Senior defensive lineman Obadiah Grimes was selected to D3football.com’s All-Region 3 Third Team, representing Brevard College football. The honor gives the Tornado football program 11 D3football.com All-Region selections since BC transitioned to NCAA DIII.
The award marks Grimes’ first career All-Region honor, as the fourth-year lineman from Lawrenceville, Ga. made a big impact for the Tornados in 2025, leading to USA South All-Conference First Team honors. Grimes made a career-best 16 solo stops with 30 total tackles and accumulated a career-high seven tackles for loss, a career-best five sacks, and forced two fumbles in 10 starts for BC. Over the course of his four-year playing career, Grimes racked up 104 total tackles (49 solo, 55 assisted, 16 and a half tackles for loss, seven sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, a blocked kick, and three pass breakups.
Brevard College All-Time D3football.com Yearly Accolades
Spring 2021
D3football.com All-American Second Team: Joc Pledger (first in Brevard’s DIII era)
D3football.com All-Region Second Team: Toby Naylor (first in Brevard’s DIII era)
Fall 2021
D3football.com Preseason All-American Second Team: Joc Pledger (first in Brevard’s DIII era)
D3football.com All-Region 3 Second Team: Steffon Canady
D3football.com All-Region 3 Second Team: Stamati Damalos
D3football.com All-Region 3 Third Team: Jerome Bass
2024
D3football.com All-Region 3 First Team: Robert Dorsey
D3football.com All-Region 3 Second Team (WR and RET): Zackary Orr
D3football.com All-Region 3 Second Team: James Woods
D3football.com All-Region 3 Third Team: Chancellor Lee-Parker
2025
D3football.com Preseason All-American Third Team: Robert Dorsey
D3football.com All-Region 3 Third Team: Obadiah Grimes
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