Fans, Players, Coaches Can See The Difference With Milton

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Through eight games of the 2025 high school football season, the Milton Panthers and head coach <strong>Ronnie Douglas</strong> sat at 7-1 and became a team that the rest of the state of Florida was taking seriously.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>While they finished 7-4, the season was considered a success for a number of reasons.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For this community and the fans, this is something that has not been common place for a program that had just two winning seasons in 10 years. But things are changing and the Panthers are starting to turn the corner and bring back what happened during the 1980s and 1990s.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With solid coaching and players who are buying into what is happening, making the playoff – like they did last season – is something that this regime wants everyone to expect.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With some quality prospects coming back along with new faces, there is a feeling that what happened this spring and into the summer will produce another winning team in 2026.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If the success is to continue, the senior class (2027) will certainly be the reason why.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here is a look at some of those impact players along with underclassmen who came up big this off-season:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CLASS OF 2027</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jayden Cameron, WR, 6'1, 185 – 2.5 GPA, 2 Sport Athlete.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/22381129/Jayden-Cameron" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/profile/22381129/Jayden-Cameron</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Austin Eichman, RB/LB, 6'1,&nbsp;195 – 3.0 GPA.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="http://www.hudl.com/v/2THiU3">http://www.hudl.com/v/2THiU3</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2089669' first='Mario' last='Hayes'], S/OLB, 6'1,&nbsp;175&nbsp;– 2.5 GPA.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/19846380/Mario-Hayes">https://www.hudl.com/profile/19846380/Mario-Hayes</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2169763' first='Kesaun' last='Johns'] “K.J.” Johns, DL, 6'0, 260.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/23949208/Kesaun-Johns" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/profile/23949208/Kesaun-Johns</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2213259' first='Airisoton' last='Johnson'], RB/LB, 6'0,&nbsp;215 - 3.17.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/19846083/Airisoton-Johnson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/profile/19846083/Airisoton-Johnson</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>C.J. Marsh, DL, 5'10,&nbsp;250&nbsp;- 3.7 GPA.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/19846331/CJ-Marsh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/profile/19846331/CJ-Marsh</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ziyon McCall,&nbsp;WR/DB, 5'10, 175.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/23181675/6906508b735a9c4a567952f2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/video/3/23181675/6906508b735a9c4a567952f2</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>AWAITING VIDEO LINK</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Awsten Barnes, OL,&nbsp;6'5,&nbsp;284&nbsp;- 2.77 GPA</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan Faulk, OL, 6'5,&nbsp;260 -&nbsp;2.78 GPA</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Conrad Lee, OL, 6'3,&nbsp;285</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Graham Williams, QB/LB,&nbsp;6'2,&nbsp;190</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CLASS OF 2028</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Zi Hudson, Athlete, 5'8,&nbsp;140&nbsp;– 3.0 GPA.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/23251306/690833ffdd5da57f808729e3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/video/3/23251306/690833ffdd5da57f808729e3</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2171427' first='Jacavier' last='Lewis'], RB,&nbsp;5'7,&nbsp;165 - 2.5.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/28808631/Jacavier-Lewis" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/profile/28808631/Jacavier-Lewis</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>AWAITNG VIDEO LINK</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Robert Swift IV, FS</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CLASS OF 2029</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2213166' first='Elijah' last='Jones'], RB,&nbsp;5'7,&nbsp;168 - 4.2 GPA.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: </strong><a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/21893668/69851c3881088eed3fdd6144" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>https://www.hudl.com/video/3/21893668/69851c3881088eed3fdd6144</strong></a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Damylan Woodberry, QB/OLB,&nbsp;6'1,190 - &nbsp;3.7 GPA.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TAPE: <a href="https://www.hudl.com/video/3/27079176/69b474d1722be6b1b788c529" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.com/video/3/27079176/69b474d1722be6b1b788c529</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2025 MILTON PANTHERS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Crestview, W 20-19 (OT)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pensacola, W 41-6</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pensacola Booker T. Washington, W 14-13</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cantonment Tate, W 3-0</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Navarre, W 53-27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lynn Haven Mosley, L 27-14</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gulf Breeze, W 42-0</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pensacola West Florida, W 27-20</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Niceville, L 45-21</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pace, L 49-7</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>STATE PLAYOFFS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Johns Beachside, L 23-7</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MILTON PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUG WOOD</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Prep Redzone Florida Class of 2028 Spring Ranking Features Nearly 500 Prospects. <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/prz-florida-2028-spring-ranking-features-nearly-500-prospects/">https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/prz-florida-2028-spring-ranking-features-nearly-500-prospects/</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Statewide Coverage Daily. <a href="https://prepredzone.com/florida/">https://prepredzone.com/florida/</a></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You Can Contact Larry Blustein with prospect or team information at:<strong> </strong><a><strong>Floridakids1@aol.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>COACHES, PLAYERS: </strong>Do You Have A Subscription? Contact us for a savings code so you can see what everyone has been talking about! <a><strong>Floridakids1@aol.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->