Defending champion puts 5 on Class 2A public school preseason all-state team
Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com
Ahead of the 2025 season, Georgia High School Football Daily and the AJC are naming the preseason all-state teams by classification.
The GHSA’s Class 6A, 5A, 4A and 3A teams have already been announced. Up next is 2A.
Here are some notes and things to know followed by the selections.
Best player: Terrious Favors, Carver (Atlanta). Favors had 12 receiving touchdowns, six interceptions and two return touchdowns as a wide receiver/cornerback last season. He is committed to Boise State.
Best position: Offensive line. All five hold several Division I offers.
Most highly recruited: Tristian Givens, Carver (Columbus). He is the consensus No. 68 player nationally. He committed to Texas A&M in June.
That’s interesting: Big offensive linemen are supposedly rare at smaller public schools. The five here average 6 feet, 4.5 inches and 302 pounds. The smallest is Chris Booker at 6-4, 285.
Snubbed: Pierce County has won 17 playoff games the past five years but has no preseason all-state players or returning first-team all-region players.
Underrated: The two running backs here. Christian Monfort rushed for 1,547 yards in just 10 games last season. He’s a two-way starter who had 31 solo tackles. He is committed to West Georgia. Jakobe Caslin, at 5-8, 160, is being underrecruited. He had more than 2,000 yards from scrimmage last season.
What else is news? Carver of Columbus, the defending champion, has the most selections with five. Those don’t include the team’s most explosive player, Kei’Maurii Miles, a wide receiver committed to North Carolina. He was injured most of last season.
Offense
- QB — Davis Strickland, Morgan County, Sr.
- RB — Jakobe Caslin, Carver (Columbus), Sr.
- RB — Christian Monfort, Morgan County, Sr.
- WR — Terrious Favors, Carver (Atlanta), Sr.
- WR — Deshaun Fedd, Crisp County, Sr.
- TE — Drew Ainslie, Morgan County, Sr.
- OL — Christopher Booker, Hapeville Charter, Sr.
- OL — Parker Pritchett, Carver (Columbus), Sr.
- OL — Elijah Rowe, Callaway, Sr.
- OL — Jaiden Thompson, Rockmart, Jr.
- OL — Terrance Warren III, Carver (Columbus), Jr.
- ATH — Jaris Sinkfield, Thomson, Sr.
- PK — Luke Waters, Stephens County, Sr.
Defense
- DL — Joshua Coleman, Sumter County, Sr.
- DL — Tyrone Fitten, Callaway, Sr.
- DL — Tristian Givens, Carver (Columbus), Sr.
- DL — Michael Johnson Jr., Carver (Atlanta), Sr.
- LB — Xavious “Xae” Anderson, Callaway, Sr.
- LB — Jayden Bowden, Miller Grove, Sr.
- LB — Nate Davis, Rockmart, Sr.
- LB — A.J. Kearse, Sumter County, Sr.
- DB — Kennedi Bailey, Thomson, Sr.
- DB — Isaiah Coleman, Thomson, Sr.
- DB — Jeremiah Dunn, Callaway, Jr.
- DB — Antavius Watts, Carver (Columbus), Sr.
- P — Brooks Moore, Cook County, Sr.
About the Author
Todd Holcomb has been a contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1985. He is currently co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily.
