Missouri Tigers land two AP All-Americans, including a first-team running back
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- Mizzou’s Ahmad Hardy (first team) and Keagen Trost (third) named AP All-Americans.
- Hardy rushed for 1,560 yards in 2025, averaged 6.5 yards per carry, led nation in ypg.
- Trost earned PFF’s top O-line grade, allowed two sacks and secured first-team All-SEC
The Missouri Tigers football team landed two players on the Associated Press All-America squads, the AP announced Monday.
Ahmad Hardy, Mizzou’s star running back and an early season Heisman hopeful, received first-team All-America honors. Keagen Trost, the Tigers’ right tackle, was named a third-team All-America pick.
A sophomore transfer who played as a freshman at Louisiana Monroe, Hardy rushed for 1,560 yards in the 2025 regular season with 16 touchdowns. He averaged 6.5 yards per carry.
As a freshman, Hardy broke out with 1,351 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, setting up some lofty expectations when he joined the Tigers out of the transfer portal.
Hardy led the nation with 130 rushing yards per game, including a record-breaking 300-yard performance against Mississippi State, in 2025. He was named SEC Newcomer of the Year and was a unanimous first-team All-SEC pick by the AP.
He is the second Mizzou running back to be named a first-team AP All-American, joining one-time walk-on Cody Schrader (2023).
Trost, meanwhile, was Pro Football Focus’ top-graded offensive lineman — at any spot — a Mizzou Athletics release noted. He allowed just two sacks on the season and also was a first-team All-SEC pick. He was a second-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
The Tigers did not have any AP All-Americans last season but had several in 2023, including Schrader, Luther Burden (second team), Kris Abrams-Draine (second team) and Javon Foster (third team).
After finishing the regular season 8-4, the Tigers will next play Virginia in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 27. Kickoff for that matchup — at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida — is at 6:30 p.m. Central on ABC.