Preseason All-Alachua County Team: Offense
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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: Offensive 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 Offensive Player of the Year: Creed Whittemore Creed Whittemore 5'11" | 175 lbs | QB Gainesville Buchholz | 2023 State FL (Buchholz) C/o 2023. QB/ATH.
Quarterback
First Team: Tyler Jefferson Tyler Jefferson 6'2" | 220 lbs | QB Fort White | 2023 FL (Hawthorne) C/o 2023. 6’2, 225 lbs. @tylerj21_ Junior Tape
Second Team: Holden Johnson Holden Johnson 6'0" | 170 lbs | QB Eastside | 2023 FL (Eastside) C/o 2023. 6’, 165 lbs. @HoldenJohnson19 Junior Highlights
Running Back
First Team: Kyree Edwards Kyree Edwards 5'9" | 190 lbs | RB Gainesville | 2023 FL (Gainesville) C/o 2023. 5’8, 190 lbs. @Kyree_Edwards22 Junior Highlights – Keenon Johnson (Newberry) C/o 2025. 5’11, 180 lbs. @KeenonJohnson1
Second Team: Brian James (Hawthorne) C/o 2023. 5’8, 180 lbs. Junior Highlights – John Cooper (Gainesville) C/o 2023. Junior Season
Wide Receiver/Tight End
First Team: Ja’Carree Kelly (Buchholz) C/o 2023. 5’10, 165 lbs. @dagreatkelly Junior SZN– Jaren Hamilton (P.K. Yonge) C/o 2023. 6’2, 190 lbs. @laturboo2 Junior Mix – Matthew Mckinley (Hawthorne) C/o 2024. 6’, 170 lbs. @MatthewMM15 Sophomore Highlights
Second Team: Mykah Newton (Newberry) TE. C/o 2025. 6’1, 230 lbs. @MykahNewton1 Freshman SZN – Mike Moore (Newberry) C/o 2023. 5’11, 160 lbs. JR Highlights – Seth English (PK Yonge) C/o 2023. 6’3, 180 lbs. @sethenglish6ix
Offensive Line
First Team: Brady Barnes (Buchholz) C/o 2023. 6’3, 270 lbs. @JoshuaBradyBar1 Junior Year – Dabien White (Eastside) C/o 2023. @dabien_white2 – Darian Owens (Hawthorne) C/o 2023. 6’3, 280 lbs. @DarianOwens11 JR Highlights – Stanley Cooks Stanley Cooks 6'3" | 280 lbs | DL Hawthorne | 2023 FL (Hawthorne) C/o 2023. 6’3, 280 lbs. @stanleycooks5 Highlights – Taylor McGriff (Buchholz) C/o 2023. 6’4, 275 lbs. @TayMcGriff Junior Season Highlights
Second Team: Tre’vaun Sams (Eastside) C/o 2023. Junior Season – John Sessions (Gainesville) C/o 2023. – Christian Starke (Saint Francis Catholic Academy) C/o 2023. 6’1, 225 lbs. @PchChristian – Kain McDonald (PK Yonge) C/o 2025. 6’1, 240 lbs. @mcdonald_kain – Joshua Alexander (Buchholz) C/o 2025. 6’3, 230 lbs.
Athlete
First Team: Creed Whittemore Creed Whittemore 5'11" | 175 lbs | QB Gainesville Buchholz | 2023 State FL (Buchholz) C/o 2023. 6’, 175 lbs. @c_whit115 Junior SZN