The annual Gatorade state football players of the year were released Monday with six winners coming from teams in the Super 25.
The Gatorade Player of the Year award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence as well as high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. The national winner will be chosen from among the state winners.
Here are the six state winners from Super 25 teams in alphabetical order by state (videos for all winners can be found here)
CALIFORNIA
JT Daniels, QB, No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana)KENTUCKY
Rondale Moore, WR, No. 9 Trinity (Louisville)MICHIGAN
La’Darius Jefferson, QB, No. 24 MuskegonPENNSYLVANIA
Phil Jurkovec, QB, No. 14 Pine-RichlandSOUTH CAROLINA
Derion Kendrick, QB, No. 5 South PointeWEST VIRGINIA
Tyson Bagent, QB, No. 19 Martinsburg
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Alabama – Asa Martin, Austin (Decatur)
Alaska – Derryk Snell, Chugiak
Arizona – Brock Purdy, Perry (Gilbert)
Arkansas – Layne Hatcher, Pulaski Academy (Little Rock)
California – JT Daniels, Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
Colorado – Ty Evans, Palmer Ridge (Monument)
Connecticut – Spencer Lockwood, Killingly (Daywood)
Delaware – Will Knight, Smyrna
District of Columbia – Kevin Doyle, St. John’s College
Florida – Lorenzo Lingard, Orange City
Georgia – Trevor Lawrence, Cartersville
Hawaii – Chevan Cordiero, St. Louis (Honolulu)
Idaho – Tommy Togiai, Highland (Pocatello)
Illinois – Samson Evans, Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake)
Indiana – Tyrone Tracy, Decatur Central (Indianapolis)
Iowa – Evan Flitz, Iowa City West
Kansas – Carter Putz, Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission)
Kentucky – Rondale Moore, Trinity (Louisville)
Louisiana – Slade Bolden, West Monroe
Maine – Owen Garrard, Scarborough
Maryland – Anthony Lytton Jr., Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. (Upper Marlborough)
Massachusetts – Sal Frelick, Lexington
Michigan – La’Darius Jefferson, Muskegon
Minnesota – Jason Williamson, Owatonna
Mississippi – Tony Brown, East Central (Moss Point)
Missouri – Isaiah Williams, Trinity Catholic (St. Louis)
Montana – Gabe Sulser, Billings
Nebraska – Milton Sargbah, Omaha North
Nevada — Cade McNamara, Damonte Ranch (Reno)
New Hampshire – Andrew Duval, Goffstown
New Jersey – Devin Leary, Timber Creek (Sicklerville)
New Mexico – Brandon Baeza, Las Cruces
New York – Jeremy Ruckert, Lindenhurst
North Carolina – Quavaris Crouch, Harding University (Charlotte)
North Dakota – Andy Gravdahl, West Fargo
Ohio – Ra’Veion Hargrove, Trotwood-Madison
Oklahoma – Payton Scott, Charles Page (Sand Springs)
Oregon – Trey Lowe, Jesuit (Portland)
Pennsylvania — Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland
Rhode Island — Will Such, Cranston West
South Carolina — Derion Kendrick, South Pointe
South Dakota — Seth Benson, Washington (Sioux Falls)
Tennessee — Eric Gray, Lausanne Collegiate School (Memphis)
Texas — Spencer Sanders, Denton Ryan
Utah — Cammon Cooper, Lehi
Vermont — Tyler Hamilton, Hartford
Virginia — Ricky Slade, C.D. Hylton (Woodbridge)
Washington — Iasiah Ifanse, Bellevue
West Virginia — Tyson Bagent, Martinsburg
Wisconsin — D.J. Stewart, Kimberly
Wyoming — Brett Brenton, Natrona County
