{"id":193346,"date":"2026-03-16T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193346\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:20:08","slug":"deland-lineman-taz-logan-earns-real-mccoy-exposure-camp-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193346\/","title":{"rendered":"DeLand lineman Taz Logan earns Real McCoy Exposure Camp MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"

DeLand 2027 two-way lineman Taz Logan said it\u2019s just \u201cthat dawg\u201d in him that makes him stand out and he certainly did Sunday at the Second Annual Real McCoy Exposure Camp<\/a> at Central Florida Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n

Logan, who worked out on the defensive line Sunday, stood out among all the competitors and was awarded the overall MVP for the camp, which attracted more than 200 athletes to the event. The camp is put on by former Florida Gators players TJ McCoy, who played at South Lake, and Adam Shuler, who played at Lyman.<\/p>\n

Logan took home two scholarship checks totaling $1,000 for his efforts, while the other position MVP winners earned scholarship checks for $250 each.<\/p>\n

Pictures: 2026 Real McCoy Exposure Camp<\/a><\/p>\n

West Orange 2028 quarterback AJ Chung won his second MVP of the offseason. Tavares 2027 linebacker Ari Bentley earned MVP to even him up with his twin brother, who had earned an MVP honor at the Under Armour Camp last month.<\/p>\n

Other MVPs on Sunday were:<\/p>\n

Offensive line: Roshard Williams, 2029, Miami Carroll City<\/p>\n

Defensive line: Taz Logan, 2027, DeLand<\/p>\n

Defensive back: James Lattimore, 2028, East River<\/p>\n

Running back: Bryan Neves dos Santos, 2028, East Ridge<\/p>\n

Wide Receiver: Kyson Cleveland, 2027, Boone<\/p>\n

\"OverallOverall MVP Taz Logan of DeLand at the Real McCoy Exposure Camp at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on Sunday, March 16, 2026. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n

Logan showed his veracity in overshadowing the other linemen. He short in stature at 6-foot, but it doesn\u2019t hold him back and he makes up for it with his physical abilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great to walk around with this,\u201d Logan said, holding his trophy. \u201cIt\u2019s the biggest award I\u2019ve gotten, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he wasn\u2019t surprised to win the award.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just had word and dedication,\u201d Logan said. \u201cI think it\u2019s the dawg in me. I jumped in every rep I could get. Height doesn\u2019t mean anything. You just show what you can do and get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n

He works both ways as a lineman for DeLand coach Rick Darlington, but said he\u2019ll likely play defensive tackle at the next level and he enjoys the defensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI like D-line better because you can punch somebody in the face, but on the O-line I feel like my footwork is better,\u201d Logan said.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s definitely physical and that\u2019s the way Logan, who also qualified for states in wrestling, likes to play, and it\u2019s instilled in him at DeLand.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah by Coach Darlington and Zack Darlington,\u201d Logan said.<\/p>\n

The top five quarterbacks were: Chung, Cruz James-Bajek (Edgewater), ELijah Nickerson (Lake Nona), Nathaniel Watkins (Ocoee) and Gianni Rodriguez of Lake Brantley.<\/p>\n

Wide Receivers: Cleveland, Nyzier Collington (Apopka), Aiden Bolden (Apopka), Dejarell Hayes (Seminole), and Xzavron Hadley (Tavares).<\/p>\n

Running backs: Neves dos Santos, Jayden Ammons (West Orange) and Khristian Gustave (South Lake).<\/p>\n

Offensive line: Williams, Andrew Carter (South Lake), Slade Wittstock (Lake Mary), Fenway Cochrane (East RIdge), Aiden Galles (East Ridge) and Dominic Miranda (Tohopakeliga).<\/p>\n

Defensive line: Logan, Jordan McCrimon (Osceola), Namir Coleman (West Orange), Andrew Boris (South Lake), Jaydon Edwards (East Ridge) and Latraverick Anderson Jr. (South Lake).<\/p>\n

Linebackers: Ari Bentley (Tavares), Jelani Bentley (Tavares), Braylin Jones (Santa Fe), Jayson Vasquez (South Lake) and David Suchora (East Ridge).<\/p>\n

Defensive backs: Lattimore, Elon Jones (Santa Fe), Garrison Lubin (Lake Minneola), Johnny Reyes II (Gateway), and Reginald Taylor (Ocoee).<\/p>\n

Tight end: Brian Beddingfield (South Lake).<\/p>\n

Numerous former players also participated as coaches at the event, like Tony McCoy (Evans\/Florida), Garrett Johnson (West Orange\/Kentucky), Dexter Williams (West Orange\/Notre Dame), Demetris Artis (Seminole\/FAMU\/FSU), Roman Tatum (West Orange\/Delaware\/\/Southern Illinois), Corey Vereen (West Orange\/Tennessee), Deondre Francois (Olympia\/IMG\/FSU\/Hampton), Baylin Trujillo (Oak Ridge\/USF), Kelton Law (Ocoee\/Albany) and several others.<\/p>\n

Chris Hays can be found on X.com @OS_ChrisHays<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DeLand 2027 two-way lineman Taz Logan said it\u2019s just \u201cthat dawg\u201d in him that makes him stand out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1745,3745,139,141,140,76046,76642,110],"class_list":["post-193346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-high-school-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-social-varsity-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}