Buchholz and Hawthorne continue to pile up honors for deep playoff runs and had 11 and 10 players selected to the Class 7A and 1A All State football teams, respectively, last week.
The 2021 All State teams compiled by FloridaHSFootball.com were released last week and 64 area players were named to the rosters.
Buchholz (Gainesville) advanced to the state semifinals for the first time since 1995 and finished with a 12-2 record while Hawthorne went 10-1 and were state runner-ups for the second straight season.
Buchholz’s Creed Whittemore, John McDonough and Quan Lee were named Class 7A first team offense while Nay’ron Jenkins and Tavares Williams were first team defense.
At the Class 1A level, Hawthorne’s Tyler Jefferson, Brian James, Devin Ray and Kylyn Bryant were named first team offense, along with Bradford’s Amari Jones and Manny Covey, and Union County’s Jonathan Edwards.
The 1A first team defense included Hawthorne’s Jailen Ruth, Artavis Mallary and Anthony Morgan; Union County’s Curran Webb and Daylyn Diston; Chiefland’s Clint Thomas and Bradford’s Sincere Hankerson.
Mainstreet Daily News named its small and big school All Area football teams the week of Feb. 7.
Below are a listing of all the 2021 All State football teams by classification:
Class 1A
First team offense
QB – Amari Jones, Starke Bradford, Sr., 6-4, 215
QB – Tyler Jefferson, Hawthorne, Jr., 6-2, 230
RB – Brian James, Hawthorne, Jr., 5-10, 180
TE – Devin Ray, Hawthorne, Sr., 6-4, 185
OL – Kylyn Bryant, Hawthorne, Sr., 6-6, 350
UTL – Manny Covey, Starke Bradford, Jr., 5-11, 175
K – Jonathan Edwards, Lake Butler Union County, So., 5-8, 140
Class 1A
First team defense
DL – Jailen Ruth, Hawthorne, Jr., 6-5, 190
LB – Sincere Hankerson, Starke Bradford, Sr., 6-2, 215
LB – Artavis Mallary, Hawthorne, Sr., 5-10, 200
LB – Curran Webb, Lake Butler Union County, Sr., 6-4, 220
DB – Anthony Morgan, Hawthorne, Sr., 6-2, 180
DB – Daylyn Diston, Lake Butler Union County, Sr., 5-8, 170
UT – Clint Thomas, Chiefland, Jr., 6-2, 175
Class 1A
Second team offense
RB – Rayvon Durant, Lake Butler Union County, Jr., 5-10, 188
RB – Dakota Fisher, Chiefland, Jr., 5-10, 185
WR – Perrion Sylvester, Newberry, Sr., 6-3, 180
OL – Alex Dure, Lake Butler Union County, Sr., 6-2, 280
OL – Vince Coultier, Chiefland, Jr., 6-0, 225
Class 1A
First team defense
DL – Stanley Cooks, Hawthorne, Jr., 6-5, 190
DL – Jon Adams, Chiefland, 8th, 6-2, 180
LB – Paul Davis, Chiefland, Sr., 5-11, 180
LB – Trevor Holtzendorf, Lake Butler Union County, Sr., 5-11, 190
DB – Chris Jonas, Hawthorne, Sr., 6-2, 175
DB – Chalil Cummings, Starke Bradford, So., 6-0, 190
UT – Jontez Williams, Starke Bradford, Sr., 6-1, 183
P – Kaden Carver, Bell, Sr., 6-0, 150
Class 1A
Honorable mention
QB AJ Cortese, Lake Butler Union County, Jr., 6-4, 205
WR Jesse Williams, Bronson, Sr., 6-1, 165
OL Mozell Williams, Hawthorne, Jr., 6-6, 340
OL Mikah Wilson, Lake Butler Union County, Jr., 6-5, 310
OL Kade Meeks, Chiefland, Jr., 6-4, 270
DL Jarquez Carter, Fr., Newberry
DL Dayviontae Thompson, Lake Butler Union County, Jr., 6-3, 240
DL Jamie Strong, Chiefland, Sr., 6-0, 190
LB Riley Hester, Newberry, Sr., 5-11, 170
DB Najeeb Smith, Fort White, So., 5-9
DB Te’veon Tate, Newberry, Sr., 5-7, 160
ATH Tyler Perry, Trenton, Sr., 6-1, 175
Class 2A
Honorable mention
TE Dylan Provencher, Gainesville Oak Hall, Jr., 6-3, 225
OL Christopher Davis, Gainesville Oak Hall, So., 6-2, 250
Class 3A
Second team offense
OL – Christopher Phillips Jr., Gainesville P.K. Yonge DRS, Sr., 6-0, 310
Class 3A
Honorable mention
QB Aaron “A.J.” Small Jr., Gainesville P.K. Yonge, Sr., 6-2, 205
WR Jaren Hamilton, Gainesville P.K. Yonge DRS, Sr., 6-2, 180
Class 4A
Second team defense
ATH –Dalton Hollingsworth, Keystone Heights, Sr., 6-1, 185
Class 4A
Honorable mention
OL Luke Snider, Keystone Heights, Sr., 6-1, 290
LB Tyrique Robinson, Alachua Santa Fe, Jr., 5-10, 180
Class 5A
Second team offense
K – Braxtyn Green, Live Oak Suwannee, Jr., 5-9, 143
Class 6A
Third team defense
LB – Jaden Dunn, Lake City Columbia, Sr., 6-1, 200
Class 6A
Honorable mention
WR Marcus Peterson, Lake City Columbia, Sr., 6-4, 205
DL Bobby Miller, Lake City Columbia, Sr., 5-11
LB Jaden Robinson, Lake City Columbia, Jr., 6-3, 210
DB Amare Ferrell, Lake City Columbia, Jr., 6-2, 190
UTL Tray Toliver, Lake City Columbia, Jr., 5-10, 185
Class 7A
First team offense
OL – John McDonough, Gainesville Buchholz, Sr., 6-3, 240
ATH – Creed Whittemore, Gainesville Buchholz, Jr., 5-11, 175
UTL – Quan Lee, Gainesville Buchholz, Sr., 6-0, 175
Class 7A
First team defense
LB – Nay’ron Jenkins, Gainesville Buchholz, Sr., 5-11, 196
DB – Tavares Williams, Gainesville Buchholz, Sr., 5-9, 170
Class 7A
Second team defense
DB – Donny Hiebert, Gainesville Buchholz, Jr., 6-1, 182
Class 7A
Third team offense
OL – Aveien Smith, Gainesville Buchholz, Sr., 6-0, 260
UTL – Jacarree Kelly, Gainesville Buchholz, Jr., 5-8, 170
Class 7A
Third team defense
DL – Jahari Clemons, Gainesville Buchholz, Sr., 5-11, 286
Class 7A
Honorable mention
DB Omarion Littles, Gainesville Buchholz, 5-11, 165