2021 PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 6A

Minnesota Report #0

Oliver West August 26, 2021 @ 04:20 PM

The big school team is here, folks! Up to this point, I have watched game film on every single high school football team in the great state of Minnesota, which included rural Iron Range schools of less than 100 near the Canadian border, southern Minnesota programs with only one player on their Hudl, and teams ranging in size and location everywhere in between. We’ve now entered the Twin Cities Metro area, and with a Class that produced five 4-star (according to 24/7Sports) prospects last year, we are talking about some of the most skilled football players the Land of 10,000 Lakes has to offer. With the almost 30 Class AAAAAA squads representing the largest schools in the state, we had a lot of accomplished athletes to choose from, so I’m very excited to bring to our readers this talent-rich 2021 PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 6A edition. As a note, news was recently broken by our own Nate Wahl that Ohio’s St. Edward High School star DE and Minnesota Gopher commit Trey Bixby has recently transferred to Eden Prairie High School to compete in MN for his senior season, but I have elected to not include him in this Preseason team as he does not have any film in MN and the news just recently broke. Keep your eyes out for him though, he’s going to be one of the best players in the state this fall. Let’s get right into it and not waste any further time, please enjoy, and thanks for reading! Congratulations to all of the selections! Preseason Player of the Year: [player_tooltip player_id="18445" first="Darius" last="Givance"] (Champlin Park) & [player_tooltip player_id="18432" first="Chase" last="Androff"] (Lakeville South) Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: [player_tooltip player_id="112043" first="Carson" last="Hansen"] (Lakeville South-2023) Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: [player_tooltip player_id="18429" first="Logan" last="Larson"] (East Ridge) Offense Quarterback First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116280" first="Camden" last="Dean"] (Lakeville South) - [player_tooltip player_id="116215" first="Kyle" last="Haas"] (Prior Lake) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116503" first="Connor" last="Gerrell"] (White Bear Lake) - [player_tooltip player_id="112054" first="Jacob" last="Kilzer"] (Maple Grove-2023) Running Back First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18453" first="Hunter" last="Karlson"] (Totino-Grace) - [player_tooltip player_id="112043" first="Carson" last="Hansen"] (Lakeville South-2023) Second Team: Derrick Jameson Jr. (Maple Grove) - Chandler Ross Jr. (Shakopee) Wide Receiver First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18539" first="Blake" last="Rohrer"] (Woodbury) - [player_tooltip player_id="18525" first="Cade" last="Conzemius"] (Minnetonka) - [player_tooltip player_id="116274" first="Cedric" last="Wall"] (Rosemount) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18450" first="Julian" last="Diedrich"] (Wayzata) - [player_tooltip player_id="112056" first="Max" last="Shikenjanski"] (Stillwater-2023) - Bernier Gaines (Maple Grove) Tight End First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18432" first="Chase" last="Androff"] (Lakeville South) - Blake Gode (Lakeville North) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49885" first="Jacob" last="Emslander"] (Blaine) - Sam West (Shakopee) - [player_tooltip player_id="49897" first="Jack" last="Kinsey"] (Wayzata) Fullback First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49894" first="Josh" last="Liggett"] (Rosemount) - Max Keefer (St. Michael-Albertville) - Javon Palmer-Pruitt (Eden Prairie) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49846" first="Gavyn" last="Schraufnagel"] (Lakeville North) - Lance Lui (Centennial) - Josh Jacobson (Lakeville South) Offensive Line First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18548" first="Mateo" last="Noriega"] (Burnsville) - [player_tooltip player_id="18431" first="Zach" last="Cochnauer"] (Farmington) - [player_tooltip player_id="116190" first="Martin" last="Koivisto"] (Shakopee) - [player_tooltip player_id="116214" first="Xavier" last="Peltoma"] (St. Michael-Albertville) - [player_tooltip player_id="116206" first="Brett" last="Kelzenberg"] (Wayzata) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="112042" first="Grant" last="Chapman"] (Anoka-2023) - Brock Niederer (Lakeville North) - [player_tooltip player_id="116252" first="Gavin" last="Falk"] (Edina) - Jack Stevens (Eastview) - Luc Myhre (Eagan) Athlete First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18445" first="Darius" last="Givance"] (Champlin Park) - [player_tooltip player_id="49877" first="Rod" last="Finley"] (Farmington) Defense Defensive Line First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18429" first="Logan" last="Larson"] (East Ridge) - [player_tooltip player_id="18540" first="Zach" last="Krause"] (Lakeville North) - [player_tooltip player_id="140175" first="Tommy" last="Hamann"] (Wayzata) - [player_tooltip player_id="116194" first="Mason" last="Wilson"] (Stillwater) Second Team: Clayton Huber (Blaine) - [player_tooltip player_id="49842" first="Mason" last="South"] (Maple Grove) - Chase Granzow (Centennial) - [player_tooltip player_id="112086" first="Chiddi" last="Obiazor"] (Eden Prairie-2023) Linebacker First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116204" first="Toby" last="Anene"] (East Ridge) - [player_tooltip player_id="49823" first="Colton" last="Gregersen"] (Burnsville) - [player_tooltip player_id="116197" first="Zach" last="Juckel"] (Lakeville South) - Josh Magin (Shakopee) Second Team: [player_tooltip player_id="49937" first="Miles" last="Townsend"] (Rosemount) - [player_tooltip player_id="19006" first="Gavin" last="Bass"] (Rosemount-2023) - [player_tooltip player_id="18455" first="Bennett" last="Larson"] (Eden Prairie) - [player_tooltip player_id="116265" first="Dylan" last="Fischer"] (Burnsville) Defensive Back First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="116211" first="Joey" last="Gerlach"] (Woodbury) - [player_tooltip player_id="18560" first="Micha" last="Vayee"] (Maple Grove) - [player_tooltip player_id="49831" first="Tommy" last="Niggeling"] (Lakeville North) - [player_tooltip player_id="49875" first="Logan" last="Gareis"] (Eden Prairie) Second Team: Daniel O’Neill (Centennial) - [player_tooltip player_id="116452" first="Connor" last="Weed"] (Farmington) - Ashton Hoffman (Minnetonka) - Jarrett Bennett (St. Michael-Albertville) Specialists First Team: [player_tooltip player_id="18554" first="Leyton" last="Simmering"] (Rosemount) - [player_tooltip player_id="49889" first="Owen" last="Forsythe"] (Shakopee) - Second Team: Arya Chandrasheker (Totino-Grace) - Joseph Mehlhorn (Farmington) - Finn Jacques (Lakeville North)