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Butler, Zinck-Marier named 2025 U SPORTS Football All-Canadians
Posted: Nov 20, 2025

Butler, Zinck-Marier named 2025 U SPORTS Football All-Canadians

The 2025 U SPORTS football awards were announced on Thursday, with a pair of Saint Mary's Huskies - defensive back Ryan Butler and receiver & returner Chandler Zinck-Marier - named U SPORTS All-Canadians.

Ryan Butler - First Team All-Canadian

Ryan Butler, a fourth year free safety from Mississauga, ON, was named a 2025 U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian at free safety.

A Huskies team captain, Butler had an outstanding season in his return after missing the entire 2024 season due to injury.

Butler appeared in all eight regular season games, and led all of U SPORTS with six interceptions, which he returned for 74 yards. Butler also recorded 24.5 tackles (ranking fourth on the Huskies) in the regular season, and added 10.5 tackles and one pass break-up in three playoff games.

Chandler Zinck-Marier - Second Team All-Canadian

Chandler Zinck-Marier, a third year receiver from Pleasantville, NS, was named a 2025 U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian at returner.

A Huskies team captain, Zinck-Marier was a threat everytime he touched the ball this season. Zinck-Marier appeared in all eight regular season games, leading the AUS and ranking sixth in U SPORTS with 1,113 all-purpose yards in eight regular season games.

On offence, Zinck-Marier caught 23 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns, and took seven carries for 42 yards. As a returner, Zinck-Marier returned 11 kicks for 308 yards, with his 28.0 yards per kick return average leading the AUS and ranking third in U SPORTS, and returned 37 punts for 428 yards for an average of 11.6 yards per return, leading the AUS in all three categories, and ranking fourth in U SPORTS in punt return yards.

In three playoff games, Zinck-Marier added nine receptions for 141 yards, seven kick returns for 191 yards (27.2 yards per return), and nine punt returns for 139 yards (15.4 yards per punt return), bringing his season long total to 1,584 all-purpose yards (476 receiving, 42 rushing, 499 kick return, 567 punt return) in 11 games played for an average of 144 all-purpose yards per game.