ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Punctuating the program's best season since the turn to Division I 18 years ago, quarterback Collin Hurst of the Presbyterian College football team has been named the 2025 PFL Offensive Player of the Year, while fourth-year head coach Steve Englehart was also named the league's Coach of the Year.

Announced on Monday afternoon, Hurst and Englehart – finalists for the FCS Walter Payton Award and Eddie Robinson Award, respectively – were two essential pieces to PC's third-ever 10-win campaign.

The full list of All-Conference selections will be announced on Tuesday, followed by the PFL All-Academic team on Wednesday.

Hurst becomes the fourth individual in Blue Hose history to be voted a Conference Offensive Player of the Year, most recently awarded to Zach Ellis in 2005 when Presbyterian was a member of the South Atlantic Conference.

Englehart is the fifth PC head coach to be selected as a Conference Coach of the Year, following in the footsteps of three-time winner Cally Gault (1977, 1979, & 1984), Daryl Dickey (1998), Tommy Spangler (2005), and Harold Nichols (2014).

Numerous postseason accolades have been bestowed upon the Blue Hose, including Englehart's selection as the AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year.


 
HURST IS FIRST




 
- The sequel to Hurst's exceptional freshman year was a thing of beauty in 2025, becoming the first player since the Pioneer Football League's introduction in 1991 to go from the conference Offensive Freshman of the Year to the Offensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons.

- A native of Florida, Hurst completed 197-of-289 attempts (68 percent) as a redshirt-sophomore for 2,684 yards and 26 passing touchdowns.

- Hurst displays a 16-5 record since becoming PC's starting quarterback last season. He is a top-30 finalist for the Walter Payton Award presented by Stats Perform, considered the Heisman of FCS and given to the top offensive player in the country.

- He ended the 2024 campaign as a top-five finalist for the Jerry Rice Award (National Freshman of the Year), building on that strong start by posting the seventh-best QB efficiency rating in America this season (168.3).

- Hurst's 26 passing TD's are the sixth-most of any FCS quarterback. He has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 13 consecutive games dating back to last year, tossing a career-high five touchdowns in a comeback overtime stunner at Furman.

- Named the PFL Offensive Player of the Week after a season-best 343 passing yards against Erskine, Hurst has tallied two separate streaks of 135 and 98 consecutive passes without an interception.


 
ENGLEHART = COTY




 
- The rise of Blue Hose football has seen Englehart at the center of it all, transforming a 1-10 program three years ago into a team that was nationally-ranked for six straight weeks in 2025.

- Presbyterian started the '25 slate with a 7-0 record, one of the last eight undefeated teams in FCS and reaching as high as #16 in the AFCA Coaches Poll.

- Englehart's crew knocked off the last two Southern Conference champions to begin the season, including a 15-10 victory at then-#11 Mercer which was the Bears' only loss all year to a fellow FCS school.

- PC never lost at Bailey Memorial Stadium this year in six games, a feat that the program had not accomplished since 1998. Dating back to October 2024, the Blue Hose witnessed a school-record 11-game winning streak that eclipsed a full 365 days.

- Englehart confirmed his 90^th career win at St. Thomas in the penultimate game of the season, currently holding the second-most active wins of any coach in the Pioneer Football League.

- The Scotsmen surpassed 5,000 total yards of offense while averaging 45 points per game at home, setting a new school record with 2,124 total rushing yards over 12 games.

- Presbyterian's defense was stellar under Englehart's watch, ranking sixth in the nation for fewest points allowed per game (16) and holding opponents to a 30-percent success rate on third-down which ranked third in America.

- Drake was awarded the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, leaving the Blue Hose as one of the "First Four Out" in the field of 24. They hold a better overall record than 14 of the 16 teams that were chosen for at-large bids in the first round.


 
2025 PFL Year-End Award Winners

 
Offensive Player of the Year
Collin Hurst – QB (Presbyterian)

 
Defensive Player of the Year
Sean Allison – LB (Drake)

 
Special Teams Player of the Year
Emiliano Salazar – P (San Diego)

 
Freshman Offensive Player of the Year
Nick Herman – RB (Drake)

 
Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
Chase Hatton – DB (Marist)

 
Coach of the Year
Steve Englehart (Presbyterian)

 
(Scholar-Athlete of the Year)…To be announced, Wednesday