BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2025 Football Postseason Individual Award winners on Tuesday. The individual awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.

Alabama State’s Andrew Body was named Offensive Player of the Year, while Jackson State’s Quincy Ivory was named Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.

Jackson State's Jared Lockhart and Prairie View A&M's Chase Bingmon were both named Co-Freshman of the Year.

Prairie View A&M’s Tremaine Jackson was named Coach of the Year rounding out the list of SWAC Football individual award winners.

In order to be considered for postseason individual awards a student-athlete must have participated in a minimum of 50 percent of team games played this season.

A complete listing of individual selections is listed below.

2025 SWAC Football Individual Awards 
 
Coach of the Year
Tremaine Jackson, Prairie View A&M
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Andrew Body, Alabama State

Defensive Player of the Year
Quincy Ivory, Jackson State
 
Newcomer of the Year
Quincy Ivory, Jackson State
 
Co-Freshman of the Year
Jared Lockhart, Jackson State 

Co-Freshman of the Year
Chase Bingmon, Prairie View A&M 

About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball.
 
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