August 10th, 2025 5:30pm
The D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List was selected by the staff of D2Football.com with the input of numerous sitting head coaches as well as professional football scouting veteran Josh Buchanan. The players listed in this release represent the official watch list for the D2Football.com 2025 Elite 100 Team, which will be announced at the conclusion of the season. The team includes first and second team selections for offense, defense and special teams along with 25 "Squad" players for offense and defense. Squad players are equivalent to "honorable mention" selections in similar national recognition lists.
| First Team - Offense | ||||
| QB | Jack Strand | MSU-Moorhead | ||
| RB | Ronald Blackman | Tiffin | ||
| RB | Jaylen Cottrell | Central Oklahoma | ||
| WR | Flynn Schiele | Colorado School of Mines | ||
| WR | Reggie Retzlaff | Colorado State Pueblo | ||
| WR | Rashon Bradford | Bentley | ||
| OL | Joe Cooper | Slippery Rock | ||
| OL | Montriel Lee | Central Oklahoma | ||
| OL | Nick Walker | Ashland | ||
| OL | Bruno Onwuazor | Virginia State | ||
| OL | Slade Edwards | Central Washington | ||
| First Team - Defense | ||||
| DL | Ricky Freymond | Western Colorado | ||
| DL | Khris Walton | Tiffin | ||
| DL | Freddie Retter | Kutztown | ||
| DL | Carter Sitzman | Wayne State (NE) | ||
| LB | Tristan Exline | UT-Permian Basin | ||
| LB | Clark Griffin | Harding | ||
| LB | Jack Puckett | Central Oklahoma | ||
| DB | Ty Dugger | Harding | ||
| DB | Shawn Collins | Emory & Henry | ||
| DB | Jordan Rogers | Pittsburg State | ||
| DB | Donovan English | Colorado State Pueblo | ||
| First Team - Special Teams | ||||
| K | Brandon Perez | East Central | ||
| P | Stefaan Forbes | Angelo State | ||
| AP | Braden Jay | Harding | ||
| Second Team - Offense | ||||
| QB | Drew Nash | Western Colorado | ||
| RB | Ky'Ron Craggette | Seton Hill | ||
| RB | Kory Harris | UT-Permian Basin | ||
| WR | Armone Harris | Clark Atlanta | ||
| WR | Brady Perryman | MSU-Moorhead | ||
| WR | Brevin Caldwell | Johnson C. Smith | ||
| OL | Brett Weaver | Grand Valley | ||
| OL | Brandon Carr | Shepherd | ||
| OL | Connor Fisher | Angelo State | ||
| OL | Ryan Schernecke | Kutztown | ||
| OL | Jarvis Windom | Ferris State | ||
| Second Team - Defense | ||||
| DL | Marcus Hansen | Minnesota State | ||
| DL | Michael Shimek | Ashland | ||
| DL | Owen Seaver | Angelo State | ||
| LB | Connor Noble | West Chester | ||
| LB | Carter Edwards | Northwest Missouri | ||
| LB | Anthony Cardamone | Grand Valley State | ||
| LB | Jake Adams | Northern State | ||
| DB | Jayon Harvey | Findlay | ||
| DB | Desmond Green | Missouri Western | ||
| DB | David Awuah | Indiana (PA) | ||
| DB | Everette Dingle | East Stroudsburg | ||
| Second Team - Special Teams | ||||
| K | Elijah Guyton | West Alabama | ||
| P | Bryson Costa | Gannon | ||
| AP | Shea Ruddy | Hillsdale | ||
| SQUAD - Offense | ||||
| QB | Jett Huff | Central Oklahoma | ||
| QB | Kyle Walljasper | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| QB | Gavin Sukup | Indianapolis | ||
| QB | Braeden Fuller | Angelo State | ||
| QB | David Wright III | Clark Atlanta | ||
| RB | Eddie Clark | McKendree | ||
| RB | Jayden Sullins | Carson Newman | ||
| RB | Hunter Patterson | West Liberty | ||
| RB | LJ Turner | Lenior Rhyne | ||
| RB | Andrew Miller | Harding | ||
| RB | Denim Cook | Truman State | ||
| WR | Maurice Massey | IUP | ||
| WR | Tre Watson | Minnesota State | ||
| WR | DaShaun Ames | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| WR | Corey Scott | West Florida | ||
| TE | Cayden Davis | Henderson State | ||
| TE | Cameron Woods | Northeastern State | ||
| AP | Kha'lil Eason | Winston Salem State | ||
| OL | Ryne Buttz | Indianapolis | ||
| OL | Tyler Ethridge | Colorado State Pueblo | ||
| OL | Dylan Horton | Ouachita Baptist | ||
| OL | Josh Shaw | Fort Hays State | ||
| OL | Billy Everitt | Kutztown | ||
| OL | Brandon Hastings | Fairmont State | ||
| OL | Drew Daniels | Pittsburg State | ||
| SQUAD - Defense | ||||
| DL | Kai Russell | Wingate | ||
| DL | Bentley Hart | Missouri S&T | ||
| DL | Brett Kwoka | Slippery Rock | ||
| DL | Collin Shaw | West Florida | ||
| DL | Byron Puryear | West Florida | ||
| LB | Andy Henson | Sioux Falls | ||
| LB | Henry Schouten | Bentley | ||
| LB | Mason Phillips | Mary | ||
| LB | Jyrin Steward | Arkansas Tech | ||
| LB | Jacob Vance | Hillsdale | ||
| LB | John Johnson | Fort Hays State | ||
| LB | KJ McNeil | Virginia State | ||
| LB | William Carter | Delta State | ||
| LB | Gary Seidenberger | Colorado State Pueblo | ||
| LB | Malcolm Liufau | Western Oregon | ||
| DB | Justin Payoute | Ferris State | ||
| DB | Kevin Speed | Minot State | ||
| DB | Desmond Greene | Lenior Rhyne | ||
| DB | Mikael King | Tuskegee | ||
| DB | Jackson Zimmermann | Colorado School of Mines | ||
| DB | Andrew Simpson | Western Oregon | ||
| DB | Tyler Schultze | Emporia State | ||
| DB | Dax Yeradi | Chadron State | ||
| DB | Jalyn Givan | Indianapolis | ||
| DB | Cam Williams | Johnson C. Smith | ||