Region Player of the Year
Jemea Thomas, Fitzgerald
Offensive Player of the Year
Martez Christopher, Brooks County
Defensive Player of the Year
Tyrone Williams, Thomasville
All Purpose Player of the Year
Trenton Pruitt, Fitzgerald
Coach of the Year
Maurice Freeman, Brooks County
First-team offense
QB - Jeremie Cody, Brooks County
FB- Nick Williams, Fitzgerald
RB- Shannon Brown, Cook
RB-Jeffery Dyson, Thomasville
RB- Juwan Alexander, Fitzgerald
WR- Rashard Hunt, Albany
WR- Kenny Jordan, Albany
TE- R.J. Davis, Fitzgerald
C- Alan Sandiford, Fitzgerald
G- Jamar Payne, Cook
G- Tommy Wilfork, Brooks County
T- Lawrence Virgil, Brooks County
T- Nick Starkey, Fitzgerald
K-Mauro Meza, Fitzgerald
First-team defense
DT-Kartavious Head, Brooks County
DT- Willie Coney, Fitzgerald
DT- Okoye Yarbrough, Early County
DE- Arlestor McKinnon, Brooks County
DE- Lawrence Ellis, Thomasville
ILB- Rodney Thomas, Brooks County
ILB- Omar Daniel, Fitzgerald
OLB- C’reon Arnold, Cook
OLB- Shawn Williams, Early County
CB- Michael Henley, Cook
CB- Kedron West, Berrien
S- Rashad Rose, Brooks County
S- Charles Hayes, Thomasville
P- Kenny Jordan, Albany
Second-team offense
QB-Brad Taylor, Fitzgerald
QB-Cameron Jones, Berrien
FB- Arlestor McKinnon, Brooks County
RB-Dontavious Brown, Albany
RB-Kahlid Lamar, Berrien
WR- Asa Nelson, Berrien
WR-Tevin Stewart-Gauldin, Fitzgerald
TE-Brandon Stephens, Cook
C-Derinique Daniel, Albany
C-Hank Summitt, Thomasville
G- Gerald Jones, Brooks County
G-Willie Wooten, Cook
G-Robert Outlaw, Fitzgerald
T-Caleb Freeman, Early County
T-Desmond Roberson, Cook
T-Taurus Wilson, Berrien
K-Will Dobbins, Cook
Second-team defense
DT- C.W. Shaw, Cook
DT-Jeremy Johnson, Thomasville
DE- Rossi Davis, Berrien
DE-Quaz Harris, Berrien
ILB-Jeremy Jackson, Brooks County
ILB-Lanorris Christopher, Thomasville
OLB-Latavious Stewart, Fitzgerald
OLB-Juwan Alexander, Fitzgerald
CB-Jamerez Carr, Thomasville
CB-Dakari Mitchell, Thomasville
CB- Tevin Stewart-Gauldin, Fitzgerald
S- Tevin Sims, Cook
S-Fred Holton, Thomasville
P-Duanterius Wilson, Thomasville
Honorable Mention offense
Fitzgerald - Kaleb Nobles, Steve Hughes, Chip Bowen, Brandon Joiner. Cook - Tim Rowe, Killean Thompson, Ahmad Turner, Taylor Flythe. Berrien - T.J. Miller, Tanner Tennison, Dustin Vickers. Brooks County - Clifton Davis, Donte West, Wayne Powell. Thomasville - Xavier Green, Cedric Brown. Albany - Stefan Nelson.
Honorable Mention defense
Fitzgerald - Brice Garret, Deon Smalls, Lorenza Washington, Daryll Brown, Jamal Terrell. Albany - Phillip English, Jerome Carter, Lorenzo Hampton, Tony Foster. Brooks County - Greg Thomas, Ike Williams, Stacy Linder. Cook - Roy White, B.J. Henry.
All-Academic Team
Brooks County - Jeremie Cody, Rashad Rose, Greg Thomas, Kartavious Head. Albany - Phillip English, Jarvis Hicks, Reggie Brown, Stefan Nelson, Derinique Daniel. Berrien - Cameron Jones, Blaine Hollbrook, Kent Beam, Jay Hughes, Zack Brogdon. Fitzgerald - Chip Bowen, Nick Williams, Brice Garrett, Ward Massee, Trenton Pruitt, R.J. Davis, Juwan Alexander, Alan Sandiford, Omar Daniel, Nick Starkey. Cook - Taylor Flythe, Tabias Newsome, Chris Orr, Kyle Tippins, Ladarius Norwood, Roy White.
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