2022 Preseason All-State Team: Class AA Offense
If I had to pick my favorite time of the football offseason, I’d easily choose the end of August. Not only is the season right around the corner, it’s also the culmination of months of anticipation for the coming season,…
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Continue ReadingIf I had to pick my favorite time of the football offseason, I’d easily choose the end of August. Not only is the season right around the corner, it’s also the culmination of months of anticipation for the coming season, and with fall camps either right in the thick of things or winding down in preparation for Week 0/1 matchups, the hype has hit a precipice as the leaves are turning and the smell of autumn football is in the air. It’s also my favorite time of the offseason because I get to watch and write the PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State Teams, and I’m very excited to keep the 2022 series rolling with this Class AA Offensive Team. Get to know the best returning prep football players Class AA’s offense has to offer right here, and make sure you check out the AA Defensive squad’s feature as well. Congratulations to the selections!
Preseason Player of the Year: Sam Backer (Chatfield) Senior. RB/QB. 5’11, 200 lbs. Committed to MSU-Mankato
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Kellen Johnson (Pipestone Area) Senior. QB. 6’5, 200 lbs. and Ashton Lloyd (Blue Earth Area) Senior. TE. 6’5, 225 lbs.
AA Preseason All-State Offensive Squad
Quarterback
First Team: Kellen Johnson (Pipestone Area) Senior. 6’5, 200 lbs.
Second Team: Noah Strickfaden (Norwood Young America) Senior. 6’2, 180 lbs.
Running Back
First Team: Sam Backer (Chatfield) Senior. 5’11, 200 lbs. – Jackson Thompson (Moose Lake/Willow River) Senior. 5’8, 180 lbs. – Derek Tibbetts (Hawley) Senior. 6’3, 215 lbs.
Second Team: Andrew Phillips (New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva) Senior. 5’10, 185 lbs. – Anthony Sykora (West Central Area/Ashby) Senior. 5’10, 185 lbs. – Brandon Meng (St. Clair-Loyola) Senior. 5’9, 160 lbs.
Wide Receiver
First Team: Cole Johnson (Chatfield) Senior. 6’4, 180 lbs. – Adam Poncelet (Goodhue) Senior. 6’3, 185 lbs. – Simon Morgan (St. Clair-Loyola) Senior. 6’3, 200 lbs.
Second Team: Brayden Swee (Dover-Eyota) Senior. 6’3, 170 lbs. – Teshe Loer (Wadena-Deer Creek) Junior – Cole Thompson (Minnesota Valley Lutheran) Senior. 5’11, 180 lbs.
Offensive Line
First Team: Hayden Niebuhr (Maple River) Senior. 6’6, 240 lbs. – Gage McManemy (Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial) Senior. 6’4, 250 lbs. – Tyler Stone (West Central Area/Ashby) Senior. – Jayden Hoss (Pipestone Area) Senior. 6’3, 245 lbs. – Grant Erickson (Norwood Young America) Junior. 6’4, 265 lbs.
Second Team: Justin Jacobson (Pelican Rapids) Junior. 6’2, 240 lbs. – Brady Schlaak (New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva) Senior. 6’8, 270 lbs. – Jeremiah Sims (Minneapolis North) Senior. 6’7, 275 lbs. – Jackson Duellman (Dover-Eyota) Senior. 5’11, 225 lbs. – Wyatt Groskreutz (New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva) Senior.
Tight End
First Team: Ashton Lloyd (Blue Earth Area) Senior. 6’5, 225 lbs. – Drew Dahl (Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial) Senior. 6’2, 215 lbs.
Second Team: Cole Anderson (West Central Area/Ashby) Senior. 6’2, 190 lbs. – Aidan Sindelir (Maple River) Senior. 6’1, 190 lbs.
Fullback
First Team: Dylan Klancher (Crosby-Ironton) Senior. 6’3, 225 lbs. – Ethan Boll (Crookston) Senior. 6’2, 200 lbs.
Second Team: Ethan Larson (Barnesville) Junior. 6’1, 195 lbs. – Matthew Hard (Warroad) Senior. 6′, 210 lbs.
Athlete
First Team: Gaabi Boucha (Warroad) Senior. 6’3, 215 lbs.
Second Team: William Smith (Minneapolis North) Senior. 6’2, 215 lbs.