At 11:00 am this morning, Jefferson 2014 QB, Deiondre Porter was presented with the Big County Preps 2013 Player of the Year Trophy. Surrounded by his family, coaches, classmates and football team, Porter blushed from ear to ear as the people who know him the best spoke so highly of him. His mother, ShaRon Allen spoke on his drive and determination. Head football coach, Jeremy Earle elaborated on his academic success and leadership. Grandfather, Henry Allen made it known how well his parents raised him and his father, Fred Porter pointed out that Deiondre had a vision.
It was a great scene in the Jefferson High auditorium. Porter showed sincere appreciation and thanked everyone he could possibly think of for helping him get to this point. When asked how he felt, he had this to say, “Shocked! Surprised! Excited at the same time. It feels good just to know that all the hard work that me and the team [Jefferson Dragons] been going through over the four years paid off and that somebody out there is actually watching us.”
Porter becomes the 6th winner of this award. The Award is presented to the most impressive area (Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk County) player based on overall season production and BIG GAME performances. Previous award winners include:
2008 – Dontae Aycock, QB, Chamberlain, Sr
2009 – James Wilder Jr., LB/RB, Plant, Jr
2010 – Quentin Williams, QB, Jefferson, Sr
2011 – Alvin Bailey, Armwood, Jr
2012 – Will Worth, Newsome, Sr
Versus Hillsborough, Porter accounted for 249 pass yards and 3 TDs. He threw for 196 yards, rushed for 149 yards and 1 TD in the regular season game against Armwood. On the road in round 1 of the state playoffs, Porter carried his team from behind with a 450 yard and 4 TD performance. Going down with a fight, Porter ended his career at Armwood where he passed for 456 yards and 6 TDs. His big game performances were just that, BIG!
2013 The final 5 came down to:
DEIONDRE PORTER, JEFFERSON
COLBY BROWN, PLANT 2014 QB
63% passing, 2905 yards, 6 games passing for 200 yards or better, 31 TDs
NOAH JOHNSON, ARMWOOD 2015 QB
Only 3 games under 50% completion rating, 18 pass TDs, 1980 pass yards, 809 rushing yards, 14 rushing TDs
PIERRE JOHNSON, PINELLAS PARK 2014 ATH
1192 total rushing yards, 262 receiving yard, 1555 all-purpose yards, 10 total TDs, 58 solo tackles, 3 INTs.
RAY-RAY McCLOUD, SICKLES 2015 RB
300 total carries, 2316 total rush yards, 5 games over 200 yards rushing, 26 rushing TDs
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Deiondre Porter, from Jefferson High School was named as overall winner from an initial list of 18 athletes that was later shortened to 5 area athletes. Porter finished the season with 3199 passing yards, 33 passing TDs, 1499 rushing yards and 20 rushing TDs. Porter led his team to a 10-2 2013 season record. Losing two games to one team (Armwood).
Jefferson head football coach, Jeremy Earle had this to say about Porter: “He is a special talent who dominated on the field, thrived at competition and demanded excellence from teammates. Deiondre’s performance this year will be difficult to ever surpass.”
Porter concludes his high school career completing 60% of his passes for 7365 yards, 77 passing TDs, 2035 rush yards and 27 TDs. This season he was #1 in our area in pass yards and passing TDs. He was #4 in rushing yards and rushing TDs. Porter accounted for 95% of Jefferson’s passing yards and 54% of the Dragon’s rushing yards.
Porter is currently a University of South Florida verbal commit and we should hear a ton about him during his college career.
– On Christmas Eve, we will reveal our 2013 ALL BCP Team. On that list will be our Coach of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Specialist of the Year and Player of the Year.