AUSTIN – East Texas A&M University football linebacker Koby-Sebasyen King has capped off his collegiate career by being minted as an Academic All-American, announced by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Tuesday morning.
 
King (Houston – Summer Creek) is the first Academic All-American for the football program in the Division I era and just the second for East Texas A&M across all sports over the past four seasons. He is the 24^th Academic All-American in school history.
 
Having been named the Southland Conference co-Student-Athlete of the Year earlier this month, he was selected to SLC all-academic team, second team all-Southland, Dave Campbell's Texas Football all-Non FCS team, following the 2025 season. King was named to the second team All-America list by the CSC.
 
A business administration major, King totaled 113 tackles and 5.5 sacks last season. He is one of 17 honorees from FCS football this year to be named to the Academic All-America team.
 
Across the Southland, King is the first Academic All-American in any sport since 2022-23, when former Lion Delan Edwin was named to the Academic All-America team for track and field.
 
2025 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA ® TEAM FOOTBALL NCAA DIVISION I
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Blake Horvath, U.S. Naval Academy
 
FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Major
QB	Blake Horvath	U.S. Naval Academy	Sr.	Operations Research
WR	Duce Robinson	Florida State University	Jr.	Social Science
WR	Carnell Tate	Ohio State University	Jr.	Sports Industry
WR	Bryce Lance	North Dakota State University	Sr.	Marketing (U) / Business Administration (G)
RB	Jonah Coleman	University of Washington	Sr.	Education Studies: Sports & Education
TE	Boden Groen	University of Kansas	Gr.	Business Administration
OL	Titan Fleischmann	Montana State University	Jr.	Political Science (U) / Exercise & Nutrition Science (G)
OL	Kadyn Proctor	University of Alabama	Jr.	Sport Management
OL	Dillon Botner	University of Montana	Gr.	Biochemistry, Biology, & Neuroscience
OL	James Brockermeyer	University of Miami (FL)	Sr.	Exploratory Arts & Sciences
OL	Connor McLaughlin	University of South Florida	Gr.	Civil Engineering
DB	Dillon Thieneman	Oregon	Jr.	Business Administration
DB	Tanner Wall	BYU	Sr.	Finance (U) / Business Administration (G)
DB	Robert Fitzgerald	University of Northwestern	Jr.	Learning & Organizational Change
DB	Ty Bryant	University of Kentucky	Jr.	Communication
DL	Kobe Clayborne	South Dakota State University	Sr.	Economics
DL	Jordan van den Berg	Georgia Tech	Gr.	International Affairs, Science & Technology
DL	Akheem Mesidor	University of Miami (FL)	Gr.	Liberal Studies
DL	James Reinbold	Cornell University	Sr.	Government & Performing & Media Arts
LB	Keyshaun Elliott	Arizona State University	Sr.	Liberal Studies
LB	Jaxton Eck	University of New Mexico	Jr.	Liberal Arts & Integrative Studies
LB	John Perdue	Brown University	Sr.	Computer Science & Economics
K	Kansei Matsuzawa	University of Hawai'i	Sr.	Interdisciplinary Studies
P	Alec Clark	Tulane University	So.	Economics
ST	Mark Langston	Indiana University	Gr.	Business Administration (G)

 
SECOND TEAM

Pos.   Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Parker Navarro	Ohio University	Gr.	Management (G)
WR	Keagan Johnson	University of New Mexico	Sr.	Liberal Arts & Integrative Studies
WR	Jacob De Jesus	California	Sr.	Business Marketing
WR	Hank Beatty	University of Illinois	Sr.	Marketing
RB	Mark Fletcher	University of Miami (FL)	Jr.	Sport Administration
TE	Sage Ennis	University of Virginia	Gr.	Leadership Certificate
OL	Konstantin Spörk	Dartmouth College	Sr.	Engineering
OL	Xavier Jennings	Mercer University	Gr.	Business Administration (G)
OL	Markel Bell	University of Miami (FL)	Sr.	American Studies
OL	Gennings Dunker	University of Iowa	Sr.	Human Physiology
OL	Jeremy Perkins	Southern Utah University	Jr.	Mathematics Education
DB	Brice Pollock	Texas Tech	Jr.	Leadership Studies
DB	Dylan Rowsey	Murray State University	Jr.	Agricultural Business
DB	Bray Hubbard	University of Alabama	Jr.	Sport Management
DB	Maximus Pulley	Wofford College	Sr.	Sociology & Anthropology
DL	Edward Vesterinen	West Virginia University	Gr.	Business (U) / Sport Management (G)
DL	Hunter Peck	University of Montana	Gr.	Biology (U) / Business (G)
DL	Kenneth Eiden IV	Montana State University	Sr.	Accounting
DL	Emmanuel Oyebadejo	Jacksonville State	Jr.	Professional Biology
LB	Sammy Brown	Clemson University	So.	Biological Sciences
LB	Shane Hartzell	Villanova University	Gr.	Public Administration (G)
LB	Koby-Sebasyen King	East Texas A&M University	Sr.	Business Administration
K	Nate Reed	University of Delaware	Gr.	Statistics
P	Max Pelham	South Dakota State University	Sr.	Civil Engineering
ST	David Neuberger	University of North Dakota	Sr.	Kinesiology