NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Defensive end John Henry Daley and offensive lineman Spencer Fano of Utah Football have been honored with First Team All-American recognition, announced on Friday night by the Walter Camp Football Foundation—the nation’s oldest college football All-America team.
 
This is Daley’s first career All-America accolade, while Fano was tabbed Second Team All-America by Walter Camp in 2024. Fano earned this year’s honor a few hours after being named Utah’s first Outland Trophy recipient—which is presented to the nation’s best interior lineman.
 
Utah was the only Big 12 Conference program and one of just two schools nationally to have both an offensive and defensive lineman on the Walter Camp All-America First Team.
 
An in-state native from Alpine, Utah, Daley started the team’s first 11 games at defensive end before sustaining an injury. It has nevertheless been a decorated season of growth for Daley, who went from appearing in seven games with four total tackles in 2024 to first-team All-Big 12 and a place among the Chuck Bednarik Award semifinalists. The junior amassed 17.5 TFL, tying for the FBS lead at the time of his injury, while adding a sack total of 11.5 that placed Daley second in the country.
 
Daley’s sacks cost opposing teams 91 yards altogether, putting him fifth on the Utah single-season leaderboard. He anchored a defense that was among the stingiest in FBS when it comes to allowing points, as Utah gave up 18.7 points per game to rank 16th in the country. It came thanks in part to a stellar effort against the pass game as the Utes turned in a passing efficiency defense of 101.46—placing the team second in the Big 12 Conference and top-five across FBS. He has appeared in 18 games with 11 starts at Utah, after transferring from BYU prior to the 2024 season.
 
Fano was voted by the league’s coaches as the 2025 Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year and First Team All-Conference. The junior and Spanish Fork, Utah, native started all 12 regular season games at right tackle for Utah and protected for a reimagined offensive attack. With Fano among the guys up front, Utah ranked seventh nationally during the regular season with 478.6 total yards per game—while averaging 0.92 sacks allowed per game, eighth-best in FBS. During the regular season, Utah kept opponents without a sack in five different games and limited the opposition to one sack in five more contests.
 
The team had the best regular season rushing offense of any Power Conference program at 269.8 yards per game; the Utes enter bowl season needing just 27 yards and two touchdowns to break single season program rushing records. Fano has an 84.0 overall grade this season from PFF, ranking eighth in FBS. He has played in 37 games with 35 starts in his three seasons at Utah.
 
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