2021 PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 6A
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The big school team is here, folks! Up to this point, I have watched game film on every single high school football team in the great state of Minnesota, which included rural Iron Range schools of less than 100 near…
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Continue ReadingThe big school team is here, folks! Up to this point, I have watched game film on every single high school football team in the great state of Minnesota, which included rural Iron Range schools of less than 100 near the Canadian border, southern Minnesota programs with only one player on their Hudl, and teams ranging in size and location everywhere in between. We’ve now entered the Twin Cities Metro area, and with a Class that produced five 4-star (according to 24/7Sports) prospects last year, we are talking about some of the most skilled football players the Land of 10,000 Lakes has to offer. With the almost 30 Class AAAAAA squads representing the largest schools in the state, we had a lot of accomplished athletes to choose from, so I’m very excited to bring to our readers this talent-rich 2021 PrepRedzoneMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 6A edition. As a note, news was recently broken by our own Nate Wahl that Ohio’s St. Edward High School star DE and Minnesota Gopher commit Trey Bixby has recently transferred to Eden Prairie High School to compete in MN for his senior season, but I have elected to not include him in this Preseason team as he does not have any film in MN and the news just recently broke. Keep your eyes out for him though, he’s going to be one of the best players in the state this fall. Let’s get right into it and not waste any further time, please enjoy, and thanks for reading! Congratulations to all of the selections!
Preseason Player of the Year: Darius Givance Darius Givance 6'2" | 200 lbs | RB Champlin Park | 2022 State MN (Champlin Park) & Chase Androff Chase Androff 6'6" | 230 lbs | TE Lakeville South | 2022 State MN (Lakeville South)
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Carson Hansen Carson Hansen 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB Lakeville South | 2023 State MN (Lakeville South-2023)
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Logan Larson Logan Larson 6'4" | 260 lbs | DL Eastridge | 2022 State MN (East Ridge)
Offense
Quarterback
First Team: Camden Dean Camden Dean 5'11" | 170 lbs | ATH Lakeville South | 2022 State MN (Lakeville South) – Kyle Haas Kyle Haas 6'0" | 205 lbs | QB Prior Lake | 2022 State MN (Prior Lake)
Second Team: Connor Gerrell Connor Gerrell 6'4" | 185 lbs | QB White Bear Lake | 2022 State MN (White Bear Lake) – Jacob Kilzer Jacob Kilzer 6'3" | 200 lbs | QB Maple Grove | 2023 State MN (Maple Grove-2023)
Running Back
First Team: Hunter Karlson Hunter Karlson 5'11" | 200 lbs | RB Totino Grace | 2022 State MN (Totino-Grace) – Carson Hansen Carson Hansen 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB Lakeville South | 2023 State MN (Lakeville South-2023)
Second Team: Derrick Jameson Jr. (Maple Grove) – Chandler Ross Jr. (Shakopee)
Wide Receiver
First Team: Blake Rohrer Blake Rohrer 6'2" | 190 lbs | WR Woodbury | 2022 State MN (Woodbury) – Cade Conzemius Cade Conzemius 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Minnetonka | 2022 State MN (Minnetonka) – Cedric Wall Cedric Wall 6'3" | 180 lbs | WR Rosemount | 2022 State MN (Rosemount)
Second Team: Julian Diedrich Julian Diedrich 5'9" | 180 lbs | RB Wayzata | 2022 State MN (Wayzata) – Max Shikenjanski Max Shikenjanski 6'2" | 160 lbs | ATH Stillwater | 2023 State MN (Stillwater-2023) – Bernier Gaines (Maple Grove)
Tight End
First Team: Chase Androff Chase Androff 6'6" | 230 lbs | TE Lakeville South | 2022 State MN (Lakeville South) – Blake Gode (Lakeville North)
Second Team: Jacob Emslander Jacob Emslander 6'4" | 230 lbs | TE Blaine | 2022 State MN (Blaine) – Sam West (Shakopee) – Jack Kinsey Jack Kinsey 6'6" | 230 lbs | TE Wayzata | 2022 State MN (Wayzata)
Fullback
First Team: Josh Liggett Josh Liggett 6'0" | 200 lbs | LB Rosemount | 2022 State MN (Rosemount) – Max Keefer (St. Michael-Albertville) – Javon Palmer-Pruitt (Eden Prairie)
Second Team: Gavyn Schraufnagel Gavyn Schraufnagel 5'9" | 195 lbs | RB Lakeville North | 2022 State MN (Lakeville North) – Lance Lui (Centennial) – Josh Jacobson (Lakeville South)
Offensive Line
First Team: Mateo Noriega Mateo Noriega 6'5" | 270 lbs | OL Burnsville | 2022 State MN (Burnsville) – Zach Cochnauer Zach Cochnauer 6'5" | 300 lbs | OL Farmington | 2022 State MN (Farmington) – Martin Koivisto Martin Koivisto 6'6" | 290 lbs | OL Shakopee | 2022 State MN (Shakopee) – Xavier Peltoma Xavier Peltoma 6'3" | 300 lbs | OL St. Michael-Albertville | 2022 State MN (St. Michael-Albertville) – Brett Kelzenberg Brett Kelzenberg 6'4" | 255 lbs | OL Wayzata | 2022 State MN (Wayzata)
Second Team: Grant Chapman Grant Chapman 6'5" | 280 lbs | OL Anoka | 2023 State MN (Anoka-2023) – Brock Niederer (Lakeville North) – Gavin Falk Gavin Falk 6'6" | 300 lbs | OL Edina | 2022 State MN (Edina) – Jack Stevens (Eastview) – Luc Myhre (Eagan)
Athlete
First Team: Darius Givance Darius Givance 6'2" | 200 lbs | RB Champlin Park | 2022 State MN (Champlin Park) – Rod Finley Rod Finley ATH Farmington | 2022 State MN (Farmington)
Defense
Defensive Line
First Team: Logan Larson Logan Larson 6'4" | 260 lbs | DL Eastridge | 2022 State MN (East Ridge) – Zach Krause Zach Krause 6'4" | 280 lbs | DL Lakeville North | 2022 State MN (Lakeville North) – Tommy Hamann Tommy Hamann 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB Wayzata | 2022 MN (Wayzata) – Mason Wilson Mason Wilson 6'3" | 235 lbs | DL Stillwater | 2022 State MN (Stillwater)
Second Team: Clayton Huber (Blaine) – Mason South Mason South 6'2" | 225 lbs | DL Maple Grove | 2022 State MN (Maple Grove) – Chase Granzow (Centennial) – Chiddi Obiazor Chiddi Obiazor 6'6" | 220 lbs | DL Eden Prairie | 2023 State MN (Eden Prairie-2023)
Linebacker
First Team: Toby Anene Toby Anene 6'3" | 230 lbs | LB East Ridge | 2022 State MN (East Ridge) – Colton Gregersen Colton Gregersen 6'2" | 235 lbs | DL Burnsville | 2022 State MN (Burnsville) – Zach Juckel Zach Juckel 6'3" | 200 lbs | LB Lakeville South | 2022 State MN (Lakeville South) – Josh Magin (Shakopee)
Second Team: Miles Townsend Miles Townsend 6'2" | 210 lbs | LB Rosemount | 2022 State MN (Rosemount) – Gavin Bass Gavin Bass 6'3" | 220 lbs | LB Rosemount | 2023 State MN (Rosemount-2023) – Bennett Larson Bennett Larson 5'10" | 190 lbs | LB Eden Prairie | 2022 State MN (Eden Prairie) – Dylan Fischer Dylan Fischer 6'2" | 215 lbs | DL Burnsville | 2022 State MN (Burnsville)
Defensive Back
First Team: Joey Gerlach Joey Gerlach 6'3" | 195 lbs | LB Woodbury | 2022 State MN (Woodbury) – Micha Vayee Micha Vayee 6'0" | 180 lbs | DB Maple Grove | 2022 State MN (Maple Grove) – Tommy Niggeling Tommy Niggeling 5'11" | 190 lbs | LB Lakeville North | 2022 State MN (Lakeville North) – Logan Gareis Logan Gareis 5'10" | 175 lbs | DB Eden Prairie | 2022 State MN (Eden Prairie)
Second Team: Daniel O’Neill (Centennial) – Connor Weed Connor Weed 6'0" | 180 lbs | DB Farmington | 2022 State MN (Farmington) – Ashton Hoffman (Minnetonka) – Jarrett Bennett (St. Michael-Albertville)
Specialists
First Team: Leyton Simmering Leyton Simmering 6'1" | 155 lbs | K Rosemount | 2022 State MN (Rosemount) – Owen Forsythe Owen Forsythe 6'0" | 160 lbs | K Shakopee | 2022 State MN (Shakopee) –
Second Team: Arya Chandrasheker (Totino-Grace) – Joseph Mehlhorn (Farmington) – Finn Jacques (Lakeville North)