Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard is the Walter Camp 2025 FCS Player of the Year, presented by Crabtree Lexus of New Haven
Youngstown State University junior quarterback Beau Brungard is the 2025 Walter Camp Football Championship Subdivision Player of the Year, presented by Crabtree Lexus of New Haven.
This is the third year the Walter Camp Foundation has given this award – former Monmouth running back Jaden Shirden earned the honor in 2023, and former Montana State quarterback Tommy Mellott was selected in 2024.
A dual-threat, Brungard completed 277 of 403 passes (68.7%) for 3,230 yards, 26 touchdowns, and only three interceptions, posting a passer rating of 155.9.. He rushed for 1,378 yards on 225 carries, scoring 24 rushing touchdowns, and even added one receiving touchdown.
The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year, he was named a Walter Camp First Team All-American and was selected one of three finalists for the 2025 Walter Payton Award, given annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the FCS.
Youngstown State finished the 2025 football season with an 8–5 overall record (5–3 in MVFC play), ranked No. 14 in the STATS FCS poll and No. 13 in the Coaches poll, advancing to the FCS playoffs before a narrow 43–42 first-round loss to Yale. In that game, Brungard accounted for 407 total yards (317 passing, 90 rushing) and six touchdowns (3 passing, 3 rushing).
A native of New Middletown, Ohio, Brunhard attended Springfield Local High School before attending YSU.
Considered the “Father of American Football,” Walter Camp introduced the play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side in 1880. Nine years later, Mr. Camp, then the Yale University head coach, selected the first-ever college football All-America team.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. Visit www.waltercamp.org for more information. The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 25 awards have honored more than 950 recipients dating back to 1935.
Walter Camp FCS Players of Year
2025 – Beau Brungard, QB, Youngstown State
