2022 PRzMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 5A Defense
I still remember it like yesterday. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before; it’s a cold Friday night in late November in the early 2010s and the regular season of Minnesota high school football has wound down into the…
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Continue ReadingI still remember it like yesterday. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before; it’s a cold Friday night in late November in the early 2010s and the regular season of Minnesota high school football has wound down into the win-and-go-home section playoffs. My battered band of 40somethingish Southwest Lakers have been seeded near the bottom of our section and are due for a butt-whoopin’ by the Minnetonka Lakers. A butt-whooping it most surely was, and without giving my Lakers too many excuses, the reality was that Minnetonka and Southwest were on different levels in their high school programs, but with only 5 classes this was just how the cookie crumbled. This was pre-class 6A, so it’s safe to say that when the MSHSL introduced AAAAAA and the new, big-school class of MN ball, I was stoked. Now, with a more level and competitive playing field for the in-between schools of Class 5A, prep programs in the Twin Cities, the Metro, and up North have a much higher chance of winning playoff games and aiming for state playoff contention, and Class AAAAA is absolutely loaded this year with scholarship talent that PrepRedzoneMN is excited to introduce. Get to know the Class 5A 2022 Preseason All-State Defensive squad below, and congratulations to the selections!
Preseason Player of the Year: Jaxon Howard (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6’4, 245 lbs. TE/DE. Committed to LSU
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Elinneus Davis (Moorhead) Senior. 6’3, 295 lbs. DL. Committed to Washington
Preseason All-State 5A Defensive Squad
Defensive Line
First Team: Jaxon Howard (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6’4, 245 lbs. – Wyatt Gilmore (Rogers) Junior. 6’4, 240 lbs. – Elinneus Davis (Moorhead) Senior. 6’3, 295 lbs. – John Barrow (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6’1, 280 lbs.
Second Team: Rudy Lozoya (Rochester Mayo) Senior. 5’10, 215 lbs. – Wyatt Osterbauer (Buffalo) Junior. 6’5, 230 lbs. – Doreon Ceaser (North St. Paul) Senior. 6’6, 260 lbs. – Allen Pearson Jr. (Tartan) Senior. 6′, 280 lbs.
Third Team: Tate Zeller (Rochester John Marshall) Senior. 6’4, 225 lbs. – Thomas Moore (North St. Paul) Senior. 6’1, 220 lbs. – Greg Meidl (Mankato West) Junior. 6’4, 225 lbs. – Orion McCoy (Minneapolis Washburn) Senior. 6’1, 275 lbs.
Linebacker
First Team: Sam Macy (Chanhassen) Junior. 6’5, 205 lbs. – Ty Neils (Mankato West) Senior. 6’3, 205 lbs. – Mark Rogalski (St. Thomas Academy) Senior. 6’1, 190 lbs.
Second Team: Conner Grems (Owatonna) Senior. 5’10, 200 lbs. – Charlie Fragassi (St. Paul Highland Park) Senior. 6’2, 225 lbs. – Drew Kuempel (Robbinsdale Armstrong) Senior. 6’1, 220 lbs.
Third Team: Jackson Cercioglu (St. Thomas Academy) Senior. 6’1, 210 lbs. – Robert Htoo (St. Paul Harding) Senior. 5’11, 180 lbs. – Nehemiah Ponder (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6′, 185 lbs.
Defensive Back
First Team: Marques Monroe (Bloomington Kennedy) Senior. 6’1, 185 lbs. – Zechariah Ladu (Rochester John Marshall) Junior. 6’4, 175 lbs. – Cordell Wilson (Robbinsdale Armstrong) Senior. 5’10, 175 lbs. – James Mankaka (Rochester Mayo) Junior. 5’10, 160 lbs.
Second Team: Damian Riewe (Mankato West) Senior. 5’10, 165 lbs. – Jake Borman (St. Thomas Academy) Senior. 6’1, 185 lbs. – Christopher Blabuh (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6′, 170 lbs. – Parker Knutson (Sartell-St. Stephen) Senior. 6’1, 190 lbs.
Third Team: Will Seymour (New Prague) Junior. 6′, 160 lbs. – Cole Fee (St. Paul Central) Senior. 5’9, 165 lbs. – Collin Vick (Owatonna) Senior. 6’1, 175 lbs. – Foster Mulvehill (Irondale) Senior. 6′, 180 lbs.
Specialists
First Team: Drew Henson (Owatonna) Senior. Kicker/Punter. 6’5, 180 lbs. – Carter Holcomb (Rochester Mayo) Junior. Kick and Punt Returner. 5’9, 165 lbs. –
Second Team: Elijah Bollman (Mankato West) Senior. Kickoff Coverage. 6’1, 195 lbs. – Ralph Naimah (Irondale) Senior. Kick Returner. – Daniel Jackson (Alexandria) Sophomore. Kicker.
Third Team: Satchel Johnson (New Prague) Junior. Kicker. 5’7, 140 lbs. – Dominick Brown (Park Center) Senior. Kick Returner. – PJ Bono (Elk River) Senior. Kick Returner. 5’11, 215 lbs.