Six football standouts, hoops all-state HMs to know 2024, beyond

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Redzone Louisiana took some time this week highlighting the 12 potential football prospects to earn all-state first- or second-team honors this basketball season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another couple handfuls of dual-sport standouts garnered honorable mention recognition, including a few juniors and underclassmen who could be particularly interesting to watch next year and beyond. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='421515' first='Kylan' last='Billiot'] — 6-4, 185 WR — Terrebonne (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The long, athletic guard earned all-district honors and all-state honorable mention for a junior campaign with averages of 14 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals per game. Billiot holds a basketball offer from hometown Nicholls State and a growing list of football offers that includes Memphis, Louisiana Tech, Troy, Tulane, Arkansas State, Southern Miss, Grambling State and FIU as a raw wide receiver with potentially one of the highest ceilings in the class at the position.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285273' first='Kobe' last='Brown'] — 5-10, 160 WR — St. James (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Wildcats' undersized, but shifty pass-catcher continued putting together an impressively well-rounded resume this winter with an all-state honorable-mention basketball season to go with his all-state honorable-mention honors for football — and track accolades still joining the list as the outdoor season winds down.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='710975' first='Jaden' last='Carter'] — 5-9, 165 WR — A.J. Ellender (2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The explosive young athlete was a standout for his Patriots in both sports as a freshman and nearly earned basketball all-state second-team honors with his 22-point, eight-rebound season averages. Carter has the early look of one of the stars in his class to watch for potential college opportunities in both sports. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='144877' first='Elijah' last='Garrick'] — 6-1, 170 WR — Lake Charles College Prep (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The long, versatile wing has been a standout for his Blazers in both sports throughout his high school career and continues developing into a bigger leader each year. Garrick entered the new calendar year with Tulane leading a few other early offers and has added a string of ULM, Arkansas State, Northwestern State and Troy in recent weeks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='710772' first='Antron' last='Mason II'] — 6-0, 155 WR — Wossman (2025)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Wildcats' sophomore has been on the Prep Hoops Louisiana rankings radar, now as one of the top handful in the latest update, during a season in which he garnered all-district honors and all-state honorable mention recognition. His quickness, leap and ball skills have translated into some intriguing flashes as a pass-catcher on the football field where he should be worth keeping an eye on this fall.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='681280' first='Javion' last='White'] — 5-11, 175 ATH — Franklin Parish (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Patriots' underrated standout has become a popular name this spring for Prep Redzone Louisiana after junior film study and through the 7-on-7 season, and he garnered some accolades this month for his basketball performance as well as a leader for a program that reached made a somewhat rare quarterfinal appearance and played top-seeded and reigning-champion Wossman to within nine points in Monroe. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->