USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982.[1][2]
In addition, two members of the team are named the USA Today High School Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. The newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year.[3][4]
This article contains the teams from 2000 through 2009.
Teams
2000 team
Coach of the Year: Tony Severino (Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Missouri)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Joe Mauer | Quarterback | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | St. Paul, Minnesota | Minnesota Twins (Baseball) |
Kevin Jones | Running back | Cardinal O'Hara High School | Springfield, Pennsylvania | Virginia Tech |
Eric Shelton | Running back | Bryan Station High School | Lexington, Kentucky | Florida State / Louisville |
Blake Larsen | Offensive line | Atlantic High School | Atlantic, Iowa | Iowa |
Ben Wilkerson | Offensive line | Hemphill High School | Hemphill, Texas | LSU |
Andrew Whitworth | Offensive line | West Monroe High School | West Monroe, Louisiana | LSU |
Chris Spencer | Offensive line | Central High School | Madison, Mississippi | Mississippi |
Reggie Williams | Wide receiver | Lakes High School | Lakewood, Washington | Washington |
Roscoe Crosby | Wide receiver | Union High School | Union, South Carolina | Clemson |
Mark LeVoir | Tight end | Eden Prairie High School | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | Notre Dame |
Kelly Baraka | Athlete | Northern High School | Portage, Michigan | Michigan |
Mike McLaughlin | Placekicker | Gautier High School | Gautier, Mississippi | Alabama |
- Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Shaun Cody | Defensive line | Los Altos High School | Hacienda Heights, California | USC |
Tommie Harris | Defensive line | Ellison High School | Killeen, Texas | Oklahoma |
Marquise Hill | Defensive line | De La Salle High School | New Orleans, Louisiana | LSU |
Anttaj Hawthorne | Defensive line | Hamden High School | Hamden, Connecticut | Wisconsin |
Michael-Jordan Craven | Linebacker | La Quinta High School | La Quinta, California | Stanford |
Kevin Simon | Linebacker | De La Salle High School | Concord, California | Tennessee |
Leon Williams | Linebacker | Canarsie High School | Brooklyn, New York | Miami (FL) |
Ernest Shazor | Defensive back | Martin Luther King High School | Detroit, Michigan | Michigan |
Matt Ware | Defensive back | Loyola High School | Los Angeles, California | UCLA |
Marlin Jackson | Defensive back | Sharon High School | Sharon, Pennsylvania | Michigan |
Antrel Rolle | Defensive back | South Dade High School | Homestead, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Ryan Wimberley | Punter | Houston High School | Houston, Missouri | Oklahoma State |
2001 team
Coach of the Year: Bob Ladouceur (De La Salle High School, Concord, California)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Maurice Clarett | Running back | Warren Harding High School | Warren, Ohio | Ohio State |
Ben Olson | Quarterback | Thousand Oaks High School | Thousand Oaks, California | BYU/UCLA |
J. R. Zwierzynski | Running back | Catholic Academy | Joliet, Illinois | Penn State |
Justin Blalock | Offensive line | East High School | Plano, Texas | Texas |
Derek Landri | Offensive line | De La Salle High School | Concord, California | Notre Dame |
Derek Morris | Offensive line | North Mecklenburg High School | Huntersville, North Carolina | North Carolina State |
Rob Smith | Offensive line | Highlands High School | Fort Thomas, Kentucky | Tennessee |
Eric Winston | Tight end | Lee High School | Midland, Texas | Miami (FL) |
Maurice Stovall | Wide receiver | Archbishop Carroll High School | Radnor, Pennsylvania | Notre Dame |
Ryan Moore | Wide receiver | Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Lorenzo Booker | Athlete | St. Bonaventure High School | Ventura, California | Florida State |
Erik Hinterbichler | Placekicker | Albuquerque High School | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Dartmouth |
- Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Ahmad Brooks | Linebacker | Hylton High School | Woodbridge, Virginia | Virginia |
Haloti Ngata | Defensive line | Highland High School | Salt Lake City, Utah | Oregon |
Rodrique Wright | Defensive line | Hastings High School | Alief, Texas | Texas |
Larry Dibbles | Defensive line | Lancaster High School | Lancaster, Texas | Texas |
Kai Parham | Defensive line | Princess Anne High School | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Virginia |
David Richard | Linebacker | Hazelwood East High School | Hazelwood, Missouri | Michigan State |
Mike D'Andrea | Linebacker | Avon Lake High School | Avon Lake, Ohio | Ohio State |
Pat Watkins | Defensive back | Lincoln High School | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida State |
William Blackmon | Defensive back | Bishop Hendricken High School | Warwick, Rhode Island | Boston College |
Buster Davis | Defensive back | Mainland High School | Daytona Beach, Florida | Florida State |
A. J. Davis | Defensive back | Northern High School | Durham, North Carolina | North Carolina State |
Danny Baugher | Punter | Mountain Pointe High School | Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona |
2002 team
Coach of the Year: Bob Ladouceur (De La Salle High School, Concord, California)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Chris Leak | Quarterback | Independence High School | Charlotte, North Carolina | Florida |
Reggie Bush | Running back | Helix High School | La Mesa, California | USC |
Demetris Summers | Running back | Lexington High School | Lexington, South Carolina | South Carolina |
Jorrie Adams | Offensive line | Jasper High School | Jasper, Texas | Texas A&M |
Ofa Mohetau | Offensive line | Trinity High School | Euless, Texas | BYU |
Ryan Harris | Offensive line | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Notre Dame |
Mike Jones | Offensive line | Richards High School | Oak Lawn, Illinois | Iowa |
Greg Olsen | Tight end | Wayne Hills High School | Wayne, New Jersey | Miami (FL) |
Sean Bailey | Wide receiver | Milton High School | Alpharetta, Georgia | Georgia |
Steve Smith | Wide receiver | Taft High School | Woodland Hills, California | USC |
Tom Zbikowski | Athlete | Buffalo Grove High School | Buffalo Grove, Illinois | Notre Dame |
Chase Goggans | Placekicker | Coffee High School | Douglas, Georgia | Florida State |
- Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Antonio Cromartie | Defensive back | Lincoln High School | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida State |
Jarvis Moss | Defensive line | Ryan High School | Denton, Texas | Florida |
Victor Abiamiri | Defensive line | Gilman School | Baltimore, Maryland | Notre Dame |
Xavier Lawson-Kennedy | Defensive line | Duncanville High School | Duncanville, Texas | Oklahoma State |
Trevor Laws | Defensive line | Apple Valley High School | Apple Valley, Minnesota | Notre Dame |
Wesley Jefferson | Linebacker | Gwynn Park High School | Brandywine, Maryland | Maryland |
Daniel Brooks | Linebacker | Central Merry High School | Jackson, Tennessee | Tennessee |
LaMarr Woodley | Linebacker | Saginaw High School | Saginaw, Michigan | Michigan |
Michael Bush | Defensive back | Male High School | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville |
Tarell Brown | Defensive back | North Mesquite High School | Mesquite, Texas | Texas |
Demetrice Webb | Defensive back | White High School | Jacksonville, Florida | Florida |
Cody Freeby | Punter | Fort Worth Christian School | North Richland Hills, Texas | Oklahoma |
2003 team
Coach of the Year: Bob Ladouceur (De La Salle High School, Concord, California)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Brian Brohm | Quarterback | Trinity High School | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville |
Adrian Peterson | Running back | Palestine High School | Palestine, Texas | Oklahoma |
Joe Casey | Running back | Paducah Tilghman High School | Paducah, Kentucky | Coffeyville CC |
Jeff Byers | Offensive line | Loveland High School | Loveland, Colorado | USC |
Kyle Mitchum | Offensive line | McDowell High School | Erie, Pennsylvania | Ohio State |
Roland Martin | Offensive line | Harper High School | Chicago, Illinois | Michigan State |
Leon Hart | Offensive line | Spring Valley High School | Columbia, South Carolina | Auburn |
Aaron Klovas | Offensive line | Bethel High School | Spanaway, Washington | Oregon |
Brian Toal | Athlete | Don Bosco Preparatory High School | Ramsey, New Jersey | Boston College |
Zach Miller | Tight end | Desert Vista High School | Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona State |
Xavier Carter | Wide receiver | Palm Bay High School | Palm Bay, Florida | LSU |
Connor Barth | Placekicker | Hoggard High School | Wilmington, North Carolina | North Carolina |
- Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Ted Ginn, Jr. | Defensive back | Glenville High School | Cleveland, Ohio | Ohio State |
Demonte Bolden | Defensive line | Tyner Academy | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Tennessee |
Jeff Schweiger | Defensive line | Valley Christian High School | San Jose, California | USC |
Marlon Favorite | Defensive line | West Jefferson High School | Harvey, Louisiana | LSU |
DeMario Pressley | Defensive line | Dudley High School | Greensboro, North Carolina | North Carolina State |
Willie Williams | Linebacker | Carol City High School | Carol City, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Keith Rivers | Linebacker | Lake Mary High School | Lake Mary, Florida | USC |
Dan Connor | Linebacker | Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, Pennsylvania | Penn State |
James Bryant | Linebacker | Reading High School | Reading, Pennsylvania | Miami (FL) |
Simeon Castille | Defensive back | Briarwood Christian High School | Birmingham, Alabama | Alabama |
Tony Carter | Defensive back | Mandarin High School | Jacksonville, Florida | Florida State |
Ryan Burks | Punter | Decatur High School | Federal Way, Washington | Eastern Washington |
2004 team
Coach of the Year: Todd Dodge (Carroll High School, Southlake, Texas)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- First Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Ryan Perriloux | Quarterback | East St. John High School | Reserve, Louisiana | LSU/Jacksonville State |
Jonathan Stewart | Running back | Timberline High School | Lacey, Washington | Oregon |
Toney Baker | Running back | Ragsdale High School | Jamestown, North Carolina | North Carolina State |
Dan Doering | Offensive line | Barrington High School | Barrington, Illinois | Iowa |
Eugene Monroe | Offensive line | Plainfield High School | Plainfield, New Jersey | Virginia |
Alex Boone | Offensive line | St. Edward High School | Lakewood, Ohio | Ohio State |
Reggie Youngblood | Offensive line | Booker T. Washington High School | Houston, Texas | Miami (FL) |
Michael Oher | Offensive line | Briarcrest Christian School | Memphis, Tennessee | Mississippi |
Reggie Smith | Athlete | Santa Fe High School | Edmond, Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
Martellus Bennett | Tight end | Alief Taylor High School | Alief, Texas | Texas A&M |
Fred Rouse | Wide receiver | Lincoln High School | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida State/UTEP |
Graham Gano | Placekicker | Tate High School | Cantonment, Florida | Florida State |
- First Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Kenny Phillips | Defensive back | Carol City High School | Miami, Florida | Miami (FL) |
DeMarcus Granger | Defensive line | Kimball High School | Dallas, Texas | Oklahoma |
Jerrell Powe | Defensive line | Wayne County High School | Waynesboro, Mississippi | Mississippi |
Kyle Moore | Defensive line | Houston County High School | Warner Robins, Georgia | USC |
Melvin Alaeze | Defensive line | Randallstown High School | Randallstown, Maryland | Maryland |
Travis Beckum | Linebacker | Oak Creek High School | Oak Creek, Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
Rey Maualuga | Linebacker | Eureka High School | Eureka, California | USC |
Ryan Reynolds | Linebacker | Bishop Gorman High School | Las Vegas, Nevada | Oklahoma |
Brian Cushing | Linebacker | Bergen Catholic High School | Oradell, New Jersey | USC |
Justin King | Defensive back | Gateway High School | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | Penn State |
Demetrice Morley | Defensive back | Killian High School | Miami, Florida | Tennessee |
Justin Brantly | Punter | Sealy High School | Sealy, Texas | Texas A&M |
- Second Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Greg Paulus | Quarterback | Christian Brothers Academy | Syracuse, New York | Duke (Basketball) Syracuse (Football) |
Kevin Grady | Running Back | East Grand Rapids High School | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Michigan |
Marlon Lucky | Running Back | North Hollywood High School | North Hollywood, California | Nebraska |
Rodney Picou | Offensive Line | Canyon Springs High School | Moreno Valley, California | Nebraska/East Central (OK) |
Josh McNeil | Offensive Line | Collins High School | Collins, Mississippi | Tennessee |
Dace Richardson | Offensive Line | Wheaton Warrenville South High School | Wheaton, Illinois | Iowa |
Chris Scott | Offensive Line | Lovejoy High School | Lovejoy, Georgia | Tennessee |
Matt Hardrick | Offensive Line | Edgewater High School | Orlando, Florida | Florida State/Texas Southern |
Patrick Turner | Wide receiver | Goodpasture Christian High School | Madison, Tennessee | USC |
Anthony Moeaki | Tight end | Wheaton Warrenville South High School | Wheaton, Illinois | Iowa |
Derrick Williams | Athlete | Eleanor Roosevelt High School | Greenbelt, Maryland | Penn State |
Jordan Congdon | Placekicker | St. Augustine High School | San Diego, California | USC |
- Second Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Barry Turner | Defensive Line | Brentwood Academy | Brentwood, Tennessee | Nebraska |
Henry Melton | Defensive Line | Grapevine High School | Grapevine, Texas | Texas |
Averell Spicer | Defensive Line | Rancho Cucamonga High School | Rancho Cucamonga, California | USC |
Spencer Adkins | Defensive Line | Naples High School | Naples, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Derek Nicholson | Linebacker | Mount Tabor High School | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Florida State |
Tray Blackmon | Linebacker | LaGrange High School | LaGrange, Georgia | Auburn |
Eugene Hayes | Linebacker | Madison County High School | Madison, FL | Florida State |
Ricardo McCoy | Linebacker | St. John's High School | Washington, D.C. | Tennessee |
Victor Harris | Defensive Back | Highland Springs High School | Highland Springs, Virginia | Virginia Tech |
Bryan Evans | Defensive Back | Ed White High School | Jacksonville, Florida | Georgia |
R.J. Jackson | Defensive Back | Westside High School | Houston, Texas | LSU |
Zoltan Mesko | Punter | Twinsburg High School | Twinsburg, Ohio | Michigan |
2005 team
Coach of the Year: Bill Castle (Lakeland High School, Lakeland, Florida)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- First Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Mitch Mustain | Quarterback | Springdale High School | Springdale, Arkansas | Arkansas/USC |
Chris Wells | Running back | Garfield High School | Akron, Ohio | Ohio State |
C. J. Spiller | Running back | Union County High School | Lake Butler, Florida | Clemson |
Sam Young | Offensive line | St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Notre Dame |
Andre Smith | Offensive line | Huffman High School | Birmingham, Alabama | Alabama |
Justin Anderson | Offensive line | Irwin County High School | Ocilla, Georgia | Georgia |
Jack Bscherer | Offensive line | Sturgeon Bay High School | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
Carl Johnson | Offensive line | Southern High School | Durham, North Carolina | Florida |
Percy Harvin | Athlete | Landstown High School | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Florida |
David Ausberry | Wide receiver | Lemoore High School | Lemoore, California | USC |
Konrad Reuland | Tight end | Mission Viejo High School | Mission Viejo, California | Notre Dame |
Kai Forbath | Placekicker | Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, California | UCLA |
- First Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Gerald McCoy | Defensive line | Southeast High School | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
Ricky Sapp | Defensive line | Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School | Bamberg, South Carolina | Clemson |
Jared Odrick | Defensive line | Lebanon High School | Lebanon, Pennsylvania | Penn State |
Eddie Jones | Defensive line | Kilgore High School | Kilgore, Texas | Texas |
Sergio Kindle | Linebacker | Woodrow Wilson High School | Dallas, Texas | Texas |
Brandon Graham | Linebacker | Crockett High School | Detroit, Michigan | Michigan |
Allen Bradford | Linebacker | Colton High School | Colton, California | USC |
Akeem Hebron | Linebacker | Good Counsel High School | Wheaton, Maryland | Georgia |
Taylor Mays | Defensive back | O'Dea High School | Seattle, Washington | USC |
Jonas Mouton | Defensive back | Venice High School | Venice, California | Michigan |
Antwine Perez | Defensive back | Woodrow Wilson High School | Camden, New Jersey | USC/Maryland |
Ryan Donahue | Punter | St. Rita High School | Chicago, Illinois | Iowa |
- Second Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Jimmy Clausen‡ | Quarterback | Oaks Christian High School | Westlake Village, California | Notre Dame |
Stafon Johnson | Running back | Dorsey High School | Los Angeles, California | USC |
Michael Goodson | Running back | Klein Collins High School | Klein, Texas | Texas A&M |
J'Marcus Webb | Offensive line | North Mesquite High School | Mesquite, Texas | Texas/West Texas A&M |
Chris Stewart | Offensive line | Klein High School | Klein, Texas | Notre Dame |
Steve Schilling | Offensive line | Bellevue High School | Bellevue, Washington | Michigan |
Matt Carufel | Offensive line | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | St. Paul, Minnesota | Notre Dame/Minnesota |
Jacques McClendon | Offensive line | Baylor Prep | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Tennessee |
Jarred Fayson | Athlete | Hillsborough High School | Tampa, Florida | Florida/Illinois |
Sam Shields | Wide receiver | Booker High School | Sarasota, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Jamie Cumbie | Tight end | Morris High School | Morris, Illinois | Clemson |
Jimmy Stevens‡ | Placekicker | Heritage Hall School | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
- Second Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Clifton Geathers | Defensive line | Georgetown High School | Georgetown, South Carolina | South Carolina |
Al Woods | Defensive line | Elton High School | Elton, Louisiana | LSU |
Marcus Tillman | Defensive line | Franklin County High School | Meadville, Mississippi | Mississippi |
Butch Lewis | Defensive line | Regis Jesuit High School | Aurora, Colorado | USC |
Thaddeus Gibson | Linebacker | Euclid High School | Euclid, Ohio | Ohio State |
Marcus Ball | Linebacker | Stephenson High School | Stone Mountain, Georgia | Florida State/Memphis |
Toryan Smith | Linebacker | Rome High School | Rome, Georgia | Notre Dame |
Jeremiha Hunter | Linebacker | Harrisburg High School | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Iowa |
Darrin Walls | Defensive back | Woodland Hills High School | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Notre Dame |
A.J. Wallace | Defensive back | McDonough High School | Pomfret, Maryland | Penn State |
LaRon Moore | Defensive back | Midwest City High School | Midwest City, Oklahoma | Texas Tech |
Brett Upson | Punter | Spalding High School | Griffin, Georgia | Vanderbilt |
2006 team
Coach of the Year: J. T. Curtis (John Curtis Christian High School, River Ridge, Louisiana)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- First Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Jimmy Clausen | Quarterback | Oaks Christian High School | Westlake Village, California | Notre Dame |
Marc Tyler | Running back | Oaks Christian High School | Westlake Village, California | USC |
Noel Devine | Running back | North Fort Myers High School | North Fort Myers, Florida | West Virginia |
Arrelious Benn | Wide receiver | Dunbar High School | Washington, D.C. | Illinois |
A. J. Green‡ | Wide receiver | Summerville High School | Summerville, South Carolina | Georgia |
Aaron Hernandez | Tight end | Central High School | Bristol, Connecticut | Florida |
Chris Little | Offensive line | Twiggs County High School | Jeffersonville, Georgia | Georgia |
Ryan Miller | Offensive line | Columbine High School | Littleton, Colorado | Colorado |
Anthony Davis | Offensive line | Piscataway High School | Piscataway, New Jersey | Rutgers |
Tray Allen | Offensive line | South Grand Prairie High School | Grand Prairie, Texas | Texas |
Lee Ziemba | Offensive line | Rogers High School | Rogers, Arkansas | Auburn |
Jimmy Stevens | Placekicker | Heritage Hall School | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
- First Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Marvin Austin | Defensive line | Ballou High School | Washington, D.C. | North Carolina |
Martez Wilson | Defensive line | Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, Illinois | Illinois |
Joseph Barksdale | Defensive line | Cass Technical High School | Detroit, Michigan | LSU |
Everson Griffen | Defensive line | Agua Fria High School | Avondale, Arizona | USC |
Chris Galippo | Linebacker | Servite High School | Anaheim, California | USC |
Chris Donald | Linebacker | Huntingdon High School | Huntingdon, Tennessee | Tennessee |
Keenan Robinson | Linebacker | Plano East High School | Plano, Texas | Texas |
Eugene Clifford | Defensive back | Colerain High School | Cincinnati, Ohio | Ohio State |
Major Wright | Defensive back | St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Florida |
Greg Little | Defensive back | Hillside High School | Durham, North Carolina | North Carolina |
Joe McKnight | Defensive back | John Curtis Christian High School | River Ridge, Louisiana | USC |
Bryan Anger | Punter | Camarillo High School | Camarillo, California | California |
- Second Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Ryan Mallett | Quarterback | Texas High School | Texarkana, Texas | Michigan/Arkansas |
Bradley Stephens | Running back | McAllen Memorial High School | McAllen, Texas | Texas A&M |
John Clay | Running back | Racine Park High School | Racine, Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
Michael Floyd‡ | Wide receiver | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | St. Paul, Minnesota | Notre Dame |
Terrence Toliver | Wide receiver | Hempstead High School | Hempstead, Texas | LSU |
Martell Webb | Tight end | Northern High School | Pontiac, Michigan | Michigan |
Bryan Bulaga | Offensive line | Marian Central Catholic High School | Woodstock, Illinois | Iowa |
Chris O'Dowd | Offensive line | Salpointe Catholic High School | Tucson, Arizona | USC |
James Wilson | Offensive line | Nease High School | Ponte Vedra, Florida | Florida |
Matt Romine | Offensive line | Union High School | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Notre Dame |
Trinton Sturdivant | Offensive line | Anson High School | Wadesboro, North Carolina | Georgia |
Philip Welch | Placekicker | Fort Collins High School | Fort Collins, Colorado | Wisconsin |
David Soldner | Placekicker | Manheim Township High School | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Penn State |
- Second Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
D'Angelo McCray | Defensive line | Andrew Jackson Highschool | Jacksonville, Florida | Eastern Illinois/Memphis |
Torrey Davis | Defensive line | Armwood High School | Seffner, Florida | Florida/Jacksonville State |
Tydreke Powell | Defensive line | Hertford County High School | Ahoskie, North Carolina | North Carolina |
Andre Jones | Defensive line | Andress High School | El Paso, Texas | Texas/Tarleton State |
Chris Strong | Linebacker | South Panola High School | Batesville, Mississippi | Mississippi |
Lorenzo Edwards | Linebacker | Edgewater High School | Orlando, Florida | Florida |
Allen Bailey | Linebacker | McIntosh High School | Darien, Georgia | Miami (FL) |
Marcus Gilchrist | Defensive back | Andrews High School | High Point, North Carolina | Clemson |
Donovan Warren | Defensive back | Poly High School | Long Beach, California | Michigan |
Dionte Allen | Defensive back | St. Mary's Preparatory | Orchard Lake, Michigan | Florida State/Ohio State |
Golden Tate | Athlete | Pope John Paul II High School | Hendersonville, Tennessee | Notre Dame |
Chris Lovvorn‡ | Punter | McGill-Toolen Catholic High School | Mobile, Alabama | Mississippi College |
2007 team
Coach of the Year: Tim Harris (Booker T. Washington High School, Miami, Florida)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- First Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Terrelle Pryor | Quarterback | Jeannette High School | Jeannette, Pennsylvania | Ohio State |
Darrell Scott | Running back | St. Bonaventure High School | Ventura, California | Colorado/South Florida |
Bryce Brown‡ | Running back | Wichita High School East | Wichita, Kansas | Tennessee/Kansas State |
Mike Brewster | Offensive line | Edgewater High School | Orlando, Florida | Ohio State |
Trevor Robinson | Offensive line | Elkhorn High School | Elkhorn, Nebraska | Notre Dame |
Josh Jenkins | Offensive line | Parkersburg High School | Parkersburg, West Virginia | West Virginia |
Mike Adams | Offensive line | Dublin Coffman High School | Dublin, Ohio | Ohio State |
Matt Patchan | Offensive line | Armwood High School | Seffner, Florida | Florida |
Michael Floyd | Wide receiver | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | St. Paul, Minnesota | Notre Dame |
Julio Jones | Wide receiver | Foley High School | Foley, Alabama | Alabama |
Kyle Rudolph | Tight end | Elder High School | Cincinnati, Ohio | Notre Dame |
Blair Walsh | Placekicker | Cardinal Gibbons High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Georgia |
- First Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Patrick Johnson | Defensive back | Blanche Ely High School | Pompano Beach, Florida | LSU |
T. J. Bryant | Defensive back | Lincoln High School | Tallahassee, Florida | USC |
Nolan Brewster | Defensive back | Mullen High School | Denver, Colorado | Texas |
Arthur Brown | Linebacker | Wichita High School East | Wichita, Kansas | Miami (FL)/Kansas State |
Nigel Bradham | Linebacker | Wakulla High School | Crawfordville, Florida | Florida State |
Brendan Beal | Linebacker | Liberty High School | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Florida |
Shayne Hale | Linebacker | Gateway High School | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh |
DeAngelo Tyson | Defensive line | Statesboro High School | Statesboro, Georgia | Georgia |
Marcus Forston | Defensive line | Miami Northwestern High School | Miami, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Nick Perry | Defensive line | King High School | Detroit, Michigan | USC |
Will Hill | Athlete | St. Peter's Preparatory School | Hoboken, New Jersey | Florida |
Ben Buchanan | Punter | Central High School | Westerville, Ohio | Ohio State |
- Second Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Matt Barkley‡ | Quarterback | Mater Dei High School | Santa Ana, California | USC |
Sam McGuffie | Running back | Cy-Fair High School | Cypress, Texas | Michigan/Rice |
Ryan Bass | Running back | Centennial High School | Corona, California | Arizona State/Idaho |
Matt Kalil | Offensive line | Servite High School | Anaheim, California | USC |
Baker Steinkuhler | Offensive line | Lincoln Southwest High School | Lincoln, Nebraska | Nebraska |
Stephen Good | Offensive line | Paris High School | Paris, Texas | Oklahoma |
Kyle Long | Offensive line | St. Anne's-Belfield School | Charlottesville, Virginia | Florida State (Baseball) |
A.J. Harmon | Offensive line | Jefferson County High School | Louisville, Georgia | Georgia |
DeAndre Brown | Wide receiver | Ocean Springs High School | Ocean Springs, Mississippi | Southern Miss |
Aldarius Johnson | Wide receiver | Miami Northwestern High School | Miami, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Kavario Middleton | Tight end | Elder High School | Cincinnati, Ohio | Washington/Montana |
Milton Knox | Athlete | Birmingham High School | Lake Balboa, California | UCLA/Fresno State |
- Second Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Dan McCarthy | Defensive back | Cardinal Mooney High School | Youngstown, Ohio | Notre Dame |
Dee Finley | Defensive back | Auburn High School | Auburn, Alabama | Florida |
Aaron Williams | Defensive back | Round Rock High School | Round Rock, Texas | Texas |
Jamarkus McFarland‡ | Defensive Line | Lufkin High School | Lufkin, Texas | Oklahoma |
DaQuan Bowers | Defensive Line | Bamberg Ehrhardt High School | Bamberg, South Carolina | Clemson |
R.J. Washington | Defensive Line | Fossil Ridge High School | Keller, Texas | Oklahoma |
Jarvis Humphrey | Defensive Line | Cedar Hill High School | Cedar Hill, Texas | Texas |
Marcus Robinson | Linebacker | Homestead High School | Homestead, Florida | Miami (FL) |
Steve Filer | Linebacker | Mount Carmel High School | Chicago, Illinois | Notre Dame |
Michael Mauti | Linebacker | Mandeville High School | Mandeville, Louisiana | Penn State |
William Green | Linebacker | Spain Park High School | Hoover, Alabama | Florida |
Gerrell Robinson | Athlete | Hamilton High School | Chandler, Arizona | Arizona State |
2008 team
Coach of the Year: George Smith (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- First Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Garrett Gilbert | Quarterback | Lake Travis High School | Austin, Texas | Texas / SMU |
Bryce Brown | Running back | Wichita High School East | Wichita, Kansas | Tennessee / Kansas State |
Cierre Wood | Running back | Santa Clara High School | Oxnard, California | Notre Dame |
D. J. Fluker | Offensive line | Foley High School | Foley, Alabama | Alabama |
Xavier Nixon | Offensive line | Britt High School | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Florida |
Seantrel Henderson‡ | Offensive line | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | St. Paul, Minnesota | Miami (FL) |
Mason Walters | Offensive line | Frenship High School | Wolfforth, Texas | Texas |
Chris Watt | Offensive line | Glenbard West High School | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Notre Dame |
Terry Hawthorne | Wide receiver | East St. Louis High School | East St. Louis, Illinois | Illinois |
Randall Carroll | Wide receiver | Cathedral High School | Los Angeles, California | UCLA |
Rueben Randle | Athlete | Bastrop High School | Bastrop, Louisiana | LSU |
Dustin Hopkins | Placekicker | Clear Lake High School | Houston, Texas | Florida State |
- First Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Manti Teʻo | Linebacker | Punahou School | Honolulu, Hawaii | Notre Dame |
Ryne Giddins | Defensive line | Armwood High School | Seffner, Florida | South Florida |
Jacobi McDaniel | Defensive line | Madison County High School | Madison, Florida | Florida State |
Sheldon Richardson | Defensive line | Gateway Institute of Technology | St. Louis, Missouri | Missouri |
Jamel Turner‡ | Defensive line | Ursuline High School | Youngstown, Ohio | Ohio State |
Jamarkus McFarland | Defensive line | Lufkin High School | Lufkin, Texas | Oklahoma |
Jelani Jenkins | Linebacker | Good Counsel High School | Olney, Maryland | Florida |
Dre Kirkpatrick | Defensive back | Gadsden City High School | Gadsden, Alabama | Alabama |
Janzen Jackson | Defensive back | Barbe High School | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Tennessee |
Patrick Hall | Defensive back | St. Bonaventure High School | Ventura, California | USC |
Gabe Lynn | Defensive back | Jenks High School | Jenks, Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
Pete Kontodiakos | Punter | Countryside High School | Clearwater, Florida | Colorado State |
- Second Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Russell Shepard | Quarterback | Cypress Ridge High School | Houston, Texas | LSU |
Michael Ford | Running back | Leesville High School | Leesville, Louisiana | LSU |
Trent Richardson | Running back | Escambia High School | Pensacola, Florida | Alabama |
Morgan Moses | Offensive line | Meadowbrook High School | Richmond, Virginia | Virginia |
Marcus Hall | Offensive line | Glenville High School | Cleveland, Ohio | Ohio State |
Paden Kelley | Offensive line | Lake Travis High School | Austin, Texas | Texas |
Stavion Lowe | Offensive line | Brownwood High School | Brownwood, Texas | LSU / Bethune-Cookman |
Garry Gilliam | Tight end | Milton Hershey School | Hershey, Pennsylvania | Penn State |
Marlon Brown | Wide receiver | Harding Academy | Memphis, Tennessee | Georgia |
Logan Heastie | Wide receiver | Great Bridge High School | Chesapeake, Virginia | West Virginia |
James Boyd | Athlete | Jordan High School | Los Angeles, California | USC |
Anthony Fera | Placekicker | St. Pius X High School | Houston, Texas | Penn State |
- Second Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Devon Kennard | Defensive line | Desert Vista High School | Phoenix, Arizona | USC |
Alex Okafor | Defensive line | Pflugerville High School | Pflugerville, Texas | Texas |
Donte Moss | Defensive line | Northside High School | Jacksonville, North Carolina | North Carolina |
William Gholston‡ | Defensive line | Mumford High School | Detroit, Michigan | Michigan State |
Chris Davenport | Defensive line | Mansfield High School | Mansfield, Louisiana | Tennessee |
Abry Jones | Defensive line | Northside High School | Warner Robins, Georgia | Georgia |
Vontaze Burfict | Linebacker | Centennial High School | Corona, California | Arizona State |
Jarvis Jones | Linebacker | Carver High School | Columbus, Georgia | USC / Georgia |
Marquis Simmons | Linebacker | Dominguez High School | Compton, California | USC |
Craig Loston | Defensive back | Eisenhower High School | Houston, Texas | LSU |
Darius Winston | Defensive back | Central High School | West Helena, Arkansas | Arkansas |
Ray Ray Armstrong | Athlete | Seminole High School | Sanford, Florida | Miami (FL) |
2009 team
Coach of the Year: Greg Toal (Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey, New Jersey)
- Note: Bold denotes Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and ‡ denotes high school juniors
- First Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Seantrel Henderson | Offensive line | Cretin-Derham Hall High School | St. Paul, Minnesota | Miami (FL) |
Matt Elam | Athlete | Dwyer High School | West Palm Beach, Florida | Florida |
Kyle Prater | Wide receiver | Proviso West High School | Hillside, Illinois | USC / Northwestern |
Darius White | Wide receiver | Dunbar High School | Fort Worth, Texas | Texas / Missouri |
Robert Woods | Wide receiver | Junípero Serra High School | Gardena, California | USC |
Jake Heaps | Quarterback | Skyline High School | Sammamish, Washington | BYU / Kansas |
Marcus Lattimore | Running back | Byrnes High School | Duncan, South Carolina | South Carolina |
Lache Seastrunk | Running back | Temple High School | Temple, Texas | Oregon / Baylor |
James Hurst | Offensive line | Plainfield High School | Plainfield, Indiana | North Carolina |
Matt James | Offensive line | St. Xavier High School | Cincinnati, Ohio | Notre Dame |
Christian Lombard | Offensive line | Fremd High School | Palatine, Illinois | Notre Dame |
Kip Smith | Placekicker | Legacy High School | Broomfield, Colorado | UCLA |
- First Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Lamarcus Joyner | Defensive back | St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Florida State |
Sharrif Floyd | Defensive line | Washington High School | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Florida |
Jackson Jeffcoat | Defensive line | Plano West High School | Plano, Texas | Texas |
Ronald Powell | Defensive line | Rancho Verde High School | Moreno Valley, California | Florida |
Jacques Smith | Defensive line | Ooltewah High School | Ooltewah, Tennessee | Tennessee |
Brandon Willis | Defensive line | Byrnes High School | Duncan, South Carolina | North Carolina |
Jordan Hicks | Linebacker | Lakota West High School | West Chester, Ohio | Texas |
Jeff Luc | Linebacker | Treasure Coast High School | New Port Richey, Florida | Florida State |
Chris Martin | Linebacker | Grandview High School | Aurora, Colorado | Florida / Navarro CC |
Tony Jefferson | Defensive back | Eastlake High School | Chula Vista, California | Oklahoma |
DeMarcus Milliner | Defensive back | Stanhope Elmore High School | Millbrook, Alabama | Alabama |
Alec Ogletree | Defensive back | Newnan High School | Newnan, Georgia | Georgia |
- Second Team Offense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
Demarco Cobbs | Athlete | Tulsa Central High School | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Texas |
Chris Dunkley | Wide receiver | Pahokee High School | Pahokee, Florida | Florida / South Florida |
Keenan Allen | Wide receiver | Northern Guilford High School | Greensboro, North Carolina | California |
C.J. Fiedorowicz | Tight end | Johnsburg High School | Johnsburg, Illinois | Iowa |
Xavier Grimble | Tight end | Bishop Gorman High School | Las Vegas, Nevada | USC |
Robert Crisp | Offensive line | Athens Drive High School | Raleigh, North Carolina | North Carolina State |
Jake Matthews | Offensive line | Elkins High School | Missouri City, Texas | Texas A&M |
Ian Silberman | Offensive line | Fleming Island High School | Orange Park, Florida | Florida |
Malcolm Jones | Running back | Oaks Christian High School | Westlake Village, California | UCLA |
Herschel Sims‡ | Running back | Abilene High School | Abilene, Texas | Oklahoma State |
Phillip Sims | Quarterback | Oscar Smith High School | Chesapeake, Virginia | Alabama |
Cody Parkey | Placekicker | Jupiter High School | Jupiter, Florida | Auburn |
- Second Team Defense
Player | Position | School | Hometown | College |
William Gholston | Defensive line | Southeastern High School | Detroit, Michigan | Michigan State |
Corey Miller | Defensive line | Byrnes High School | Duncan, South Carolina | Tennessee |
Reggie Wilson | Defensive line | Haltom High School | Haltom City, Texas | Texas |
Owamagbe Odighizuwa | Defensive line | David Douglas High School | Portland, Oregon | UCLA |
Steele Devitto | Linebacker | Don Bosco Preparatory High School | Ramsey, New Jersey | Boston College |
Khairi Fortt | Linebacker | Stamford High School | Stamford, Connecticut | Penn State |
James Wilder, Jr.‡ | Linebacker | Plant High School | Tampa, Florida | Florida State |
Cody Riggs | Defensive back | St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Florida |
Demar Dorsey | Defensive back | Boyd Anderson High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Louisville |
Sean Parker | Defensive back | Narbonne High School | Harbor City, California | Washington |
Latwan Anderson | Defensive back | Glenville High School | Cleveland, Ohio | Miami (FL) |
DeAnthony Thomas‡ | Athlete | Crenshaw High School | Los Angeles, California | Oregon |
Accumulated stats
- For "Most selections by school" and "Most selections by state", see: USA Today All-USA high school football team #Accumulated stats
See also
- For links to other articles, see: USA Today All-USA high school football team #See also
References