Plant City Has Big Plans This Year
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<strong>PLANT CITY FOOTBALL 2022. </strong>
<strong>Head Coach:</strong> Mike Clayton
<strong>2021 Record: </strong>6-5
<strong>THE RAIDERS</strong>
There is no getting around that 2021 was an up and down season for this program that ended with a first-round state playoff loss to eventual 8A state champion Venice.
In between, this team lost four times – with setbacks coming to Lithia Newsome, rival Plant City Durant, 6A state champion Tampa Jesuit and 7A state runner up Tampa Bay Tech.
With a rugged schedule, this team learned and got better through the year.
Beating Tampa Jefferson (21-0), Riverview (35-0), Tampa Chamberlain (29-16), Valrico Bloomingdale (25-15) and Ruskin Lennard (48-7) gave them plenty of confidence.
With several returnees from last year, here is a team that headed into spring confident and left feeling really good.
Here are some of the prospects to keep an eye on:
<strong>PROSPECT WATCH</strong>
<strong>CLASS OF 2023</strong>
Elijah Dawson (DE, 6-3, 180)
Javan Futch (OG, 6-4, 325)
Cole Highsmith (SS, 5-11, 190)
Eden Williams (CB, 6-1, 181)
<strong>CLASS OF 2024 </strong>
Mike Bell (SS, 6-0, 197)
Chase Dexter (FS/CB, 6-1, 176)
Zykee Joyce (WR, 6-1, 181)
Malachi Morris (CB, 6-1, 165)
Jayden Smith (Slot, 5-8, 167)
<strong>CLASS OF 2025 </strong>
Naseem Brown (OC, 6-0, 267)
Seth Hogan (S, 6-0, 181)
Donta Jenkins (DE, 6-3, 227)
Nathan Zipperer (OL, 6-3, 290)
<strong>PHOTO COURTESY OF PLANT CITY FOOTBALL</strong>
<strong>Tracking Football Teams For 2022 - </strong>https://prepredzone.com/2022/04/tracking-florida-football-teams/
<strong>You Can Contact [player_tooltip player_id="111610" first="Larry" last="Blustein"] with prospect or team information at: <a href="mailto:Floridakids1@aol.com">Floridakids1@aol.com</a>.</strong>
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