SI All-American Football Candidates in Washington D.C.

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

Eight high school football players from Washington, D.C., including one of the most touted quarterback prospects in the nation, are on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020, SI announced today.

The D.C. honorees are:

From Gonzaga High:

• Caleb Williams - 6-2 / 210 / QB

From Ballou High:

• Andre Porter - 6-3 / 260 / DE

From Charles Herbert Flowers High:

• Leron Husbands - 6-3 / 207 / TE

From St. John’s College High:

• Taizse Johnson - 6-2 / 275 / DT
• Antwain Littleton - 6-0 / 265 / ATH
• Caleb Coombs - 6-1 / 175 / WR
• Colin Henrich - 6-3 / 300 / OG
• Colby McDonald - 5-11 / 200 / RB

Husbands, Johnson, Littleton and McDonald are verbally committed to Maryland; Porter to Boston College; and the much-touted Williams recently committed verbally to Oklahoma. Coombs and Heinrich hold a host of scholarship offers.

“The DMV -- D.C., Maryland and Virginia -- puts an exclamation point on how bountiful the region has become,” said SI Director of Football Recruiting John Garcia Jr. “In all, nearly 70 players from the area are SI All-American candidates. It features elite prospects and major volume. The DMV is now a must-recruit area for playoff-caliber college programs -- a point illustrated by the fact LSU, which is a school you’d think just needs to focus on its backyard and Texas, is now putting notable time and effort here.”

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

• Maryland
• Penn State
• Pitt
• Rutgers
• Virginia Tech
• Virginia
• West Virginia

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 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 Garcia.

Sports Illustrated will narrow the 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.