Minnesota’s 2023 9man Preseason All-State Team: Offense

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I am absolutely delighted to announce that it is once again Preseason All-State time. Arguably the most vaunted and acclaimed articles of the entire year, <em>PrepRedzoneMN</em>, in preparation for the upcoming fall season, watches and analyzes every available tape from every player on every program in the Great State of Minnesota from 9Man up to Class 6A. You heard that right: every player from every program in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. It's no easy task, but you know that <em>PrepRedzoneMN </em>is up for the job, as we're going into third year of the series and the hype and response to the articles has only grown since our first year of introduction. The Preseason All-State Team is chosen from and takes into account the film, stats &amp; production, accolades, and college interest from the freshman up the rising seniors. To kick things off, we're starting with 9Man. Find out who was selected to Minnesota 2023 9Man Preseason All-State Offensive Team below. Congratulations to the winners. Hard work pays off! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>--</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Preseason 9man Player of the Year: <strong>Isaac Asuma</strong> (<em>Cherry</em>) 2024. 6'2, 180 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Preseason 9man Offensive Player of the Year: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='205273' first='Damian' last='Tapio']</strong> <em>(Mt. Iron-Buhl)</em> 2024. 5'7, 180 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-- </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size">Quarterback </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">First Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='527762' first='Elijah' last='Solum']</strong> (<em>Spring Grove)</em> 2024. 6'1, 190 lbs. - <strong>Cooper Freitag</strong> (<em>Cedar Mountain</em>) 2024. 6'2, 210 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Second Team: <strong>Marshall Tolifson</strong> (<em>Border West</em>) 2024. - <strong>Colby Milbradt</strong> (<em>Ogilvie</em>) 2024. 6', 200 lbs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Third Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='499912' first='Camden' last='Hungerholt']</strong> (<em>LeRoy-Ostrander</em>) 2025. 6'1, 180 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='413539' first='Mason' last='Howard']</strong> (<em>Lanesboro</em>) 2024. 5'11, 170 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size">Running Back </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">First Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='205273' first='Damian' last='Tapio']</strong> (<em>Mountain Iron-Buhl</em>) 2024. 5'7, 180 lbs. - <strong>Isaiah Wright</strong> (<em>Fertile-Beltrami</em>) 2025. 5'11, 180 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='592118' first='Noah' last='Asuma']</strong> (<em>Cherry</em>) 2026. 5'11, 170 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Second Team: <strong>Cayden Tollefsrud</strong> (<em>Mabel-Canton)</em> 2024. 5'10, 155 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='368534' first='Beau' last='Wiersma']</strong> (<em>Kingsland</em>) 2024. - <strong>Logan Haburn</strong> (A<em>shby-Brandon-Evansville</em>) 2024. 5'10, 190 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Third Team: <strong>Ayo Ogundeji</strong> (<em>Nevis</em>) 2025. 5'9, 160 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='242466' first='Jasen' last='Jansen']</strong> (<em>Renville County West</em>) 2024. 6'1, 205 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='242467' first='Jack' last='Wertish']</strong> (<em>Renville County West</em>) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size">Fullback: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">First Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='582149' first='Eli' last='Klimek']</strong> (<em>Nevis</em>) 2025. 6'1, 210 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Second Team: <strong>Arlo Christensen</strong> (<em>Cook County</em>) 2024. 5'8, 245 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='945900' first='Evan' last='Anderson']</strong> (<em>Mountain Iron</em>-<em>Buhl</em>) 2025. 5'10, 215 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size">Wide Receiver </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">First Team: <strong>Isaac Asuma</strong> (<em>Cherry</em>) 2024. 6'2, 180 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='581105' first='Conner' last='Martens']</strong> (<em>Nicollet</em>) 2024. 6'2, 170 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1150042' first='Ryan' last='Kangas']</strong> (<em>Win-E-Mac</em>) 2024. 6'4, 180 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Second Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1135422' first='Mason' last='Dalluge']</strong> (<em>Ottertail Central)</em> 2024. 6'3, 200 lbs. -<strong> Gabe Swedenburg</strong> (<em>Hillcrest Lutheran Academy)</em> 2024. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='242465' first='Hunter' last='Grathwohl']</strong> (<em>Granada-Huntley-EC-Truman</em>) 2024. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Third Team: <strong>Titus Bjerketvedt</strong> (<em>Hancock</em>) 2024. - <strong>Luke Ruen</strong> (<em>Lanesboro</em>) 2024. - <strong>Jaden Linn</strong> (<em>Alden</em>-<em>Conger</em>) 2024. 6'1, 170 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size">Tight End</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">First Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='242469' first='Leo' last='Nordick']</strong> (<em>Hillcrest Lutheran Academy</em>) 2024. 6'5, 210 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Second Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='706025' first='Andrew' last='Staples']</strong> (<em>Cherry</em>) 2024. 6'2, 220 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='665229' first='Ethan' last='Crouch']</strong> (<em>Spring Grove</em>) 2024. 6'4, 215 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Third Team: <strong>Wayne Fuentes</strong> (<em>Renville County West</em>) 2025.. 5'8, 190 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size">Offensive Line</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">First Team: <strong>Brody Morrow</strong> (<em>Border West</em>) 2024. 6'3, 250 lbs. - <strong>Destin Cloud</strong> (<em>Kelliher-Northome</em>) 2024. 6'5, 255 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='945893' first='Chris' last='King']</strong> (<em>Mountain Iron-Buhl</em>) 2025. 6'2, 255 lbs. - <strong>Kale Rich</strong> (<em>Underwood</em>) 2024. 6'1, 240 lbs. -<strong> Travis Kirtz</strong> (<em>Southland</em>) 2024. 6', 260 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Second Team: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='737205' first='Chase' last='Jacobson']</strong> (<em>Bigfork</em>) 2024. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1003346' first='Noah' last='Berrini']</strong> (<em>Mountain Iron-Buhl</em>) 2025. 6'2, 200 lbs. - <strong>Wyatt Meyeraan</strong> (<em>Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda</em>) 2024. 6'2, 250 lbs. - <strong>Ben Blomberg</strong> (<em>New Ulm Cathedral</em>) 2024. 6'3, 245 lbs. - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1204382' first='Cade' last='Smith']</strong> (<em>Cook County</em>) 2025. 6'3, 270 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Third Team: <strong>Steven Brockman</strong> (<em>LaPorte</em>) 2025. 6'2, 235 lbs. - <strong>Hudson Versteeg</strong> (<em>Hancock</em>) 2024. 6'3, 210 lbs. - <strong>Carter Kenyon</strong> (<em>Ottertail Central</em>) 2024. 6'3, 240 lbs. - <strong>Corey Arkell</strong> (<em>Red Rock Central</em>) 2024. 6'4, 285 lbs. - <strong>Josh Newgaard</strong> (<em>Spring Grove</em>) 2024. 6'5, 240 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->