SBLive’s 2022-23 All-East Texas high school football teams, awards

From Houston and the Brazos Valley to the Golden Triangle, Lufkin and beyond, SBLive is recognizing and honoring the Lone Star State’s top coaches and players at every position

After a grueling four-month race to the finish, the 2022 Texas high school football season officially concluded with the crowning of 12 new UIL state champions in mid-December at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

Now with the postseason in the rearview mirror and the start of spring practices quickly approaching, it’s time to reflect on the standout players and teams that defined the 2022 campaign.

SBLive will recognize standout players throughout the state from this past year by unveiling All-Region teams and awards for Central, East, North, South and West Texas, respectively, leading up to the release of SBLive’s 2022 All-State Texas High School Football Team.

• SBLIVE’S ALL-REGION TEAMS: CENTRAL TEXAS | EAST TEXAS | NORTH TEXAS | SOUTH TEXAS | WEST TEXAS

We started our postseason review by releasing our All-Central Texas Football Teams. Now, we’re shifting our attention to the Brazos Valley, Golden Triangle and Houston-area to reveal SBLive’s All-East Texas Football Teams.

Several of the top programs in East Texas high school football, including Galena Park North Shore, College Station, Port Neches-Groves and Franklin, reached the 2022 UIL Football State Championships while the Franklin Lions captured their second straight state title.

Franklin, PN-G, C-Stat and North Shore’s deep postseason runs also helped vault several of the state’s top playmakers onto our All-East Texas teams, like Baylor Bears commit Bryson Washington and Wisconsin commit A.J. Tisdell.

Here’s a complete look at SBLive’s 2022 All-East Texas Football teams and awards:

(Editor’s note: Our East Texas region is defined by the highlighted section of the featured graphic.)

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SBLive’s All-East Texas Football Awards

MVP — Bryson Washington, Franklin, Sr. (Baylor Bears signee)

Photo by Tommy Hays

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Offensive Player of the Year — David Amador, Galena Park North Shore, Sr. (1,205 passing yards, 13 TDs, three INTs on 70-of-95 passing; 861 rushing yards, 13 TDs; 279 receiving yards, four TDs in 16 GP; UTSA Roadrunners signee)

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Defensive Player of the Year — Jayron Williams, Silsbee, Sr. (179 tackles, 39 TFLs, 10 sacks, FF, INT in 14 GP; Lamar Cardinals signee)

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Newcomer of the Year — Joseph Stewart Jr., Fort Bend Hightower, Soph. (2,833 passing yards, 26 TDs on 175-of-261 passing; 55 carries, 378 rushing yards, two TDs in 13 GP)

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Coach of the Year — Scott Surratt, Carthage (16th season, 16-0 finish, 4A DII UIL state champions)

Photo by Tommy Hays

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First Team All-East Texas

Terry Bussey, Timpson Bears junior quarterback / Photo by Dustin Nguyen

QB — Terry Bussey, Timpson, Jr. (2,177 passing yards, 26 TDs on 121-of-187 passing; 184 carries, 2,596 rushing yards, 46 TDs; 115 tackles, five INTs, four pick-six TDs; Three kick return TDs, punt return TD in 15 GP)

QB — P.J. Hatter, Spring Westfield, Sr. (4,020 passing yards, 55 TDs, five INTs on 207-of-305 passing; x carries, 907 rush yards, 12 TDs in 14 GP; Jackson State Tigers signee)

RB — Seth Davis, Katy, Sr. (Broke Katy’s all-time rushing record (... career yards); 194 carries, 1,858 rushing yards, 29 TDs in 15 GP; Mississippi State Bulldogs signee)

RB — Tyvonn Byars, Montgomery Lake Creek, Jr. (267 carries, 2,346 rushing yards, 37 TDs; 13 catches, 129 receiving yards, three TDs in 13 GP)

RB — Christian Womack, Tomball, Sr. (297 carries, 2,111 rushing yards, 28 TDs; 2,330 all-purpose yards, 30 total TDs in 13 GP; Blinn JC commit)

FB — Paxton Hancock, Centerville, Sr. (220 carries, 2,059 rushing yards, 29 TDs in 13 GP)

WR — Dre’lon Miller, Silsbee, Jr. (59 catches, 1,399 receiving yards, 21 TDs; 361 rushing yards, three TDs in 14 GP)

WR — Ja’Koby Banks, Fort Bend Marshall, Sr. (66 catches, 1,199 receiving yards, nine TDs; 36 carries, 199 rushing yards, TD in 13 GP; Houston Cougars signee)

TE — Chico Holt, Houston Strake Jesuit, Sr. (45 catches, 573 receiving yards, nine TDs in 10 GP; Northwestern Wildcats signee)

OT — Nick Fattig, League City Clear Springs, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 24-6A; 84 knockdowns, zero sacks allowed in 12 GP; Texas Tech Red Raiders signee)

OT — Gibson Pyle, Klein Cain, Jr. (First Team All District 15-6A in 12 GP)

G — Nate Kibble, Humble Atascocita, Jr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 21-6A in 14 GP)

G — Omarion Dudley, Galena Park North Shore, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 21-6A in 16 GP)

C — Jackson Felkins, Klein Collins, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 14-6A, 72 pancakes, zero sacks allowed in 12 GP; Navy Midshipmen signee)

DT — D.J. Hicks, Katy Paetow, Sr. (72 tackles (42 solo), 23 TFLs, seven sacks, three FFs, two FRs in 10 GP; Texas A&M Aggies signee)

DT — Zachary Chapman, Fort Bend Marshall, Sr. (80 tackles (45 solo), 18.5 TFLs, 7.5 sacks, four PBUs, FF in 14 GP; TCU Horned Frogs signee)

DE — Ashton Porter, Cypress Ranch, Sr. (63 tackles, 24 TFLs, 15 sacks, INT, FR, TD in 11 GP; Oregon Ducks signee)

DE — Dylan Spencer, Houston C.E. King, Sr. (76 tackles (50 solo), 20 TFLs, 33 QB pressures, nine sacks in 14 GP; Texas Tech Red Raiders signee)

LB — Jadon Ducoss, Humble Atascocita, Sr. (153 tackles (93 solo), 14 TFLs, five sacks, three INTs, FR in 14 GP; Blinn JC signee)

LB — Jordan Sample, Fort Bend Marshall, Sr. (125 tackles, 23 TFLs, two FRs, two INTs, two defensive TDs, FF in 14 GP; Arkansas State Red Wolves signee)

LB — Harrison Robinson, College Station, Sr. (162 tackles, 10 PBUs, two FRs, TFL, INT in 16 GP; Blinn JC signee)

LB — Christian Braithwaite, Cypress Ranch, Sr. (104 tackles, 12 TFLs, nine sacks, two FFs, blocked kick in 11 GP; LSU Tigers signee)

DB — Devin Sanchez, Galena Park North Shore, Soph. (36 tackles (25 solo), 18 PBUs, 4 INTs in 16 GP)

DB — Jayven Anderson, Galena Park North Shore, Sr. (64 tackles (33 solo), 16 PBUs, six TFLs, four INTs, four defensive TDs in 16 GP; North Texas Mean Green)

DB — A.J. Tisdell, College Station, Sr. (64 tackles, 14 PBUs, INT; 21 catches, 310 receiving yards, three TDs; 21 kick/punt returns, 613 return yards, kick return TD, punt return TD in 16 GP; Wisconsin Badgers signee)

DB — Chisom Onwuzurigbo, Fort Bend Hightower, Sr. (53 tackles, 11 PBUs, seven INTs, six TFLs, three FRs, FF, two defensive TDs, safety, blocked punt, in 12 GP; Holy Cross Crusaders signee)

ATH — Zach Phipps, Diboll, Sr. (53 catches, 1,145 receiving yards, 15 TDs; 88 tackles (72 solo), eight INTs, six PBUs, three TFLs, FF, pick-six TD; 17 kick/punt returns, 263 return yards in 12 GP)

K — Jonathan Dimas, Spring Westfield, Jr. (5-for-5 on FG kicks, 77-of-82 on PAT kicks in 14 GP)

P — Adam Carter, Katy, Soph. (26 punts, averaged 42.5 yards per punt, Nine punts downed inside 20-yard line, season long 67-yard punt, seven punts of 50+ yards in 15 GP)

KR/PR — Evan Jackson, Galena Park North Shore, Sr. (21.6 PR avg., three punt return TDs, 476 PR yards; 62 tackles, seven PBUs, four TFLs, two defensive TDs; nine passing TDs in 15 GP; North Texas Mean Green signee)

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Second Team All-East Texas

Connor Cuff, Carthage senior quarterback / Photo by Tommy Hays

QB — Connor Cuff, Carthage, Sr. (4,033 passing yards, 52 TDs on 220-of-357 passing in 16 GP; Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns baseball signee)

QB — Reed Odell, Tomball Memorial, Sr. (3,861 passing yards, 38 TDs on 210-of-321 passing; 139 carries, 565 rushing yards, 12 TDs in 11 GP)

RB — Kaden Dixon, Center, Jr. (267 carries, 2,244 rushing yards, 33 TDs in 16 GP)

RB — Rueben Owens, El Campo, Sr. (213 carries, 1,781 rushing yards, 25 TDs; nine catches, 123 receiving yards, TD; passing TD in 12 GP; Texas A&M Aggies signee)

RB — Kedrick Reescano, New Caney, Sr. (222 carries, 1,849 rushing yards, 31 TDs; 17 catches, 249 receiving yards, 4 TDs; kick return TD in 13 GP; Ole Miss Rebels signee)

FB — Shea Adams, Port-Neches Groves, Jr. (155 carries, 802 rushing yards, 23 TDs; 35 catches, 429 receiving yards, five TDs; 66 passing yards, TD on 5-of-8 passing in 16 GP)

WR — Brady Fuselier, Lumberton, Sr. (45 catches, 1,221 receiving yards, 23 TDs; Henderson State commit)

WR — Cory O’Bryant, Tomball Memorial, Sr. (63 catches, 1,411 receiving yards, 22 TDs; 12 carries, 158 rushing yards, three TDs in 11 GP; McNeese State signee)

TE — Hawkins Polley, Houston Stratford, Sr. (22 catches, 393 receiving yards, seven TDs in 11 GP; Baylor Bears signee)

OT — Ashton Funk, Katy Tompkins, Jr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 19-6A; 35 pancakes, nine knockdowns in 11 GP)

OT — Reagan Gill, Jersey Village, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All District 17-6A in 11 GP; SMU Mustangs signee)

G — Hudson Perroni, Houston Stratford, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All District 17-6A in 11 GP; Rice Owls signee)

G — Koltin Sieracki, The Woodlands, Jr. (First Team All-District 13-6A in 13 GP; Baylor Bears commit)

C — Zach Session, Katy Morton Ranch, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 21-6A in 11 GP; Sam Houston State Bearkats signee)

DT — Elijah Fields, Galena Park North Shore, Sr. (59 tackles (34 solo), 23 TFLs, 12 QB pressures, 10 sacks in 16 GP; Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks signee)

DT — Braylon Rigsby, Woodville, Sr. (79 tackles, 17 TFLs, three sacks, INT in 12 GP; Texas Tech Red Raiders signee)

DE — Christian Nwosu, DeKaney, Jr. (88 tackles (51 solo), 36 TFLs, 19 QB hurries, 17 sacks, five FFs, PBU, FR, blocked kick in 13 GP)

DE — Tyler Edwards, Klein Cain, Jr. (90 tackles (64 solo), 21 TFLs, 10.5 sacks, FF in 11 GP)

LB — Brad Spence, Klein Forest, Sr. (85 tackles, 13 QB hurries, 12 TFLs, eight sacks, two FRs in 11 GP; Arkansas Razorbacks signee)

LB — Justin Cryer, Brookshire Royal, Sr. (95 tackles, 20 TFLs, 5.5 sacks, five QB hurries, three PBUs, three FFs, two FRs; 3 receiving TDs in 11 GP; Northwestern Wildcats signee)

LB — Sam Mattingly, Magnolia West, Jr. (137 tackles (76 solo), 12 TFLs, eight QB hurries, seven sacks, four FFs, two FRs, two PBUs in 12 GP)

LB — Tyanthony Smith, Jasper, Jr. (112 tackles (76 solo), six TFLs, four PBUs, FF in 11 GP)

DB — Jacoby Davis, Galena Park North Shore, Sr. (42 tackles (28 solo), 16 PBUs, five TFLs, five INTs, two defensive TDs in 16 GP; Kansas Jayhawks signee)

DB — Johnathan Hall, Katy, Sr. (80 tackles (51 solo), nine PBUs, five TFLs, two INTs, two FFs, FR in 15 GP; Utah Utes signee)

DB — Taylor Davis, Fort Bend Ridge Point, Sr. (45 tackles (33 solo), three TFLs, two INTs, two FFs, FR, blocked kick in 13 GP; Kansas Jayhawks signee)

DB — Vernon Glover, Dickinson, Sr. (48 tackles (41 solo), seven PBUs, four blocked kicks, three TFLs, two FFs, two INTs, FR, one sack, one defensive TD in 12 GP; Missouri Tigers signee)

ATH — Raylin Adams, Newton, Jr. (35 catches, 585 receiving yards, 10 TDs; 36 carries, 346 rushing yards, eight TDs; 81 tackles (54 solo), six INTs, TFL, FR, two defensive TDs in 14 GP)

K — Alex Abbott, Montgomery Lake Creek, Jr. (8-of-8 on FG kicks, 64-of-65 on PAT kicks in 13 G)

P — Scott Starzyk, The Woodlands, Soph. (32 punts, averaged 40.5 yards per punt, 12 punts downed inside 20-yard line, season long 55-yard punt, four 50+ yard punts in 13 GP)

KR/PR — Da’John Palomo, Spring Westfield, Sr. (532 return yards, three punt return TDs; 46 catches, 1,045 receiving yards, 19 TDs; 100 passing yards, two TDs on 4-of-4 passing in 14 GP; Trinity Valley CC signee)

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Third Team All-East Texas

Gavin Rutherford, Katy Cinco Ranch senior quarterback / Photo Ralph Parrott

QB — Gavin Rutherford, Katy Cinco Ranch, Sr. (3,326 passing yards, 32 TDs on 209-of-340 passing; 133 carries, 566 rushing yards, 11 TDs in 13 GP; Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks signee)

QB — Davion Wilson, Port Arthur Memorial, Sr. (2,665 passing yards, 26 TDs; 995 rushing yards, 12 TDs in 13 GP)

RB — Aydan Martinez-Brown, College Station, Soph. (328 carries, 2,164 rushing yards, 22 TDs; 31 catches, 344 receiving yards, four TDs; 16 KO returns, 406 return yards in 16 GP)

RB — Davion Godley, Fulshear, Jr. (236 carries, 2,187 rushing yards, 24 TDs; 26 catches, 258 receiving yards, three TDs in 13 GP)

RB — Ashton Ojiaku, Richmond Foster, Sr. (199 carries, 1,767 rushing yards, 26 TDs; 13 catches, 133 receiving yards, TD in 10 GP; Rice Owls signee)

FB — Cameron Dischler, Orangefield, Sr. (2,441 rushing yards, 28 TDs in 12 GP)

WR — Jonah Wilson, DeKaney, Sr. (77 catches, 1,341 receiving yards, 13 TDs in 13 GP; Houston Cougars signee)

WR — Noah Paddie, Carthage, Sr. (65 catches, 1,354 receiving yards, 18 TDs; Baylor Bears baseball signee)

TE — Ty Stamey, Klein Collins, Sr. (33 catches, 415 receiving yards, four TDs in 11 GP; Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns signee)

OT — Caden Bowie, Port Arthur Memorial, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 8-5A DI in 13 GP; Houston Cougars signee)

OT — Jansen Ware, Port Neches-Groves, Sr. (First Team All-District 9-5A DII in 16 GP; Air Force Falcons signee)

G — Colton Meddors, Franklin, Sr. (District 11-3A DI Offensive Lineman of the Year in 16 GP)

G — Ethan Lott, Newton, Sr. (District 12-3A DII Offensive Lineman of the Year in 14 GP)

C — Davion Wallace, Carthage, Sr. (Unanimous First Team All-District 8-4A DII in 16 GP)

DT — Serigne Tounkara, League City Clear Springs, Sr. (51 tackles (36 solo), 24 QB hurries, 20 TFLs, eight sacks, two FFs, FR in 12 GP; Missouri Tigers signee)

DT — Bryson Balka, Spring Westfield, Jr. (73 tackles, 12 sacks, nine QB pressure, two PBUs in 14 GP)

DE — Logan Granville, Fort Bend Marshall, Sr. (56 tackles, (32 solo), 18 TFLs, 11 sacks, PBU, FF in 14 GP; Incarnate Word Cardinals signee)

DE — Garry White, Silsbee, Jr. (107 tackles, 19 TFLs, eight sacks, three FFs, FR in 11 GP)

LB — Justin Williams, Conroe Oak Ridge, Jr. (105 tackles, 18 TFLs, 8.5 sacks in 11 GP)

LB — Ty Morris, Dekaney, Sr. (149 tackles (96 solo), 22 TFLs, two sacks in 13 GP; Rice Owls signee)

LB — Braylan Shelby, Friendswood, Sr. (58 tackles, 14 TFLs, six sacks, five QB pressures, five PBUs, FF, FR in 14 GP; USC Trojans signee)

LB — Carlon Jones, Bay City, Jr. (102 tackles (25 solo), 29 TFLs, 13 sacks, four QB hurries, PBU in 12 GP)

DB — Gavin Deranieri, Hamshire-Fannett, Sr. (155 tackles (102 solo), 16 TFLs, five sacks, two FRs, FF in 13 GP)

DB — Brian Nelson II, Alvin Shadow Creek, Sr. (14 tackles (12 solo), seven INTs, four PBUs, pick-six TD; five punt returns, 138 return yards, punt return TD in 12 GP; LSU Tigers signee)

DB — Jalen O’Neal, Manvel, Sr. (41 tackles (33 solo), eight PBUs, two INTs in 12 GP; Abilene Christian Wildcats signee)

DB — Dylan Lawless, Port Neches-Groves, Sr. (46 tackles (42 solo), eights PBUs, four TFLs, three INTs, one sack in 16 GP)

ATH — Camron Heard, Houston Furr, Yr. (760 passing yards, 11 TDs, 56-of-108 passing; 106 carries, 1,219 rushing yards, 26 TDs; Eight PBUs, five INTs, one pick-six TD in 10 GP; Oklahoma State Cowboys signee)

K — Carlos Alvarado, Tomball, Sr. (10-of-12 FG kicks, season long 49-yard FG, 35-of-37 PAT kicks in 13 GP)

P — Conner Young, College Station, Sr. (51 punts, 37.2 yards per punt, season long 67-yard punt, seven punts downed inside 20-yard line in 16 GP)

KR/PR — Jonah Williams, Galveston Ball, Sr. (11 punt returns, 306 return yards, four punt return TDs; five catches, 183 receiving yards, two TDs; 59 tackles (33 solo), four INTs, three TFLs, three pick-six TDs, two PBUs, FF in 11 GP)