2022 Preseason All-Alachua County Team: Defense
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As a newer resident of the Sunshine State, I’m finally getting comfortable and easing into the recruiting scene of the mecca of high school football. As I’m sure a lot of football fans do when they move to a new…
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Continue ReadingAs a newer resident of the Sunshine State, I’m finally getting comfortable and easing into the recruiting scene of the mecca of high school football. As I’m sure a lot of football fans do when they move to a new place, I began exploring the prep football scene by getting acquainted with the talent closest to home, which in my case is beautiful Alachua County. Now almost a year ago, my girlfriend and I decided to jump on her chance to enroll at the University of Florida to get her master’s in urban planning, and in the middle of August 2021, we became the newest residents of Gainesville, FL after a long ride from downtown Chicago and our former home. Although still new to the area, last season I dabbled in checking out 352 talent and watched the likes of Dunnellon, Gainesville Buchholz, Ocala Vanguard, and Tavares battle under the beautiful Florida sky while scouting talent for PrepRedzoenFL. Now that we’re nearing a year of living in Gainesville, I’m beginning to settle in and am planning on starting to contribute to our Florida site more often, especially as the lone scout in the northern part of the state. I want to begin things by focusing on my home county of Alachua, and today, after checking out more than 100 different players Hudl accounts from the eight high school football programs that are active in the county of almost 300k people, we are ready to announce the 2022 Preseason All-Alachua County Team: Defensive Edition. There is some serious talent in the area, spanning every graduating class and particularly at the DL and DB spots, so congratulations to all of the selections and best of luck this upcoming season!
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Gavin Hill Gavin Hill 6'3" | 255 lbs | DL Gainesville Buchholz | 2023 State FL (Buchholz) C/o 2023. DE.
Defensive Line
First Team: Kendall Jackson Kendall Jackson 6'4" | 250 lbs | DL Gainesville Buchholz | 2024 State FL (Buchholz) DE. C/o 2024. 6’4, 250 lbs. @big_Ken8 – Gavin Hill Gavin Hill 6'3" | 255 lbs | DL Gainesville Buchholz | 2023 State FL (Buchholz) DE. C/o 2023. 6’4, 260 lbs. @big_gavin23 – Stanley Cooks Stanley Cooks 6'3" | 280 lbs | DL Hawthorne | 2023 FL (Hawthorne) DT. C/o 2023. 6’3, 280 lbs. @stanleycooks5 – Jarquez Carter (Newberry) DT. C/o 2025. 6’3, 270 lbs. @JarquezCarter
Second Team: Logan McCloud (Newberry) DE. C/o 2025. 6’2, 240 lbs. @theloganmccloud – Mykah Newton (Newberry) DE. C/o 2025. 6’1, 230 lbs. @MykahNewton1 – Ira Warren Jr. (Eastside) DT. C/o 2024. 6’1, 265 lbs. @IraWarrenJr1
Linebacker
First Team: Jailen Ruth (Hawthorne) C/o 2023. 6’4, 215 lbs. @JailenRuth – Jonathan Powers (Newberry) C/o 2024. 6′, 210 lbs.
Second Team: Jayden Manns (Eastside) C/o 2024. – Ernest Davis (PK Yonge) C/o 2023. 5’9, 190 lbs. @theofficialern
Defensive Back:
First Team: Ahman Covington Ahman Covington 6'0" | 180 lbs | LB Gainesville | 2023 FL (Gainesville) SS. C/o 2023. 6’2, 200 lbs. @AhmanCovington – Darian Smith (Eastside) CB. C/o 2023. 6′, 185 lbs. @DarianSmithWil1 – Ja’Carree Kelly (Buchholz) CB. C/o 2023. 5’10, 175 lbs. @dagreatkelly – Devin Pedro (PK Yonge) S. C/o 2023. 5’11, 165 lbs. @DevinPedro5
Second Team: Seth English (PK Yonge) S. C/o 2023. 6’3, 180 lbs. @sethenglish6ix – Donny Hiebert (Buchholz) S. C/o 2023. 6’2, 190 lbs. @donny_hiebert – Antoneo Wilson (Eastside) S. C/o 2024. 6’1, 165 lbs. @AntoneoWilson2 – Jordin Fluellen (Hawthorne) CB. C/o 2024. 5’10, 160 lbs. @JordinFluellen5 – Tyelor Waters (PK Yonge) CB. C/o 2023. 6’1, 165 lbs. @tye_lor
Specialists
First Team: Cooper Badics (Gainesville) K. C/o 2024. @CooperB1908
Second Team: Sam Carroll (Hawthorne) K. C/o 2025.