California All-State Football Team

Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) and the rest of the Trinity League dominated the MaxPreps California All-State Football Team taking home Player of the Year and Coach of the Year honors along with 10 spots on the 60-man team.

Trent Mosley, a senior wide receiver, earned state Player of the Year honors after leading the Eagles to their first state championship. He came up big in the playoffs, scoring two touchdowns in each of the final three games while catching 10 passes for 293 yards against Centennial (Corona) in the Southern Section finals and then 11 passes for 183 yards against De La Salle (Concord) in the Open Division CIF Bowl Game.

Carson Palmer, Mosley's coach at Santa Margarita, earns Coach of the Year honors. The former NFL quarterback, who led Santa Margarita to a basketball state championship in 1998, led the Eagles to a 7-6 win over Mater Dei to create a three-way tie for first place in the Trinity League.

The Eagles got increasingly stronger in the postseason, scoring more points each game in wins over Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), Orange Lutheran (Orange), Centennial and De La Salle and won the four games by an average of 26 points per game. Santa Margarita finished No. 4 in the MaxPreps Top 25 and defeated three other teams that finished in the Top 25.

Out of the Trinity League, Santa Margarita landed two players on the All-State team while Mater Dei had three, Orange Lutheran had one and St. John Bosco (Bellflower) had four.
California All-State Football Team

First team offense

QB — Ryder Lyons, Folsom
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 220 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Brigham Young | Stats: 265 completions, 345 attempts, 3,485 yards, 36 touchdowns

QB — Luke Fahey, Mission Viejo
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 185 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oho State | Stats: 207 completions, 292 attempts, 3,199 yards, 25 touchdowns

RB — Brandon Smith, Central East (Fresno)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 185 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oregon | Stats: 255 carries, 2,189 yards, 32 touchdowns

RB — Wes Burford, Oakdale
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 210 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Air Force | Stats: 312 carries, 2,867 yards, 42 touchdowns

RB — Jhadis Luckey, Clayton Valley Charter (Concord)
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 195 | Year: 2026
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 185 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Arizona | Stats: 84 catches, 1,302 yards, 14 touchdowns

WR — Madden Williams, St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 193 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Texas A&M | Stats: 41 catches, 804 yards, 10 touchdowns

WR — Jack Cunningham, Ventura
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 185 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Western Colorado | Stats: 124 catches, 2,140 yards, 27 touchdowns

TE — Ivan Huerta, St. Mary's (Stockton)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 185 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 75 catches, 1,321 yards, 13 touchdowns

OL — Kodi Greene, Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 320 | Year: 2025
Status: Signed to Washington

OL — Tommy Tofi, Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 330 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oregon

OL — Vlad Dyakonov, Folsom
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 274 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Southern California

OL — Blake Graham, Leuzinger (Lawndale)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 295 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Cal-Poly

OL — Braiden McKenna, Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 290 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted

ATH — Trent Mosley, Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 170 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to USC | Stats: 58 catches, 831 yards, 6 touchdowns

ATH — Honor Faalave-Johnson, Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) 
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 190 | Year: 2027
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 128 carries, 1,265 yards, 21 touchdowns, 35 catches, 564 yards, 7 touchdowns

K — Saul Marks, Junipero Serra (San Mateo)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 160 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 42 of 46 extra points, 12 of 17 field goals, two 53-yard field goals, 58 touchbacks

First team defense

DL — Khary Wilder, Serra (Gardena)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 260 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Ohio State | Stats: 91 tackles, 20 TFL, 10 sacks, 26 hurries

DL — Richard Wesley, Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 250 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Texas | Stats: 29 tackles, 12.5 TFL, 8.5 sacks, 5 interceptions

DL — Jackson Renger, Los Alamitos
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 220 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Cornell | Stats: 88 tackles, 35 TFL, 20 sacks, 6 FR

DL — Shaun Scott, Mater Dei
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 230 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Southern California | Stats: 53 tackles, 21 TFL, 13.5 sacks

LB — Dash Fifita, Santa Margarita
Height: 5-9 | Weight: 185 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Arizona| Stats:  101 tackles, 16 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 1 interception

LB — Isaiah Phelps, Pacifica (Oxnard)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 200 | Year: 2027
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 232 tackles, 23 TFL, 4 sacks, 14 hurries

LB — Tristan Phillips, Ventura
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 215 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oregon | Stats: 127 tackles, 17 TFL, 8 sacks, 11 hurries

LB — Tytus Dimmer, Clovis West (Fresno)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 225 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 80 tackles, 9 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 FR

DB — CJ Lavender Jr., Mater Dei
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 175 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to UCLA | Stats: 58 tackles, 7 interceptions, 5 passes defensed

DB — Jaden Walk-Green, Centennial (Corona)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 190 | Year: 2027
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 125 tackles, 10 interceptions 

DB — Madden Riordan, Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
Height:  5-11| Weight: 150 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to USC | Stats: 32 tackles, 4 interceptions, 7 passes defensed

DB — Havon Finney Jr., Sierra Canyon
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 168 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to LSU | Stats: 21 tackles, 2 interceptions, 9 passes defensed

P — Jacob Kreinbring, Loyola (Los Angeles)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 195 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 44.1 yards per punt, 19 inside 20

Second team offense

QB — Michael Mitchell Jr., Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 195 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Stanford | Stats: 205 completions, 304 attempts, 3,749 yards, 49 touchdowns

QB — Jelani Dippel, Central East
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 150 | Year: 2027
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 251 completions, 395 attempts, 4,583 yards, 58 touchdowns

RB — Jeremiah Watson, Murrieta Valley (Murrieta)
Height: 5-9 | Weight: 180 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 171 carries, 1,429 yards, 21 touchdowns

RB — Darnell Miller, Santee (Los Angeles)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 190 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Air Force | Stats: 229 carries, 3,296 yards, 40 touchdowns

RB — Mekai Smith, Balboa (San Francisco)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 215 | Year: 2026
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 200 | Year: 2027
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 86 catches, 1,768 yards, 26 touchdowns

WR — Jameson Powell, Folsom
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 170 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oregon State | Stats: 90 catches, 1,407 yards, 16 touchdowns

WR — Langdon Horace, Edison (Stockton)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 180 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Stanford | Stats: 63 catches, 1,246 yards, 12 touchdowns

TE — Israel Briggs, Clovis
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 200 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Miami | Stats: 48 catches, 599 yards, 7 touchdowns

OL — Sam Utu, Orange Lutheran (Orange)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 320 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to SMU

OL — Luke Kingman, Murrieta Valley
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 300 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Idaho State

OL — Cooper Javorsky, San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 280 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to UCLA

OL — Wyatt Ferguson, De La Salle
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 275 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Weber State

OL — Jakob McKindley, Centennial
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 285 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Northern Arizona

ATH — Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle
Height: 5-9 | Weight: 165 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to North Carolina | Stats: 93 carries, 1048 yards, 12 touchdowns

ATH — Lenny Ibarra, Los Alamitos
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 215 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Army | Stats: 155 carries, 1,108 yards, 18 touchdowns, 45 catches, 630 yards, 6 TDs

K — Kyle Donahue, San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 165 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 44 of 45 extra points, 12 of 13 field goals, long of 41 yards, 45 touchbacks

Second team defense

DL — Prince Tavizon, Lincoln (San Diego)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 245 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oregon | Stats: 110 tackles, 15 TFL, 5 sacks

DL — Mya Telona, De La Salle
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 285 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to California | Stats: 30 tackles, 7 TFL, 3 sacks

DL — Dutch Horisk, St. John Bosco
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 230 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Oregon | Stats: 59 tackles, 10 TFL, 5.5 sacks

DL — Jonathan McKinley II, Centennial
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 230 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to California | Stats: 54 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 11 hurries

DL — Jayden (JD) Hill, Mission Viejo
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 275 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Washington | Stats: 108 tackles, 25.5 TFL, 13 sacks, 18 hurries

LB — Matthew Muasau, St. John Bosco
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 230 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to UCLA | Stats: 64 tackles, 9 TFL, 5.5 sacks

LB — Chase Cahoon, Saint Francis (Mountain View)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 215 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Stanford | Stats: 91 tackles, 5 TFL

LB — Bubba Vargas, De La Salle (Concord)
Height: 5-9 | Weight: 190 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 64 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 1 sack

DB — Gary Youngblood, El Cerrito
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 175 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 12 interceptions, 60 catches, 1,347 yards, 18 touchdowns

DB — Jailen Hill, St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 170 | Year: 2027
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 11 tackles, 6 interceptions

DB — Truly Bell, Pittsburg
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 170 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Fresno State | Stats: 32 tackles, 2 interceptions, 9 passes defensed

DB — Jeron Jones, Mission Viejo
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 165 | Year: 2026
Status: Signed to Washington | Stats: 55 tackles, 3 TFL, 4 interceptions

P — Star Thomas, Orange
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 200 | Year: 2026
Status: Uncommitted | Stats: 50.2 yards per punt, 8 punts inside 20