Three Miami Hurricanes named All-Americans by Associated Press
Two are set to potentially become first-round draft picks in a few months. One is a freshman phenom already rewriting the school record books.
Now, the trio of junior offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa, junior defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. and freshman wide receiver Malachi Toney are All-Americans after stellar 2025 seasons from all three.
Mauigoa earned first-team honors from Associated Press on Monday, while Bain and Toney landed on the outlet’s second team.
Mauigoa and Bain also earned first-team honors Friday from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, another of the five outlets selected by the NCAA for the purposes of identifying consensus and unanimous All-Americans. The other three are the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Sporting News.
A player is deemed a consensus All-American if he is named to the first team by three of those five selectors, while a unanimous All-American is on the first team of all five lists.
Mauigoa has the chance to be Miami’s first unanimous All-American since kicker Jose Borregales in 2020 and the 17th overall in school history. The right tackle anchored one of the top offensive lines in the country as the group has given up just 11 sacks (tied for the seventh-fewest nationally) and 42 tackles for loss (the fifth-fewest nationally). Mauigoa has started all 38 of his career games at Miami, all at right tackle.
Toney, who reclassified to join Miami a year early, finished the regular season with 84 catches for 970 yards and seven touchdowns while also rushing for a touchdown and throwing for two more.
His 970 yards are a Miami freshman record for single-season receiving yards, while his 84 catches are second only to Xavier Restrepo’s 85 catches in the 2023 season for the most by a Hurricanes player ever in a single season. He posted at least 60 receiving yards in nine of 12 games, including four 100-yard outings.
Toney is one of just five college players this century to have seven touchdown catches, two touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown in the same season. The rest of that list includes UCF’s Ryan O’Keefe in 2021, South Carolina’s Pharoh Cooper in 2014, Kentucky’s Randall Cobb in 2010 and Rice’s James Casey in 2008.
Bain, who earlier this month was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, had 37 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one interception across 12 starts during the regular season.
He also had a 92.9 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, the highest of any qualified edge rusher at the Football Bowl Subdivision level this season. His 88.4 rush-defense grade ranked fourth nationally, while his 91.9 pass-rush grade was 10th best among all players. Bain also generated 57 total pressures, making him one of only 10 players in the country to produce 50 or more and ranking him fifth nationally in the category.
More All-America honors
Defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr.: Pro Football Focus first ream; CBS Sports second team; on3 second team; The Athletic second team
Center James Brockermeyer: CBS Sports first team
Offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa: CBS Sports first team; on3 first team; The Athletic second team
Defensive back Keionte Scott: CBS Sports second team
Safety Jakobe Thomas: on3 second team
Wide receiver Malachi Toney: Pro Football Focus first team; CBS Sports second team; The Athletic second team
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