WACO, Texas — BYU senior long snapper Garrison Grimes was today named Second-Team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association. Selected by the football coaches since 1945, the AFCA All-America team is one of the five selectors for the NCAA Consensus All-America team.
Grimes is the first long snapper in BYU history to receive All-America recognition.
A 6-2, 220-pound redshirt senior from American Fork, Utah, Grimes appeared in all 13 games for the No. 12 ranked Cougars and was perfect on the year in a combined 114 snaps.
In mid-November, Grimes was named a semifinalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award, presented annually to the top long snapper in college football. He is the first BYU long snapper to be named a semifinalist for the Mannelly Award in its seven-year existence and the only Big 12 long snapper to earn the accolade in 2025.
Grimes played a big role in BYU’s kicking and punting success throughout the 2025 season. He was perfect on a combined 76 field goal and point after touchdown snaps, as well as 38 punt attempts for the Cougars during the season.
Senior All-Big 12 kicker Will Ferrin led the conference in scoring with 113 points, converting 22-of-29 field goal attempts while making 39 of 39 extra points to extend his BYU record of consecutive PATs made streak to 118.
BYU punter Sam Vander Haar was also the beneficiary of Grimes' efficient snapping. The junior punter was twice named a Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 honoree during the 2025 season. Grimes set Vander Haar up for a 42.5 average with 13 punts downed inside the opponents 20-yardline and 19 fair caught.
Prior to coming to BYU, Grimes appeared in 31 games as the long snapper at Baylor from 2020-22, where he handled snapping duties for punts, field goals and PATs, while tallying two tackles on special teams. In 2023, Grimes recovered two fumbles in the same game against Texas. Garrison is the son of Jeff Grimes, former BYU offensive coordinator and offensive line coach and current offensive coordinator at Wisconsin.