KANSAS - The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) is proud to announce the 2025 KCAC Football Preseason Team, as voted on by the conference's head coaches.
Kansas Wesleyan had five named to the team in Luke Armstrong, Antonio Caballero, Josh King-Bradley, Myles Elam and Cole Segraves.
Armstrong led the Bissell Division and all of the KCAC in rushing yards (1,297) through the end of the regular season, and ranked second in the NAIA. He tied for the lead in rushing touchdowns in all of the KCAC with 14 through the end of the regular season. He also had 91 receiving yards, 156 punt return yards, and 447 kick return yards, giving him 1,991 all-purpose yards through the end of the regular season. His total all-purpose yardage ranked first in all of the KCAC, and second in the NAIA.
Serving as both kicker and punter for the Coyotes, Segraves ranked third in the division in punting yards (632), with a long of 50 yards. His kickoffs averaged 59.3 yards on the season, with a total kickoff yardage of 3,378. He was 3 of 4 on the season on field goals, serving as the "long-distance kicker" for KWU, going 2 of 3 on field goals over 50 yards, with a long of 54 on the year.
Caballero and Lewis anchored a strong offensive line for the Coyotes that blocked for the division's leading rusher as the Coyotes rushed for over 1300 yards in divisional play and over 2300 yards in the regular season.
King-Bradley led the Bissell Division in sacks with seven during divisional play and had 10.5 through the end of the regular season, which was tops in the entire KCAC, and was third best in the NAIA through the end of the regular season.
Elam led the Coyotes with 45 tackles in divisional play which ranked fourth best in the division. He ranked second in the division in overall games with 102 through the end of the regular season, and was third in the entire KCAC with that total.
The group consists of four sophomores, one redshirt sophomore, ten juniors, three redshirt juniors, sixteen seniors, one redshirt senior, and two graduate students.
Friends University leads the conference with eight honorees on the preseason team. Southwestern College and Evangel University rank second in the conference, with six honorees each. McPherson College and Kansas Wesleyan University follow that with five honorees from each institutions. Rounding out the list are three honorees from Tabor College, two from Ottawa University, and one each from the University of Saint Mary and Bethel College.
Some of the standouts from the Preseason Team include K'Vonte Baker of Friends University, Jalil Brown of McPherson College, and Luke Armstrong of Kansas Wesleyan University.
Baker and Brown were Co-Offensive Players of the Year in the Kessinger Division in 2024. Brown led the Kessinger division in total rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in the regular season in 2024. Baker ranked third in the division in total rushing yards and second in th division in rushing touchdowns. He served as the catalyst for the No. 1 rushing offense in the NAIA in 2024.