USA TODAY High School Sports Unveils 2012 American Family Insurance
ALL-USA Football Team
MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY High
School Sports -- the nation's leading source for high school
sports news and information -- today unveiled the 2012 American
Family Insurance ALL-USA high
school football team, honoring the best offensive and defensive
high school football players in the USA during the past season.
The ALL-USA Offense is led by
Offensive Player of the Year Max
Browne of Skyline HS (Sammamish, Wash.), who threw for 49 touchdowns
and more than 4,500 yards this season in leading his team to a 14-0
record and the Class 4A state championship. The ALL-USA Defense is led by Defensive Player of the
Year Su'a Cravens of Vista Murrieta HS (Murrieta, Calif.), a dynamic two-way player
who led his team to a 13-1 record this season and scored 17 total
touchdowns from both sides of the ball. Both players have committed
to play next season at the University of
Southern California.
J.T. Curtis of 14-0 John Curtis (River
Ridge, La.), the No. 1 team in this year's season-ending
USA TODAY High School Sports Super
25, has been named the Coach of the Year.
The full 2012 preseason American Family Insurance
ALL-USA high school football team
(first and second teams) appears in today's print edition of
USA TODAY and is also available
online at http://www.usatodayhss.com. The American Family
Insurance ALL-USA Team and its
year-end player and coach awards have been given out annually since
1982 and are considered the highest such honors in high school
football, with past player of the year honorees such as running
back Emmitt Smith (Escambia,
Pensacola, Fla.) in 1986 and
linebacker Derrick Brooks
(Washington, also Pensacola) in 1990 going on to star-studded
careers in the NFL.
Two defensive players -- 6-1 defensive back Jabrill
Peppers of Paramus (N.J.)
Catholic, and 6-4 lineman Andrew
Brown from Oscar Smith
(Chesapeake, Va.) -- are the lone
underclassmen represented on this year's ALL-USA first team. Both players are juniors.
In all, players from 16 states are represented on this year's
team, with the highest representation coming from Alabama with four players -- OL
Grant Hill of Huntsville, LB
Reuben Foster of Auburn, DL
Dee Liner of Muscle Shoals,
and DB Marquez White of Dothan's
Northview HS. The state of Florida
was next with three players (RB Derrick
Henry of Yulee, OT Laremy
Tunsil of Lake City's Columbia HS, and CB
Vernon Hargreaves III of
Tampa's Wharton HS).
USC, Alabama and Oregon lead all
college programs with two ALL-USA
commits each. Six of the senior ALL-USA selections are still yet to declare their
college destination.
Following is the complete listing of this year's American Family
Insurance ALL-USA First Team, as
determined by USA TODAY High
School Sports. For more information on the ALL-USA Team, including a full listing of the
ALL-USA First and Second teams,
visit www.usatodayhss.com.
USA TODAY High School Sports
2012 American Family Insurance
ALL-USA High School Football
Team
Coach of the Year: J.T. Curtis (John
Curtis, River Ridge,
La.)
All-USA Offense
Player of the Year: Max Browne (6-5, 218), QB, Skyline
(Sammamish, Wash.), Senior.
College: USC
|
Player
|
|
School
|
|
Position
|
|
Ht/Wt
|
Year
|
College
Selection
|
|
Max
Browne
|
|
Skyline
(Sammamish, Wash.)
|
|
QB
|
|
6-5,
218
|
Senior
|
USC
|
|
Thomas
Tyner
|
|
Aloha
(Beaverton, Ore.)
|
|
RB
|
|
6-0,
200
|
Senior
|
Oregon
|
|
Derrick
Henry
|
|
Yulee
(Fla.)
|
|
RB
|
|
6-3,
243
|
Senior
|
Alabama
|
|
Robert
Foster
|
|
Central
Valley (Monaca, Pa.)
|
|
WR
|
|
6-3,
170
|
Senior
|
Undecided
|
|
Evan
Lisle
|
|
Centerville (Ohio)
|
|
OL
|
|
6-6,
265
|
Senior
|
Ohio
State
|
|
Hunter
Henry
|
|
Pulaski
Acad. (Little Rock, Ark.)
|
|
TE
|
|
6-6,
235
|
Senior
|
Arkansas
|
|
Ethan
Pocic
|
|
Lemont
(Ill.)
|
|
OL
|
|
6-7,
285
|
Senior
|
LSU
|
|
Grant
Hill
|
|
Huntsville
(Ala.)
|
|
OL
|
|
6-6,
315
|
Senior
|
Alabama
|
|
Kent
Perkins
|
|
Lake
Highlands (Dallas, Tex.)
|
|
OL
|
|
6-6,
300
|
Senior
|
Texas
|
|
Laquon
Treadwell
|
|
Crete-Monee (Crete, Ill.)
|
|
WR
|
|
6-3,
198
|
Senior
|
Undecided
|
|
Laremy
Tunsil
|
|
Columbia
(Lake City, Fla.)
|
|
OT
|
|
6-6,
295
|
Senior
|
Undecided
|
|
Matt
Wogan
|
|
Porter
Ridge (Indian Trail, N.C.)
|
|
K/P
|
|
6-2,
195
|
Senior
|
Oregon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-USA Defense
Player of the Year: Su'a
Cravens (6-1, 205), DB, Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, Calif.), Senior. College:
USC
|
Player
|
|
School
|
|
Position
|
|
Ht/Wt
|
Year
|
College
Selection
|
|
Su'a
Cravens
|
|
Vista
Murrieta (Murrieta, Calif.)
|
|
DB
|
|
6-1,
205
|
Senior
|
USC
|
|
Reuben
Foster
|
|
Auburn
(Ala.)
|
|
LB
|
|
6-2,
228
|
Senior
|
Undecided
|
|
Marquez
White
|
|
Northview
(Dothan, Ala.)
|
|
DB
|
|
6-1,
180
|
Senior
|
Florida
State
|
|
Andrew
Brown
|
|
Oscar
Smith (Chesapeake, Va.)
|
|
DL
|
|
6-4,
292
|
Junior
|
Undecided
|
|
Vernon
Hargreaves III
|
|
Wharton
(Tampa, Fla.)
|
|
CB
|
|
5-11,
185
|
Senior
|
Florida
|
|
Montravius
Adams
|
|
Dooly
County (Vienna, Ga.)
|
|
DL
|
|
6-3,
290
|
Senior
|
Undecided
|
|
Peter
Kalambayi
|
|
Butler
(Matthews, N.C.)
|
|
LB
|
|
6-3,
238
|
Senior
|
Stanford
|
|
Robert
Nkemdiche
|
|
Grayson
(Loganville, Ga.)
|
|
DL
|
|
6-5,
260
|
Senior
|
Undecided
|
|
Dee
Liner
|
|
Muscle
Shoals (Ala.)
|
|
DL
|
|
6-2,
274
|
Senior
|
Auburn
|
|
Jabrill
Peppers
|
|
Paramus
Catholic (N.J.)
|
|
DB
|
|
6-1,
210
|
Junior
|
Undecided
|
|
Jaylon
Smith
|
|
Bishop
Luers (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
|
|
LB
|
|
6-3,
212
|
Senior
|
Notre
Dame
|
|
Henry
Poggi
|
|
Gilman
(Baltimore, Md.)
|
|
DL
|
|
6-4,
260
|
Senior
|
Michigan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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