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11 Football Players Land on Phil Steele’s AAC Preseason All-Conference Team
June 25, 2025 | Football
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Phil Steele, a renowned college football publication, recently released its 2025 Preseason American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team. Army placed 11 players on the list, which spans first through fourth teams.
Army's selections are as follows:
First Team
Army's selections are as follows:
First Team
ILB Kalib Fortner
ILB Andon Thomas
OL Brady Small
Fourth Team
In 2024, Fortner—a Knoxville, Tenn. native—started all 14 games, finishing second on the team with 81 total tackles. He led the team with 8.5 tackles for loss and added two sacks.
Thomas led the Black Knights in total tackles (98), solo tackles (48), and assisted tackles (50). The Liberty Hill, Texas native also recorded 3.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, and four passes defended.
Small and Gennarelli return from a starting offensive line that won the 2024 Joe Moore Award for the Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit in College Football—marking the first time a Group of Five school earned the honor. Small started at center, while Gennarelli held down the right guard position.
Larkin rounded out the first-team honorees, tying for the team lead with four interceptions and finishing fourth in total tackles (51) in 2024.
Reed, named to the second team, rushed 40 times for 207 yards and a touchdown, and added six receptions for 63 yards and another score last season.
Short appeared in all 14 games, starting 13, and served as a versatile weapon in both the run and passing game—finishing third on the team in all-purpose yards (887) and rushing yards (569), and second in receiving yards (318), while recording three receiving touchdowns and two rushing scores.
Harris-Miller, a third-team selection from Middletown, Del., totaled 29 tackles (17 solo), five tackles for loss, and two sacks.
Wagenseller, Walter, and Weaver earned fourth-team recognition. Wagenseller served as the primary punter for the first time in his career, punting 24 times for 1000 yards (41.7 avg.), a long of 51 yards, and zero blocked punts. Walter served as the primary long snapper in all 14 games, contributing three total tackles. Weaver posted a career-high 36 total tackles (29 solo) and two interceptions in 2024.
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