Four Katy ISD football players were named to the Touchdown Club of Houston High School Preseason Team, as the school district was well represented at the event.

Jordan’s Andrew Marsh and Chad Gasper were named to the team on the offensive side, while Katy’s Adam Carter earned honors as a punter and Paetow’s Deyjhon Pettaway was named to the team on the defensive side.

All four were recognized at the Touchdown Club of Houston dinner on Aug. 14 at the Bayou City Event Center.

Marsh comes off a huge junior season where he caught 65 passes for 1,158 yards and 15 touchdowns, averaging over 100 yards per game receiving. Gasper carried the ball 99 times in eight games and had 11 touchdowns on the ground while adding 195 yards and a touchdown receiving. The duo helped Jordan clinch its first ever playoff berth.

Carter was one of the top punters in the state last year, averaging 42.44 yards per punt as a junior with three punts that went over 60 yards and five punts over 50 yards, earning All-State honors in the process. Carter was a big part of Katy’s district title team both as a defensive lineman and a punter.

Pettaway was one of the top defensive backs in the entire state last year and was the leader of a Paetow defense that was one of the strongest in the area. He did not allow a touchdown in coverage last year while registering 80 tackles, four pass breakups and an interception.

The Touchdown Club is the Houston chapter of the National Football Foundation. Founded in 1947 with leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl “Red” Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, a non-profit educational organization, organizes programs designed to use the importance of high school football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement for young people.

Following is the full Touchdown Club of Houston Preseason UIL Honor Team

OFFENSE
Quarterbacks
Kaleb Bailey, North Shore
Austin Carlisle, Ridge Point
Aaron DeLeon, Stratford
Running Backs
Tory Blaylock, Atascocita
Chad Gasper, Jordan
Wesley Yarbrough, Crosby
Offensive Line
Ryan Fodje, Bridgeland
Jonte Newman, Bridgeland
Dramodd Odoms, Lamar
Tyler Thomas, Dickinson
Tight Ends
Jordan Andrus, Yates
Ty Rupe, Grand Oaks
Wide Receivers
Ja'Kayden Ferguson, Marshall
Tanook Hines, Dekaney
Andrew Marsh, Jordan
JaCorey Watson, Shadow Creek
Punters/Kickers
Adam Carter, Katy
Scott Starzyk, The Woodlands

DEFENSE
Defensive Line
Floyd Guidry, Spring
Chris Johnson, Iowa Colony
Smith Orogbo, Hastings
Landon Rink, Cy-Fair
Chase Sims, Randle
Chad Woodfork, Summer Creek
Linebackers
Kaleb Burns, Cypress Falls
Charles Ross, North Shore
Javar Thomas, Nimitz
Anthony Williams, Shadow Creek
Defensive Backs
Dorian Brew, Conroe
Caleb Chester, Marshall
Courtland Guillory, Klein Oak
Deyjhon Pettaway, Paetow
Kade Phillips, Hightower
Devin Sanchez, North Shore
Cobey Sellers, Shadow Creek
Athletes
Zaylen Cormier, Heights
Nick Townsend, Dekaney