MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio high school football big school All-Ohio: second team
By Eric Frantz
Dec 29, 2016, 12:00am
Who were Ohio's top players this past season in Divisions I-III? Here's our take...
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Happy Holidays! We celebrate the close of 2016 with the release of the eighth annual JJHuddle All-Ohio Football Team. This year MaxPreps joins the fray. The MP/JJH All-Ohio team covers all-divisions and can basically be summed up by this: If you had to create an all-star team from Ohio to play in a national tournament, who would you want suiting up for the Buckeye State? This is our roster and reserves for Ohio's big schools…
SECOND TEAM OFFENSERB: Morgan Ellison, 6-2, 215, sr., Pickerington Central
RB: Ra'von Bonner, 5-11, 210, sr., Sycamore (Cincinnati) (Illinois)
QB: Danny Clark, 6-4, 230, sr., Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (Kentucky)
WR: Javontae Richardson, 6-4, 210, sr., Maple Heights (Kentucky)
WR: Dillon Dingler, 6-2, 195, sr., Jackson (Massillon)
TE: Leonard Taylor, 6-6, 240, jr., Springfield
OL: Carson Van lynn, 6-6, 245, sr., Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus) (Pitt)
OL: Mitchell Berg, 6-6, 292, sr., St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (Toledo)
OL: Sam Backenstoe, 6-2, 249, jr., Hilliard Davidson
OL: Dillon Brauser, 6-5, 315, sr., Medina
OL: Taj Harper, 6-3, 310, sr., Harding (Warren)
K: AJ Smith, 6-3, 195, sr., Olentangy Liberty (Powell)
ATH: Jimmy Daw, 6-4, 223, sr., Medina (Ball State)
ATH: Daniel Davis, 6-3, 190, sr., Springfield
Hoban quarterback Danny Clark led the Knights to back-to-back D-III state titles.
Photo by Michael Noyes
DL: Amir Smoot-Baker, 6-2, 245, sr., Beechcroft (Columbus)
DL: Jabari Taylor, 6-1, 265, sr., Archbishop Hoban (Akron)
DL: RJ Harris, 6-7, 292, sr., Zanesville
LB: Nazihar Bohannon, 6-6, 218, sr., Lorain
LB: Landon Hall, 6-2, 200, sr., Wapakoneta
LB: Matt Brown, 6-0, 210, sr., Solon
LB: Kobe Vinegar, 5-10, 170, sr., Trotwood-Madison
DB: Dominique Long, 6-2, 185, sr., Westerville South (Michigan State)
DB: Xavier Henderson, 6-2, 190, jr., Pickerington Central (Michigan State)
DB: Tycean Anderson, 6-3, 184, sr., St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (Toledo)
DB: Josiah Scott, 5-10, 165, sr., Fairfield (Michigan State)
P: Jonah Wieland, 6-3, 215, sr., Hudson
Hoban defensive lineman Jabari Taylor was a large part of the Knights back-to-back D-III state titles.
Photo by Michael Noyes
Additional Awards:
MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio high school big school All-Ohio: first team
MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio high school small school All-Ohio: first team
MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio high school small school All-Ohio: second team
