Gatorade announced its recipients for the State Football Players of the Year with the National Player of the Year to be named at a later date.
The Gatorade State Player of the Year honor is aimed at honoring not only the best athletes, but also those students who have shown success in the classroom and also exhibit outstanding character on and off the field.
This year’s list includes some familiar names, including Dylan Favre of St. Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, Miss.) who is the leading passer in the country according to MaxPreps. Other notables include Oaks Christian running back Malcolm Jones in California, Byrnes running back Marcus Lattimore in South Carolina and Ryan quarterback Scotty Young in Texas.
Following is the list of award winners from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Christian LeMay, Butler (Matthews, N.C.)
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Alabama - Coty Blanchard, QB, Cherokee County (Centre, Ala.)
Alaska - Justin Kauffman, QB, West Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska)
Arizona - Brett Hundley, QB, Chandler (Chandler, Ariz.)
Arkansas - Michael Dyer, RB, Little Rock Christian Academy (Little Rock, Ark.).
California - Malcolm Jones, RB, Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.).
Colorado - Austin Hinder, QB, Steamboat Springs (Steamboat Springs, Colo.).
Connecticut - Kevin Pierre-Louis, LB, King Low Heywood Thomas (Stamford, Conn.)
Delaware - C.J. Jones, QB, A.I. du Pont (Wilmington, Del.)
District of Columbia - Ricardo Young, QB, H.D. Woodson (Washington, D.C.)
Florida - Matt Elam, RB, William T. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
Georgia - Hutson Mason, QB, Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.).
Hawaii - Andrew Manley, QB, Leilehua (Wahiawa, Hawaii)
Idaho - Taylor Kelly, QB, Eagle (Eagle, Idaho)
Illinois - Christian Lombard, OL, William Fremd (Palatine, Ill.).
Indiana - Kofi Hughes, QB, Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Iowa - James Morris, RB, Solon (Solon, Iowa)
Kansas - Blake Bell, QB, Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.).
Kentucky - Antonio Andrews, QB, Fort Campbell (Fort Campbell, Ky.)
Louisiana - Kenny Hilliard, RB, Patterson (Patterson, La.)
Maine - Jack Mallis, RB, Windham (Windham, Maine)
Maryland - Zach Zwinak, FB, Linganore (Ijamsville, Md.)
Massachusetts - Nick LaSpada, QB/S, Billerica (Billerica, Mass.)
Michigan - Jason Fracassa, QB, Stevenson (Sterling Heights, Mich.).
Minnesota - A.J. Tarpley, LB, Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.)
Mississippi - Dylan Favre, QB, St. Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, Miss.).
Missouri - Darrian Miller, RB, Blue Springs (Blue Springs, Mo.)
Montana - Matt Miller, WR, Capital (Helena, Mont.)
Nebraska - Bronson Marsh, QB, Millard South (Omaha, Neb.).
Nevada - Dezerick Reed, RB, Del Sol (Las Vegas, Nev.)
New Hampshire - Max Jacques, RB, Salem (Salem, N.H.)
New Jersey - Tony Jones, RB, Don Bosco (Ramsey, N.J.)
New Mexico - Ronnie Daniels, RB, La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.)
New York - Dan Scalo, QB, Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, N.Y.).
North Carolina - Christian LeMay, QB, Butler (Matthews, N.C.)
North Dakota - Esley Thorton, QB, Bismarck (Bismarck, N.D.)
Ohio - Jordan Hicks, LB, Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio).
Oklahoma - Demarco Cobbs, ATH, Central (Tulsa, Okla.)
Oregon - Jordan Johnson, QB, Sheldon (Eugene, Ore.)
Pennsylvania - Kyle Smith, QB, Lancaster Catholic (Lancaster, Pa.).
Rhode Island - Mike Read, RB, Barrington (Barrington, R.I.)
South Carolina - Marcus Lattimore, RB, Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.)
South Dakota - Austin Sumner, QB, Brandon Valley (Brandon, S.D.).
Tennessee - JaRon Toney, RB, Alcoa (Alcoa, Tenn.).
Texas - Scotty Young, QB, Ryan (Denton, Texas).
Utah - Harvey Langi, RB, Bingham (South Jordan, Utah)
Vermont - Max Librizzi, QB, Essex (Essex Junction, Vt.)
Virginia - Phillip Sims, QB, Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.).
Washington - Jake Heaps, QB, Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.).
West Virginia - Allan Wasonga, RB, Parkersburg (Parkersburg, W.Va.)
Wisconsin - Eric Oertel, RB/LB, Racine Lutheran (Racine, Wis.)
Wyoming - Austin Woodward, QB, Sheridan (Sheridan, Wyo.)
