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.)
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.
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.