27 LSU Football Players Earn SEC Academic Honor Distinction

BATON ROUGE – Twenty-seven members of LSU’s 2025 football team have earned SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll distinction, the league office announced on Wednesday.

The 2025 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball. It is based on grades from the 2025 Spring, Summer and Fall terms.

Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.

LSU’s list includes four players who earned SEC Academic Honor Roll status for the fourth time in their career – linebacker Harold Perkins, offensive lineman Bo Bordelon, long snapper Jonathan Ferguson, and linebacker Princeton Malbrue.

Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, along with defensive back Austin Ausberry, wide receiver Cowinn Helaire, and linebacker Gabe Leonards were honored for the third time.

LSU true freshmen making the list include All-America cornerback DJ Pickett, running back Harlem Berry, linebacker Charles Ross, edge rusher Damien Shanklin, and offensive lineman Solomon Thomas.

In order to be considered for SEC Academic Honor Roll status, the following criteria must be met:

(1) An undergraduate student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) of graduate school enrollment or have a cumulative graduate school grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. Undergraduate grade point average may not be included in the graduate point average calculation for a graduate student.

(2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.

(4) An undergraduate student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have successfully completed 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of academic credit toward a graduate degree at the nominating institution.

(5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

LSU Football – 2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Austin Ausberry - Finance
Harlem Berry - Interdisciplinary Studies
Bo Bordelon - Management
Barion Brown - Interdisciplinary Studies
Dylan Carpenter - Management
Kolaj Cobbins - Interdisciplinary Studies
Landon Craig - Construction Management
Weston Davis - Interdisciplinary Studies
Caden Durham - Interdisciplinary Studies
Joseph Ebun - Business Analytics
Jonathan Ferguson - Kinesiology
Cowinn Helaire - Biochemistry
Jake Ibieta - Mechanical Engineering
Kenzel Kelly - Sport Management Online
Davhon Keys - Information Systems & Decision Sciences
JD LaFleur - Sport Administration
Gabe Leonards - Non-Matriculated
Princeton Malbrue - Master Business Administration
Braelin Moore - Interdisciplinary Studies
Noah Nash - Non-Matriculated
Garrett Nussmeier - Non-Matriculated
Harold Perkins Jr. - Non-Matriculated
DJ Pickett - Interdisciplinary Studies
Charles Ross II - Construction Management
Damien Shanklin - Sport Administration
Solomon Thomas - Interdisciplinary Studies
Craig Walton Jr. Football Interdisciplinary Studies

(Release via LSU Athletics)