The teams did their thing, obviously. What about some of the individuals that made things happen? We got those, too. Although you can say what you want about them, the teams that did turn in stats to maxpreps.com statewide and locally helped us determine that individually-speaking, there were some heavy hitter hailing from the Bay Area. Five of the Top 25 in passing, six of the T-25 in rushing, plus eight of the T-25 in total yardage in the state hail from the area. Not to be outdone, 10 of the T-25 in tackles, 11 of the T-25 in sacks and five of the T-25 in interceptions call this region home. Best thing about those defensive stats? Nine of those young men return for next season to improve. Check out where they finished below.
The five leading passers in the T-25 from the region according to maxpreps.com were:
#3 – Cade Weldon (Jefferson)
#11 – AJ Colagiovanni (Manatee)
#13 – Griffin Alstott (Northside Christian)
#21 – Dalton Jenner (Victory Christian)
#23 – Austin Day (Clearwater)
The seven leading rushers in the T-25 from the region according to maxpreps.com were:
#1 – De’Vonta Smith (Brooksville Central)
#4 – Malik Davis (Jesuit)
#10 – Shaquan Johnson (Northeast)
#11 – Gordon Stetson (Berkeley Prep)
#16 – TJ Owens (Nature Coast Tech)
#22 – Chase Brown (Saint Stephen’s)
#23 – Chris Melton (Ridgewood)
The six leading receivers in the T-25 from the region according to maxpreps.com were:
#7 – Whop Philyor (Plant)
#9 – Tarique Milton (Manatee)
#12 – Luis Martinez (Tenoroc)
#15 – Jacquez Jones (Clearwater)
#17 – Kevin Etienne (Bradenton Christian)
#22 – Tyler Peretti (Sunlake)
The eight leading total yardage players from the T-25 in the region according to maxpreps.com: (Players combined for 20,830 yards or 11.8 miles worth of offense)
#4 – Cade Weldon (Jefferson)
#6 – Dane Frantzen (Plant)
#15 – De’Vonta Smith (Brooksville Central)
#17 – AJ Colagiovanni (Manatee)
#20 – Cameron Mouton (Palm Harbor University)
#23 – Cyler Doran (Hudson)
#24 – Griffin Alstott (Northside Christian)
#25 – Devin Black (Armwood)
The ten leading tacklers in the T-25 according to maxpreps.com were:
#2 – Brett Geiber (Bradenton Christian)
#5 – Matthew Robinson (Nature Coast Tech)
#8 – Ray Pennetti (Hudson)
#9 – Zack Reddin (Riverview)
#14 – Hunter Brozio (Victory Christian)
#16 – Noah Johnson (Lake Gibson)
#17 – Marc Herrera (Bishop McLaughlin)
#18 – Jacquez “Drew” Wilson (Victory Christian)
#22 – Logan Doublin (Largo)
#23 – Tyree Knight (Lake Gibson)
The eleven leading sack leaders in the T-25 from the region according to maxpreps.com were:
#4 – Shavonta Timothy Jr. (Lake Gibson)
#7 – Steven Shipp (Spoto)
#9 – Anthony Nelson (Jesuit)
#10 – Dylan Spaeth (River Ridge)
#11 – Makel Calhoun (Pinellas Park)
#16 – Tony Pierce Jr. (Auburndale)
#17 – Garet Chisolm (Clearwater)
#18 – Micah McFadden (Plant)
#19 – Daquan Williams (Southeast)
#23 – Sam Skinner (Bloomingdale)
#24 – Foster Hawthorne (Brooksville Central)
The five leaders from the region in interceptions according to maxpreps.com were:
#15 – Leon Gatlin (Hillsborough)
#16 – Rashawn Mungin (Blake)
#19 – Donovan Baker (Chamberlain)
#20 – Anthony Johnson Jr. (St. Petersburg)
#24 – Elijah Benoit (Seffner Christian)