WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The postseason honors continue to roll in for members of the William & Mary football team, as three standouts – linebacker Luke Banbury, cornerback Jalen Jones and offensive lineman Ryan McKenna – were selected to the Associated Pres (AP) FCS All-America Team.
 
All three players garnered honorable mention distinction.
 
The award marks the second consecutive season that Jones earned All-America honors from the organization.
 
It is the fourth All-America accolade this season for Jones (AFCA, Stats Perform, FCS Football Central), the third for Banbury (AFCA, Stats Perform) and the second for McKenna (Stats Perform).
 
A three-time first-team All-CAA selection and two-time Buck Buchanan Award Finalist, Jones ranked second in the CAA and 14th nationally with 1.09 passes defended per game in 2025. Additionally, the Chesapeake, Va., native ranked third in the CAA in interceptions (two) and PBU (10), while he finished the year with 39 tackles and 1.5 TFL en route to being chosen as the Defensive Back of the Year in Virginia by the Touchdown Club of Richmond.
 
Honored as a first-team All-America selection by six organizations last season, Jones ranks second in school history with 52 passes defended, which includes eight interceptions.
 
The former CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year (2022) was also a finalist for the 2022 Jerry Rice Award, which recognized the nation's top FCS freshman.
 
Banbury, also a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, made a tremendous impact during his lone campaign in Williamsburg after transferring from Cornell. In addition to ranking fourth nationally in tackles per game (11.4), he finished the season with 137 tackles – the most by a W&M player since 1988 (Kerry Gray, 143).
 
The Pittsburgh, Pa, native also totaled 2 sacks, 5.5 TFL, six PBU and a fumble recovery en route to garnering CAA Defensive Player of the Week accolades twice.
 
Banbury, who earned first-team Al-Ivy distinction last season and earned preseason All-America honors this year, finished his career with 278 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 13.5 TFL, two interceptions, 13 passes defended, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
 
McKenna earned national honors by multiple organizations after garnering All-CAA distinction each of the last three seasons, including first-team accolades this fall after helping W&M rank fourth in the conference in scoring (29.5) and No. 1 in the league in red zone scoring conversions (91.1%).

A two-time team captain and 2024 Campbell Trophy Semifinalist, McKenna finished his career with 47 starts, which is just one shy of the program record set by B.W. Webb (2008-12) and Peter Reid (1987-91).
 
All three standouts played an integral role in helping W&M secure its fifth consecutive winning season in 2025, marking the program's longest stretch of winning seasons since the 1990s.
 
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