Football | 12/23/2025 12:00:00 PM

December 23, 2025-Emporia State linebacker Landon Boss picked up his fifth All-Americna honor on Tuesday when he was named a 2025 Walter Camp All-American. The junior from Osage City, Kan. was named a First-Team All-American linebacker by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA), the Associated Press (AP) and the Don Hansen Football Committee earlier.
 
Boss was a unanimous selection as a First-Team All-MIAA linebacker, while also winning the Defensive Player of the Year award in the Association. The Osage City, Kan. native tallied 101 tackles on the season, which included ten sacks, 11 quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, two interceptions and a defensive touchdown.  He led the MIAA in sacks and tackles for loss while ranking second in the league in solo tackles and fourth in total tackles.  His 69 solo tackles are the fifth most in the nation, his 17.5 tackles for loss rank sixth in the nation while his ten sacks are 12th in the nation.
 
The junior earned MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week honors on three occasions, including after the season finale against Fort Hays State where he had two sacks, seven quarterback hurries and a season-best 14 total tackles. He was named the NCAA Division II National Defensive Player of the Week from D2Football.com, Wayne Cavadi at ncaa.com, and Walter Camp Gridiron1880 after recording 11 tackles, four sacks, an interception and a forced fumble in the Hornets 31-24 victory over Missouri Southern.
 
Boss finished the season with ten sacks to rank fourth all-time on the Emporia State single season list. His 18 tackles for loss on the season move him into a tie with Greg Harvey (1993), Leon Brigham (1997) and Gerard Clemons (1998) for fourth on the Emporia State single season TFL list. He tied Patrick Cook (1995) and Gerard Clemons (1997) for the school record with four sacks in a game.
 
 This is the second year for the Walter Camp Foundation All-American team for NCAA Division II and Emporia State has had a representative each yeThis is however the 136th year the Foundation has named an All-American team.  Walter Camp, "The Father of American football," first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.

The Walter Camp Football Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. 

Boss is one of two MIAA players honored by the Hansen Football Committee and is joined by Pittsburg State defensive back Jordan Rogers on the First-Team.
 
2025 Walter Camp Division II All-America Team
Defense
Defensive Line: Kenyon Garner (Livingstone), Michael Shimek (Ashland), Amarie Fleming (Allen), Tyler King (Central Washington)
Linebacker: Landon Boss (Emporia State), Ja'Kobe Clinton (West Florida), Brandon Hile (Kutztown)
Defensive Back: Parker Knutson (Southwest Minnesota State), Trevor Romaldo (New Mexico Highlands), Justin Payoute (Ferris State), Jordan Rogers (Pittsburg State)
Punter: Lucas LeSieur (Colorado School of Mines)
Kick Returner: Keiren Jackson (Edward Waters)
Offense
Wide Receiver: Gage Florence (MSU Moorhead), T.J. Chukwurah (Black Hills State)
Tight End: Luke Dehnicke (Minnesota Duluth)
Offensive Line: Tim Anderson (Ferris State), Joe Cooper (Slippery Rock), Jake Mitchell (Harding), Ryan Schernecke (Kutztown)
Center: Slade Edwards (Central Washington)
Quarterback: Jack Strand (MSU Moorhead)
Running Back: Curtis Allen (Virginia Union), Andrew Miller (Harding)
Placekicker: Manaki Watanabe (Ashland)

Emporia State Walter Camp All-Americans
2025 Landon Boss, LB, First-Team
2024 Tyler Kahmann, WR, First-Team