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Young named District MVP after terrific senior season

By Tyler Tyre, Sports Editor
Posted 12/27/23

After a huge senior season even with missing time with injury, Wyatt Young took home the District 19-6A Most Valuable Player Award, leading Tompkins to its sixth straight playoff appearance and putting up numbers along the way.

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Young named District MVP after terrific senior season

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After a huge senior season even with missing time with injury, Wyatt Young took home the District 19-6A Most Valuable Player Award, leading Tompkins to its sixth straight playoff appearance and putting up numbers along the way.

Young passed for 524 yards and six touchdowns on the year while rushing for 936 yards and 11 touchdowns this season, averaging over 13.5 yards per carry and spearheading the backfield for the Falcons to lead them to a second-place finish in district.

Young was joined in the superlatives by two teammates, the first of which was Caleb Blocker, who was named the district’s Offensive Player of the Year. Blocker helped carry the Falcons offense when Young was out for a portion of the year with an injury and had a huge season. Overall, Blocker ran for 1561 yards and 17 touchdowns, adding a touchdown passing and 109 yards receiving on 13 catches to go with four touchdowns receiving.

Jhase McMillan was the last Falcon to earn superlatives as the Falcons led the way with three members making the exclusive list. The senior was named the special teams player of the year. He was huge all year as a kick returner for the Falcons and as a rusher on the field goal block team. Making a number of blocks of field goals and extra points. He also was one of the best in the district on defense, making a huge impact in the Falcons secondary, intercepting four passes, while making an impact on offense as well, rushing for 219 yards and three touchowns while catching three passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns.

Taylor’s Ashton Coker earned defensive player of the year honors after helping the Mustangs get back to the playoffs after a two-year absence. Coker finished the year with 44 tackles, six tackles for loss, three sacks and 14 quarterback hurries.

Katy took home two superlative awards. Jeremiah Smith was named the district’s newcomer of the year after a big year as a sophomore. He made an impact on defense both with rushing the passer and in coverage, coming away with multiple game changing plays throughout the year and always being a force other teams had to account for.

Gary Joseph rounded out the superlative selections as he was named the district’s coach of the year for the second straight season after leading the Tigers to a 10-2 record, a District 19-6A championship and an area round appearance.

There were a number of players that earned unanimous first team spots. Ashton Funk was a unanimous choice for the first team at offensive tackle while Coen Echols earned the honors at center, Blocker and Ryan Hall both earned the honors at running back, Chase Johnsey was unanimous at fullback, Andrew Marsh was selected unanimously at wide receiver and Luke Carter was unanimously selected to the first team as a tight end while also being named to the first team as a deep snapper. Defensively, Coker was unanimously selected to the first team along with Dean Ford and Cyrus Reyes.

Following is the full District 19-6A All-District football team.

2023 19-6A ALL DISTRICT FOOTBALL TEAM

ALL District Team

DISTRICT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

#

Name

Class

School

10

Wyatt Young

SR

Tompkins

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

#

Name

Class

School

21

Caleb Blocker

SR

Tompkins

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

#

Name

Class

School

90

Ashton Coker

SR

Taylor

SPECIAL TEAMS  PLAYER OF THE YEAR

#

Name

Class

School

5

Jhase McMillan

SR

Tompkins

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

#

Name

Class

School

28

Jeremiah Smith

SO

Katy

19-6A COACH OF THE YEAR

School

Gary Joseph

Katy

2023 DISTRICT 19-6A ALL DISTRICT TEAM

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

75

Ashton Funk

SR

Tompkins

1st Team 

75

Patrick McMath

JR

Katy

1st Team 

76

Jacob Valdez

SR

Katy

1st Team 

59

Deshaun Owens

SR

Katy

1st Team 

68

Byron Nelson

JR

Katy

1st Team 

73

Erben Birkhoff

JR

Tompkins

2nd Team

65

Deacon Parrish

JR

Tompkins

2nd Team

58

Luke Uberecken

SR

Cinco Ranch

2nd Team

78

Anthony Vazquez

SR

Morton Ranch

2nd Team

75

Jovanni Melchor

SR

Jordan

2nd Team

60

Hank Tulenko

JR

Taylor

3rd Team

71

Matthew Gray

JR

Jordan

3rd Team

73

Kai Nguyen

JR

Paetow

3rd Team

77

John Cleary

JR

Jordan

3rd Team

71

William Thornton

SOPH

Paetow

3rd Team

65

Alan Ramirez

SR

Cinco Ranch

CENTER

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

78

Coen Echols

SR

Katy

2nd Team

56

Michael Anderson

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

50

Brady Downs

SR

Taylor

RUNNING BACKS

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

21

Caleb Blocker

SR

Tompkins

1st Team Unanimous

28

Ryan Hall

SR

Morton Ranch

1st Team

40

Tremayne Hill

SOPH

Katy

1st Team

2

Chad Gasper

JR

Jordan

2nd Team

5

Barrett Hudson

SR

Seven Lakes

2nd Team

7

Marcus Gadlin

SOPH

Cinco Ranch

2nd Team

4

Tessiah Young

JR

Cinco Ranch

3rd Team

10

Martavian Hill

SR

Morton Ranch

3rd Team

1

Jake Farris

SR

Seven Lakes

3rd Team

5

Tanner West

SOPH

Jordan

FULLBACK

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

8

Chase Johnsey

SR

Katy

2nd Team

6

Dylan Rodriguez

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

6

Kaleb Molina

SR

Paetow

WIDE RECEIVERS

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

3

Andrew Marsh

JR

Jordan

1st Team 

1

Zechariah Sample

SR

Jordan

1st Team

2

Dante Archie

SR

Taylor

2nd Team

11

Gavin Beavers

SR

Cinco Ranch

2nd Team

1

Israel Olotu-Judah

JR

Katy

2nd Team

11

Jabari Bush

SR

Paetow

3rd Team

6

Scott Eckel

JR

Cinco Ranch

3rd Team

1

Adebisi Bello

JR

Tompkins

3rd Team

7

Markel McNeal

SR

Morton Ranch

QUARTERBACK

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

8

Colin Willetts

SR

Jordan

2nd Team

10

Wyatt Young

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

15

Gunner Nelson

JR

Katy

TIGHT END

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

 1st Team Unanimous

84

Luke Carter

SR

Katy

2nd Team

0

Rhys Phillips

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

87

Ian Flynt

SR

Taylor

ALL PURPOSE PLAYER OFFENSE

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

2

Mike Gerald

SR

Morton Ranch

2nd Team

2

Dante Archie

SR

Taylor

3rd Team

5

Tanner West

SOPH

Jordan

DEEP SNAPPER

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

84

Luke Carter

SR

Katy

2nd Team

66

Jared Martinez

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

50

Brady Downs

SR

Taylor

PUNTER

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

97

Adam Carter

JR

Katy

2nd Team

13

Jackson Waller

SR

Taylor

3rd Team

44

William Duncan

SR

Tompkins

KICKER

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

97

Adam Carter

JR

Katy

2nd Team

44

William Duncan

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

80

Wilson Kalvass

SR

Jordan

RETURN SPECIALIST

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

1

Zechariah Sample

SR

Jordan

2nd Team

2

Mike Gerald

SR

Morton Ranch

3rd Team

13

Jackson Farrar

JR

Paetow

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

90

Ashton Coker

SR

Taylor

1st Team 

20

Eduwa Okundaye

SR

Tompkins

1st Team 

0

Carmello Brooks

JR

Paetow

1st Team 

94

Tyler Willis

SR

Katy

2nd Team

97

Adam Carter

JR

Katy

2nd Team

99

Stephan Ochai

SR

Katy

2nd Team

19

Dallas-Patrick Alo-Suliafu

SR

Jordan

2nd Team

7

Rotimi Olayinka

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

95

Alexander McMoore

JR

Taylor

3rd Team

94

Bra'shii Brown

SR

Morton Ranch

3rd Team

91

Nicholas Elko

JR

Paetow

3rd Team

95

Justin Hughes

SR

Cinco Ranch

LINEBACKERS

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

20

Dean Ford

SR

Morton Ranch

1st Team

44

Connor Johnsey

SR

Katy

1st Team

5

Landon Saurage

JR

Taylor

1st Team

28

Jeremiah Smith

SO

Katy

2nd Team

46

Nathan Hall

SR

Katy

2nd Team

9

Brayden Coffie

JR

Jordan

2nd Team

44

Victor Thomas

SR

Paetow

2nd Team

8

Abrien Ledet

SR

Paetow

3rd Team

8

Luke Mathiasmeier

JR

Cinco Ranch

3rd Team

13

Dazer Van Leeuwen

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

11

Kosi Okpala

SOPH

Mayde Creek

3rd Team

9

Dimitri Long

JR

Taylor

SECONDARY

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team Unanimous

8

Cyrus Reyes

SR

Taylor

1st Team

9

Jed Olotu-Judah

SR

Katy

1st Team

5

Jhase McMillan

SR

Tompkins

1st Team

4

Deyjhon Pettaway

JR

Paetow

1st Team

1

Taytum Johnson

SR

Cinco Ranch

2nd Team

0

Zion Jones

JR

Jordan

2nd Team

6

Noah Coughran

SR

Katy

2nd Team

12

Josiah Rodriguez

SR

Taylor

2nd Team

1

Jamaal Comminie

SR

Paetow

2nd Team

11

Hunter Boudreaux

SR

Tompkins

3rd Team

4

Gavin Johnson

SR

Katy

3rd Team

11

Bryce Coffie

SR

Jordan

3rd Team

2

Superior Hill

JR

Cinco Ranch

3rd Team

27

Jacob Hilton

JR

Katy

3rd Team

21

Daniel Scarabino

SO

Cinco Ranch

ALL PURPOSE PLAYER DEFENSE

RANK

#

Name

Class

School

1st Team

8

Cyrus Reyes

SR

Taylor

2nd Team

4

Deyjhon Pettaway

JR

Paetow

3rd Team

11

Hunter Boudreaux

SR

Tompkins

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