​The Portsmouth Trojans’ football program, under first-year head coach Brandon Sammons, were able to place seven individuals on the All-Ohio Valley Conference list after placing in a tie for third place overall in the final conference rundown. The All-OVC list was announced earlier this week.Of the seven honorees for Portsmouth, five of those players were named as first team recipients.Star quarterback Cam Williams, who posted 2,136 yards of total offense and 23 touchdowns by himself, was a First-Team All-OVC honoree.Passing-wise, Williams completed 126 of his 239 passes for a 53 percent completion rate while amassing 1,423 yards passing through the air and a touchdown to interception ratio of 2.5-to-1.On the ground, Williams ran for 713 yards and eight touchdowns on 88 carries while amassing a 8.1-yard-per-carry average. No. 6 also had three two-point conversion runs on the year.Defensively, Williams also posted 40 total tackles and was also the team’s primary punter.Of Williams’ 1,423 yards passing, 573 of those yards went to Berry, who was Williams’ top receiving target with 35 catches for those 573 yards and eight touchdowns. Berry ultimately took one out of every seven catches that he caught to the crib in 2026, averaged 16.4 yards per catch and returned a interception for a touchdown in Portsmouth’s 20-3 win over Chesapeake. The sophomore also had four receptions that successfully resulted in two-point conversions.Senior athlete Fernando Poxes rounded out his Portsmouth career with First-Team All-OVC billing after rushing for 303 yards on 71 carries with five touchdowns on the ground. Poxes added in 270 yards receiving and four touchdowns on 43 carries to amass 573 yards offensively on 114 touches in 2026.Defensively, Poxes made 36 tackles with five tackles for loss and a sack-and-a-half from his linebacker position.Portsmouth senior linemen Nick Donley (tackle) and James Logan Thurman (guard) rounded out the First-Team All-OVC list by blocking for an offense that amassed nearly 2,600 yards. Donley, who played defensive tackle, and Thurman, who started alongside Poxes at linebacker, each made 34 tackles with the duo combining for 11.5 tackles for loss. Donley posted 3.5 sacks as a down lineman on the defense.Earning Second-Team All-OVC billing were sophomore guard and linebacker Jayden Terry and senior wide receiver and defensive back JJ Henderson. Terry started opposite of Thurman and blocked for the same offense that posted nearly 2,600 yards of total offense after making a position change, while Henderson averaged over 26 yards per kick return and had an interception.For the 2026 season, Portsmouth finished 3-7 overall but went 3-3 over its last six games, which comprised its complete Ohio Valley Conference schedule.Six of the Trojans’ seven losses were to playoff teams and to opponents who finished the 2026 season at 7-4 or better. Three of those losses are to teams that were, as of Friday at press time, still playing in thei