SI All-American Football Candidates in Nevada

SI All-American's watch list of the top seniors (the class of 2021) in the state of Nevada

Five high school football players from the state of Nevada are on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020, SI.com announced today.

In all, 1,000 players from across the nation have been selected to the watch list. Video highlights, scouting analyses and a list of each player’s college verbal commitment and/or top college contenders can be found on their bio pages, broken down by state, at SIAllAmerican.com.

The Nevada honorees are:

• Jaden Hicks - 6-2 / 192 / DB from Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman High)
• Michael Jackson - 6-0 / 198 / WR from Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines)
• Moliki Matavao - 6-6 / 240 / TE from Henderson, Nev. (Liberty High)
• Braezhon Ross - 6-2 / 266 / DT from Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines High)
• Tiaoalii Savea - 6-3 / 265 / DT from Desert Pines, Nev. (Desert Pines High)

Savea holds more than 20 scholarship offers. Hicks is verbally committed to Washington State; Matavao to Oregon; and Jackson to USC. Ross holds double-digit offers.

For a breakdown of which of the 1,000 nominees have verbally committed to or are considering Power 5 schools in the region as their college choice, head to:

• Arizona
• Arizona State
• BYU
• Colorado
• Texas Tech
• Utah
• UCLA
• Cal

The evaluation process will continue throughout the season “until the list of 1,000 contenders coalesces around just 25 young men who can say proudly they are the best of the best -- they are Sports Illustrated All-Americans,” said SI Director of Football Recruiting John Garcia, Jr.

Sports Illustrated will narrow the 1,000 All-America candidates to 250 in October, 99 in November and then announce a first-team of 25, second-team of 25 and an honorable mention group in December. The first-team selections will be invited to the SI Sportsperson of the Year banquet.

Over the coming weeks, SI will unveil its preseason top 10 for each of 14 position groups (kicking off with quarterbacks this week). SI will unveil its initial preseason top 99 ranking, the SI99, on August 24.