This is the 2025 The Daily News All-Area Football Team, which recognizes the area\u2019s best high school players from this past season by position. Coaches nominated their own players for the first, second or third team.<\/p>\n
FIRST TEAM<\/p>\n
QB \u2013 Reginald Gray III, Northside, Soph., 2,629 yards passing, 26 TD, 113 rushes, 387 yards, 11 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Andrew Boucher, Croatan, Jr., 241 rushes, 1,683 yards, 31 TD, 40 catches, 512 yards, 3 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Shawn Davis, East Duplin, Sr., 167 rushes, 1,207 yards, 16 TD, 89 tackles, 7 TFL<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Amari Pearson, Jacksonville, Jr., 173 rushes, 1,935 yards, 30 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Carmello Beasley, Swansboro, Soph., 41 catches, 809 yards, 4 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Gavyn Davis, Northside, Jr., 80 catches, 1,011 yards, 8 TD, 41 rushes, 280 yards, 3 TD, 2 KOR for TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Jamian Johnson, Northside, Jr., 36 catches, 522 yards, 6 TD, 48 tackles, 1 FR<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 SaRonn Thompson, Jacksonville, Jr., 32 catches, 632 yards, 7 TD<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Luke Hall, East Duplin, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Cayden Sanders, Dixon, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Anderson Tant, Jacksonville, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Parker Woolley, Dixon, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Brandon Watson, White Oak, Sr.<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Cutter Bryant, Croatan, Sr., 39 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 FR<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Nehemiah Johnson, Jacksonville, Sr., 55 tackles, 13 TFL, 9 sacks, 1 FF<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Jamir Mitchell, Northside, Jr., 69 tackles, 5 TFL, 5 sacks, 3 FF, 1 FR, 19 catches, 265 yards, 4 TD<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Kapono Tuiasosopo-Seiuli, Jacksonville, Sr., 40 tackles, 5 TFL, 1 sack<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Daniel Wisnewski, Northside, Jr., 108 tackles, 8 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 2 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Avery Apicella, Jacksonville, Sr., 75 tackles, 12 TFL, 2 sacks, 2 INT, 2 FR<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Jackson Henry, Jacksonville, Sr., 130 tackles, 16 TFL, 2 FR, 2 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Anoop Monroe, Northside, Jr., 167 tackles, 4 TFL, 4 sacks, 1 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Blake Moses, Jacksonville, Sr., 84 tackles, 25 TFL, 9 sacks, 1 INT, 2 FR, 3 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Cameron Napier, Northside, Sr., 121 tackles, 1 sack, 2 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Zach Ball, East Duplin, Sr., 67 tackles, 7 INT, 2 PD, 1 FF, 2 blocked FG<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Keeshon McKinnie, East Duplin, Jr., 130 tackles, 8 TFL, 4 sacks, 3 INT, 5 PD, 3 FF, 1 FR<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Riley Robinson, Croatan, Sr., 67 tackles, 12 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 2 INT , 3 FR, 1 FF, 36 catches, 579 yards, 9 TD<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Matthew Smoot, Northside, Jr., 100 tackles, 7 INT, 1 FR, 1 FF, 2 blocked FG, 19 catches, 366 yards, 3 TD<\/p>\n
PK \u2013 Cameron Nilson, Swansboro, Jr., 17\/18 PAT, 3\/4 FG<\/p>\n
P \u2013 Gavin Jarman, East Duplin, Sr., 37 YPP, 45\/49 PAT, 4\/5 FG<\/p>\n
KR \u2013 Yondez Baker, Jacksonville, Sr., 3 KOR for TD, 1 PR for TD, 1 INT for TD<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 JJ Gulat, Dixon, Sr., 354 rushes, 3,361 yards, 43 TD, 340 yards passing, 2 TD<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 Kannon McBride, Croatan, Jr., 2,072 yards passing, 30 TD, 51\/63 PAT, 10\/14 FG<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 Josh Smith, White Oak, Sr., 1,447 yards passing, 17 TD, 1,420 yards rushing, 13 TD, 79 tackles, 1 INT\u00a0<\/p>\n
SECOND TEAM<\/p>\n
QB \u2013 Anthony Washington, Jacksonville, Sr., 1,082 yards passing, 14 TD, 638 yards rushing, 13 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Rahlai Anderson, Northside, Jr., 202 rushes, 1,005 yards, 13 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Sean Delaney, Dixon, Sr., 105 rushes, 1,182 yards, 11 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Montez Jimenez, White Oak, Jr., 203 rushes, 1,196 yards, 7 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Dwight Hooker, Richlands, Jr., 22 catches, 329 yards, 4 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Cameron McKinnis, Lejeune, Soph., 43 catches, 443 yards, 3 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Edrick Pineda, White Oak, Sr., 23 catches, 349 yards, 5 TD, 65 tackles, 2 FR, 1 for TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Elliott Pineda, White Oak, Jr., 18 catches, 423 yards, 9 TD, 54 tackles, 2 INT, 1 FF<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Tyler Goatcher, Dixon, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Justin Hardison, Northside, Jr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Isaiah Hernandez, Jacksonville, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Tanner Jones, Jacksonville, Jr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Aidan Wilson, Croatan, Jr.<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Lazarus Bloomer, White Oak, Jr., 62 tackles, 11 TFL, 7 sacks, 2 PD, 1 blocked punt<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Muhamed Diouf, Northside, Sr., 60 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks, 3 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Blair Morrison, Jacksonville, Sr., 45 tackles, 5 TFL, 3 sacks<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Christian Taylor, Croatan, Sr., 36 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Quentin Xavier-Burns, Sr., 60 tackles, 10 TFL<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Carter Abalos, Croatan, Sr., 84 tackles, 14 TFL, 3 sacks, 3 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Payton Hughes, Richlands, Jr., 100 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT, 2 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Brody Lombard, White Oak, Sr., 89 tackles, 9 TFL, 5 sacks<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Vincent Petitto, Northside, Sr., 77 tackles, 2 INT, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Bradley Ruse, Jacksonville, Sr., 82 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 sack<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Dylan Casebolt, Jacksonville, Sr., 40 tackles, 3 INT, 1 FR<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Dwayne Davis, East Duplin, Soph., 92 tackles, 4 INT, 3 FR, 1 FF, 383 yards rushing, 7 TD, 7 catches, 133 yards<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Jason Morales, Swansboro, Sr., 49 tackles, 5 INT, 1 FR, 1 FF, 1 blocked FG<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 DJ Williams, Jacksonville, Soph., 45 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 INT, 16 PD<\/p>\n
PK \u2013 Sam Summers, Northside, Jr., 34\/38 PAT, 2\/2 FG<\/p>\n
P \u2013 Josiah Benton, Jacksonville, Jr.,34.9 YPP<\/p>\n
KR \u2013 Aaron Hall, East Duplin, Sr., 28.1 YPR, 1 TD, 919 yards rushing, 10 TD, 7 catches, 114 yards, 1 TD<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 JP Baccoli, Croatan, Sr., 29 catches, 531 yards, 11 TD, 3 INT, 1 FR<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 Eddie Deptola, Liberty Christian, Soph., 1,016 yards passing, 14 TD, 740 yards rushing, 13 TD, 17 tackles, 3 INT, 1 FF<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 Grady Maffey, Lejeune, Soph., 641 yards passing, 5 TD, 209 yards rushing, 4 TD, 86 tackles, 1 INT, 1 FR, 1 FF\u00a0<\/p>\n
THIRD TEAM<\/p>\n
QB \u2013 CJ DiBenedetto, Richlands, Sr., 1,252 yards passing, 9 TD<\/p>\n
QB \u2013 Kevin Till, Swansboro, Sr., 1,384 yards passing, 12 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Amare Betton, Sr., 100 rushes, 670 yards, 9 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Ton Bolden, Jr., 80 rushes, 420 yards, 6 TD<\/p>\n
RB \u2013 Jakell Howard, Sr., 104 rushes, 523 yards, 2 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Isaiah Greene, Southwest, Sr., 11 catches, 126 yards<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Jessie James, Jacksonville, Sr., 7 catches, 142 yards, 2 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Azik Smith, Jacksonville, Sr., 12 catches, 129 yards, 1 TD<\/p>\n
WR \u2013 Mikhail White, Northside, Jr., 20 catches, 278 yards, 2 TD<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Sergio Ivory, Northside, Jr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Cole Jarman, Southwest, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Nate Joseph, Northside, Jr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Connor Mead, Swansboro, Jr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Zion Morris, Northside, Soph.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Keoni Riley, White Oak, Sr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Kaleb Sparks, Richlands, Jr.<\/p>\n
OL \u2013 Jack Tuck, East Duplin, Sr.<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Trea’vaun Flanagan, Richlands, Sr., 60 tackles, 9 TFL, 4 sacks, 1 FF<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Jacauri Hill, East Duplin, Jr., 89 tackles, 9 TFL<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Caleb Malpass, Liberty Christian, Jr., 45 tackles, 14 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 2 FF, 8 catches, 178 yards, 3 TD<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Connor Roth, Swansboro, Jr., 50 tackles, 6 TFL, 5 sacks<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Trent Scribner, Southwest, Sr., 46 tackles, 4.5 sacks<\/p>\n
DL \u2013 Connor Wagers, Swansboro, Jr., 49 tackles, 7 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Connor McInnis, Swansboro, Sr., 81 tackles, 6 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Cameron McQueen, Lejeune, Sr., 45 tackles, 1 INT, 1 FR<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Beau Mills, Richlands, Sr., 67 tackles, 1 sack, 4 PD, 3 INT, 2 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Dylan Myers, Swansboro, Sr., 45 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 1 sack, 5 FR, 1 FF<\/p>\n
LB \u2013 Keoni Terukina, Dixon, Soph., 104 tackles, 7 TFL, 3 sacks, 1 FF<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Kaiden Bell, Northside, Jr., 37 tackles, 2 INT<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Carter Boal, Croatan, Jr., 56 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FR<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Sammie Rogers, Jacksonville, Jr., 60 tackles, 4 INT, 10 PD<\/p>\n
DB \u2013 Keyondre Wright, White Oak, Jr., 29 tackles, 1 INT<\/p>\n
PK \u2013 Isaiah Betton, Richlands, Jr., 8\/9 PAT, 6\/10 FG<\/p>\n
P \u2013 Camden Warren, Richlands, Jr., 32 YPP<\/p>\n
KR \u2013 Daniel Canales, Liberty Christian, Jr., 1 KOR for TD, 6 past 50<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 Holden Smith, Liberty Christian, Sr., 21 catches, 320 yards, 6 TD, 18 tackles, 1 INT, 3 FF, 2 FR, 9 PD<\/p>\n
ATHLETE \u2013 Sawyer Smith, Liberty Christian, Sr., 71 tackles, 8 TFL, 1 INT, 5 PD, 2 FR, 1 FF, 10 catches, 211 yards, 2 TD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the 2025 The Daily News All-Area Football Team, which recognizes the area\u2019s best high school players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-87764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87764","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=87764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}