DES MOINES, Iowa – Senior long snapper Brett Welsing has been named to the 2025 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team, the organization announced this morning.
 
Welsing, a native of De Pere, Wisconsin, has been a key piece of the Bulldogs' elite special teams unit over the last few seasons with snapping duties on both the punting and placekicking units. His All-America nod lands him on the Preseason Second Team prior to the start of the 2025 campaign.
 
Welsing earned First Team All-Pioneer Football League and Second Team PFL All-Academic honors last season after being named to the All-Pioneer Football League Second Team as a sophomore.
 
The entire 2025 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America list is listed below.
 
First Team
Offense
QB – Derek Robertson, Monmouth
RB – Roland Dempster, Stony Brook
RB – Charles Pierre, Jr., South Dakota
WR – Marquis Buchanan, Rhode Island
WR – Bryce Lance, North Dakota State
WR – Jalen Walthall, Incarnate Word
TE – Chris Corbo, Dartmouth
OL – Michael Bennett, Yale
OL – Titan Fleischmann, Montana State
OL – Trent Fraley, North Dakota State
OL – Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth
OL – Jake Picard, Villanova
Defense
DL – Ckelby Givens, Southern
DL – Rasheed Lovelace, Nicholls
DL – Matt Spatny, Lehigh
DL – Andrew Zock, Mercer
DL – James Conway, Fordham
LB – Tye Niekamp, Illinois State
LB – AJ Pena, Rhode Island
LB – Will Shaffer, Abilene Christian
DB – Rex Connors, UC Davis
DB – Jalen Jones, William & Mary
DB – Abu Kamara, Yale
DB – Malcolm Reed, NC Central
Special Teams
K – Ian Williams, Furman
P – Jeff Yurk, Elon
LS – Dylan Calabrese, Illinois State
KR – Travis Terrell, Jackson State
PR – Taco Dowler, Montana State
AP – Michael Wortham, Montana
 
 
Second Team
Offense
QB – Aidan Bouman, South Dakota
QB – Taron Dickens, Western Carolina
RB – Jamar Curtis, Sacramento State
RB – Adam Jones, Montana State
RB – Wenkers Wright, Illinois State
WR – Kylon Harris, Stephen F. Austin
WR – Chedon James, Incarnate Word
WR – Daniel Sobkowicz, Illinois State
TE – Winston Williams, UC Davis
OL – Brock Bethea, Rhode Island
OL – Quinten Christenen, South Dakota State
OL – JT Cornelius, Monmouth
OL – Langston Jones, Lehigh
OL – Gavin Ortega, Weber State
OL – Hunter Smith, Tarleton State
Defense
DL – Toby Anene, North Dakota State
DL – Paul Brott, Montana State
DL – Lando Brown, Southern Utah
DL – Kobe Clayborne, South Dakota State
LB – Carter Glassmyer, Richmond
LB – Shane Hartzell, Villanova
LB – Erick Hunter, Morgan State
LB – Logan Kopp, North Dakota State
DB – Ty Bartrum, Harvard
DB – CJ Coombes, Wofford
DB – Tim Coutras, Tennessee Tech
DB – JaMichael McGoy, Jr., UT Martin
DB – Tyler Morton, Incarnate Word
Special Teams
K – Hunter Ridley, UC Davis
K – Owen Zalc, Dartmouth
P – Gilbert Brown, Charleston Southern
LS – Brett Welsing, Drake
KR – Jackson Williams, North Dakota State
PR – Brayden Smith, Mercer
AP – Ethan Greenwood, Long Island
AP – Julius Loughridge, South Dakota State
 
 
Third Team
Offense
QB – Tommy Rittenhouse, Illinois State
QB – Ralph Rucker IV, Bucknell
RB – Mari Adams, Davidson
RB – Eli Gillman, Montana
WR – Samuel Musungu, Cornell
WR – Treyvhon Saunders, Colgate
WR – Max Tomczak, Youngstown State
TE – Trey McDonald, William & Mary
OL – Will Diggins, Central Arkansas
OL – Ashton Grable, Florida A&M
OL – Ryan McKenna, William & Mary
OL – Traveon Newsome, Incarnate Word
OL – Netinho Olivieri, Penn
OL – Luke Petit, Furman
Defense
DL – Jake Anderson, Illinois State
DL – Noah Miles, Howard
DL – Kaghen Roach, Abilene Christian
DL – Declan Williams, Incarnate Word
DL – Jeremiah Williams, Jackson State
LB – Colin Bohanek, Southern Illinois
LB – Porter Connors, UC Davis
LB – Jake Dalmado, Nicholls
LB – Nate Ewell, South Dakota
LB – Peyton Wing, Montana
DB – Kimal Clark, Indiana State
DB – Charles Demmings, Stephen F. Austin
DB – Nick Peltekian, Lehigh
DB – Nahil Perkins, Samford
DB – Jaheim Ward, Eastern Kentucky
Special Teams
K – Will Leyland, South Dakota
P – Brendon Kilpatrick, Youngstown State
LS – Kaydon Olivia, South Dakota State
KR – Keondray Jones-Logan, South Dakota
KR – Donovan Wadley, Central Connecticut State
PR – Malique Leatherbury, Morgan State
AP – Jaylan Spears, Incarnate Word