South Dakota 9B Preseason All-State Team: Defense

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We roll into the 2025 high school football season with more of our All-State Teams across the Dakotas, this time moving to South Dakota 9B which is one of four divisions in South Dakota that start football in the next day or two. This AM we were on offense, and this PM we move to the defensve! Here is the breakdown of how we put this team together and the names you need to know in 9B this season!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>How We Put This Team Together</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With every Preseason All-State Team we have ever put together at Prep Redzone Dakotas, the evaluation process comes covers several variables. Each athlete listed will have had to have a <strong>light/moderate amount of tape</strong> from the 2024 season, camp tape, etc. that we could find on Hudl or social media <strong>or </strong>referred by a high school coach in our network. We also hit the camp trail harder than we have ever done this summer, so those live evals from camp season are also crucial in this evaluation process. Last but not least, our rankings are not factored in these teams, as we are in the middle of updating every single class in South Dakota as we speak so plenty is going to change here soon. By the numbers, <strong>27 prospects </strong>from across 9B are listed in our Defensive All-State Team and as we spent about all of our time today evaluating tape, scanning social media for more clips, and more to generate these teams as accurately as possible. <strong>Another area that I wanted to hit on</strong>, because South Dakota is so dominant on athletes playing on both sides of the ball, there might be some athletes that are listed on our 9B Defensive All-State Team higher than where they were on the Offensive. Their might be prospects we miss because they focus on their defensive tape vs. their offensive tape or vice versa too. This shows to us and the college coaches that subscribe to PRZ, that tthat given position might be their better fit at the next-level.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"24px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Defensive End</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>1st Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Tyler Martin, Faith 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/TylerMarti64972">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1212283' first='Cayden' last='Patterson'], Kadoka Area 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/PatteisLb">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1321001' first='Alexander' last='Lindeman'], Dell Rapids St. Mary 2027</strong> <a href="https://x.com/alindeman75">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2nd <em>Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Tristan Baloun, Faulkton Area 2026</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1321000' first='Gavin' last='Pica'], Dell Rapids St. Mary 2027</strong> <a href="https://x.com/GavinPica56">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Dalton Rathjen, Hitchcock-Tulare 2027</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"24px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Defensive Tackle</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>1st Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1593325' first='Carlo' last='Pica'], Dell Rapids St. Mary 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/CarloPica89">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='929924' first='Brennon' last='Bickett'], Oldham-Ramona Rutland 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/BrennonBickett1">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1568261' first='Kadyn' last='Westergren'], Sully Buttes 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>2nd Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1568262' first='Adam' last='Kleinsasser'], Canistota 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/AdamKlein78">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Preston Wipf, Hitchcock-Tulare 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"24px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Linebackers</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>1st Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1568240' first='Al'Shamon' last='Gunter'], Avon 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/AGunter33027">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1625465' first='Jared' last='Weisbeck'], Herreid-Selby 2027</strong> <a href="https://x.com/JaredWeisb24509">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='670029' first='Lincoln' last='LeBrun'], Dell Rapids St. Mary 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/lebrun_lincoln">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>2nd Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Rhyder Behnke, Colman-Egan 2027</strong> <a href="https://x.com/RhyderBehnke">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Morgan Bottum, Hitchcock-Tulare 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Tristan Nowell, Hitchcock-Tulare 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>3rd Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Prayden Acheson, Canistota 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1625470' first='Rowdy' last='Scheel'], Iroquois-Lake Preston 2027</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1625469' first='Derek' last='Johnson'], Hitchcock-Tulare 2027</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"24px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Defensive Backs</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>1st Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Easton Milller, Canistota 2026</strong> <a href="https://x.com/EastonMiller101">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"16px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:16px"><em>2nd Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Thomas LaVoy, Dell Rapids St. Mary 2027</strong> <a href="https://x.com/LaVoyTommy">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1593321' first='Sam' last='Borg'], Sioux Falls Lutheran 2026</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"24px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Specialists/Athletes</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>1st Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1556614' first='Trimmier' last='Hanson'], Dell Rapids St. Mary (Returner)</strong> <a href="https://x.com/Trimmier_1">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Kaleb Claymore, Herreid-Selby (Returner/ATH)</strong> <a href="https://x.com/Kjclaymore">Twitter</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1320993' first='Grayson' last='Ratzlaff'], Avon (Returner/ATH)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>2nd Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1625462' first='Dominic' last='Doom'], Avon (K/P)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->