined the KPRC 2 Sports Team in September of 2025, coming from channel 2's sister station, KSAT in San Antonio. Before reporting on the San Antonio Spurs for two years, he spent three years in Lansing, Michigan, and one year in Abilene, Texas. He's Greek & a native of Brookline, Massachusetts.
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