It was another historic year for the First Coast area this past fall as the area crowned two state champions this season including back-to-back state titles for Raines and a first ever state title for Mandarin.
We honor those players that stood out in the 2018 season from Honorable Mention to First Team selections, as we release our 2018 All-Area team over the next week. Without further ado here is our 2018 All-Area Big School Second Team Defensive team.
Big School All-Area team is comprised of Class 5A-8A players from: Mandarin, Sandalwood, Palm Coast, Atlantic Coast, Columbia, First Coast, Fletcher, Bartram Trail, Creekside, Fleming Island, Oakleaf, Ed White, Middleburg, Nease, St. Augustine, Paxon, Ribault, Stanton, Suwannee, Yulee, Bishop Kenny, Bolles, Ponte Vedra, Terry Parker, Trinity, Westside, Baker County, Clay, Menendez and Orange Park.
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Second team
DL – Kendy Charles, Jr., Orange Park
96 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, INT
DL – D.J. Bennett, Sr., Fletcher
109 tackles, 9 sacks
DL – Tyler Irigoyen, Sr., Palm Coast
70 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 12 sacks
DL – Hunter May, Sr., Fletcher
76 tackles, 13 sacks
LB – Triston Herndon, Jr., Sandalwood
54 tackles, 14.5 sacks
LB – Malakai Grant, Sr., Palm Coast
132 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 7 sacks
LB – Kyle Coffindafer, Sr., Bolles
132 tackles, INT, 3 pass deflects, 2 forced fumbles
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LB – Le’vontae Camiel, Jr., Columbia
62 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 12 sacks
DB – Stephen Williams, Sr., Trinity
94 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions
DB – Jason Nelson, Sr., Fletcher
49 tackles, 5 interceptions/4 pick six
DB – CJ Grimes, Sr., SS, Bolles
Unofficially 66 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 3 INT
DB – Tre’Vez Johnson, Sr., Bartram Trail
42 tackles, 3 interceptions
UTILITY – Bryson Kirksey, Sr., Bolles
6 interceptions on defense, 22 catches for 439 yards and 5 touchdowns on offense
UTILITY – Harry Bowker, Sr., Bartram Trail
Bowker stepped up and ran the offense at quarterback after an injury, accumulating 1,140 all-purpose yards and 11 touchdowns, while also having 42 tackles and a 34.5 punt average.
KS – Clayton Roerig, Jr., Trinity
69 of 72 PAT, 4/9 FG, 36.5 punt, 47.3 kickoff
