THS, MHS and Sweet Water players up for honors
By Ross Wood Contributing Writer
Several area high school football players are among the 42 finalists for the state's Mr. Football award as well as being finalists for the Back and Lineman of the Year in the six AHSAA classifications and the AISA.
Clarke County High School's Ottis Jackson, Thomasville High's Katrell Watters, Leroy High's Clint Moseley, Sweet Water's Anthony Landrum and Kaylos Pritchett from Marengo High School are finalist from the local area. Of the group all except Pritchett are on teams still playing in the playoffs. The Alabama Sports Writers Association high school panel chose these finalist from over 175 players nominated by either their coaches or local sports writer.
Any player who is a back or lineman finalist is also eligible to win Mr. Football.
The winners in each class will be announced at a banquet following the Super Six championship games.
The Back and Lineman of the Year finalist are:
Class 1A - Back
Danny Bise - Florala;
Demont Buice - Gaston;
Anthony Landrum - Sweet
Water
Class 1A - Lineman
Dexter Daniels - Brantley;
KC Orr - Speake ; Kaylos
Pritchett - Marengo
Class 2A - Back
Clint Moseley - Leroy ;
Dewayne Whitten -
Cottonwood ; Lamarcus Wright
- Lanett
Class 2A - Lineman
James Jordan - JB
Pennington; Parker Whitten -
Fyffe; Michael Williams -
Pickens County
Class 3A - Back
Chase Horn - Clay County;
Tim Simon - Cordova; Jeremy
Yates - Colbert Heights
Class 3A - Lineman
Travis Grandy - Leeds; Ottis
Jackson - Clarke County;
Jonathan Owens - Susan
Moore
Class 4A - Back
Michael Berry - Andalusia;
Ty Shrader - North Jackson;
Jeremy Williams - Central-
Tuscaloosa
Class 4A - Line
Lederrius Benson -
Andalusia; Tana Patrick -
North Jackson; Katrell Watters
- Thomasville
Class 5A - Back
AJ McCarron - St. Paul's;
Slade Smith - Fort Payne;
Barrett Trotter - Briarwood
Class 5A - Line
Leland Baker - Erwin;
Jomarcus Savage - JO
Johnson; Courtney Upshaw -
Eufaula
Class 6A - Back
Justin Albert - Prattville;
Julio Jones - Foley; Justin
Rogers - Vestavia Hills
Class 6A - Line
William Green - Spain Park;
Jerrell Harris - Gadsden City;
Tyler Love - Mountain Brook
AISA - Back
Jeremy Cox - Bessemer;
Jerell Foster - Pike Liberal
Arts; Brandon Heavens -
Bessemer
AISA - Line
Tavon Arrington - Bessemer;
Maurice Crawford -
Glenwood; Chris Whitfield -
Faith
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