Stats Perform Release
 
Nashville, Tenn. – Fordham grad student linebacker James Conway has had a busy but rewarding postseason, capped tonight by an appearance at the 2025 Stats Perform FCS National Awards Show at the historic Woolworth Theater where he finished third in the voting for the Buck Buchanan Award.
 
The Buck Buchanan Award is named for the legendary defensive lineman who starred at Grambling State as part of his Hall of Fame career and is presented to the NCAA FCS Defensive Player of the Year. Past recipients include Allen, Dexter Coakley, Rashean Mathis and Arthur Moats.
 
Conway is the third Ram to be honored at the FCS National Awards Show, joining running back Chase Edmonds, who won the Jerry Rice Award in 2014 as the NCAA FCS Rookie of the Year, and quarterback Tim DeMorat, who was runner-up for the Walter Payton Award in 2022 as the NCAA FCS Offensive Player of the Year.
 
James Conway (Omaha, Neb.)
• 2025 AFCA First Team All-America.
• 2025 Stats Perform First Team All-America.
• 2025 PFSN First Team All-America.
• 2025 FCS Football Central First Team All-America.
• 2025 William V. Campbell Trophy® finalist.
• Set NCAA Division I career tackles record with 595 (broke former FCS record of and the FBS record of 577 set by Troy's Carlton Martial)
• 2025 Buchanan Award finalist.
• 2025 FedEx Doris Robinson Award nominee.
• 2025 Preseason All-American.
• Recorded 159 tackles in 2025, breaking the Fordham school record of 145 set by Mark Blazejewski in 1991.
• Leads the NCAA Division I in tackles/game (13.3).
• 2025 First Team All-Patriot League.
• 2025 Patriot League Football Student-Athlete of the Year.
• One of only two players in Patriot League history to earn All-League honors five times.
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District selection.