Pre-Season Prep Redzone All-Metro East 1st Team Defense

Ryan Bennett

August 16, 2021 @ 08:55 PM

We are going to take a look at the Prep Redzone All-Metro Illinois 1st Team Defense! Bringing you five defensive backs since so many teams are moving to the 4-2-5, we need to get all these incredible athlete’s exposure as much as possible. <hr /> <ul style="list-style-type: circle;"> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive End</strong>, Anthony Cunningham Jr., 6’4 270, Belleville East HS, 2023 Twitter @ACunninghamJr1</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>DefensiveTackle</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20909" first="Nasim" last="Cairo"], 6’2 280, Edwardsville HS, 2022 Twitter @Cairo_beast</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>DefensiveTackle</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20908" first="Jireh" last="Mays"], 6’2 320, East St. Louis HS, 2022 Twitter @jirehmays99</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive End</strong>, Cameron Thurston, 6’4 255, Belleville West, 2022 Twitter @BellevilleWest1</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Linebacker</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="155509" first="Jalen" last="Byrd"], 6’1 225, East St. Louis HS, 2022 Twitter @JalenByrd1</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Linebacker</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20919" first="Jamol" last="Molton"], 6’1 220, East St. Louis HS, 2022 Twitter @JamolMolton7</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Linebacker</strong>, William Nicholson, 6’3 190, Belleville West, 2023 Twitter @BellevilleWest1</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive</strong> <strong>Back</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20928" first="Ahmad" last="Robinson"], 6’0 175, East St. Louis HS, 2022 Twitter @2_AhmadRobinson</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive</strong> <strong>Back</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="139446" first="Dallas" last="Brown"], 6’2 190, East St. Louis HS, 2022, Twitter</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive Back</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20936" first="Lamar" last="Box"], 6’1 180, East St. Louis HS, 2022, Twitter @LamarrBox</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive Back</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20935" first="Cyris" last="Davis"], 6’1 185, O’Fallon HS, 2022 Twitter @ho11ywoodcy</h5> </li> <li> <h5><strong>Defensive Back</strong>, [player_tooltip player_id="20821" first="Omarion" last="Gooden"] 6’2 180, Cahokia HS, 2023 Twitter @OGOODEN3</h5> </li> </ul> <hr /> Pre-Season Prep Redzone All-Metro East Illinois 1st Team Defense are these 12 extraordinary student-athletes are at the top of their position as far east as the Mighty Mississippi and heading west as far as Mascoutah, Illinois, and the surrounding area. These are the athletes that have stood out since ending the spring season.