2027 Preseason All-State: Defense

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The season is just over a week away, so it's time to name our preseason all-state list!</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">DL </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FIRST TEAM: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1309977' first='Treighjan' last='Gibson'] | Detroit Catholic Central |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1529533' first='Luke' last='Brodnicki'] | Hudsonville |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1688773' first='Lucas' last='Pinder'] | Portage Northern |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1617562' first='Ryan' last='Hodges'] | Belleville |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1630590' first='Grady' last='Patrick'] | Zeeland West |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SECOND TEAM: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1687230' first='Jaydan' last='Davies'] | De La Salle | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Dalton Kelly | De La Salle | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1685026' first='Kingston' last='Ware'] | Saginaw Heritage |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1687382' first='Zion' last='Malone'] | Canton |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1157262' first='Connor' last='Dienes'] | Detroit Country Day |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HONORABLE MENTIONS:</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1613610' first='Max' last='Rucker'], Watt Metzger, [player_tooltip player_id='1412268' first='Martez' last='Livingston'], [player_tooltip player_id='1613677' first='Tristan' last='Hunter'], [player_tooltip player_id='2072817' first='Tayshawn' last='Proctor'], [player_tooltip player_id='1680007' first='Kaleb' last='Miller']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">EDGE</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FIRST TEAM: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1264786' first='Recarder' last='Kitchen'] | Muskegon |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1684275' first='Myles' last='Smith'] | Farmington |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='510691' first='Dawoud' last='Issa'] | Saline |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1649092' first='Asher' last='Newman'] | Haslett | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SECOND TEAM: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1667539' first='Malik' last='Cipullo'] | Groves | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1298563' first='Max' last='Bollman'] | Big Rapids | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>William M. Cartwright | De La Salle | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='2085548' first='Gavin' last='Bouma'] | Grand Rapids South Christian |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HONORABLE MENTIONS: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1105023' first='Cash' last='Cooper'], [player_tooltip player_id='2224231' first='Jett' last='Esterline'], [player_tooltip player_id='2263341' first='Zeek' last='Ramadhani'], [player_tooltip player_id='2263423' first='Landen' last='Braska'], [player_tooltip player_id='1052386' first='Leland' last='Korona']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">LB</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FIRST TEAM:</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='489281' first='Brandon' last='Adams Jr'] | Orchard Lake St. Mary's |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1615810' first='Bryce' last='Barbarino'] | Saline |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1157446' first='Collin' last='Sumpter'] | Cass Tech |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='956380' first='Carter' last='Czapski'] | Utica | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SECOND TEAM:</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Roland Berry | River Rouge |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1581331' first='Ryan' last='Kerry'] | Rockford |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1684648' first='Chase' last='Hamilton'] | South Lyon East |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1685028' first='Sawyer' last='Cullin'] | North Branch |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HONORABLE MENTIONS: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1652842' first='Jalen' last='Montlouis'], [player_tooltip player_id='2254949' first='Josiah' last='Cox-Guyton'], [player_tooltip player_id='1925362' first='Parker' last='Friess'], [player_tooltip player_id='1160991' first='Robert' last='Giles'], [player_tooltip player_id='1687386' first='Darryl' last='Folks III']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">DB</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FIRST TEAM:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1687171' first='Gideon' last='Gash'] | Detroit Catholic Central |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1157440' first='Elijah' last='Goins'] | Macomb Dakota |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='944656' first='Jernaro' last='Gilford Jr.'] | Saline </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1195232' first='Jaeden' last='Byrd'] | Brighton |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='370554' first='Princeton' last='Jones'] | Saline |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SECOND TEAM: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1688254' first='Elliott' last='Neff'] | Thornapple Kellogg |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1337884' first='Wendell' last='Childs Jr'] | Clarkston | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1185143' first='Mason' last='Hitchcock'] | Orchard Lake St. Mary's |</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1620243' first='Rashad' last='Wilson'] | Macomb Dakota | </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1687588' first='Major' last='Barnes'] | East Kentwood |</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HONORABLE MENTIONS:</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='1205270' first='Samuel' last='K Wallace'], [player_tooltip player_id='1201160' first='Caden' last='Blankenburg'], [player_tooltip player_id='1682911' first='Parks' last='Vugteveen'], [player_tooltip player_id='1049451' first='Tyler' last='Strick'], [player_tooltip player_id='2065111' first='Kam' last='Reynolds'], [player_tooltip player_id='1550557' first='Quinn' last='Zezula']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->