2021 PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State: Class 5A

We’re getting close, folks! The 2021 Minnesota high school football season is nearing its beginning with five Week 0 games set for Friday, and before things get underway we at PrepRedzoneMN are scheduled to have our Preseason All-State series conclude prior to Friday’s kickoffs. In today’s installment, I am happy to report that I have successfully watched film on hundreds of athletes from the almost 50 Class AAAAA programs in the state of Minnesota and have for our readers a talent-ridden, hard-hitting, selection of athletes from programs as far south as Austin, as far north as Bemidji, and almost everywhere in between. Check out who was picked to this loaded 2021 PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 5A edition below, and thank you for reading. Congratulations to all of the athletes! Preseason Player of the Year: [player_tooltip player_id="49822" first="Trejuan" last="Holloman"] (Cretin-Derham Hall) Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: [player_tooltip player_id="116189" first="Kristen" last="Hoskins"] (Alexandria) Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: [player_tooltip player_id="18446" first="Jack" last="Teiken"] (Moorhead) Offense Quarterback First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49920" first="Zander" last="Dittbenner"] (Mankato West) - Jospeh Russell (Cooper) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49893" first="Evan" last="Bearth"] (Park of Cottage Grove) - [player_tooltip player_id="116282" first="Preston" last="Engen"] (MPLS Southwest) Running Back First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="19005" first="Love" last="Adebayo"] (St. Thomas Academy) - [player_tooltip player_id="112072" first="Conner" last="Grems"] (Owatonna) Second Team: Caden Wheeler (Andover) - [player_tooltip player_id="49844" first="Jordan" last="Shaw"] (Irondale) Wide Receiver First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116189" first="Kristen" last="Hoskins"] (Alexandria) - [player_tooltip player_id="18425" first="Mekhi" last="Collins"] (Mankato West) - [player_tooltip player_id="49865" first="Kayden" last="College"] (Armstrong) - [player_tooltip player_id="18428" first="Jacob" last="Kelly"] (Bemidji) Second Team: David Connors (Cooper) - [player_tooltip player_id="49909" first="Colin" last="Dussault"] (Chaska) - Stephen Reifenberger (Hastings) - [player_tooltip player_id="49960" first="CJ" last="Ritchie"] (Irondale) Third Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18454" first="Zach" last="Herber"] (Rochester Century) - [player_tooltip player_id="116258" first="Josh" last="Kirchoff"] (Chanhassen) - Wyatt Sawatzke (Monticello) - AJ Burns (Tartan) Fourth Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49835" first="Charlie" last="Coenen"] (Chanhassen) - Ethan Loss (Mahtomedi) - [player_tooltip player_id="116212" first="Austin" last="Ayobamidele"] (Park Center) - [player_tooltip player_id="18563" first="Donte" last="Williams"] (Cooper) Tight End First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49953" first="Charlie" last="Boucher"] (Minneapolis Southwest) - [player_tooltip player_id="19001" first="Jaxon" last="Howard"] (Cooper-2023) - Gavin Luksik (Bemidji) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116459" first="Treyton" last="Bammert-Mueller"] (Park of Cottage Grove) - [player_tooltip player_id="112091" first="Charlie" last="Fragassi"] (St. Paul Highland Park-2023) - [player_tooltip player_id="116454" first="Charlie" last="Plum"] (Cretin-Derham Hall) Offensive Line First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116271" first="Leo" last="Bluhm"] (St. Thomas Academy) - [player_tooltip player_id="116198" first="John" last="Kaczor"] (St. Cloud Tech) - [player_tooltip player_id="116192" first="Blake" last="Haus"] (Sartell-St. Stephen) - [player_tooltip player_id="116284" first="James" last="Morrison"] (Cretin-Derham Hall) - [player_tooltip player_id="136782" first="Adam" last="Adeboye"] (Park Center) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="120007" first="Kaleb" last="Rector"] (Chanhassen-2023) - [player_tooltip player_id="49866" first="Brayden" last="Engrav"] (Minneapolis Southwest) - Dominik De Los Rios (Cretin-Derham Hall) - [player_tooltip player_id="112093" first="Aaron" last="Chanthanavong"] (Spring Lake Park-2023) - [player_tooltip player_id="49850" first="Ben" last="Laack"] (Rochester John Marshall) Fullback First Team: Brendan Pieper (New Prague) Second Team: Joshua Sims (St. Paul Central) Athlete First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116203" first="Nathaniel" last="Staehling"] (Brainerd) - [player_tooltip player_id="49822" first="Trejuan" last="Holloman"] (Cretin-Derham Hall) - [player_tooltip player_id="19002" first="Max" last="McEnelly"] (Waconia-2023) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116208" first="Cayden" last="Holcomb"] (Rochester Mayo) - Grady O’Neill (St. Thomas Academy) - Nathan Litke (Spring Lake Park) Defense Defensive Line First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="118789" first="Nicholas" last="Ojile"] (Spring Lake Park) - [player_tooltip player_id="116255" first="Carter" last="Loesch"] (Sauk Rapids-Rice) - [player_tooltip player_id="18446" first="Jack" last="Teiken"] (Moorhead) - [player_tooltip player_id="116192" first="Blake" last="Haus"] (Sartell-St. Stephen) - [player_tooltip player_id="19001" first="Jaxon" last="Howard"] (Cooper-2023) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49838" first="Colton" last="Rada"] (Chaska) - [player_tooltip player_id="49958" first="Gannon" last="Rosenfeld"] (Mankato West) - Mason Pagel (Northfield) - Chris Martin (Bloomington Kennedy) - [player_tooltip player_id="18559" first="Jack" last="Twelvetrees"] (Bemidji) - [player_tooltip player_id="116207" first="Nate" last="Schwinghammer"] (Bemidji) Linebacker First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116210" first="Grant" last="Achterkirch"] (Owatonna) - [player_tooltip player_id="49868" first="Ryan" last="Haley"] (Mankato West) - Austin Altepeter (Moorhead) - [player_tooltip player_id="49953" first="Charlie" last="Boucher"] (Minneapolis Southwest) Second Team: Brenden Freiermuth (Hastings) - [player_tooltip player_id="49870" first="Micah" last="Runion"] (Park of Cottage Grove) - Emmanuel Ajayi (North St. Paul) - [player_tooltip player_id="18537" first="Ismael" last="Kante"] (Park Center) - [player_tooltip player_id="18533" first="Mitchell" last="Jezierski"] (Rogers) Defensive Back First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18425" first="Mekhi" last="Collins"] (Mankato West) - [player_tooltip player_id="116195" first="Jordan" last="McClom"] (Armstrong) - [player_tooltip player_id="49876" first="Connery" last="Wiecks"] (Duluth East) - Caden Bolte (Bemidji) - [player_tooltip player_id="116251" first="Jamal" last="Dixon"] (Moorhead) Second Team: Joshua Metzger (Bloomington Jefferson) - [player_tooltip player_id="116481" first="Eric" last="Lail"] (Henry Sibley/Two Rivers) - Andre Reese (Cooper) - Adam Hamed (Cambridge-Isanti) - Owen Amrhein (Waconia) - D’Marco Chelley (Tartan) Specialists First Team: Anders Rodning (Waconia) - Zach Jenson (Park Center) - [player_tooltip player_id="49888" first="Rylen" last="Keoraj"] (Elk River) - [player_tooltip player_id="119376" first="Drew" last="Smook"] (Mankato West)