Preason Report for the state of Florida-
With Football in the air in Florida, scouts are all over the place to see the best teams and break down the top players of Florida. The football powerhouse Lakeland (ranked #3 in the nation) will have to prove that they are deserving of there hype when they play Hillsborough. Other national ranked teams like Armwood (#18) and dale county (barley missing the top 25), Florida football should be exciting. Since Florida is so big, I will break florida football down into 8 categories: 1b, 1a, 2b, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, and 6a.
1b:
Top Ten 1B Teams
1. Evangel
2. First Academy
3. Warner
4. Hollywood
5. Upperoom
6. Graceville
7. FAMU
8. Eaglesview
9. Keswick
10. Quincy Monroe
1-B is a very competitive divison, But compared to other divisons in florida, they are cupcakes, look for Evangel and Warner to have stellar seasons and make a run at the state championship.
1-A:
1-a top 10
1. NFC
2. Ft. Meade
3. Glades Day
4. Bay Point (rough school, doesn't know year in year out who will play)
5. - 10. will be a crap shoot. AHS Boca, will compete now that Bueno is there, and with a few more kids thay can get back to the top. Benjamin claims to be on the rebound, but I believe they have shot their load.
look for NFC to win state easily. Really this is no contest.
2-b:
Trying to determine who might be the top 10 teams in the state in 2B this year should be hard but here it is:
South
Pahokee
John Carroll
Kings Academy
CCC
Berkeley Prep
Others with potential: Parkway Academy, Florida Christian, Florida Air Academy, Cardinal Mooney. any others?
North
Union County
Blountstown
Trinity Catholic
Vernon
Trinity Christian
Others with potential: PK Yonge, Newberry, Chiefland, Baker.
I think Trinity Christian will take it like they do every year. That team loads up on talent and put d-1 players out on the field every year.
2-A:
2-a top teams
Madison County Cowboys
Bolles Bulldogs
South Sumter Raiders
Chaminade Lions
these are the top 2-a teams in FL. These 4 teams have set themselves far ahead of any other 2-a teams.
But my prediction is Bolles. THey had the best defense in the state last year and dont look for that to change.
3-a:
3-a top teams
Monsignor Pace (Miami)
Kathleen (Lakeland)
Immokalee
Booker (Sarasota)
St Augustine
Cocoa
Pensacola
Bay (Panama City)
Dunbar (Fort Myers)
This could be very close but I am going to go with St. Augustine in a squeaker over Booker for the championship. But that is just a guess.
4-a:
4-a top teams
Nease is hands down ahead of everyone but behind them are:
1. Seffner Armwood
2. Lakeland Lake Gibson
3. Miami Booker T. Washington
4. Choctawhatchee
5. Gainesville
6. Clermont East Ridge
7. Jupiter
8. Tampa Middleteon
9. Pensacola
10. Lake City Columbia
Nease will be on espn being the first highschool team to every have there game nationaly telivised live on espn.
My prediction is Nease with ease. Best qb in the nation with one of the best defenses in the nation equal championship.
5-a:
5-a top teams
1. Lakeland (#3 in the nation)
2. Naples
3. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
4. Daytona Beach Mainland
5. Tampa Hillsborough
6. Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer
7. Miami Edison
8. Naples Barron Collier
9. Melbourne
10. Winter Springs
My prediction is that Lakeland wins the 5-a state championship by a land slide. Napels could give them a run for there money, But with lakelands great junior running back in chris rainey, I really doubt that anyone could challenge them.
6-a:
6-a top teams
1- Central
2- Carol City
3- South Dade
4- Plantation
5- HML
6- Edgewater
7- Deerfield
8- NW (people are crazy to overlook the west- you never know)
9- Killian (defending champs- lost a lot from last yr)
10-Lake Brantley
10-Norland
Dont overlook south dade and East ridge, they can be forces to be reckond with. Look for carol city to be the Force to reckond with. this is where the stars are made, but look for killian to rebound even though they lost some big stars last year. I will go with Carol city over south dade.
TOP PROSPECT OF FL.
these are the top seinor prospects of this year (note senior prospects. I will be doing alot of talking about junior prospects this year, but these are just seniors.)
1 Sam Young OL 6-8/280 Ft. Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas
2 Tim Tebow QB 6-3/217 Jacksonville (FL) Nease
3 Jamar Hornsby ATH 6-4/195 Jacksonville (FL) Sandalwood
4 Daron Rose OL 6-5/310 Tampa (FL) Jefferson
5 C.J. Spiller RB 5-9/185 Lake Butler (FL) Union County
6 Riley Cooper ATH 6-4/208 Clearwater (FL) Catholic
7 Kenrick Ellis DT 6-5/318 Lake Worth (FL) John I. Leonard
8 Marcus Sims LB 6-0/211 Tallahassee (FL) North Florida Christian
9 Jarred Fayson ATH 6-0/184 Tampa (FL) Hillsborough
10 DeAndre McDaniel DB 6-0/185 Tallahassee (FL) Godby
11 Javarris James RB 6-0/201 Immokalee (FL)
12 Charles Deas OL 6-4/315 Ft. Lauderdale (FL) Boyd Anderson
13 Richard Jackson WR 6-2/195 Clermont (FL) East Ridge
14 Caz Piurowski TE 6-8/234 Land O'Lakes (FL)
15 Leslie Stirrups DT 6-2/274 Tampa (FL) Hillsborough
16 A.J. Jones LB 6-1/182 Tampa (FL) Middleton
17 Ryan Hill DB 6-0/178 Tallahassee (FL) Rickards
18 Sam Shields WR 6-1/180 Sarasota (FL) Booker
19 Chasman Davis LB 6-0/209 Fort Pierce (FL) St. Lucie West Centennial
20 Tervaris Johnson DB 6-2/211 Miami (FL) Monsignor Pace
21 Dominic Brown WR 6-5/185 Dade City (FL) Pasco
22 Brandon Heath ATH 6-0/187 Palm Beach Lakes (FL)
23 Marcus Udell DB 5-11/178 Tallahassee (FL) Godby
24 Chris Duvalt DB 5-10/159 Lakeland (FL) Lake Gibson
25 Corey Hobbs DT 6-3/310 Oviedo (FL)
26 Tony Wilson DB 5-10/165 Daytona Beach (FL) Mainland
27 Jim Barrie OL 6-5/310 Tampa (FL) Berkeley Prep
28 Marcus Gilbert OL 6-6/270 Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas
29 Kareem Cromwell DT 6-4/290 Tallahassee (FL) Godby
30 Dustin Doe LB 6-0/206 Jasper (FL) Hamilton County
31 Anthony Jones WR 6-0/164 Tallahassee (FL) Godby
32 Laurence Marius DB 5-10/162 Key West (FL) Key West
33 Daniel Wenger OL 6-4/280 Ft. Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas
34 Reggie Odom DT 6-0/290 Deland (FL) Deland
35 Preston Parker DB 6-0/175 Delray Beach (FL) Atlantic Community
36 Craig Stevens LB 6-3/210 Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln
37 Bryant Miller DE 6-3/233 Miami (FL) Central
38 John Paul DE 6-4/244 Immokalee (FL) Immokalee
39 Antonio Lowery LB 6-0/199 Miami (FL) Columbus
40 Darin Baldwin DB 5-11/176 Homestead (FL) South Dade
41 Greg Mathews WR 6-2/189 Orlando (FL) Edgewater
42 Terron Sanders DT 6-2/295 Bradenton (FL) Southeast
43 Carlton Mitchell WR 6-3/188 Tampa (FL) Gaither
44 Chevon Walker RB 5-10/185 Fort Myers (FL) Riverdale
45 Jacques Rickerson DB 5-10/176 St. Augustine (FL) St. Augustine
46 Carlton Salters WR 6-0/177 Tallahassee (FL) North Florida Christian
47 Quintin Hancock WR 6-2/182 St. Augustine (FL) St. Augustine
48 Kevin Holloway ATH 5-8/153 Miramar (FL) Parkway Academy
49 Bryan Thomas DB 6-0/186 Zephyrhills (FL) Zephryrhills
50 Jamil Paris DE 6-5/213 Vero Beach (FL) Sebastian River
51 Kevin Perez OL 6-3/273 Miami (FL) Killian
52 Herb Bynes QB 6-3/210 Lauderdale Lakes (FL) Boyd Anderson
53 Jamal Harvey DB 6-3/195 Jacksonville (FL) Andrew Jackson
54 Audie Augustine DE 6-2/230 Oakland Park (FL) Northeast
55 Emmanuel Cook DB 5-10/197 West Palm Beach (FL) Palm Beach Gardens
56 Tyler Rice LB 6-4/241 Boca Raton (FL) St. Andrew's
57 Marquis Johnson DB 6-1/180 Sarasota (FL) Booker
58 Courtney Jones RB 5-11/204 Pensacola (FL) Pensacola
59 James Poe ATH 6-3/219 Orlando (FL) Freedom
60 Cruz Barrett OL 6-4/314 Daytona Beach (FL) Mainland
61 Colin McCarthy LB 6-1/210 Clearwater (FL) Catholic
62 Donsay Hardeman DB 6-1/192 Jacksonville (FL) Raines
63 Tamarcus Porter ATH 6-0/171 Pahokee (FL)
64 Alex Rose WR 6-2/177 Jacksonville (FL) First Coast
65 Recardo Wright LB 6-2/215 Orlando (FL) Dr. Phillips
66 Jaquan Williams DB 6-2/191 Sarasota (FL) Riverview
67 Keith Houston WR 6-0/190 Miami (FL) Dr. Krop
68 Kevin Young OL 6-5/317 Clearwater (FL) Catholic
69 Latarrius Thomas WR 6-1/191 New Smyrna Beach (FL) New Smyrna Beach
70 Dexter Davidson QB 6-4/211 Coconut Creek (FL) North Broward Prep
71 Patrick Robinson DB 5-11/169 Miami (FL) South Miami
72 Trent Pupello TE 6-3/245 Tampa (FL) Jefferson
73 Tim Brown WR 5-7/146 Miami (FL) Northwestern
74 Thaddeus Lewis QB 6-0/189 Hialeah (FL) Miami Lakes
75 Shaun Chapas RB 6-2/235 Jacksonville (FL) Jacksonville Bolles
76 LeBrandon Glover LB 6-0/217 Pensacola (FL) Pensacola
77 Melvin Patterson WR 6-3/205 Alachua (FL) Santa Fe
78 Anthony Allen RB 6-0/215 Tampa (FL) Jesuit
79 James Jamison RB 5-10/189 Starke (FL) Bradford
80 Zack Handerson OL 6-7/248 Jacksonville (FL) Bartram Trail
81 Seaver Brown OL 6-5/306 Clearwater (FL) Countryside
82 Devan James RB 5-10/170 Pompano Beach (FL) Ely
83 Kendrick Johnson WR 6-2/170 Ft. Lauderdale (FL) Dillard
84 Rodney Gnat DE 6-4/224 Jacksonville (FL) Wolfson
85 Tertavian Ingram WR 6-1/175 Tampa (FL) Jefferson
86 Burnon Anderson WR 6-1/203 Plantation (FL)
87 Chris Paul-Etienne ATH 6-1/169 Miami (FL) Edison
88 Sherman Lang WR 6-0/162 Melbourne (FL) Florida Air Academy
89 Jason Sherman WR 6-4/195 Jacksonville (FL) First Coast
90 Jeramy Devane OL 6-4/291 Daytona Beach (FL) Seabreeze
91 Travis Timmons DT 6-4/284 Gainesville (FL) Buchhol
92 Kendall Williams WR 5-11/185 Tallahassee (FL) Godby
93 Anthony White RB 6-0/180 Miami (FL) Booker T. Washington
94 Jeremy Terry DB 6-1/183 Belle Glade (FL) Glades Central
95 Steven Wesley DE 6-2/235 Bartow (FL) Bartow High School
96 James Thomas LB 6-1/203 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Ely
97 Josh Moore DB 5-10/166 Pompano Beach (FL) Ely
98 Jarrod Holt OL 6-6/300 Clearwater (FL) Duke
99 Johnny Patrick WR 6-0/180 Deland (FL) Deland
100 Chimdi Chekwa DB 6-1/175 Clermont (FL) East Ridge