John Carter Myers, Drew Rader Tabbed Victory Sports Network NAIA All-Americans
FARGO, N.D. – The Victory Sports Network released its 2025 NAIA Football All-American Teams on Monday, with two Georgetown Tigers receiving honors.
Drew Rader was selected to the First Team while John Carter Myers collected honorable mention honors.
Both Myers and Rader were named to the Mid-South Conference First Team last month, two of eight Tigers recognized by the conference. Additionally, the duo was also credited as NAIA AFCA All-Americans earlier this month.
Drew Rader, a two-time Mid-South Conference Player of the Week, was named to the Second Team AFCA NAIA All-American team, much in part to his consistency in booting the football. Rader averaged 41.5 yards per punt on the season, second best in the Mid-South Conference. He led the league with pins inside the 20-yard line with 23 and kicked the furthest punt in the MSC this season, at 76-yards, a career-high. In total, his punts amassed 1,784 yards, the most of his four-year career.
John Carter Myers won Mid-South Conference Player of the Week once this season and was named to the Second Team AFCA NAIA All-American squad behind his defensive force. The senior collected a team-high 43 solo tackles and was responsible for a third of the team's forced fumbles (4). His 34-yard interception return in the game against Cumberlands set up the eventual game-winning touchdown run by Guy Bailey on the next series. His seven pass breakups were third-most in the league as well.
Georgetown went 7-3 in the first season under head coach John Perin, winning games over three nationally ranked opponents in Pikeville, Cumberland and Campbellsville.
The 2025 NAIA Football National Champion Grand View University had a clean sweep of the individual position awards.
Offensive Player of the Year: Jackson Waring – Grand View University
Defensive Player of the Year: John Argo – Grand View University
Coach of the Year: Kyle Samson – Montana Tech University
Waring, a senior from Ankeny, Iowa, was also named the NAIA Player of the Year by the NAIA Coaches, as well as being named the Player of the Year in the Heart North Conference both in back-to-back seasons. He was also the VSN Offensive Player of the Year in 2024. He finished his career 39-1 as a starter for the Vikings. This season, he accumulated 34 passing touchdowns to just four interceptions and six rushing touchdowns.
Argo, a senior from Davenport, Iowa, was an All-American on the AFCA and Associated Press teams, as well as being named the Heart North Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Argo was named the VSN Defensive Player of the year in back-to-back seasons. He finished 2025 with 105 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss and four interceptions.
Samson of Montana Tech earned his first Coach of the Year accolades from the Victory Sports Network. The sixth-year head coach guided the Orediggers to the most successful regular season in program history, boasting a 12-1 record, the Frontier Conference East Division championship, and the No. 3 seed in the NAIA Football Championship Series. Five of Tech's 12 wins came against teams rated in the NAIA Top 25.
About the selections: The VSN NAIA Football team is compiled by Jason Dannelly of the Victory Sports Network. Nominations are automatically taken from First Team selections from the All-Conference teams in the NAIA. Input on the selections comes from coaches, SIDs and media members around the NAIA. The final selections are made by Dannelly.