Midseason Louisiana ‘eye-catchers’ team | Large Schools Offense

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We're still almost a month from the playoffs in Louisiana and two months from state championships and all-state teams.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trying to gather a complete picture and comprehensive, up-to-date statistics from 300-some-odd teams in the thick of district play presents its timing and availability challenges to potentially compiling a true midseason all-state team without overlooking anyone.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>But I've had a chance to see about three dozen teams already through the first six weeks of the regular season —&nbsp;with several standout performances along the way —&nbsp;and thought we could compile those into sort of a midseason progress report in an all-state style of format.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A Small Schools Team representing Class 1A, Class 2A and Class 3A levels and a Large Schools Team representing the Class 4A and Class 5A levels will each feature 40 players: 20 on offense (13 first-team and seven honorable mentions) and 23 on defense and special teams (13 first-team defense, three special teams and seven honorable mentions).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Small Schools: </strong><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/01/2022-louisiana-all-prep-classic-small-schools-offense/">Of</a><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/08/2023-louisiana-preseason-all-state-teams-small-schools-offense/">fense</a> | <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-small-schools-defense/">Defense</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Large Schools:</strong> <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-large-schools-offense/">Offense</a> | <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-large-schools-defense/">Defense</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PREP REDZONE</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2023 LOUISIANA MIDSEASON EYE-CATCHERS TEAM</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LARGE SCHOOLS OFFENSE</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OFFENSIVE LINEMEN</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OL: </strong>Joey Edmonds | 6-3, 270 OL | Southside (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OL: </strong>Darion Gabriel | 5-8, 235 OL | Carencro (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OL:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='914036' first='Kenneson' last='Jefferson'] | 6-2, 275 OL | Warren Easton (2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OL: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285195' first='Khayree' last='Lee Jr.'] | 6-6, 310 OL | John Ehret (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OL:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1221032' first='Sam' last='Nations'] | 6-2, 260 OL | Ruston (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RECEIVERS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TE/WR: </strong> Derrick Johnson | 6-4, 205 TE | Holy Cross (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='144893' first='Trae' last='Grogan'] | 6-1, 180 WR | Lafayette Christian (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='421518' first='Koby' last='Young'] | 6-1, 175 WR/ATH | Holy Cross (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RUNNING BACKS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1203220' first='Cashmire' last='Batiste'] | 5-8, 165 RB | Carencro (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='914094' first='Tavias' last='Gordon'] | 5-10, 185 RB | Westgate (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='139626' first='Fred' last='Robertson'] | 5-9, 180 RB | Warren Easton (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QUARTERBACK</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QB: </strong> [player_tooltip player_id='139261' first='Ju'Juan' last='Johnson'] | 5-11, 180 QB/ATH | Lafayette Christian (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FLEX/ATHLETE</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FLEX: </strong> [player_tooltip player_id='710967' first='Chantz' last='Babineaux'] | 6-0, 185 ATH | Carencro (2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Honorable Mentions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1221191' first='Kaleb' last='Andoh'] | 5-10, 180 RB | Holy Cross (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='901579' first='Cole' last='Canatella'] | 5-11, 175 QB | Holy Cross (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='421614' first='Rahji' last='Dennis'] | 6-0, 160 WR | Edna Karr (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='421653' first='Darnell' last='O'Quinn'] | 5-11, 150 QB/WR/ATH | John Ehret (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='920695' first='Ke'Rynn' last='Smith'] | 5-9, 180 RB | Holy Cross (2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='289901' first='Hutch' last='Swilley'] | 5-11, 200 RB | St. Thomas More (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='139627' first='Michael' last='Turner'] Jr. | 6-1, 165 WR/DB | John Curtis (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->