HARRISONBURG – Four James Madison standouts had been chosen to the 2025 HERO Sports Group of Five All-America Team, highlighted by three gamers making the primary group.
Earning G5 All-America honors this season had been Wayne Knight (all-purpose), Pat McMurtrie (offensive line), Trent Hendrick (linebacker) and Alonza Barnett III (quarterback. Knight, McMurtrie and Hendrick had been First Team picks, whereas Barnett was a Third Team member.
All 4 beforehand had been named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference picks.
Knight, a Paul Hornung Award finalist and Second Team All-American all-purpose again, ranks third nationally in all-purpose yards per sport (147.0), as he is rushed for 1,263 yards and 9 touchdowns whereas making 37 receptions for 379 yards. He’s additionally added 269 return yards on particular groups. He has 4 100-yard speeding video games this season and was named Sun Belt Football Championship MVP
McMurtrie, a two-year beginning proper sort out, anchors an offensive line that has helped JMU’s offense rank tenth nationally in scoring (37.3) and twenty second in whole offense (448.3). The Dukes are additionally second within the FBS in time of possession (34:05), sixth in speeding (245.8), nineteenth on third down (.477) and thirty first in tackles for loss allowed (4.54). For McMurtrie, he is not allowed a single sack since becoming a member of the Dukes previous to the 2024 season.
Hendrick, the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year, leads the Dukes with 96 whole tackles this season. Starting all 13 video games at linebacker, he is additionally contributed 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one pressured fumble and two cross breakups. Hendrick has posted 5 or extra tackles in each sport and gone into double digits 4 occasions, which included a career-best 12 at Marshall.
Barnett, the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year, has accounted for 3,077 yards and 35 touchdowns this season. Crowned the winner of the Bill Dudley Award for high Division I participant in Virginia, Barnett is 193-of-322 for two,533 passing yards and 21 touchdowns with 8 interceptions whereas speeding for 544 yards and a team-best 14 touchdowns on the bottom. His 14 speeding scores ranks tied for thirteenth nationally and sixth amongst all FBS quarterbacks. He’s additionally tenth within the FBS in level accountability (16.3), twenty fourth in yards per completion (13.12) and thirty first in passing touchdowns (21).
This is the primary time every of those gamers have been acknowledged on the HERO Sports Group of Five All-America Team.
Earning G5 All-America honors this season had been Wayne Knight (all-purpose), Pat McMurtrie (offensive line), Trent Hendrick (linebacker) and Alonza Barnett III (quarterback. Knight, McMurtrie and Hendrick had been First Team picks, whereas Barnett was a Third Team member.
All 4 beforehand had been named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference picks.
Knight, a Paul Hornung Award finalist and Second Team All-American all-purpose again, ranks third nationally in all-purpose yards per sport (147.0), as he is rushed for 1,263 yards and 9 touchdowns whereas making 37 receptions for 379 yards. He’s additionally added 269 return yards on particular groups. He has 4 100-yard speeding video games this season and was named Sun Belt Football Championship MVP
McMurtrie, a two-year beginning proper sort out, anchors an offensive line that has helped JMU’s offense rank tenth nationally in scoring (37.3) and twenty second in whole offense (448.3). The Dukes are additionally second within the FBS in time of possession (34:05), sixth in speeding (245.8), nineteenth on third down (.477) and thirty first in tackles for loss allowed (4.54). For McMurtrie, he is not allowed a single sack since becoming a member of the Dukes previous to the 2024 season.
Hendrick, the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year, leads the Dukes with 96 whole tackles this season. Starting all 13 video games at linebacker, he is additionally contributed 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one pressured fumble and two cross breakups. Hendrick has posted 5 or extra tackles in each sport and gone into double digits 4 occasions, which included a career-best 12 at Marshall.
Barnett, the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year, has accounted for 3,077 yards and 35 touchdowns this season. Crowned the winner of the Bill Dudley Award for high Division I participant in Virginia, Barnett is 193-of-322 for two,533 passing yards and 21 touchdowns with 8 interceptions whereas speeding for 544 yards and a team-best 14 touchdowns on the bottom. His 14 speeding scores ranks tied for thirteenth nationally and sixth amongst all FBS quarterbacks. He’s additionally tenth within the FBS in level accountability (16.3), twenty fourth in yards per completion (13.12) and thirty first in passing touchdowns (21).
This is the primary time every of those gamers have been acknowledged on the HERO Sports Group of Five All-America Team.