High school football: 2025 All-Great Lakes Region Preseason Football Team - Offense

By Eric Frantz Aug 12, 2025, 10:30am

CJ Sadler, Jonas Williams, Sam Greer and Nasir Rankin headline the All-Great Lakes offensive football teams.

Red Grange, Jim Brown, Dick Butkus, Dan Marino, Joe Montana and Charles Woodson. The Great Lakes region has cultivated a bumper crop of prep talent that's gone on to rank among the greatest players in football history. Here's a look at the next batch – the 2025 Preseason MaxPreps All-Great Lakes Region Football Team.
 
The all-star squad is made up of players from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin.
@EFRANTZMP'S ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

QB: Peyton Falzone, Nazareth Area (Pa.), 6-4.5, 200, sr. (Penn State)
QB: Jonas Williams, Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 6-1.5, 215, sr. (USC)
QB: Matt Ponatoski, Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 6-1, 195, sr. (Kentucky)
RB: Shahn Alston, Harvey (Painesville, Ohio), 5-9, 205, sr. (USC)
RB: Messiah Mickens, Harrisburg (Pa.), 5-10, 200, sr. (Penn State)
RB: Kemon Spell, McKeesport (Pa.), 5-9, 205, jr. (Penn State)
WR: Jamier Brown, Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio), 5-11, 170, jr. (Ohio State)
WR: Messiah Hampton, Monroe (Rochester, N.Y.), 6-1, 180, sr. (Oregon)
WR: Nasir Rankin, Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.), 5-11.5, 180, sr. (Illinois)
TE: Mack Sutter, Dunlap (Ill.), 6-5, 230, sr. (Alabama)
AP: CJ Sadler, Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.), 5-9.5, 185, sr.
OL: Maxwell Riley, Avon Lake (Ohio), 6-5, 280, sr. (Ohio State)
OL: Kevin Brown, Harrisburg (Pa.), 6-5, 270, sr. (Penn State)
OL: Samuel Greer, Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 6-8, 315, sr. (Ohio State)
OL: Gregory Patrick, Portage Northern (Portage, Mich.), 6-5, 275, sr. (Notre Dame)
OL: Maxwell Hiller, Coatesville (Pa.), 6-5, 300, jr.
OL: Tyler Merrill, Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), 6-5, 338, sr. (Notre Dame)
K: Harran Zureikat, Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-0, 180, sr. (Georgia)
 
@EFRANTZMP'S ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
 
QB: Israel Abrams, Montini Catholic (Lombard, Ill.), 6-4, 180, jr.
QB: Trae Taylor, Carmel (Mundelein, Ill.), 6-3, 186, jr. (Nebraska)
QB: Gavin Sidwar, La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 6-3, 190, sr. (Missouri)
RB: Elijah Kimble, Canisius (Buffalo, N.Y.), 5-10, 180, jr.
RB: Armand Hill, West Mifflin (Pa.), 5-8, 170, jr. (West Virginia)
RB: Favour Akih, Hayes (Delaware, Ohio), 6-0, 190, sr. (Ohio State)
WR: Quentin Burrell, Chicago Mt. Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 6-3, 175, jr.
WR: Monshun Sales, Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.), 6-5, 195, jr.
WR: Jaeden Ricketts, Watkins Memorial (Pataskala, Ohio), 6-0, 187, sr. (Ohio State)
TE: JC Anderson, Mt. Zion (Ill.), 6-6, 230, sr.
AP: Roman Voss, Jackson County Central (Jackson, Minn.), 6-4, 220, sr.
OL: Claude Mpouma, Mt. Carmel (Ill.), 6-7, 308, sr.
OL: Andrew Trout, Rocori (Cold Spring, Minn.), 6-6, 295, sr. (Minnesota)
OL: Ben Congdon, Tuscarawas Valley (Zoarville, Ohio), 6-7, 285, sr. (Miami, Fla.)
OL: Terrance Smith, Lansdale Catholic (Lansdale, Pa.), 6-6, 260, jr.
OL: Jimmy Kalis, Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-6, 280, jr.
OL: Cole Reiter, Germantown (Wis.), 6-7, 295, jr.
K: Noah Sur, Fenwick (Oak Park, Ill.), 6-0, 185, sr. (Northwestern)
 
@EFRANTZMP'S ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION THIRD TEAM OFFENSE
 
QB: Tommy Carr, Saline (Mich.), 6-3, 185, sr. (Miami, Ohio)
QB: Nathan Bernhard, Ashland (Ohio), 6-5, 227, sr. (Appalachian State)
QB: Kayd Coffman, East Kentwood (Kentwood, Mich.), 6-2, 185, sr. (Michigan State)
RB: Kory Amachree, Haslett (Mich.), 6-0, 195, sr. (Kansas)
RB: Jonathan Brown, St. Francis DeSales (Columbus, Ohio), 6-1, 200, sr. (Michigan)
RB: Izaiah Wright, Carlson (Gibraltar, Mich.), 5-10, 207, sr. (Purdue)
WR: Dakota Guerrant, Harper Woods (Mich.), 6-1, 185, jr.
WR: Khalil Taylor, Seton LaSalle (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 5-11, 180, jr. (Penn State)
WR: Javien Robinson, McKeesport (Pa.), 6-2, 189, jr.
TE: Brayden Fogle, Lexington (Ohio), 6-3, 225, sr.
AP: Matthew Gregory, Owen J. Roberts (Pottstown, Pa.), 6-1, 170, jr.
OL: Dewey Young, Kalamazoo Central (Mich.), 6-5, 285, jr.
OL: Cameron Wagner, St. Joseph-Ogden (Ill.), 6-6, 300, jr.
OL: Ben Nichols, Davison (Mich.), 6-5, 315, sr. (Notre Dame)
OL: Kalel Johnson, Taft (Cincinnati, Ohio), 6-7, 281, jr.
OL: Adam Guthrie, Miami Trace (Washington Court House, Ohio), 6-7, 285, sr. (Clemson)
OL: Grayson McKeogh, La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 6-7, 275, sr. (Notre Dame)
K: Jonathan Hewitt, Eaton (Ohio), 6-2, 175, sr. (Boston College)

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