USA FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES 2021 U.S. NATIONAL TEAM HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAN WATCH LIST
High School student-athletes spanning 36 states earn national honor from U.S. National Team Program
INDIANAPOLIS – USA Football, the sport’s national governing body and member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, today announced its 2021 U.S. National Team High School Football All-American Watch List.
Comprised of top high school-aged players nationwide, the exclusive list of less than 400 student-athletes spans 36 states. Athletes earned their USA Football distinction through elite performances amid top competition at 2021 spring and summer U.S. National Team skill development events. Position-specific drills highlighting technique, speed, agility, and strength, are part of U.S. National Team athlete evaluations.
Three of the standout student-athletes recognized on USA Football's list are girls: quarterback LIA CRUZ of California and a pair of players from Texas -- wide receiver ASHLEA KLAM and running back A'NIJAH WILKINS.
According to the most recent participation study by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) from the 2018-19 school year, 11-player high school tackle football is the No. 1-particpation sport of U.S. boys with more than 1 million student-athletes. The NFHS also reports the numbers of girls playing high school tackle as well as flag football currently stand all-time highs of 2,604 and 11,209 student-athletes, respectively. The most recent (2018-19) NFHS-reported total number of girls playing high school tackle and flag football combined -- 13,813 -- is an increase of 30% from just five years prior (2013-14). Players earning their position on the U.S. National Team High School Football All-American Watch List represent less than 0.04% of high school players nationwide.
Since 2009, high school-aged U.S. National Teams in football have competed in International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Championships. More than 70 countries across six continents possess a national federation dedicated solely to American Football, a figure that has nearly doubled in the past 15 years.
2021 U.S. National Team High School Football All-American Watch List Athletes:
Defensive Line
Player; Home State
Anthony Bee; Texas
Logan Carpenter; California
Camron Cooper; Texas
Omari Davis; South Carolina
Nathan Davis; California
Cedrick Diggs II; Texas
Adrian Divcic; Florida
Evonjre Donnell; Texas
Marqueil Ford-Watson; Florida
Josiah Gardner; Arizona
Jovan George; New Jersey
Hunter Goodwin; Arkansas
Jason Harden; California
Houston Hunt; North Carolina
Efren Hurtado III; Washington
Isaiah Johnson; Texas
Jacob Joiner; Indiana
Evan Keefe; Oklahoma
Toyja Kelley Jr.; Maryland
Bruce Knauber; South Carolina
Mack Lakes; Georgia
Quentin Lane; New Jersey
Jack Latore; New Jersey
Su'e Luamanu; California
DaMarco McClure; North Carolina
Mychal McMullin; Virginia
Moses Medina; Texas
Reggie Miles; California
Aiden Morgan; Iowa
Joseph Nanai; California
Jake Newchurch; Louisiana
Jayden Oquendo; Kansas
Martell Owens; Wisconsin
Ivan Rodriguez; Texas
Joshua Santos; Texas
Misan Sisk; Tennessee
Bryan Veltman-Stamey; Maryland
Joshua Wines; Wisconsin
Linebackers
Player; Home State
Kayzehn Aiwohi-Frisby; Hawaii
Sebastian Amerson; Georgia
Amahri Bowers; Florida
Jamonie Brown; Georgia
RJ Brown; Virginia
Nylan Brown; Indiana
Cyrus Chappell; Florida
Fanon Cross; Texas
Ray Defran; New Jersey
Antonio Delgado; Arizona
Hunter Eldeen; Nevada
Deldrick Franklin, Jr.; Georgia
Jayden Gibson; Ohio
Zakary Goff; Missouri
Dylan Greeson; California
Braylen Harrell; Georgia
Joseph Hendren; Oklahoma
Ervin Jones IV; Louisiana
Diego A. Juarez; Kansas
Nicholas King; Texas
Kyle Kollmorgen; Texas
Logan Kovall; Texas
Elijah Leiataua; Georgia
Kayden Luke; Arizona
Cameron McDonald; Arizona
Tiejaun McLeod; Texas
Aleczander Meadows; Indiana
Isaiah Moore; Alabama
Zachary Morris; Texas
Tyler Mustain; Arizona
Rylan Nail; Oklahoma
Frank Perez; Georgia
Vincent Pisano; New Jersey
Nathan Prewett; Georgia
Michael Sabric; New Jersey
Keshaun Seabrook; South Carolina
Gabriel Semidey; Virginia
Cade Sheedy; Iowa
Kahlil Smith; Texas
Adrian Smith; Indiana
Michael Thomas, Jr.; Virginia
Tyler Thompson; North Carolina
Jamycheal Towns; Illinois
Beady Waddell V; North Carolina
Noah Willson; Oklahoma
Christian Wood; Georgia
Ryan Woods; California
Jordyn Woodward; Texas
Trent Zappe; Texas
Defensive Backs
Player; Home State
Jaylen Aborom; Mississippi
Fredrick Adams; Florida
Torik Aigbedion; Texas
Trevaun Allen; North Carolina
Senquavious Alsobrooks; Georgia
Ruben Barragan; Arizona
Colin Best; Oregon
Jaden Brandon; North Carolina
Clifford Davis; Indiana
Dwight Davis; Texas
Damion Davis; North Carolina
Daniel Demery; Texas
Darrin Dussett; Illinois
Keelan Elder; Texas
J’Vari Flowers; Florida
Kamore Gill; New Jersey
Marcus Greathouse; Indiana
Kentarious Hall; Florida
Jason Hampton; Texas
James Harris; Texas
Omar Houston; North Carolina
Dalton Hurd; Oklahoma
George Inge II; New Jersey
Jaden Jones; Georgia
Juster Kiesser; Washington
Segjier Lane; Georgia
Blayz McGhee; Nevada
Ryan Meza; Arizona
Jordan Mikell; South Carolina
Naeten-Jeremy Mitchell; Texas
Dominic Njoku; Texas
Jordan Riggs; Texas
Jordan Sample; Texas
Gary Seigler; Virginia
Julian Simpson; South Carolina
Paul Singleton III; Texas
Matai Tomas; Texas
Zachary Van-Skyhawk; Florida
Anthony Vassar; Missouri
Markye Wheaton; Arizona
Vashaud Williams; Florida
Maurice Williams, Jr.; Texas
Jihad Wilson; Indiana
Clayton Zentner; California
Holden Zigmant; Kansas
Offensive Line
Player; Home State
Aidan Banfield; Georgia
Camden Beebe; Kansas
Aidan Birk; Nebraska
Peyton Chadd; Indiana
Jonathan Conway; Texas
Jake Delfino; Connecticut
Lincoln Epstein; Illinois
Devin Forrester; Georgia
Kyle Garvis; Texas
Kailon Golston; Texas
Isaac Gray; Texas
David Herrera; Texas
Owen Hollenbeck; Texas
Ennes Ismail; Texas
Nicklaus Johnson; Indiana
Connor Jones; Colorado
Gabriel Kiely; Illinois
Justin Krol; Wisconsin
Tryce Lewis; Oklahoma
Hunter Marshall; Arkansas
Tyson Miller; Indiana
Ian Moore; Indiana
Marleo Neolien; New York
Brock Nobles; Georgia
Christian Oliva; New York
Joe Palermo; Illinois
Brandon Reed; Georgia
Skye Richardson; Georgia
Lucas Sartori; Illinois
Tyler Schott; Indiana
Joseph Shepardson; Colorado
Dameon Smallwood; Texas
Percy Speights; Florida
Jeremiah Swartz; Texas
Mark Welch; Arkansas
Taj White; New Jersey
Jeffrey Yates; Florida
Quarterbacks
Player; Home State
Adonis Adams-Figueroa; Indiana
Malachi Allen; Indiana
Kolby Anderson; Illinois
Aliam Appler; South Carolina
Ethan Bagwell; Illinois
Malachi Berg; Kansas
Jordan Brooks; Maryland
Kevin Burr, Jr.; New Jersey
Collin Campbell; Washington
Nicolas Caro; Massachusetts
Richard “RJ” Cluxton; Illinois
Joseph Conflitti; Texas
DeAngello Conquest; New Jersey
Cole Crippen; Texas
Lia Cruz; California
Nick Curry; Texas
Cameron Davis; Tennessee
Caden Dawes; Arizona
Sam Deligio; Illinois
Luke Dobbins; South Carolina
Todd Drummond; Oklahoma
Trevor Eck; California
Eric Erbe; Kansas
Eli Fahey; Washington
Jonathan Fayard; Texas
Bladen Fike; Arkansas
Christopher Gilbert; Texas
Valentino Gist; Illinois
Austin Gonzalez; Texas
Ethan Greenwood; New York
Chance Guadiz; Washington
Hayden Hallett; Arizona
Blake Hebert; Massachusetts
Braden Hernandez; Texas
Taylor Ioane; Washington
Willie Joe Jefferson, Jr.; Texas
Brendan Jones; Tennessee
Jaden Keefner; Massachusetts
Treston Kochhar; California
Brice Koontz; Maryland
Logan Ladish; Kansas
Braiden Lagafuaina; Arizona
Maxwell Landrum; Texas
Callum Letters; Connecticut
Angel Lopez; Illinois
Darian Lopez-Sullivan; New Hampshire
Max Martin; Arizona
Michael McClellan; Georgia
David McComb; California
NaCari McFarland; Illinois
Hagen McGuire; Oklahoma
Henry Mercado; Washington
Jacob Mustain; Arizona
Anthony Njoku; Texas
Alec Ponder; Illinois
Elijah Scott; Kentucky
Riley Staton; South Carolina
Jaden Stewart; New Jersey
Liam Stone; Indiana
Zachary Suarez; New York
Ethan Terrell; Texas
Brady VanDonge; Kansas
Caelon Weir; Missouri
Running Backs
Player; Home State
Elijah Alvarez; New York
Amini Amone; Utah
Sincere Baines; North Carolina
Ronald Baskerville; Indiana
Drais Bellamy; Nevada
Roddrick Bingham; California
Javez Blair; Arizona
Ramon Brown; Virginia
Clint Campbell; Oklahoma
Francisco lyon Colon; California
Johness Davis; Georgia
Trae'Von Dunbar; South Carolina
Jeffery Elms; Illinois
Zachariah Frazier; Oregon
Malachi Gaines; South Carolina
Dalton Gillette; Arizona
Anthony Greene; North Carolina
Tyler Haskell; California
Marques Hicks; New Jersey
Brennen Hills; Arizona
Jaylen House; Mississippi
Kenneth Jacobs; Nevada
Jack Krebs; Missouri
Jamezell Lassiter; Rhode Island
Micho Lavine; Oklahoma
Ethan Licin; New York
Devin Mancuso; New Jersey
Mekusapv Martel; Oklahoma
Cainen Northington; Indiana
Keegan Otte; Illinois
Thomas Overton; North Carolina
Payton Prestito; Nebraska
Porter Rode; Indiana
Zavier Russell; Washington
Jeremy Sawyer; Washington
Jayden Shotwell; North Carolina
William Stafford II; Massachusetts
Jaden Stubbs; Massachusetts
Malik Terry; South Carolina
Dejuan Tolbert; Florida
Taylen Townsend; Illinois
Eric Virgil; Oklahoma
A'Nijah Wilkins; Texas
Cartez Williams; Washington
Jaidyn Yarber; Nevada
Maximus Ycaza; New Jersey
Tight Ends
Player; Home State
Jacob Amburn; Connecticut
Gabriel Anderson; North Carolina
Juelz Cooper; Virginia
Jayson Gipson; Texas
Alexavier King; Kansas
Trenton Merriman; California
Jordan Morse; California
Bodhi Ogg; New York
Brady Probst; Indiana
Franklin Renfro; Texas
Skylar Soward; Texas
William Way; Arizona
Wide Receivers
Player; Home State
Justin Arellano; Texas
Kevin Arline; New Jersey
Jalen Austin; Texas
Matthew Bailey; Illinois
Johnny Bailey; Illinois
Christopher Banks; New Jersey
Caleb Barringer; North Carolina
Sacred Baylor; North Carolina
Rico Bond; Missouri
Hayden Busot; Arizona
Bryce Chen; Arizona
Dylan Corsi; New Jersey
Carlo Crocetti; Massachusetts
Jayden Davis; Florida
Joshua Derry; Maryland
Laquari Dillon; Nevada
Everette Dingle; Maryland
Jackson Durner; Washington
Cade Dutton; California
Andrew Eastland; Texas
Marquis Edmond; Maryland
Justin Foreman; North Carolina
Braylon Gardoni; Texas
Benjamin Gaston; Virginia
Josiah Goode; Washington
JaQuerrius Gray; Mississippi
Dion Green; Texas
Ethan Greenberg; Arizona
Cody Harrison; Texas
Judah Jackson; California
Andrew Jacobs; Maryland
Price Johnson; Texas
Jaden Johnson; North Carolina
Chris Johnson II; New Mexico
Daniel Jones; Florida
Jordan Kelly; Texas
Ashlea Klam; Texas
Joseph Lagafuaina; Arizona
Anthony Lamberth II; Oregon
Darien Lunsford; North Carolina
Caden Lynch; Texas
Nicholas Lyons; Arizona
Hayden Malsy; New York
Matthew Marchese; Massachusetts
Reese Marziale; Arizona
Dequavis Mattison; South Carolina
Tariq Miller; West Virginia
Jonathan Monteiro; Massachusetts
Douglas Nelson; Mississippi
Blaise Nelson; Arizona
Jordan Ormond; California
Julien Oxendine; Virginia
Mehki Parks; New Jersey
Keyshaun Pipkin; Indiana
Zach Powell; Texas
Ricardo Pulcher; Nevada
Santiago Quiceno; Massachusetts
Jamareese Ray; North Carolina
Randy Reece; Texas
Nesha Robertson; Illinois
Jaylen Robinson; Illinois
Grayson Robinson; North Carolina
Aiden Samuels; Texas
Brycen Scott; South Carolina
AJ Slone; Arizona
Stephen Smalls; South Carolina
Cole Stacy; California
Anthony Taormina; Illinois
Zion Taylor; Georgia
Will Taylor; Texas
Amaury Tiofil; Nevada
Danny Tippit IV; Indiana
Zion Tracy; New York
Gabriel Van Wyk; Texas
Nathan Wachs; Oregon
Messiah Washington; Texas
Teon White; Georgia
Jukil Whitehead; Florida
Tevin Wilbur; Hawaii
Joshua Williams; California
Kelby Wright; North Carolina
Jordan Yeadon; South Carolina
Jayson Zeva; New York
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