First-Team Offense

QB Chris Lee 6’4” 185 Ypsilanti Lincoln

His numbers may not match the 2,367 yards and 17 TDs he threw for last year, but the talent’s still there. This rangy lefty has a lot of raw potential. He’s a playmaker with a gun.

RB Jerome Jackson 6’0” 195 Saginaw

He can run between tackles or break out around the end. Has the build of a workhorse number one back. Ran for 1,700 yards as a junior.

RB Marcus Woods 5’8” 180 Farmington Hills Harrison

You say he’s too small, we’d say he’s about to break John Miller’s career TD record at Harrison so he must be doing something right. Woods had 1,660 yards and 32 scores as a junior. He’s started on two state championship teams.

OL Jake Long 6’7” 305 Lapeer East

Like in-state lineman John Runyan and Jon Jansen, big, athletic multi-sport types who go to Michigan and end up in the NFL. Plays both ways and simply overwhelms the opposition at the high school level.

OL Frederick McConnell 6’4” 325 Southfield-Lathrup

Powerhouse blocker and excellent student, McConnell is being recruited by Big 10 schools … just not the in-state ones.

OL Nick Fincher 6’4” 270 Chippewa Valley

With his quickness – runs a sub-5.0 40-yard dash -- will probably end up at guard when he goes to Purdue.

OL Pat Sharrow 6’5” 275 Monroe

The fastest player of this group, running a 4.85 40. Could conceivably play defense at the next level.

OL James Blair 6’3” 320 Detroit Pershing

This poor man’s Gabe Watson is the best prospect in the PSL.

TE Garrett Bushong 6’5” 230 Ionia

He would get more pub if he hadn’t committed to Michigan State before his junior year. Like Kevin Murphy, a basketball athlete tough enough to get it done in the fall. He’s a four-year starter who caught seven TD passes last season.

WR Lonnie Hurst 6’2” 185 Detroit U-D Jesuit

Type of receiver who can go up and get the ball. Hurst had 820 yards last season … almost as impressive as his 30 ACT.

WR Joel Malkasian 6’1” 195 Lake Orion

He’s been all-state two years already, and was most productive as a sophomore when he was hooking up with Chad Day. He had 826 yards and a dozen TDs as a junior.

PK Eric Ledbetter 5’10” 170 Rockford

First-Team Defense

DL Chris Patrick 6’5” 240 Ithaca

His brother, Joe, is an offensive lineman at Michigan State but Chris’ future is on the defensive side of the ball given his quickness and overall athleticism.

DL Doug Van Dyke 6’6” 250 Marshall

The best line prospect in the state with his size and athleticism, huge potential. Van Dyke gets it done against the pass and the run. His brother was an MSU quarterback but it doesn’t look like Doug is headed to East Lansing.

DL Derrick Outlaw 6’5” 225 Cassopolis

Smalltown kid who wasn’t on anyone’s radar screen … except Bobby Williams, who got Outlaw and appears to have been ahead of the game. Not exceptionally strong yet, but has a good foundation and real speed on the rush.

LB Lamarr Woodley 6’3” 255 Saginaw

A consenus all-American and the state’s best defensive prospect since Ernest Shazor two years ago at Detroit King. Know this about Woodley – he will hunt you down, and you’re not getting away thanks to his ridiculously long and strong arms.

LB Jim Presley 6’3” 225 Milford

Looking at his raw numbers you might think that Presley is merely a workout warrior. But he’s also the best player in school history, having led the team in tackles the last two years, seasons in which he rushed for over 1,000 yards, as well. He’s headed down US-23 to play at Michigan.

LB Ravon Ellis 6’2” 240 Ann Arbor Huron

He doesn’t have the super athleticism that makes scouts automatically love his game. But then you watch Ellis on the field and all he does is make plays. And, from the game-respect-game category, Jim Presley calls Ellis one of the best players he saw on the summer camp circuit.

LB Anthony Rogers 6’2” 250 Saginaw

Being in the same class with superstars like Woodley and Jackson, Rogers gets overlooked … by everyone but the QBs and RBs he brings down in the backfield.

DB Mark Catlin 5’10” 175 Lowell

The high school version of Antwan Ranldle-El, he is a true creator as a quarterback and on the other side had seven interceptions as a junior. This will be Catlin’s fourth year as a starter. Lowell has made the playoffs in the previous three.

DB Alan Ball 6’2” 170 Detroit DePorres

Committed to Illinois. Last year he had 10 interceptions for DePorres’ state championship team.

DB Samad Cain 6’3” 185 Detroit King

Cain saw to it that the Ernest Shazor withdrawal wasn’t as bad as Crusaders fans might have imagined. He had eight INTs and 57 tackles.

DB Anthony Thornhill 6’2” 188 Detroit Central

A hard-hitting safety with 4.55 speed who made 68 tackles as a junior.

P Brian Jackson 6’3” 185 Lansing Sexton

Second-Team Offense

QB DaJuan Warren 6’3” 190 Southfield (Illinois)

RB Maurice Alexander 5’9” 180 Southfield (Minnesota)

RB Lance Johnson 5’10” 180 Detroit Murray-Wright

OL Adolphio Johnson 6’3” 280 Flint Northern

OL Dave McManaman 6’4” 275 Haslett

OL Brandon Zukoff 6’5” 285 Grand Blanc

OL Justin Hartig 6’4” 275 Charlotte

OL Travis Coughlin 6’7” 270 Madison Hts. Foley

TE Josh Powell 6’4” 250 Wyandotte

WR Emory Jones 6’3” 185 Detroit Cass Tech

WR Andrew Shaver 6’1” 180 Menominee

Second-Team Defense

DL Bubba Gritter 6’0” 275 Grandville

DL Ken Schmidt 6’4” 240 Waterford Mott

DL Ed Piner 6’2” 275 Detroit U-D Jesuit

LB Jeff Jansen 6’2” 225 Jackson

LB Kaleb Thornhill 6’1” 205 Lansing Eastern (Michigan State)

LB Nick Thurman 6’3” 225 Warren Mott

LB Ryan Brittain 6’2” 220 Birmingham Brother Rice

DB Deaudre Perry 6’1” 195 River Rouge

DB Jordan Dickerson 6’0” 180 Battle Creek Central

DB Lonnel Bass 6’3” 215 Southfield-Lathrup

DB Marcus Robinson 6’2” 190 Albion

Honorable Mention:

Ken Bohnet QB Grand Ledge

Mike Byrd OL Temperance-Bedford

Rivers Calhoun OL Detroit Central

Patrick Clark DL Redford Cathlic Central

DeMonte Collins WR Muskegon

Luis Gomez RB Oxford

Desmond Gray DL Detroit Cass Tech

Josh Hunt DL Jackson Lumen Christi

Jermaine Isaac RB Detroit Renaisance

Mike Jones QB Rochester Adams

Mark Kilgo DL Sterling Hts. Stevenson

Mike LePage RB Rochester Adams

Kemp Luchie RB Forest Hills Northern

Andre Mack WR Pontiac Northern

Tyson Matlock OL East Lansing

Quintell McCullough RB Detroit REdford

Craig Mester DL East Grand Rapids

Adam Morris TE Dearborn Divine Child

Demetrius Russell DL Grand Rapids Union

Nick Saad RB Chippewa Valley

Pierre Walker RB Detroit Central

Khalid Walton OL Southfield

Michael White DL Detroit Mumford

Rob White QB Grand Rapids South Christian

Marc Zera QB Harper Woods Trinity

Kevin Zerbo LB Farmington Hills Harrison

Juniors:

Derrick Brooks RB Redford Catholic Central

Kellen Freeman-Davis TE Adrian

Larry Gibson PK Riverview

De’Anthony Granberry RB Westland John Glenn

Dwayne Holmes LB Detroit Henry Ford

Justin Hoskins RB Grand Rapids Creston

Ernie Jackson QB Detroit Country Day

Dan Marshall OL Rockford

Jeremy Orr WR Detroit Henry Ford

Isaac Price WR Southfield

Morgan Trent WR Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Marcus Winston LB Lansing Sexton

Sophomores

Kevin Grady RB East Grand Rapids

Sparky McEwen QB Grand Rapids Creston

Clifford Peterson OL Detroit Denby

Terrance Taylor DL Muskegon