"Dec 15, 2025, 12:11 PM ET Four players from Ohio State Buckeyes are among 10 first-team picks from the Big Ten on the Associated Press All-America team released Monday, a group headed by repeat selection Caleb Downs of the Buckeyes and AP Player of the Year Fernando Mendoza of Indiana Hoosiers. The AP has named an All-America team every year since 1925, and Notre Dame's two first-team picks this season increased its all-time lead to 87."
"Downs, the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, has made the first team each of his two seasons at Ohio State after landing on the second team as a freshman at Alabama in 2023. He is one of 12 players on the 27-man first team who did not start their careers at their current school. Downs is joined on the first team by fellow Buckeyes Jeremiah Smith, Kayden McDonald and Arvell Reese."
"Iowa has had at least one first-team player seven straight years and in 10 of the last 12. This is the fourth year in a row Miami, Notre Dame and Ohio State have had at least one. Punter Cole Maynard gave Western Kentucky its first-ever first-team pick. Defensive lineman Landon Robinson is Navy's first since 1975, and kicker Kansei Matsuzawa is the first since 1986 for Hawaii."
Four Ohio State players — Caleb Downs, Jeremiah Smith, Kayden McDonald and Arvell Reese — are among Big Ten's 10 first-team AP All-America selections. Caleb Downs is the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and a repeat first-team selection after a second-team freshman year at Alabama. Fernando Mendoza of Indiana won the Heisman Trophy, was named AP Player of the Year, led the Hoosiers to a 13-0 record and has thrown a nation-leading 33 touchdown passes. Eighteen schools are represented on the first team, with several programs earning first-time or long-awaited selections. The team was chosen by a 52-voter AP panel.
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