Ohio High School Football '20: big school linebackers

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Ohio HS Football '20: Big School Linebackers (Div. I-II)

Key names to know Fridays this fall.



Player, School, Ht, Wt, Graduating Class

Kameron Vargas, Whitmer (Toledo), 6-1, 210, 2021
Connor Jones, Hilliard Darby, 6-2, 225, 2021
Cameron Junior, Middletown, 6-1, 205, 2021
Zeke Healy, Westerville Central, 5-10, 200, 2021
CJ Hankins, St. Edward (Lakewood), 6-0, 218, 2021
Kyle Scherette, Brunswick, 6-0, 200, 2021
Jack Higgins, Perrysburg, 6-3, 215, 2021
Daylan Long, Winton Woods (Cincinnati), 5-11, 185, 2021

2019 Ohio HS Football Statewide Postseason Brackets

Damon Ollison II, Archbishop Hoban (Akron), 6-0, 215, 2021
Hunter Warner, Fairborn, 6-0, 195, 2021
Terrance Hollon, Benedictine (Cleveland), 6-1, 196, 2021
Blaine Riley, Canal Winchester, 6-0, 218, 2021
Nate Leskovac, Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown), 6-0, 170, 2021
Emarion Perkins, Harding (Warren), 6-0, 195, 2021
Braidyn Hartsoe, Alliance, 6-0, 180, 2021

2019 Ohio HS Football Statewide Statistics

Jon Bruder, Centerville, 5-10, 195, 2021
Mason DeGennaro, Lebanon, 6-1, 215, 2021
Dan Johnson, Stebbins (Riverside), 6-0, 190, 2021
Bradyn Pennington, Stebbins (Riverside), 6-1, 180, 2021
Cam Sanders, Winton Woods (Cincinnati), 5-9, 210, 2021
Adam Miller, Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse), 6-1, 190, 2021
Nate Cikalo, Avon Lake, 5-11, 175, 2021

2019 Ohio HS Football Pictures



Jerome Mason, Padua Franciscan (Parma), 5-10, 175, 2021
Jamisen Jackson, Wadsworth, 5-11, 205, 2021
Joey Lyons, Wooster, 5-11, 190, 2021
Brennan Albertini, Westerville North, 5-11, 205, 2021
Reese Dykstra, Thomas Worthington (Worthington), 6-1, 205, 2021
Marco Landolfi, Upper Arlington (Columbus), 5-10, 175, 2021
OJ Morris, Dublin Coffman, 5-10, 200, 2021
Gabe Powers, Marysville, 6-4, 215, 2022

Westerville Central linebacker Zeke Healey was OPSWA D-I All-Ohio last season.
Westerville Central linebacker Zeke Healey was OPSWA D-I All-Ohio last season.
Photo by Scott Reed