WILLIAMSBURG — After establishing themselves among the nation’s elite college football players, William & Mary standouts Charles Grant, Bronson Yoder and Marcus Barnes were selected to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000.
The list recognizes the nation’s top 1,000 all-star game-eligible players who will be considered for the 2025 NFL Draft class.
A consensus All-America selection in 2023, Grant enters his fourth season as a starter and is one of the NFL’s top prospects at the offensive line position.
The two-time first-team All-CAA selection ranked as the conference’s top tackle in pass blocking efficiency last season and allowed just one sack on 334 pass blocking snaps. Additionally, he finished the fall grading out at 92 percent with 40 pancakes en route to helping W&M rank 13th national in rushing (196.9).
His impressive junior campaign followed his breakout sophomore season in which he did not allow any sacks in 13 starts and helped W&M rank third nationally in rushing (265.8) and fourth in fewest sacks allowed per game (0.77).
One of the nation’s most productive running backs throughout his career at W&M, Yoder enters his final season ranked among the program’s career top-10 lists in rushing yards (2,660, 8th), rushing touchdowns (25, 8th) and all-purpose yards (4,322, 5th).
Although he was limited to just four games last season due to injury, the two-time All-CAA selection ranked 12th nationally in rushing (1,255) and 14th in rushing touchdown (13) in 2022 en route to garnering first-team all-conference accolades.
A starter for W&M for nearly his entire career, Barnes emerged as an all-conference selection last fall after totaling 54 tackles with an interception and a forced fumble.
The Jeannette, Pa., native has totaled 145 tackles with five interceptions, 13 PBU, two forced fumbles and two TFL during his career.
In addition to garnering multiple preseason top-20 rankings, W&M enters the 2024 campaign having posted three consecutive winning seasons. Additionally, the Tribe earned a top-25 ranking during each of the last three years.
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