2020 All Area Football

Welcome to the 2020 All Area Football Team, presented by Mainstreet Daily News and The Prep Zone. We convened a panel of local sports writers and coaches to select the best of the best from the 2020 high school football season, taken from within Mainstreet’s eight-county coverage area in North Central Florida. The team is broken into four squads: offense and defense for small schools (1A-3A) and big schools (4A-7A). It includes 48 players and two coaches, each of whom is receiving a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding season. We’ve also recognized another 91 players as honorable mentions. Each of our stories is listed below, followed by the full roster with photos. Congratulations to each of these student athletes and coaches on a job well done!

Ingram, Whittemore grab Coach of the Year honors

Columbia, Suwannee swamp All Area’s big school defensive unit

All Area Football: Buchholz, Suwannee lead big school offense

Hawthorne, Union County dominate small school defense

Hawthorne’s Mackey, Lawrence highlight inaugural All Area Football Team

Small School Offense

Tyler Jefferson

Thurman Mills

Offensive Lineman
|
Hawthorne
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jarrett Hughes

Punter
|
Hawthorne
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Brian Storey

Offensive Lineman
|
Oak Hall
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Lennie Boykin

Offensive Lineman
|
Newberry
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Dre Lawrence

Running Back
|
Hawthorne
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Preston Blankenship

Kicker
|
Trenton
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Alex Dure

Offensive Lineman
|
Union County
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Xavier Guyton

Running Back
|
Bronson
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Chaz' Mackey

Quarterback
|
Hawthorne
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Manny Covey

Athlete
|
Union County
So.
Tyler Jefferson

Brenden Hall

Wide Receiver
|
Dixie County
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Landon Weatherford

Offensive Lineman
|
Chiefland
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Cortez Slocum

Wide Receiver
|
Union County
So.

Small School Defense

Tyler Jefferson

Curran Webb

Defensive Lineman
|
Union County
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Yarnell McCray

Secondary
|
P.K. Yonge
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Andrew Pickens

Secondary
|
Oak Hall
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Caleb Morgan

Linebacker
|
Trenton
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Trevor Holtzendorf

Linebacker
|
Union County
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jayquan Williams

Linebacker
|
Hawthorne
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Isaac Williams

Defensive Lineman
|
Williston
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jailen Ruth

Defensive Lineman
|
Hawthorne
So.
Tyler Jefferson

Solomon Jones

Defensive Lineman
|
Union County
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Rolaundus Watson

Secondary
|
Hawthorne
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Malcolm Odum

Secondary
|
Union County
Jr.

Big School Offense

Tyler Jefferson

Quan Smith

Running Back
|
Bradford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Hunter Smith

Kicker
|
Buchholz
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Creed Whittemore

Quarterback
|
Buchholz
So.
Tyler Jefferson

Braxton Thompson

Offensive Lineman
|
Suwannee
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Leonard Walker

Offensive Lineman
|
Eastside
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Marcus Peterson

Punter
|
Columbia
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Da'Shawn Owens

Offensive Lineman
|
Buchholz
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Levontre Daniels

Offensive Lineman
|
Bradford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jaquez Moore

Athlete
|
Suwannee
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Erric Smith

Running Back
|
Bradford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Wesley Jones

Wide Receiver
|
Suwannee
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Quan Lee

Wide Receiver
|
Buchholz
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Tyler Ford

Offensive Lineman
|
Columbia
Sr.

Big School Defense

Tyler Jefferson

Andrew Brown

Linebacker
|
Suwannee
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Matt Clayton

Defensive Lineman
|
Buchholz
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Blaine Howard

Linebacker
|
Suwannee
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Bobby Miller

Defensive Lineman
|
Columbia
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Austin Smith

Secondary
|
Suwannee
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Shyheim Brown

Secondary
|
Columbia
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Antonio McKinney

Defensive Lineman
|
Suwannee
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

A'Dontae Balfour

Secondary
|
Bradford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

A'Deon Farmer

Linebacker
|
Columbia
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Ryan Nolan

Secondary
|
Gainesville
Jr.
Tyler Jefferson

Javarion Smith

Secondary
|
Suwannee
So.

Coaches of The Year

Tyler Jefferson

Cornelius Ingram

Small School Coach
|
Hawthorne
Tyler Jefferson

Mark Whittemore

Big School Coach
|
Buchholz