DeKalb athletes named to All-Region football teams
DeKalb County was well represented on several Georgia High School Association All-Region football teams following the 2022 high school football season.
In Region 4-5A, Chamblee High School’s Fabian Walker won the Player of the Year, Decatur High School’s Kenric Lanier was named Offensive Player of the Year, Lithonia’s Josiah Peterson was Defensive Player of the Year, Decatur’s Isaac Cone won Special Teams Player of the Year, and Decatur head coach William Felton was named the region’s Coach of the Year.
DeKalb had 12 athletes selected for the Region 6-4A First Team offense and defense – in addition to having the region’s Defensive Player of the Year in Miller Grove High School’s Cayman Spaulding and Stephenson High School’s Devin Ingram being recognized as Offensive Player of the Year. Ingram and Spaulding are also the most recent DeKalb football players to be named Georgia Players of the Week.
No athletes or coaches from DeKalb won player or coach of the year awards in Region 4-6A, but DeKalb teams had 33 overall selection on the first teams and honorable mention teams.
Athletes from DeKalb who made one of the three all region lists are listed below:
Region 5-4A First Team
QB: Harrison Hannah, Decatur
RB: Jordan McCoy, Tucker
RB: Solomon Rayton, Arabia Mountain
WR: Tristian Sizemore, Chamblee
WR: Kedric Lackey, Decatur
WR: Isaiah Byrd, Lithonia
WR: Levi Bradham, Chamblee
OL: Miller Meeks, Chamblee
OL: Jackson Pickett, Tucker
OL: Bryan Freeman Jr., M.L. King
OL: Sekou Copeland, Arabia Mountain
OL: Marquavious Hood, Decatur
ATH: Malachi Miller, Decatur
DL: Nakobi Spurrior, Tucker
DL: Christopher Jackson, Tucker
DL: Marquacious Wright, Chamblee
DL: Daniel Chavez, Chamblee
DL: Marquis Hood, Decatur
LB: Jason Bond, Lithonia
LB: Ezekiel Yusuf, M.L. King
LB: Daniel Turpin, Arabia Mountain
LB: Mason Carrington, Chamblee
DB: Brandon Robinson, M.L. King
DB: Jordan Miller, Arabia Mountain
DB: Jeffery Thornton, Chamblee
DB: David Price, Lithonia
Region 5-4A Second Team
QB: Julian Shanks, Arabia Mountain
RB: Larry Harris, Chamblee
RB: Anthony Booker, Lithonia
WR: Jordan Thornton, Chamblee
WR: Jonah Stancil, Decatur
WR: Jaiden Figaro, Arabia Mountain
WR: Jarvious Franklin Jr., Decatur
OL: Kelvin Allen, Lithonia
OL: Bennett Knapp, Decatur
OL: Chance Campbell, Arabia Mountain
OL: Zach Smith, Chamblee
OL: Markel Banks, Lithonia
ATH: Xavier Leach, M.L. King
DL: Will Johnson, Tucker
DL: Ty’Jae Richardson, Decatur
DL: Daniel Ndukwe, Arabia Mountain
DL: Kendal Brown, Arabia Mountain
DL: Wesley Covert, Lithonia
LB: Malcolm Snipes, Arabia Mountain
LB: Ethan Johnson, Decatur
LB: Jack Hawkins, Chamblee
LB: Mike Orvil, Lithonia
DB: Christian Williams, Chamblee
DB: McKaden Smith, Arabia Mountain
DB: Kaleb Lanier, Decatur
DB: Hasaan Sykes, Tucker
Region 5-4A Honorable Mention
Dillon Shanks, Arabia Mountain
Christian Walker, Arabia Mountain
Traviance Armour Jr., M.L. King
Amir Simmonds, Tucker
Keyshawn Verdell, M.L. King
Makhi Reid, Decatur
Asa Bailey, Decatur
Morgan Bradley, Decatur
Octavian Tennell, Lithonia
Amonte Hardin, Lithonia
Moses Lutton, Lithonia
Ashton Bolston, Chamblee
Aidan Harron, Chamblee
Josias Dore-Lithonia, Lithonia
Region 6-4A First Team Offense (DeKalb selections)
RB: Billy Johnson, SW DeKalb
RB: Ta’Jon Corbitt, Miller Grove
WR: Jayvonne Dillard, Miller Grove
TE: Romando Craddock, Stephenson
OL: John Nyiam, Miller Grove
OL: Marcus Andrews, Stephenson
Region 6-4A First Team Defense (DeKalb selections)
DL: Daevon Hinton, Miller Grove
DL: Christopher Williams, Stephenson
LB: Kaleb Bristow, Stephenson
LB: Kwabena Flowers, Stephenson
DB: Joshua Jones, Miller Grove
KR: Trent Fields, Jr., Stephenson
Region 6-4A Second Team Offense (DeKalb selections)
RB: Cheik Keita, Stephenson
WR: Armond Davis, SW DeKalb
WR: Keshawn Weathers, Miller Grove
OL: Soree Coulibaly, Miller Grove
OL: O’Shea Stroman, Stephenson
OL: Matthew Rowland, Stephenson
Region 6-4A Second Team Defense (DeKalb selections)
DL: Isaiah Reaves, SW DeKalb
DL: Emanual Connelly, Miller Grove
DL: Tresean Logan, Stephenson
LB: Roddrigus Tracy, Miller Grove
LB: Andrew Perry, Stephenson
DB: Kristopher Woodard, Stephenson
DB: Xavier Turner, SW DeKalb
P: Randy Smith, SW DeKalb
Region 6-4A Honorable Mention Offense (DeKalb selections)
QB: Isaiah Logan, SW DeKalb
QB: Marte Barton, Stephenson
QB: Christian Jamison, Miller Grove
WR: Denver Jones, Stephenson
WR: Xavier Hunte, Stephenson
TE: Joshua Gregory, Miller Grove
OL: Brandon Perkins, Stephenson
OL: Bryce Favors, Stephenson
OL: Brandon Smith, Miller Grove
PK: Sydina Muhammad, Miller Grove
Region 6-4A Honorable Mention Defense (DeKalb selections)
DL: Kevin Nash, Miller Grove
LB: Wesley Brown, SW DeKalb
LB: Winston Bradford, Stephenson
DB: Brice Harris, Miller Grove
DB: Prince Brown, Miller Grove
P: Etsomefa Elavewo, Stephenson
Region 4-6A First Team Offense (DeKalb selections)
QB: Porter Ledoyen (Dunwoody)
RB: Jack Tchienchou (St. Pius X)
WR: Jack Pankey (Dunwoody)
OL: Peyton Lamb (Marist)
OL: Jack Woods (St. Pius X)
OL: Kevin McDonald (Marist)
OL: Drew Prieto (Marist)
PK: Harrison Feldman (Marist)
Region 4-6A First Team Defense (DeKalb selections)
DB: Casey Comerford (Marist)
DB: Wesley Ingham (St. Pius X)
LB: Shug Bentley (St. Pius X)
LB: Colin Hare (Marist)
DL: Luke Harpring (Marist)
DL: Luke Cole (Dunwoody)
Punter: Ripp Perez (Marist)
Region 4-6A Honorable Mention Offense (DeKalb selections)
QB: Jack Euart (Marist)
QB: Jack Mount (St. Pius X)
RB: Jospeh Pizzo (Marist)
RB: Charles Weick (St. Pius X)
TE/FB: Jackson Hughes (Marist)
TE/FB: Jack Geeslin (St. Pius X)
TE/FB: Kevin Beirne (St. Pius X)
OL: Nick Karas (St. Pius X)
OL: Nathan Altiery (St. Pius X)
OL: Will McBride (St. Pius X)
Region 4-6A Honorable Mention Defense (DeKalb selections)
LB: Tyler Moran (Marist)
LB: Liam Whitlark (St. Pius X)
DL: Mason Rudder (St. Pius X)
DL: Spencer Camastro (Marist)
DL: Brendan Nerbonne (St. Pius X)
DL: Zach Inskeep (St. Pius X)
Punter: Jack Galvez (St. Pius X)
Returner: Jospeh Pizzo (Marist)
