2022 PRzMN Preseason All-State Team: Class 5A Offense
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I still remember it like yesterday. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before; it’s a cold Friday night in late November in the early 2010s and the regular season of Minnesota high school football has wound down into the…
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Continue ReadingI still remember it like yesterday. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before; it’s a cold Friday night in late November in the early 2010s and the regular season of Minnesota high school football has wound down into the win-and-go-home section playoffs. My battered band of 40somethingish Southwest Lakers have been seeded near the bottom of our section and are due for a butt-whoopin’ by the Minnetonka Lakers. A butt-whooping it most surely was, and without giving my Lakers too many excuses, the reality was that Minnetonka and Southwest were on different levels in their high school programs, but with only 5 classes this was just how the cookie crumbled. This was pre-class 6A, so it’s safe to say that when the MSHSL introduced AAAAAA and the new, big-school class of MN ball, I was stoked. Now, with a more level and competitive playing field for the in-between schools of Class 5A, prep programs in the Twin Cities, the Metro, and up North have a much higher chance of winning playoff games and aiming for state playoff contention, and Class AAAAA is absolutely stacked this year with scholarship talent that PrepRedzoneMN is excited to introduce. Get to know the Class 5A 2022 Preseason All-State Offensive squad below, and congratulations to the selections!
Preseason Player of the Year: Jaxon Howard Jaxon Howard 6'4" | 245 lbs | DL Cooper | 2023 State MN (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6’4, 245 lbs. TE/DE. Committed to LSU
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | 175 lbs | WR Bloomington Jefferson | 2024 MN (Bloomington Jefferson) Junior. WR. 6’1, 175 lbs.
Preseason All-State 5A Offensive Squad
Quarterback
First Team: Cole Hentges Cole Hentges 6'0" | 200 lbs | QB Sartell-St. Stephen | 2023 State MN (Sartell-St. Stephen) Senior. 6′, 200 lbs.
Second Team: Luke Emmerich Luke Emmerich 6'2" | 190 lbs | ATH Monticello | 2025 State MN (Monticello) Sophomore. 6’2, 185 lbs.
Running Back
First Team: Anthony Powell Anthony Powell 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB Rogers | 2023 MN (Rogers) Senior. 5’10, 190 lbs. – Austan Orvedahl (Duluth East) Senior. 6′, 190 lbs.
Second Team: Love Adebayo Love Adebayo 5'9" | 195 lbs | RB Saint Thomas Academy | 2023 State MN (St. Thomas Academy) Senior. 5’8, 190 lbs. – Savion Hart Savion Hart 6'0" | 190 lbs | RB Saint Thomas Academy | 2024 State MN (St. Thomas Academy) Junior. – 5’10, 190 lbs.
Wide Receiver
First Team: Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | 175 lbs | WR Bloomington Jefferson | 2024 MN (Bloomington Jefferson) Junior. 6’1, 175 lbs. – Andrew Harren Andrew Harren 6'5" | 200 lbs | WR Sauk Rapids-Rice | 2023 State MN (Sauk Rapids-Rice) Senior. 6’5, 190 lbs. – Stefano Giovannelli Stefano Giovannelli 6'2" | 175 lbs | WR St. Louis Park | 2023 State MN (St. Louis Park) Senior. 6’3, 170 lbs.
Second Team: Dominick Brown Dominick Brown 5'6" | 165 lbs | WR Park Center | 2023 MN (Park Center) Senior. 5’6, 155 lbs.- Sam Musungu (Andover) Senior. 6’1, 180 lbs. – Carter Holcomb Carter Holcomb 5'9" | 165 lbs | WR Rochester Mayo | 2024 State MN (Rochester Mayo) Junior. 5’9, 160 lbs.
Offensive Line
First Team: Trevion Mack Trevion Mack 6'6" | 295 lbs | OL Irondale | 2023 State MN (Irondale) Senior. 6’6, 300 lbs. – Beau Johnson Beau Johnson 6'7" | 260 lbs | OL Spring Lake Park | 2023 State MN (Spring Lake Park) Senior. 6’7, 250 lbs. – Austin Schultz Austin Schultz 6'4" | 280 lbs | OL Moorhead | 2023 State MN (Moorhead) Senior. 6’4, 290 lbs. – Kaleb Rector Kaleb Rector 6'3" | 280 lbs | OL Chaska | 2023 State MN (Chaska) Senior. 6’3, 280 lbs. – Deon Kelson Deon Kelson 6'3" | 270 lbs | OL Apple Valley | 2023 State MN (Apple Valley) Senior. 6’4, 270 lbs.
Second Team: Emerson Mandell Emerson Mandell 6'5" | 290 lbs | OL Irondale | 2024 State MN (Irondale) Junior. 6’4, 290 lbs. – Leo Smalley (Chaska) Senior. 6’2, 265 lbs. – Matthew Schoenecker (New Prague) Senior. 6’7, 270 lbs. – Hunter Nething Hunter Nething 6'3" | 310 lbs | ATH Elk River | 2023 State MN (Elk River) Senior. 6’3, 305 lbs. – Wyatt Bell Wyatt Bell 6'4" | 295 lbs | OL Rogers | 2024 State MN (Rogers) – Junior. 6’4, 285 lbs.
Tight End
First Team: Jaxon Howard Jaxon Howard 6'4" | 245 lbs | DL Cooper | 2023 State MN (Robbinsdale Cooper) Senior. 6’4, 245 lbs. – Caleb Sandstrom Caleb Sandstrom 6'3" | 220 lbs | LB Elk River | 2023 State MN (Elk River) Senior. 6’3, 225 lbs.
Second Team: Sam Koopmeiners Sam Koopmeiners 6'7" | 215 lbs | TE Cretin-Derham Hall | 2023 State MN (Cretin-Derham Hall) Senior. 6’7, 225 lbs. – Ramsey Morrell Ramsey Morrell 6'3" | 215 lbs | TE Mahtomedi | 2023 MN (Mahtomedi) Senior. 6’2, 225 lbs. – Charlie Fragassi Charlie Fragassi 6'2" | 225 lbs | TE St. Paul Highland Park | 2023 State MN (St. Paul Highland Park) Senior. 6’2, 225 lbs.
Fullback
First Team: Rudy Lozoya Rudy Lozoya 5'9" | 215 lbs | RB Rochester Mayo | 2023 State MN (Rochester Mayo) Senior. 5’10, 215 lbs.
Second Team: Parker Levar (Chaska) Senior. 5’11, 180 lbs. – Austin Leflay (Hastings) Senior. 6′, 220 lbs.
Athlete
First Team: Max McEnelly Max McEnelly 5'10" | 205 lbs | ATH Waconia | 2023 State MN (Waconia) Senior. 5’10, 210 lbs. – Cade Osterman Cade Osterman 6'1" | 185 lbs | ATH Elk River | 2023 State MN (Elk River) Senior. 6’1, 170 lbs.
Second Team: Marcus Lomanga Marcus Lomanga 6'2" | 215 lbs | ATH Bloomington Jefferson | 2024 State MN (Bloomington Jefferson) Junior. 6’3, 210 lbs. – Rayzjon Walker Rayzjon Walker 6'2" | 185 lbs | DB Bloomington Kennedy | 2023 State MN (Bloomington Kennedy) Senior. 6’3, 185 lbs.