Midseason Louisiana ‘eye-catchers’ team | Small Schools Offense
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We’re still almost a month from the playoffs in Louisiana and two months from state championships and all-state teams. Trying to gather a complete picture and comprehensive, up-to-date statistics from 300-some-odd teams in the thick of district play presents its…
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Continue ReadingWe’re still almost a month from the playoffs in Louisiana and two months from state championships and all-state teams.
Trying to gather a complete picture and comprehensive, up-to-date statistics from 300-some-odd teams in the thick of district play presents its timing and availability challenges to potentially compiling a true midseason all-state team without overlooking anyone.
But I’ve had a chance to see about three dozen teams already through the first six weeks of the regular season — with several standout performances along the way — and thought we could compile those into sort of a midseason progress report in an all-state style of format.
A Small Schools Team representing Class 1A, Class 2A and Class 3A levels and a Large Schools Team representing the Class 4A and Class 5A levels will each feature 40 players: 20 on offense (13 first-team and seven honorable mentions) and 23 on defense and special teams (13 first-team defense, three special teams and seven honorable mentions).
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2023 LOUISIANA MIDSEASON EYE-CATCHERS TEAM
SMALL SCHOOLS OFFENSE
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
OL: Brett Bordelon Brett Bordelon 6'5" | 315 lbs | OL Isidore Newman | 2025 State LA | 6-5, 290 OL | Isidore Newman (2025)
OL: Lamar Brown Lamar Brown 6'4" | 260 lbs | OL University Lab | 2026 State LA 6-4, 260 OL/DL | University Lab (2026)
OL: Travis Cedotal | 6-3, 290 OL | Ascension Catholic (2024)
OL: Heath Gross | 6-0, 195 OL/LB | Calvary Baptist (2024)
OL: Jimmy Wright Jimmy Wright 6'2" | 245 lbs | OL Calvary Baptist | 2024 State LA | 6-2, 250 OL | Calvary Baptist (2024)
RECEIVERS
WR: Jac Comeaux Jac Comeaux 5'11" | 160 lbs | WR Dunham | 2024 State LA Jr. | 5-10, 160 WR | Dunham (2024)
WR: Aubrey Hermes Aubrey Hermes 6'2" | 175 lbs | WR Calvary Baptist | 2024 State LA | 6-2, 175 WR | Calvary Baptist (2024)
WR: Jay Simon IV Jay Simon IV 5'10" | 160 lbs | WR Calvary Baptist | 2024 State LA | 5-10, 160 WR | Calvary Baptist (2024)
RUNNING BACKS
RB: Harlem Berry Harlem Berry 5'11" | 175 lbs | RB St. Martin's | 2025 State LA | 6-0, 180 RB | St. Martin’s (2025)
RB: Dedric Lastie Dedric Lastie 5'4" | 140 lbs | RB Riverside Academy | 2025 LA | 5-3, 130 RB | Riverside Academy (2025)
RB: James Simon James Simon 6'0" | 200 lbs | RB Calvary Baptist | 2025 State LA | 6-0, 200 RB | Calvary Baptist (2025)
QUARTERBACK
QB: Eli Friend Eli Friend 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB Isidore Newman | 2025 State LA | 6-1, 195 QB | Isidore Newman (2025)
FLEX/ATHLETE
FLEX: Abram Wardell Abram Wardell 6'0" | 190 lbs | QB Calvary Baptist | 2025 State LA | 5-11, 190 QB | Calvary Baptist (2025)
Honorable Mentions
Chad Elzy Chad Elzy 5'10" | 175 lbs | ATH Ascension Catholic | 2025 State LA | 5-10, 175 ATH | Ascension Catholic (2025)
Elijah Haven Elijah Haven 6'4" | 190 lbs | QB Dunham | 2027 State LA | 6-4, 190 QB | Dunham (2027)
Jeremiah James Jeremiah James 5'10" | 170 lbs | RB Many | 2024 State LA | 5-10, 170 RB | Many (2025)
Peter Loop Peter Loop 5'9" | 160 lbs | WR Isidore Newman | 2024 State LA | 5-9, 160 WR | Isidore Newman (2024)
Zay Martin Zay Martin 5'9" | 150 lbs | WR University Lab | 2025 State LA | 5-9, 150 WR | University Lab (2025)
Emile Picarella Emile Picarella 6'2" | 215 lbs | QB University Lab | 2025 State LA | 6-2, 215 QB | University Lab (2025)
Riley Small Riley Small 6'0" | 190 lbs | RB University Lab | 2024 State LA | 6-0, 190 RB | University Lab (2024)