Here is the all-region team for 3-6A, as voted by the league’s coaches:

Player of the year: DB Jontavius Wyman, Jonesboro, So.

Offensive player of the year: WR Montez Redding, Jonesboro, Sr.

Defensive player of the year: LB/DB Joshua Ofor, Mundy’s Mill, Sr.

Special teams player of the year: PK Hudson Hanges, Woodward Academy, Sr.

Coach of the year: John Hunt, Woodward Academy

First-team offense

QB - Donovon Morton, Mundy’s Mill, Sr.

RB - Lucas Farrington, Woodward Academy, Jr.

RB - Dralin Gilbert, Lovejoy, Jr.

WR - Ben Grice, Woodward Academy, Sr.

WR - Josiah Abdullah, Woodward Academy, Jr.

WR - Demaron Strong, Mundy’s Mill, Jr.

OL - Kamari Gray, Lovejoy, Sr.

OL - Zion Brown, Mundy’s Mill, Jr.

OL - Bradley Smith, Woodward Academy, Sr.

OL - Cedric Johnson, Mundy’s Mill, Sr.

OL - Robert Early, Jonesboro, Sr.

First-team defense

DL - Jeremiah Ticket, Jonesboro, Jr.

DL - De’Ontaye Smith, Morrow, So.

DL - London Merritt, Woodward Academy, Jr.

DL - Tyler White, Mundy’s Mill, Sr.

LB - Andrew Hines, Woodward Academy, Sr.

LB - Chad Fairchild, Lovejoy, So.

LB - Maddox Geralds, Jonesboro, Jr.

DB - C.J. Heard, Woodward Academy, Sr.

DB - Timothy Sims, Lovejoy, So.

DB - Bernard Lackey, Alcovy, Jr.

DB - Cortez Diggs, Jonesboro, So.

First-team special teams

ATH - Corey Orr, Lovejoy, So.

PK - Leonardo Cabera, Forest Park, Sr.

P - Caleb Carson, Lovejoy, So.

RET - Anthony Eason, Rockdale County, Sr.

Second-team offense

QB - Dashun Gilbert, Lovejoy, So.

RB - Kemoi Burke, Alcovy, Sr.

RB - Donovan McCoy, Jonesboro, Sr.

WR - Matthew Strickland, Mundy’s Mill, Sr.

WR - Antonio Floyd, Lovejoy, Sr.

WR - Troy Washington, Lovejoy, Sr.

OL - Jaden Johnson, Lovejoy, So.

OL - Justin Opoku, Rockdale County, Sr.

OL - Myles Hakeem, Woodward Academy, Sr.

OL - Christian Speakman, Morrow, So.

OL - Johnathan Crockett, Alcovy, Jr.

Second-team defense

DL - Antonyio Smith, Lovejoy, Jr.

DL - Aiden Hughes, Woodward Academy, Sr.

DL - Justen Hill, Jonesboro, Sr.

DL - Terryian Gaston, Lovejoy, Jr.

LB - Jeremia Collier, Jonesboro, So.

LB - Trevoris Shelley, Morrow, Sr.

LB - Amarri Irvin, Woodward Academy, Fr.

DB - Antonio Hardrick, Mundy’s Mill, Sr.

DB - Jamar Owens, Jonesboro, So.

DB - Najiib Anderson, Rockdale County, Sr.

DB - Nizhan Feagin, Lovejoy, Jr.

Second-team special teams

ATH - Jerome Bettis, Woodward Academy, Jr.

PK - Folefac Wrightnick, Lovejoy, Fr.

P - Jonah Blum, Woodward Academy, Sr.

RET - Lucious Murray, Jonesboro, So.

Honorable mention: Alcovy - WR Bernard “B.J.” Johnson; DL Camren Newton; DL Cardarius Dowell; OL Gio Wilson; OL Jeremiah Heard; DB Kaeden Booker; DB Lamarion Hammonds; DB Maliq Eubanks; WR Nasir Watson; OL Parker Gassmann; DB Taylor Richardson; DL Tymier Shepherd. Forest Park - OL Aaron Gonzalez; DB Andre Turnipseed; LB D’Coby Bradley; OL Dexter Martin; DL Gemayel Adamn; FB/DL Kamryn Stephens; OL Ralton Wilson. Jonesboro - LB Jaylen McWilson; P Jaylon Cross; DL Keyshawn Murray; DL Myles Wilkes; DL Sureese Peterson; LB Tarrill Hall; DB Christopher Francis; ATH Christian Smith; QB Jamon Jones; WR Mario Presley; RB Isaiah Davis; DB Isiah Osby; WR Benjamin Boyd. Lovejoy - ATH Michael Gilliam III; ATH Ryan Henson; OL Erron Adams; DL Marcus North; LB D’ontae Pace; LB Norman Banner; DB Jaylin Thelemaque. Morrow - QB Khi Mitchell; LB Joshua Walker; FS Jontavius Redding; DT Ethan Perkins; RB Lawrence Hunt; DE/TE Yvens Louis; RB/WR Bryce Bowens; LB Kameron Tolliver; OL Marcus Mosely; WR Tramayne Beliard; CB Chad Rafe; DE Dinari Reid-Falken. Mundy’s Mill - WR Jerry Bolton; ATH Jaylen Carolina; ATH Jeremiah Roux; OL Stanley Tolbert; ATH Jordan Bogar; LB Tavarius Clements. Rockdale County - QB Deontae Burtts; OL Nathaniel Williams; OL Melik Matthias; OL Anthony Hudson; DB Justin Brown; DB Gary Borders; LB Ethan Vernon; K/P Legend Williams. Woodward Academy - DB R.J. Harrison; LB Tyree Myrick; DB J.Ellis Hood; DL Christian Bell; OL Johnny Okolo

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