WASHINGTON - The College Sports Communicators announced its 2025 Academic All-District® Football Teams and Gallaudet University landed four student-athletes on the Division III team.
GU's honorees include senior long snapper
Tyler Conner (Welsh, La.), senior linebacker
Jacob Hundley (McKee, Ky.), senior
Carter Johnson (McCall, Idaho) and senior wide receiver
Jaylen Johnson (Redlands, Calif.).
There are 43 representatives from an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) program as seven teams were represented. Schools were limited to eight nominations for this sport. Randolph-Macon College, Shenandoah University and Washington and Lee University received the maximum of eight honorees to lead the way.
Gallaudet, the world's only university with programs and services specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students, has had 31 CSC Academic All-District® honorees since 2012. Former GU standout
Adham Talaat is the only Bison that has earned Academic All-America® honors (2012, '13) in football. Conner,
Carter Johnson,
Jaylen Johnson make a third consecutive appearance on the CSC Academic All-District® team while Hundley makes his second straight appearance.
Outstanding student-athletes are nominated for Academic All-District® recognition by current dues-paying CSC members and must meet high academic and athletic standards. Eligible nominees will receive Academic All-District recognition.
The title Academic All-American is reserved for student-athletes who perform at an elite level in their sport and in the classroom.
To be eligible for College Sports Communicators Academic honors, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at their current institution and be nominated by their athletic communicator/sports information director. Student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played or must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests/matches.
The Academic All-America football teams will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.
GALLAUDET'S COLLEGE SPORTS COMMUNICATORS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT® FOOTBALL HONOREES
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About College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Program
College Sports Communicators (CSC) began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, has honored more than 40,000 deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors. Currently, CSC honors Academic All-Americans in 16 sports.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
For more information visit
AcademicAllAmerica.com.
