Midseason Louisiana ‘eye-catchers’ team | Small Schools Defense

<!-- 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 — with several standout performances along the way — 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/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-small-schools-defense/">Offens</a><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-small-schools-offense/">e</a> | <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-small-schools-offense/">Defens</a><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/10/midseason-louisiana-eye-catchers-team-small-schools-defense/">e</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>SMALL SCHOOLS DEFENSE</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DEFENSIVE LINEMEN</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL: </strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1203321' first='Amiree' last='Alexander'] | 6-2, 335 DL/OL | Riverside Academy (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='285615' first='Swazy' last='Carheel'] | 6-3, 230 DL | Many (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='677673' first='Laramie' last='Guidry'] | 6-6, 240 DL/TE | University Lab (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL: </strong>Justin Wells | 6-1, 240 DL | Isidore Newman (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LINEBACKERS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285198' first='Harry' last='Beacham'] | 6-0, 200 LB | University Lab (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285616' first='Hutch' last='Grace'] | 6-1, 215 LB/DB | Calvary Baptist (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='144902' first='Alec' last='Haynes'] | 6-2, 210 LB | University Lab (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB: </strong>Felipe Suazo | 6-2, 180 LB/DL | Isidore Newman (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DEFENSIVE BACKS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1203336' first='Jared' last='Campbell'] | 6-0, 160 DB | Riverside Academy (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='934564' first='Braylun' last='Huglon'] | 5-10, 160 DB | Calvary Baptist (2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='139482' first='Tylen' last='Singleton'] | 6-2, 210 DB/ATH | Many (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='145363' first='Landon' last='Sylvie'] | 5-10, 150 DB | Calvary Baptist (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FLEX/ATHLETE</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FLEX: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='144905' first='Keylan' last='Moses'] | 6-2, 215 LB/ATH | University Lab (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KICKER</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>K: </strong> Jacob Dusansky | K | Isidore Newman (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PUNTER</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>P: </strong>Jackson Landry | 6-5, 210 TE/DE/P | Ascension Catholic (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RETURNER</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RET: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285208' first='Seth' last='Gale'] | 5-10, 160 WR | University Lab (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Honorable Mentions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1203359' first='Jaedon' last='Butler'] | 5-11, 185 DB | Riverside Academy (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='285201' first='Detravon' last='Davis'] | 5-10, 160 DB/ATH | Calvary Baptist (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='139503' first='Marcus' last='Dawson Jr.'] | 6-3, 190 DB | University Lab (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='901564' first='Isaiah' last='Grant'] | 6-2, 225 LB | Isidore Newman (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='291148' first='Cooper' last='Helmke'] | 6-3, 165 K/WR | St Martin's (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='291164' first='Cole' last='Miller'] | 6-2, 200 LB | Calvary Baptist (2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='373290' first='Louis' last='Phillips'] | 6-4, 240 DL | Dunham (2024)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->