2022 PRzMN Preseason All-State Team: Class AAA Defense
PrepRedzoneMN is moving on from a fantastic Class AA squad into the AAA ranks and the best and baddest the class has to offer. With PRzMN ’21 Player of the Year Eli Gillman onto college and the defending champions Dassel-Cokato…
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Continue ReadingPrepRedzoneMN is moving on from a fantastic Class AA squad into the AAA ranks and the best and baddest the class has to offer. With PRzMN ’21 Player of the Year Eli Gillman onto college and the defending champions Dassel-Cokato seeing a lot of roster attrition, Class 3A is one of the most wide open in Minnesota this fall and return a ton of balanced rosters and versatile talent on both sides of the ball. To prove we know this class better than anyone else in the world, and after watching film from the more than 50 AAA programs and hundreds of players making up 3A in Minnesota for 2022, PrepRedzoneMN has named the top defensive and specialist players at each and every position on the gridiron for this special Preseason All-State: Class AAA Defensive feature. Additionally, AAA is home to a plethora of 2025 prospects with bright futures and a ton of potential, so stay tuned for the upcoming All-Sophomore features as well. Congratulations to all of the selections on this vaunted award, and thank you for reading!
Preseason Player of the Year: Owen Leach (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton) Senior. QB/DB. Committed to UMD for basketball
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Wes Overton (Rockford) Senior. LB. 6’3, 205 lbs.
AAA Preseason All-State Defensive Squad
Defensive Line
First Team: Sawyer Tordsen (Fairmont) Senior. 6’6, 290 lbs. – Hank Artz (Fairmont) Sophomore. 6′, 215 lbs. – Zach Bentler (Two Harbors) Junior. 6’4, 220 lbs. – Ian Burau (Watertown-Mayer) Senior. 6’2, 255 lbs.
Second Team: Marco Reyes (Tri-City United) Senior. – Tysean Hughes (MPLS Patrick Henry) Senior. 6′, 265 lbs. – Zachary Millner (Annandale) Senior. 6’1, 250 lbs. – Ian Oberfeld (Pierz) Senior. 6’2, 270 lbs.
Third Team: Victor Sosa (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton) Senior. 5’11, 255 lbs. – Rylee Habiger (Roseau) Junior. 6’1, 260 lbs. – Mason Vosejpka (Tri-City United) Senior. 6’4, 315 lbs.- Ethan Frieler (Melrose Area) Senior.
Linebacker
First Team: Wes Overton (Rockford) Senior. 6’3, 205 lbs. – Conner Connell (Luverne) Junior. 6’4, 225 lbs. – Tate Link (Dassel-Cokato) Senior. 5’9, 200 lbs. – Caden Omalley (Tri-City United) Senior. 6′, 195 lbs.
Second Team: Nolan Witt (Esko) Senior. 6′, 205 lbs. – Evan Norgren (Annandale) Senior. 6’1, 210 lbs. – Joey Antonutti (Esko) Junior. 5’11, 200 lbs. – Mason Marx (Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin) Senior. 6’3, 200 lbs.
Third Team: Blake Schiltz (Pine Island) Sophomore. 6’3, 210 lbs. – Kadin Pries (Plainview-Elgin-Millville) Junior. 5’11, 200 lbs. – Nasim Zeidi (Worthington) Senior. – Clay Wolf (Pequot Lakes) Senior. 6’2, 180 lbs.
Defensive Back
First Team: Waziri Lawal (Breck) Senior. 6’2, 150 lbs. – Devin Orbeck (Melrose Area) Senior. 6’2, 185 lbs.- Javontae Gregory (Esko) Senior. 6′, 190 lbs. – Kaiden Peters (Plainview-Elgin-Millville) Senior. 6’2, 165 lbs.
Second Team: Payton Hennen (Tri-City United) Senior. 6’1, 175 lbs. – Caleb Schmiedeberg (East Grand Forks) Senior. 5’9, 185 lbs. – Montrell Bryant (MPLS Roosevelt) Senior. 6’3, 185 lbs. – Tate Buckentine (St. Cloud Cathedral) Senior. 5’10, 165 lbs.
Third Team: Kyler Lamb (Plainview-Elgin-Millville) Senior. 5’8, 175 lbs. – Wyatt Borresen (Belle Plaine) Senior. 5’10, 150 lbs. – Davontae White-Sledge (MPLS Patrick Henry) Junior. 6’2, 160 lbs. – Tyler Berlinger (Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta) Senior. 6′, 150 lbs.
Specialists
First Team: Ashton Hecksel (Watertown-Mayer) Senior. Kicker. 5’9, 150 lbs. – Aidan Jahns (Rochester Lourdes) Senior. Kicker/Punter. – Kaiden Peters (Plainview–Elgin-Millville) Senior. 6’2, 165 lbs. Punt Return
Second Team: AJ Donovan (La Crescent-Hokah) Junior. Kicker/Athlete. 5’11, 170 lbs. – James Johnson (Fairmont) Senior. Kick Returner. 5’9, 175 lbs. – Linus Heidemann (Pierz) Senior. Kicker. – Jaydon Manteufel (Fergus Falls) Senior. Kicker/Punter. 6’3, 220 lbs.