BUIES CREEK, N.C. –
Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox,
Randall King and
Freddie Pelling represent Campbell on the Coastal Athletic Association's 2025 football all-conference teams.
Additionally, Monmouth running back Rodney Nelson received Offensive Player of the Year honors and Rhode Island linebacker A.J. Pena earned Defensive Player of the Year accolades. Other major award recipients included Rhode Island's Jim Fleming as CAA Coach of the Year, Villanova running back/kick returner Ja'briel Mace as Special Teams Player of the Year, Elon quarterback Landen Clark and Towson quarterback Andrew Indorf as Co-Offensive Rookies of the Year and Monmouth defensive end Lamont Lester, Jr. as Defensive Rookie of the Year. CAA Football's all-conference awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.
Llanas-Wilcox earned third team honors as a punt returner following his first season as a Fighting Camel. The junior posted a Campbell record 90-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Camels' home finale, the program's first punt return TD since 2017. The return was the second-longest punt return in the CAA this season, totaling 163 combined punt and kick return yards against the Phoenix, adding a 48-yard kick return, marking Campbell's longest kick return of the season. He returned five punts for 99 yards in all, averaging 19.8 yards per return, including the record-setting TD, with five kick returns for a 22.2 yard average.
Despite missing four games due to injury, Llanas-Wilcox also hauled in 367 yards receiving on 22 catches with a touchdown, including a 50-yard reception against Western Carolina, totaling 124 yards receiving against the Catamounts on five catches. He also snagged three catches for 63 yards in Campbell's win at Hampton, and collected 51 yards on three catches in CU's overtime win over Bryant, his first time on the field for the Camels. Llanas-Wilcox was also one of four Camels with over 500 all purpose yards, logging 506 on the year.
A year after earning Third Team Freshman All-America honors from Phil Steele, King earned honorable mention All-CAA accolades in 2025, leading the Camels with 689 yards receiving on 59 catches with five touchdowns, despite suiting up in only eight games this season. The Rocky Mount, N.C. native also returned 12 kickoffs (20.3 average) and five punts (5.7 average), leading the team with 948 all purpose yards.
King totaled four 100-yard receiving games, including a season-high 142 yards with a school record-tying four touchdowns in Campbell's double overtime win over Bryant, garnering CAA Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors. King also crossed the century mark against Furman (105), Elon (103) and Towson (121).
Pelling, meanwhile, also earned honorable mention honors after his second season with the Camels as CU's primary left tackle. The Amthill, Bedfordshire, England native played in nine games with eight starts at left tackle, also missing time due to injury.
Behind Pelling, the Camels produced 352.8 yards of total offense per game, collecting 200 or more yards rushing three times, including 301 in CU's win at Hampton, a school record against a CAA opponent. Campbell also posted a pair of 300-yard passing games, including a season-high 351 in its double-OT win against Bryant.