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Maxwell Football Club announces High School All-American Team and National Player of the Year finalists

BENSALEM, Pa. — The Maxwell Football Club, founded in 1935, continued its tradition of recognizing elite football talent, on Tuesday, Dec. 30 by announcing its National High School Player of the Year finalists and High School All-American Team.

All players are from the Class of 2026 unless denoted.

OFFENSE

QB: Elijah Haven, jr., Dunham (Baton Rouge, La.); Jett Thomalla, Millard South (Omaha, Neb.). RB: Ezavier Crowell, Jackson, Ala.; David Gabriel-Georges, jr., Baylor School (Chattanooga, Tenn.); Landen Williams-Callis, jr., Richmond (Texas) Randle. WR: Trent Mosley, Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.); Roye Oliver III, soph., Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.); Jermaine Bishop Jr., Willis, Texas; C.J. Sadler, Cass Tech (Detroit). TE: Kaiden Prothro, Bowdon, Ga. OL: Felix Ojo, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge; Jackson Cantwell, Nixa, Mo.; Malakai Lee, Kamehameha Kapalama School (Honolulu); Cooper Hackett, jr., Fort Gibson, Oklahoma); and Kodi Greene, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.).

DEFENSE

DL: Lamar Brown, University Lab (Baton Rouge, La.); Zion Elee, St. Frances Academy (Baltimore); Jayden Hill, Mission Viejo, Calif.; Luke Wafle, The Hun School (Princeton, N.J.); Richard Wesley, Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, Calif.). LB: Ja’Kobe Clapper, St. Xavier (Cincinnati). LB: Tyler Atkinson, Grayson (Loganville, Ga.); T.J. White, Jackson (Miss.) Academy; Nick Abrams II, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.). DB: Danny Odem III, The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.); Jett Washington, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas); Jorden Edmonds, Sprayberry (Marietta, Ga.); John Meredith III, jr., Euless (Texas) Trinity; Joshua Dobson, jr., Catawba Ridge (Fort Mill, S.C.). ATH Joey O’Brien, La Salle College High (Wyndmoor, Pa.) and Matt Sieg, Fort Cherry (McDonald, Pa.).

SPECIAL TEAMS

K: Will Love, Spartanburg, S.C. P: Wade Register, Trinity Christian (Dublin, Ga.) and LS Will Terry, Manvel, Texas.

PLAYER OF YEAR FINALISTS

QB: Jared Curtis, Nashville (Tenn.), signed with Vanderbilt

QB: Jett Thomalla, Millard South (Omaha, Neb.), signed with Alabama

QB: Keisean Henderson, Legacy School (Spring, Texas), signed with Houston

RB: Ezavier Crowell, Jackson, Ala, singed with Alabama

RB: Myles McLaughlin, Knox (Ind.) Community, signed with Murray State (Ky.)

ATH: Matt Sieg, Fort Cherry (McDonald, Pa.), signed with West Virginia

DL:  Luke Wafle, The Hun School (Princeton, N.J.), signed with Southern California.

Senior Writer and national analyst for Blue Media and compiles the Blue Star Elite 25 national boys and girls high school basketball and football rankings during the season. Lawlor, an award-winning writer, is a voting committee member and advisor for several national high school events, including the McDonald’s All-American Games. He previously wrote for USA TODAY and ESPN.com, where he was the national preps writer, while compiling the national rankings in four sports.

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