All-region teams: Fields, Whiteside named 6-AAAAAA's top players

Defensive player of the year: DL John Wesley Whiteside, Dalton, Sr.

First-team offense

QB - Justin Fields, Harrison, Jr.

RB - Cole Jacobs, Sequoyah, So.

RB - Ahmaad Tanner, Dalton, Sr.

RB - Trey Sermon, Sprayberry, Sr.

TE - Jacob Perry, Allatoona, Sr.

WR - Steven Peterson, Harrison, Jr.

WR - Brysen Boone, South Cobb, So.

WR - Zeke Cobb, Dalton, Sr.

WR - Grant Hughes, Allatoona, Sr.

OL - Dylan Cole, Dalton, Jr.

OL - Trey Iorillo:, Harrison, Sr.

OL - Carter Francis, Allatoona, Sr.

OL - Devin Miller, Allatoona, Sr.

OL - Eric Allen, Harrison, Sr.

ATH - Kyric McGowan, Dalton, Sr.

PK - Ivan Mora, Dalton, So.

First-team defense

DE - Mitchell Grimes, Harrison, Sr.

DE - Nick Faulknor, Dalton, Sr.

DE - Chandler Clark, Sequoyah, Sr.

DL - Royce Francis, Allatoona, Jr.

DL - John Wesley Whiteside, Dalton, Sr.

DL - Daniel Wise, Creekview, Sr.

LB - C.J. Turner, Harrison, Sr.

LB - Michael Robinson, Allatoona, Sr.

LB - Tucker Sumner, Dalton, Sr.

DB - Maddux Houghton, Dalton, Sr.

DB - Devin Smith, Harrison, Sr.

DB - Luke Rogers, Sequoyah, Sr.

DB - Xavier Ransby, Sequoyah, Sr.

P - Skyler Davis, Allatoona, Jr.

Second-team offense

QB - J.P. Tighe, Dalton, Jr.

RB - Darius Clark, Harrison, Jr.

RB - Charles Anderson, Allatoona, Sr.

TE - Patrick Ballance, Sequoyah, Jr.

WR - Brian Davis, Creekview, Sr.

WR - Trevor Kolb, Creekview, Sr.

WR - Zach Henley, Sequoyah, Sr.

WR - Abay Holmes, Sprayberry, Sr.

OL - Bobby Hewitt, Sequoyah, Sr.

OL - Somadina Okeke, River Ridge, Sr.

OL - Jacob Webb, Creekview, Sr.

OL - Jake Brock, Dalton, Sr.

OL - Caden Stokes, Dalton, Sr.

ATH - Brett Mello, Creekview, Sr.

PK - Lalo Pena, Creekview, Jr.

Second-team defense

DE - Kwabena Bonsu, South Cobb, Jr.

DE - Jordan Robinson, South Cobb, Sr.

DL - Patrick Daniels, Allatoona, Jr.

DL - Dante Moore, Sequoyah, Sr.

DL - Max Mainor, Dalton, Sr.

LB - Daniel Bennett, Sequoyah, Sr.

LB - Matthew Howell, Dalton, Sr.

LB - Robert Fisher, Harrison, Sr.

DB - Daniel Uwaomah, River Ridge, Jr.

DB - Juwan Owens, Harrison, Sr.

DB - Nasir Porter-Love, Dalton, Sr.

DB - Zach Johnston, Creekview, Jr.

DB - Nolan Knox, Creekview, Sr.

P - Austin Johnson, Creekview, So.

Honorable mention: ATH Trenton Carrea, Creekview, Sr.; DB Brooks Morris, Sequoyah, Jr.; DB Grant Goldberg, Dalton, Jr.; DB Mario Nunez, Harrison, So.; DB Emmanuel Jenkins, Sequoyah, So.; DB Andy Davis, Creekview, So.; DB  Trey Milton, Sprayberry, Sr.; DE Nathan Moore, Dalton, Sr.; DL Jaxson Cromwell, River Ridge, Sr.; DL Nathan Singleton, Creekview, Sr.; LB Ricky Williams, Harrison, Jr.; LB Hakeem Hartford, Sequoyah, Jr.; LB Christopher Kalafut, Harrison, Sr.; LB Tate Dill, River Ridge, Sr.; LB Will Michaud, Creekview, Sr.; LB Colton Fromm, Dalton, Sr.; LB McGwire Wells, Sequoyah, Sr.; LB Brandon Felix, Sprayberry, Sr.; LB Tameron King, Sprayberry, Sr.; OL Casey Chanult, Harrison, Jr.; OL Griffin Pizzano, Sequoyah, Jr.; OL Keshawn Jennings, South Cobb, So.; OL Austin Moore, Sequoyah, Sr.; OL Cole Killen, Creekview, Sr.; OL Josh Horowitz, Creekview, Sr.; OL Vince Buckley, Sprayberry, Sr.; OL  Humza Riaz, Sprayberry, Sr.; QB Gino Portera, River Ridge, Jr.; QB Collier Pecht, Sequoyah, So.; QB London Roberson, Sprayberry, Sr.; RB Cameron Messina, Harrison, Jr.; RB Cade Radam, Creekview, So.; RB Zach Stark, Sequoyah, Sr.; RB Keith Adams, Dalton, Sr.; TE Paxton Nayman, Creekview, So.; WR Andrew Herring, River Ridge, Jr.; WR Khalil Joseph, South Cobb, Sr.

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