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 First 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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First team
DL – Ralph Mency, Jr., Lee
57 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, 3 INT, 2 FR, 1 FF, 1 block field goal
DL – Christian Warren, Sr., Mandarin
130 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 20.5 sacks, 13 hurries
DL – Nigel McGriff, Sr., Mandarin
122 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, 11 hurries
DL – Nelson Paul, Sr., Palm Coast
106 tackles, 38 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, 4 forced fumbles
LB – Andrew Brown, Sr., Trinity
120 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, 3 interceptions
LB – Trevor James, Sr., Lee
116 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, 3 FR
LB – Branden Jennings, So., Sandalwood
136 tackles, 6 sacks
LB- Tallin Coates, Sr., Palm Coast
100 tackles, 13 sacks
DB – Jaylen Mitchell, Sr., Fletcher
68 tackles, 10 interceptions, 3 pick six
DB – Tristan Willis, Sr., Menendez
50 tackles, 7 interceptions, 4 tackles for loss
DB – Kasimar Absolu, Sr., Mandarin
47 tackles, 7 interceptions
DB – Jaheim Singletary, Fr., Lee
27 tackles, 7 interceptions
UTILITY – Demario Douglas, Sr., Mandarin
24 tackles and 8 interceptions, 72 catches for 1,382 and 16 touchdowns, 1752 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns
UTILITY – Darian Oxendine, Sr., Mandarin
70 tackles and 6 interceptions, 58 catches for 773 yards and 8 touchdowns, 1258 all-purpose yards and 12 touchdowns
KS – Clivenson Orelus, Sr., Lee
37/42 PAT, 2/6 FG, 49.9 kickoff, 41.9 punt
