State Championship Defensive Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Throughout the many decades, we have been evaluating high school football talent nationally.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Promoting more Florida athletes during the course of a year than anyone, we continue to get prospects out to colleges and universities – throughout the country.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This past weekend, along with Charles Fishbein from Elite Scouting Service, we were on hand for all nine championship games at Bragg Memorial Stadium at Florida A&amp;M, and he looked at hundreds of players from Hawthorne, Madison County, Ocala Trinity Catholic, Sarasota Cardinal Mooney, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, Clearwater Central Catholic, Starke Bradford County, Cocoa, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, Homestead, Daytona Beach Mainland, St. Augustine, Miami Norland, Tampa Berkeley Prep, Venice, Lakeland, Miami Christopher Columbus and Jacksonville Mandarin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Today, we bring you some of the top defensive players:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DE – Zach Crothers (Chaminade)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – [player_tooltip player_id='749702' first='Javion' last='Hilson'] (Cocoa)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – Daylen Russell (Columbus)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL –&nbsp;[player_tooltip player_id='404048' first='Dylan' last='Stephenson'] (Columbus)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – David Galloway (Lakeland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – Jacob Dyer (Trinity Catholic)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – Luke Rudnianyn (Trinity Catholic)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Titus Bullard (Berkeley Prep)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – George Leibold (Cardinal Mooney)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='826543' first='Hector' last='Chavez'] (Columbus)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Willis McGahee (Columbus)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Naziy Gent (Hawthorne)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='404541' first='Andrew' last='Zock'] (Hawthorne)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='1130851' first='Octavious' last='Hodge'] (Madison County)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='944753' first='Nicholas' last='Rodriguez'] (St. Thomas)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='275851' first='Carter' last='Dalton'] (Venice)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Branden Williams (Bradford)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Zeshon Casimir (Cardinal Mooney)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – [player_tooltip player_id='829528' first='Chris' last='McCorkle'] (Cardinal Mooney)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Sir Robertgeau (Homestead)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Shanard Clower (Lakeland)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Antonio Belgrave-Shorter (Mandarin)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Drake Stubbs (Mandarin)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Braylon James (St. Augustine)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Chris Lee (Venice)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ATHLETE – [player_tooltip player_id='404164' first='Isaac' last='Brown'] (Homestead) </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DEFENSIVE MVP -</strong> <strong>Davi'yon Hawkins-Ingram (Cocoa)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HONORABLE MENTION</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DE – Keo Jenkins (Clearwater Central Catholic)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – [player_tooltip player_id='901755' first='Khalil' last='Johnson'] (Madison County)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – [player_tooltip player_id='1546044' first='Adrian' last='Farrow'] (Norland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DL – [player_tooltip player_id='1317498' first='Trevor' last='Sommers'] (St. Thomas)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Dion Cooper (Berkeley Prep)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='404616' first='Chason' last='Clark'] (Bradford County)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Ryan Gross (Clearwater Central Catholic)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='404257' first='Samadrae' last='Hawkins'] (Cocoa)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Eduardo Nunez (Homestead)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Santonio Wallace (Homestead)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='1827607' first='Joshua' last='Smith'] (Lakeland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Jorien Bell (Madison County)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – [player_tooltip player_id='404168' first='Rodney' last='Hill'] (Mainland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Dennis King (Mainland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Jackson Copeland (Mandarin)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Darryl Desir (Norland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Anthony Mattison (Norland)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Drake Lusk (St. Augustine)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Bowen Drewes (St. Thomas)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LB – Jacob Dyer (Trinity Catholic)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Juelz Aurilien (Berkeley Prep)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – [player_tooltip player_id='741334' first='Chalil' last='Cummings'] (Bradford County)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – [player_tooltip player_id='826451' first='Chris' last='Ewald'] (Chaminade-Madonna)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Gavin Shepard (Chaminade-Madonna)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Gedontae Rich (Clearwater Central Catholic)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – [player_tooltip player_id='827359' first='Bryce' last='Fitzgerald'] (Columbus)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Jamarion Davenport (Hawthorne)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Jakhai Rainey (Homestead)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – [player_tooltip player_id='404258' first='Jamari' last='Howard'] (Norland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Ja'ki Singleton (St. Augustine)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Allen Bryant (St. Thomas)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – [player_tooltip player_id='404085' first='Earl' last='Kulp'] (St. Thomas)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Travares Daniels (St. Thomas)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DB – Luke Rudnianyn (Trinity Catholic)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ATHLETE – Ivory Aikens (Norland)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Statewide Coverage Daily.</strong> <a>https://prepredzone.com/florida/</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>You Can Contact Larry Blustein with prospect or team information at: <a href="mailto:Floridakids1@aol.com">Floridakids1@aol.com</a>.</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->