ELON – Elon redshirt junior linebacker Brodie Carroll earned First Team Phil Steele Midseason FCS All-American honors from Phil Steele, highlighting three Phoenix players recognized through the first eight games of the 2026 season. Redshirt junior defensive back Tony Hart III (Second Team) and freshman running back Kamerin McDowell-Moore (Fourth Team) also received recognition.
 
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Brodie Carroll – LB (First Team)

• Leads Elon with 75 tackles, including 37 solo stops, through eight games
• Has recorded seven tackles for loss, two sacks, six pass breakups and three quarterback hurries
• Named CAA and National Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 21 after recording a career-high 16 tackles, including 11 solo stops, against Sacred Heart
• Added a sack and two pass breakups in Elon's 24-21 victory over Sacred Heart
• Has recorded at least seven tackles in seven of Elon's eight games this season

 
Tony Hart III – DB (Second Team)

• Has recorded 48 tackles, including 34 solo stops, through eight games
• Has added 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, three pass breakups and a quarterback hurry
• Tied for the team lead with eight tackles against Stanford
• Has helped anchor an Elon defense that has held four opponents to fewer than 100 rushing yards this season

 
Kamerin McDowell-Moore – RB (Fourth Team All-American)

• One of two freshman offensive players named to any team on the Phil Steele Midseason All-American list
• Has rushed for 1,080 yards through eight games, becoming the first Elon true freshman to surpass 1,000 rushing yards in a season since Bobby Hedrick in 1977
• Has recorded five 100-yard rushing performances, including four consecutive games reaching the century mark
• Rushed for a career-high 273 yards and two touchdowns at New Hampshire, setting an Elon freshman single-game rushing record and recording the fourth-most rushing yards in a game in program history
• Rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries at Stanford
• Three-time CAA weekly award winner, earning CAA Offensive Player of the Week, CAA Rookie of the Week and CAA Co-Offensive Rookie of the Week honors
• Became the second Elon player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season under head coach Tony Trisciani, joining Jalen Hampton in 2022

 
The Phoenix is in the midst of its bye week and returns to action next Saturday, Oct. 31, against North Carolina A&T. Kickoff from Greensboro will be at 1 p.m.
 
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