Nebraska State Playoffs Projections

The year is winding down and we are only a couple of weeks from the playoffs and We thought we should look at who are the top teams right now, who could go where, and who could be the wildcards.  We will look through all classes Class A through Class D6 and find top players from each team who could make an impact. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class A</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li> <strong>Millard South (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Omaha Westside (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Bellevue West (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Elkhorn South (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Creighton Prep (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Gretna (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Omaha Burke (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>North Platte (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Columbus (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Fremont (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Grand Island (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>PLVS (3-4)</strong></li> <li><strong>Lincoln East (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Lincoln South East (5-2)</strong></li> <li><strong>Kearney (3-4)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Papillion-LaVista (3-4)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> <strong>Rushing Yards Leader -  </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="147818" first="LJ" last="Richardson"]  6’1" 215lbs , LJ has had a great year as well having 110 total carries for 1176 total yards. He averages 10.7 yards per carry and 168 rushing yards per game. he has had 20 total touchdowns this year. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/558/6162427d0dbf96085817c858’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/558/6162427d0dbf96085817c858" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Passing Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="147508" first="Noah" last="Walters"] 6’1"  190lbs, Noah has 28 passing touchdowns, averages 340 passing yards per game with a total of 2,045 yards out of 108 completions. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/13197497/61401da0d45e6a06a405c0df’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/13197497/61401da0d45e6a06a405c0df" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Receiving Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="191114" first="Cooper" last="Erikson"] 6’4" 215lbs Erikson’s year has been great and has had a total of 923 receiving yards averaging 21.5 yards per catch. He also averages 131.9 yards a game only on 43 total catches and 10 touchdowns. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/9/612956103452e20d60de5bf8’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/9/612956103452e20d60de5bf8" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Tackle Leader - </strong>Max Perry 5’9 185lbs, Max is a defensive juggernaut he has had 90 tackles this season averaging 12.9 tackles 40 solo, and 50 assists. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11687546/61592822bed7540bfcce0508’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11687546/61592822bed7540bfcce0508" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class B</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li> <strong>Bennington (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Plattsmouth (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Elkhorn (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Seward (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Scottsbluff (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Aurora (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Skutt Catholic (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Omaha Roncalli (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Waverly (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Lexington (3-4)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Beatrice (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>G.I. Northwest (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>York (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Norris (3-4)</strong></li> <li><strong>McCook (3-4)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Gross Catholic (3-4)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> <strong>Rushing Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="192723" first="Dylan" last="Mostek"] 5’10 195lbs, he has 1,674 rushing yards on 192 rushes. He averages 239 rushing yards per game for a total of 25 touchdowns. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14907948/613ebb44e97ac303f4e5af98’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14907948/613ebb44e97ac303f4e5af98" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Passing Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="147835" first="Sam" last="Hartman"] 6’0" 185lbs, he has had a good year with 1,229 yards averaging 204.8 yards a game and 13 touchdowns. He has done this on 82 completions out of 140 attempts. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11153407/6135fc653448e70998df8e92’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11153407/6135fc653448e70998df8e92" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Receiving Yards Leader -</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="147989" first="Cayden" last="Bluhm"] 6’1" 170lbs, Cayden has caught 28 catches for 603 yards averaging 21.5 yards per catch, 100 yards a game, and 6 touchdowns. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14895076/613586dc4deb890fd06e932e’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14895076/613586dc4deb890fd06e932e" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Tackle Leader - </strong> [player_tooltip player_id="164912" first="Sutton" last="Johnson"] 6’2" 210lbs, he has 47 and totals 74 tackles along with having 10 per game. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14895076/613586dc4deb890fd06e932e’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14895076/613586dc4deb890fd06e932e" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class C-1</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li><strong>Boon Central (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong>Ashland-Greenwood (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong>Kearney Catholic (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong>SCOTUS (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong>Chadron (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong>Milford (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Fort Calhoun (5-2)</strong></li> <li><strong>Adams Central (4-3)</strong></li> <li><strong>Peirce (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Aubrun (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Columbus Lakeview (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Broken Bow (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Cozad (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Platteview (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Saint Paul (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Ogallala (4-3)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> <strong>Rushing Yards Leader -</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="193777" first="Riley" last="Grieser"] 6’1" 190lbs, This year Riley has rushed for 1,071 yards averaging 7.9 yards per carry. He has had 135 total carries and averages 153 yards per game and has 8 rushing touchdowns. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/10996824/612abaa99681220a1ce0dada’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/10996824/612abaa99681220a1ce0dada" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Passing Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="147832" first="Kale" last="Jensen"] 6’1" 185lbs, he has passed for 1,782 yards  13 passing touchdowns 300 attempts, and 161 completions. He averaged 254 passing yards per game this season. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/10651752/5bcdb53f57984f0e10af2f7a’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/10651752/5bcdb53f57984f0e10af2f7a" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Receiving Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="180276" first="Benjamin" last="Brahmer"] 6’6’" 200lbs he has caught 40 passes and has around 747 receiving yards for an average of 18.7 yards per catch. He averages 106.7 yards per game and 9 touchdowns. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/9939090/6147707919a58f08807777db’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/9939090/6147707919a58f08807777db" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Tackle Leader - </strong>Cade Kirwan 5’8", He has had 86 total tackles 26 solo and 60 assists, and 4 tackles for losses, and averaging 12 tackles a game. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/2038/6145f35f3deaf3079c34e754’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/2038/6145f35f3deaf3079c34e754" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class C-2</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li> <strong>Archbishop Bergan (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong> </strong><strong>Norfolk Catholic (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Yutan (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Hastings St. Cecilia</strong></li> <li> <strong>Ord (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>North Platte St. Patrick’s (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Hartington Cedar Catholic (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Aquinas Catholic (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Lincoln Lutheran (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Centura (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Sutton (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Gordon-Rushville (4-3)</strong></li> <li><strong>Centennial (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Superior (4-3)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Oakland-Craig (4-3)</strong></li> <li><strong>Wilber-Clatonia (4-3)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> <strong>Rushing Yards Leader - </strong>Paxton Olson 5’10" 195lbs, Olson has rushed for 1,236 yards averaging 7.4 yards a rush and 176.6 yards a game and 15 rushing touchdowns just on 168 carries. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11067149/61377756478cf513f422b6f5’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11067149/61377756478cf513f422b6f5" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Passing Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="147831" first="Koa" last="McIntyre"] 6’0" 190lbs, he has passed for 1173 yards out of only 62 completions. He averaged 167 yards a game and 20 touchdowns. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/1035/6150c454479826088cc5bb3b’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/1035/6150c454479826088cc5bb3b" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Receiving Yards Leader - </strong>[player_tooltip player_id="180279" first="Kade" last="McIntyre"] 6’3 180lbs, Kade has used his speed and has completed 567 yards averaging 81 yards per game and 9 total touchdowns. He also averages 31 yards a reception. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/13195005/614800ae4debad08b82fd4b1’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/13195005/614800ae4debad08b82fd4b1" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Tackle Leader - </strong>Gus Gomez 6’0" 180lbs, He has had 102 total tackles averaging 14.6 tackles per game and 35 solo tackles this year. Along with 1 interception. <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11462268/612cc1ff4205bb08686599fd’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11462268/612cc1ff4205bb08686599fd" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class D-1</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li> <strong>Burwell (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Arapahoe (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Lourdes Central Catholic (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong> Howells-Dodge (7-0)</strong></li> <li><strong> </strong><strong>Weeping Water (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Lutheran High Northeast (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Cross County (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Neligh-Oakdale (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>EMF (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Stanton (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Palmyra (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong> Dundy Country Stratton (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Arcadia Loup City (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Nebraska Christian (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Hitchcock County (6-1)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class D-2</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li>  <strong>Humphery St. Francis (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Pender (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Sandhills/Thedford (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Kenesaw (7-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Bloomfield (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Mullen (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Falls City Sacred Heart (6-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Osceola (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Riverside (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Garden County (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Medicine Valley (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Wynot (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>St.Mary’s (6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Pleasanton( 6-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Ashley-Litchfield (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Leyton (5-2)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Class D-6</strong></p> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li> <strong>Red Cloud (6-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Potter-Dix (6-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Sterling (6-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Cody-Kilgore (6-0)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Spalding Acadamy (5-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Wallace (5-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>McCool Junction (5-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Silver Lake (5-1)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Arthur County (5-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Pawnee City (4-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Parkview Christian (4-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Stuart (4-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Hay Springs (4-2)</strong></li> <li> <strong>Franklin (5-1)</strong></li> <li><strong>Wauneta-Palisade (4-3) </strong></li> <li><strong> Sioux County (3-3)</strong></li> </ol> </li> </ol> &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"></p>