2025 GPAC Football All-Conference Teams
First Team: DL Carson Fehlhafer; OL Brevin Damrow; DB Daylon Henson; LB Grant Huss; WR/RS Adam Van Cleave.
Second Team: K Petyon Atwood; OL Derek Campbell; RB Carlos Collazo; P Braxtyn Koch; LB Dylan Meyer; LS Max Wurdeman.
Honorable Mention: WR Max Bartels; DL Terry Sebek; QB Gideon Stark.
SEWARD, Neb. – A group of 14 standout Bulldogs represented the Concordia University, Nebraska Football program with 2025 GPAC All-Conference accolades. As announced by the league office on Wednesday (Nov. 19), five Bulldogs garnered first team accolades: defensive lineman Carson Fehlhafer, offensive lineman Brevin Damrow, defensive back Daylon Henson, linebacker Grant Huss and receiver Adam Van Cleave. In addition, six Concordia players were named to the second team and two others earned honorable mention status.
Head Coach Patrick Daberkow’s squad finished the 2025 season at 7-3 and just outside of the top 25 in the final NAIA coaches’ poll. The Bulldogs placed third in the GPAC. Over the past two seasons, the program has gone a combined 15-5.
The first team recognition for Fehlhafer is representative of the respect he commands around the league, considering he missed the final four games due to injury. In six games in 2025, Fehlhafer produced 31 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and three blocked kicks. He was leading both the GPAC and NAIA in sacks and tackles for loss at the time of his injury. The senior from Utica, Neb., was tabbed NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week after he posted 13 tackles, seven stops for loss, four sacks and two blocked kicks in the win over Dakota Wesleyan. Fehlhafer has earned his third career All-GPAC award and has twice been named to the first team. In his Concordia career, Fehlhafer amassed 116 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 17 sacks and four blocked kicks as a nose guard. He spent his first season on the offensive line before moving back to the defensive side.
Chosen as a 2024 NAIA First Team All-American by the Associated Press, the Pearland, Texas, native Henson found his way onto the GPAC’s first team for the second year in a row. In 2025, the hard-hitting safety racked up 71 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, seven pass breakups, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two sacks. He twice scored touchdowns on special teams. The career totals for Henson are 150 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 18 pass breakups, seven interceptions, five forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and three touchdowns (two on special teams and one on defense).
A senior out of Lincoln Southwest High School, Huss has led the team in tackles in back-to-back years. Huss eclipsed 100 tackles (104) this fall and ranks second among all GPAC players in tackles. His senior year stat line includes 5.5 stops for loss, 3.5 sacks, three pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. His season high of 14 tackles came at Morningside. Huss moved up to the GPAC’s first team after receiving honorable mention accolades in 2024. Huss has piled up 208 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks in his collegiate career.
A senior academically who plans to return in 2026, Van Cleave has starred as the team’s most dynamic offensive playmaker. The Columbus, Neb., native moved up from the GPAC’s second team in 2024. Despite missing two games in 2025, Van Cleave ranked third among all GPAC players for all-purpose yards (1,341). His season statistics included 63 receptions for 726 yards and six touchdowns, 89 rushing attempts for 305 yards and four touchdowns and 12 kickoff returns for 310 yards (25.8 average) and a touchdown. His 11 total touchdowns scored led the team. The Columbus Lakeview High School product has notched 135 receptions for 1,578 yards and 12 touchdowns in his Bulldog career. Van Cleave moved to running back after the injury to Carlos Collazo.
A revamped offensive line came away with two 2025 GPAC All-Conference awards. A senior from Plymouth, Neb., Damrow stepped in at center and garnered first team accolades. Meanwhile, left tackle Derek Campbell (Geneva, Ill.) landed on the second team. As a unit, the offensive line allowed only three sacks on nearly 400 pass attempts in 2025. The group helped pave the way for the offense to average 34.8 points and 396.2 yards per game. Concordia had a 100-yard rusher in seven of 10 games.
As part of a rock solid special teams unit, three Bulldog specialists earned Second Team All-GPAC honors: junior kicker Peyton Atwood (Grand Island, Neb.), sophomore punter Braxtyn Koch (Westminster, Md.) and junior long snapper Max Wurdeman (Knoxville, Tenn.). The crisp snapping of Wurdeman helped lead to an NAIA National Player of the Week award for both Atwood and Koch in 2025. Wurdeman has served as the team’s primary long snapper for three seasons.
As a junior, Atwood took a large leap forward as he made 12-of-16 field goal attempts and 41-of-43 PATs for a total of 77 points. His 50-yard field goal at Waldorf marked the longest in program history. Atwood also owns school records for PATs in a season (44 in 2024) and for a career (121). Atwood also owns career totals of 20 made field goals and 181 points. As for Koch, he punted 54 times for an average of 37.1 yards per attempt this season. Twenty-six of his punts were downed inside the opposition’s 20. Koch’s longest punt covered 61 yards.
A native of Marquette, Neb., Carlos Collazo (Second Team All-GPAC) had been leading the nation in rushing yards per game (147.8) when he went down with an injury versus Midland. In four games this season, Collazo rushed 102 times for 591 yards (5.8 average) and eight touchdowns. Collazo broke the school’s single game rushing record by bruising his way to 283 yards in the 52-43 win at Mount Marty. Collazo was then named the GPAC Offensive Player of the Week. In 12 career college games, Collazo has rushed 185 times for 1,147 yards (6.2 average) and 15 touchdowns.
A transfer from Chadron State College, Dylan Meyer finished the season impressively as he recorded four sacks in the 21-17 win over No. 19 Northwestern. The Hickman, Neb., native’s first season as a Bulldog saw him post 70 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble on his way to earning Second Team All-GPAC laurels. In the win over Mount Marty, Meyer collected 13 tackles and 4.5 stops for loss.
Lastly, receiver Max Bartels, quarterback Gideon Stark and defensive lineman Terry Sebek raked in honorable mention awards. The Magnolia, Texas, native Stark stepped into the starting role and threw for 2,339 yards and 21 touchdowns (against 12 picks). Stark completed 188-of-365 (.515) passes and had a pass efficiency rating of 117.7. Stark also rushed for three touchdowns. On the program’s single season all-time lists, Stark put himself at No. 2 for touchdown passes and at No. 4 for passing yards.
Bartels (Lincoln, Neb.) ramped up his production as a senior and hauled in 40 receptions for 446 yards and three touchdowns. He posted five receiving touchdowns in his career. Bartels notched career highs of seven catches for 89 yards in this season’s win over Briar Cliff.
A junior from Hampton, Neb., Sebek took on a larger role in 2025 and collected 29 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and six sacks. Sebek garnered the GPAC Defensive Player of the Week award after he registered three sacks in the season opening win over Doane.
Keep up with Concordia Football throughout the offseason by visiting the team’s homepage: https://www.cune.edu/athletics/teams/football.