District 10-Class 3A

28th Year Louisiana Football Magazine High School Previews for 2025

by Lee Brecheen. 

(Previews were written solely by Lee Brecheen since 1997 for Louisiana Football Magazine.)

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Booker T. Washington Lions

Head Coach: Wayne Reese Jr. (11th year) 

2024 Record:6-7

2024 Playoffs:1st Round beat Buckeye HS,2nd Round beat University HS in a forfeit, Quarter-Finals lost to Leesville HS

2023 Record:1st Round lost to Peabody HS 

Key players Graduated: WR/FS Jamiante Barnes, CB/FS Chaz Webb(Louisiana Christian), RB/WR Demeico Barnes(Texas College), OLB Ke’Wan Cooks(Texas College), DE Karon Lucas, WR Cameron Banks, MLB Larry Smith, OG Kennon Brown, OT Devon Bruce(Leaning to Nich State)

Team Outlook: Lost a big senior class from the 2024 season. We graduated 18 talented players who played a lot of football for us. I do feel good about the team we have coming back in 2025. We bring back experience at QB, Linebacker, and most of our Defensive Line inside, and some experience back at Wide Receiver. We did well with our Spring game against Bogalusa High School. I am very happy with our progress going into the Summer team grew a lot in Spring said Head Coach Wayne Reese Jr.”

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Starting QB Corey McCraney returns after passing for over 800 yards in 2024, and the coach thinks he is much improved for even his senior year coming up. Corey is a 5-10, 180 SR with a good arm and great feet in the pocket.

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The Defense & Offense will be led by leader SR OC/DT Dylan Butler, 6-1, 275, a rare All District player 3 times in 3 years, and has a chance to be a 4-time All District player in 2025.

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More players to keep a eye on are WR/DB Omar Breaux 5-9 185 2nd year starter, OT/DT Amir Willingham 6-3 265 a 2nd year starter, DE/TE/LB Anthony White 6-4 205 returning starter, MLB Jeloni Taylor a 2nd year starter 5-10 205 tough kid and strong, MLB/DE Frank Edwards 6-2 200 2nd year starter, RB Kevin Clark 5-10 195, WR Ke’Mike Jackson 5-9 185, Safety Kayden Daniels 5-11 180, WR/FS/QB Lionel Jordan Jr 6-4 175 SR, Safety/CB Thadeus Holmes 5-8 170, LB/DE Teshawn Hamilton 5-10 195 SR, and RB Saul Fernandez 5-8 195 a new player in the Offense.

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Special Teams Long Snapper will be Dylan Butler. The Kicker and Punting positions will be filled come Summer & Early Fall.

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De La Salle Cavaliers

Head Coach:Graham Jarrott(4th year)

2024 Record:6-6

2024 Playoffs:1st Round beat Fisher HS & 2nd Round lost to Calvary Baptist HS

2023 Record:2nd Round lost to E.D White HS

Key players Graduated: WR Ronald Cash, QB Evan Arceaneaux, FS/CB Montez Randall(All State/School All Time leader in Interceptions), WR/Kicker Conner Butler, OT Ian Fields II, DT Jaiden Elly 2024 All State District Defensive MVP,, DE Jackson Perdue, LB Drew Johnson, DT Benjamin Paul, OL Logan Ferrer.

Team Outlook: A lot of pieces are coming back in 2025. Defense will be strong. Offensive Line will be much improved  with a recipe for success with a strong run game for high school football said Head Coach Graham Jarrott.”

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Tidbits: The 2025 schedule coach Jarrott showed me will be as strong as any you will see in Louisiana for the 2025 season.Here are the teams they will play for the first five weeks: Central High School, Holy Cross High School, St. Paul’s High School, St Charles Catholic High School, and in week 5, Archbishop Shaw High School.

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The Offense will revolve around a strong run game of three very capable Running Backs in rotation starting with big time starter Robert Lewis 5-10 205, also can play some WR for team, RB/WR Eamon Williams 5-7 180, and RB/WR Charles Irving 5-7 185 all big time backs to lead this team. The Offensive Line will have a 6-man system of players you will see starting with 3-year starter Cedrick McDonald, 6-1 280, All District & 2nd Team All State in 2024, big time like coach calls him a road grader. There other starting 4 OL are 3 year starter Gerald Daniels III 6-0 275, OC/OT Shamar Bridges 6-1 305 3 year starter, OL Grant Johnson 5-8 230, OT Gavin Blanchard 6-2 265 new starter and Tim McMillian 5-11 280 will rotate in as the 6th man can play all spots OG/OC/OT for the team. You will see a 2 Quarterback system in 2025 with two different skill sets for the new starters in WR/QB Devan Barbarin Jr 5-11 185 a 2nd year starter 1st at QB, and talented Alereicq Valetine 5-9 155, and starting WR/TE Noah Rogers will be a swiss army knife for the Offense at 6-2 180 pounds and get some Wildcat snaps under center in 2025. Also at WR you have 2nd year starter Garen Lewis 6-0 170,2nd year starter Giovoni Sanchez 5-8 155, WR Malik Cornelious 5-8 160 a 3 year starter also will play some CB, and you have the talented TE/FB Aaden Castro 6-1 210 a 2nd year starter who has recovered from a injury in 2024.

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The Defense front seven has been strong for over 8 years and in 2025 will be strong again lead by DT sometimes TE Amir Thomas 5-10 210 a 2 year starter, DE/LB Kellan Thomas 6-1 220 2nd year starter, DE/OLB Johnathan Saul 6-1 225 a 2nd year starter, MLB Mark Caliste Jr 5-9 215 a 2 year starter, OLB/MLB Jayden Pollard 6-0 205 a 3 year starter leader, DT Ronald Crawford 6-2 340, DT Kenyon James 5-8 225 new starter, and DE/DT Dava’sean Nisby 6-0 230 lettered in 2024 talented sleeper player. The Secondary has a chance to be one of the best in the District you have CB Malik Cornelious one of the few 2 way starters, Safety Makhi Jones 5-8 175 new starter, FS Malachi Jackson 5-10 175 a 2nd year starter, CB/Safety Brennan Guidroz 6-2 165 a 2nd year starter, and Strong Safety Sam Richardson 6-0 165 a 2nd year starter.

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Special Teams starting both Kicker & Punter will be Noah Rogers, who does a good job and had a good Spring.

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John F. Kennedy Cougars

Head Coach:Lynarise Elpheage(6th year) 

2024 Record:10-2

2024 Playoffs:3rd Round lost to Archbishop Shaw HS

2023 Record:10-3.Quarterfinals & Won the District 5-0. 

Key players Graduated:WR James Evans(Hutchinson,Kansas JC),WR Jonathan Strowder(Langston),RB Omarion Brown(Arkansas State),2024 Hon Mention All State QB Amyne Darensburg(Grambling State),DE/LB Calvin Sparrow(Garden City,Kansas,JC),CB Ernest Lyons(Alcorn State),WR Kingston Jones(UTSA)

Team Outlook: Weakness, we will be a young team in 2025. Our strength will be a very athletic team, just young said Head Coach Lynarise Elpheage.”

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Tidbits: Not many programs had more success than the Cougars in 3 years. The coaching staff really does a good job getting the most out of their players. The program plays fast on both sides of the football, and they know how to score points against anyone they will play.

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The Offense will like coach said bring back young players but very talented skill players in RB Kenneth Chelsea III 5-7 160 SR new starter, new starter at QB Dorrien Dunham 5-8 155 lettered in 2024, WR Semaj Lyons new starter 6-0 170, WR Terry Jacko 5-7 145 new starter, new player in rotation at RB Jaylen Glapion 5-7 160, FB/TE Adian Davis 5-11 220 new starter, WR Isiah Cain 6-1 185 new starter SR, WR Rishad Jackson 5-10 155, and WR Jude Duhon all will get new starters or rotate in a young talented deep WR group again in 2025. The Offensive returns some experience and leadership in OT Kylee Green 6-1 230 SR a 3 year starter, OT/OG Calvin Solomon 5-11 280 SR 2nd year starter, OL Michael Youngblood, 6-3, 280, new starter, and OL/OC Walter Peters, 5-8, 215, a new starter.

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The Defense will build the unit around some leaders back on the Defensive front players like DE Dominick Ruth 5-10 215 All State in 2024 with 18 Sacks a baller and one of the best players in the District, and three 2nd year starters in Amare Lewis LB 6-0 205 SR, CB Devin Duplessis 5-9 160 one of the best players on the team, and DE Grayson Powell 6-1 238. The Secondary will be led by 3-year starter Keith Barras, 5-10, 165, with 4.5 speed in the forty. More players to keep an eye on for the young Defense will be DE Daniel Kelly 5-11 215, SS/CB Cole Williams 5-9 170, DT Jace Briggs 6-3 265, LB Elijah Carter 6-0 200, and Safety Deril Valdery 5-11 170.

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Special Teams at Kicker & Punter through Spring had still open spots to be determined in the Fall or Summer.

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Livingston Collegiate Wolves

Head Coach:Devon Francois(5th year) 

2024 Record:6-6

2024 Playoffs:1st Round beat Douglas HS & 2nd Round lost to E.D White HS

2023 Record:8-4.1st Round beat B.T.W Shreveport HS & 2nd Round lost to St. Michael HS

Key players Graduated:RB Alfred Scott(Texas College),WR Devionne Thompson(Langston),WR Benjamin Anthony(Langston),WR Tylen Coleman(Langston),LB Eric Gooden(Texas College),DE Dion Griffin(Alabama State),WR Antonio Fulton

Team Outlook:  For the first time, we have a player's team in 2025. Kids are holding other players accountable. It’s good to see that the coach, the kids are becoming leaders as a team. I am excited about our Offensive Line, all five players have experience coming back said Head Coach Devon Francois.”

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Tidbits: Head Coach and Edna Karr HS Alum Devon Francois really has done an incredible job with a program that's really still fairly new back to back 2nd Round appearances in the playoffs. I also think the staff and coach do a great job of developing players and managing depth each year, with not much of a dropoff in talent every year.

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The Offense has a chance to be one of the best in Class 3, A led by the RB tandem of Pierre Eskinde, 5-9 185 4.5 in the forty leader SR, and RB Bernard Adams, 5-6 185. Eskinde & Adams call themselves (The Boom & Zoom). Eskinde ran for 700 yards with 8 touchdowns in 2024, and Adams lettered in 2024 with power and speed. The Offense also returns QB Courtney, Tennessee 5-10 180 has a stronger arm in 2025,2024, passed for 17 touchdowns with close to 2,000 yards in the air. The WR unit lost several players to colleges but return another talented group lead by SR Bryant Hutchins 5-10 175 2nd year starter, WR Javial Jones new starter, WR Jermaine Harvey 6-2 165 new starter, WR Myson Effron new starter and 2 way starter All District in 2023,2nd Team All District in 2024 WR/Safety Greg Melton 5-10 180 a 3 year starter and leader.The Offensive Line returns 5 players with experience Center Tyron Grisham 6-0 260 3 year starter, OT Travis Liles 6-1 230 3 year starter vocal leader, OT Brandon Risin 6-2 260 2nd year starter, OL Calvin Watkins 6-0 235 2nd year starter, and new starter who lettered in 2024 Keon George 5-10 228.

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The front seven will have a chance again to be good. They are lead by DE/DT/TE Quallion Louis 6-2 220, DT Luiz Moreno 5-11 255, OLB Rashaad McKendall 6-0 210, MLB Charles Jackson 6-0 215 SR, new starter DT David Jarrett 6-1 235, DT Tajuan Boyd 5-10 320, DT Nelson Bacchus 6-2 255 and other young players competing. The Defensive Backfield will have speed back and some experience CB Darrell Logan Jr 5-9 165 tough kid SR, FS Natory Isidore 5-10 175 SR 2nd year starter, Safety Da’myran Milton 5-10 175 2nd year starter, Safety leader Greg Milton 5-10 180 SR, CB Darall Carter 6-0 170 SR, and Nickel/CB ChrisJohn Peterson 5-10 185 2nd year starter.

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Special Teams will be very strong with both starters back, Punter Alberth Bermudez 6-3 175 SR, and Kicker Jose Pastor 5-11 175. 

L.B. Landry  Chargers

Head Coach:Nick Foster(2nd year)

2024 Record:2-7 

2024 Playoffs: No

2023 Record:2-8 

Team Outlook: The Chargers under 2nd-year head coach Nick Foster will try and improve the record from the past 3 years, and they have a good chance of doing that with improved football numbers of athletes in the program and some players that are college prospects. I was able to get an interview with Coach Donnie Alexander, the Defensive Coordinator for Landry High School. I look forward to seeing the team play in 2025 in Class 4A football. The kids have bought in and are working hard. We are excited about the team coming back. We have 45-47 kids in the Summer program and expect 50 to 60 players on the roster in the Fall, which is a growth of players for the program the last 2 years or so, said Defensive Coordinator Donnie Alexander.”

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Tidbits: There is a large amount of history with the program for producing players to college and play in championships over the years. The team that stands out to me was the 2002 State Title game against John Curtis High School, where O.P. Walker finished as the state runner-up in 2002. Back then, the name of the school was O.P. Walker High School. That team was loaded with college talent and the most talented team I ever saw at O.P.. Walker High School is in my 30 plays plus years of covering high school football. Frank Wilson currently with LSU was the head coach of the 2012 team, Double digit players signed with colleges that year,3 players signed with LSU that same year WR Junior Joseph, DE/OLB Dominic Cooper, and one of the best Safeties i have ever seen play high school football Daryl Johnson to LSU.O P. Walker also played in the 2016 State Title game for football against West Monroe High School winning the State Title 50-21 final score. I would like to thank Defensive Coordinator and former Edna Karr Linebacker Donnie Alexander for helping me with the team preview for Coach Foster.Coach Alexander is an Alum of LSU and Edna Karr High School Class(2014), a great young coach.

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The Offense will return some leaders starting with  QB Warren Davis, 6-2 18., I have heard from coaches around the state how talented he is as an upcoming Soph. The skill talent is there to score a lot of points for the Chargers with players like WR Rickeme Scott 5-8 150 SR back, WR Kareem Alexander 6-0 160 SR returning, WR Makayi Carter 5-10 160 big time playmaker, starting RB Derrick Henry 5-7 180, and RB/FB Jaden Eubanks 5-10 215 also returns with power and speed to get many reps in the run game. The Offensive Line is led by OT Doryan Smith 6-2 240,  OC/OG/OT Kevin Mays 6-1 260, and Center Warren Houston 5-10 250.

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The Defense will be led by one of the best players in Louisiana, Safety/CB/DB Christopher Griffin, 6-,3 195 had 9 interceptions in 202,4 with 6 of those taken back to the house for touchdowns, with 90 tackles. There is also a strong Linebacker group back with players like D’Marcus Villia 5-11 195 SR sleeper college prospect, LB Jean Cham 6-2 225 sleeper in 2025, MLB Kalani Griffin 6-0 200, and OLB Dyshawn Phillips 6-0 205.The Defensive Backfield will have 5 starters in the Defense 4-2-5 scheme lead by Griffin at Safety, CB/Safety Akiree Hogan 6-2 195 3 year starter leader, CB Joel Willis 5-8 155, Safety Kannon Woods 5-8 155,  Safety King Willis 5-10 155,  and Safety Jay Johnson 5-11 170 who will be the team’s 6th Defensive Back playing like a starter in the Secondary. The Defensive Line will be anchored by Defensive Tackle Alex Grammer, 6-0 255, and DE Ronald Martin, 6-2 225, a new starter and new to football with a lot of upside in 2025.

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Special Teams, the team will have two big-time Kickoff and Punt Returners back in Rickeme Scott and Makayi Carter, both run legit 4.5 in the forty or better, and can take it to the house at any time.

Morris Jeff Pelicans

Head Coach:Bill Conides(2nd year)

2024 Record:5-3.JV Record only. Did not compete for District in 2024

2024 Playoffs:  Did not compete for District 

2025 Playoffs: Started Football in 2024.

Outlook: It’s going to take time to build things up. I love the potential if we can keep our young players in the program through high school. We will see if we can compete for District after the season is over for the 2026 season, see where we are after the season as a program said Head Coach Bill Conides.”

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Tidbits: Head Coach Bill Conides was head coach at Denham Springs High School in the Baton Rouge area from 2017 to 2019..Coach Conides was at Northshore High School as an assistant from 2021 to 2023. Coach Conides was the Head Coach for St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 2014 to 2015, where he coached QB Myles Brennan(LSU). Jeff Morris High School has two locations, one for K to 7th grade, and the 2nd campus is 8th grade through 12th.  Jeff Morris’s schools are located in the 9th Ward in New Orleans. The Middle school only has a Flag Football team for football players. This means kids going into the 8th grade are learning how to play tackle football for the 1st time. Enrollment is anywhere from 350 students to 500 students. Jeff Morris will play a JV Schedule again in 2025, but also other teams that are not competing for District, like Ben Franklin, Willow, Young Audience, and others 2025. The football program finished with 34 players in 2024 and expects 47 to 50 players in 2025.  Jeff Morris will run the Wing-T Offense in 2025

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Coach gave me a small group of leaders who will start the season off as certain starters, led by QB/DB Wendell Etienne III, 5-9, 165, a new starting QB, a Freshman with a lot of ability to run and throw the football. Also players to watch are FB/RB/LB Jamall Amadee 5-8 190 2nd year starter, RB/LB Kendrick McFarland 6-0 207 2nd year starter, WR/DB/KR Jermonce Grayson 5-11 172, KR/WR/DB Riley Williams 5-10 150, OL/LB Colby Sears 5-10 227, Center/LB Jayden Webb 5-11 210, and TE/FB Maddux Carbuccia 6-3 219 a new starter and new to football in 2025 as a SR.

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Special Teams has at least 5 players competing for the Kicker and Punter jobs going into the Summer/Fall.

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Sophie B. Wright Warriors

Head Coach:Munchie Legaux(2nd year) 

2024 Record:3-6

2024 Playoffs:1st Round lost to Loyola Prep HS 

2023 Record:5-6 

Key players graduated: WR Paul Jones Jr, QB Paul Chester, RB/LB Avante McKinney,  WR/DB Janyrean Love.

Team Outlook: Continue to build on the small success of the 2024 season. Hard work will pay off. We expect better results in 2025  for our program said Head Coach Munchie Legaux.”

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Tidbits: The Warriors program is stable with Head Coach Legaux,  a former Edna Karr High School All-State QB and former University of Cincinnati QB.  After talking to the coach, the program will have a very strong Class of 2027 & 2028 players stepping up as starters for the program. The Warriors will have close to 50 players out for the Fall in 2025.

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The team leader is back in 3-year starter CB Zamon Delmore Jr 6-0 185, with 4.5 speed in the forty, shut down Defensive Back, and a sleeper in Louisiana. The Warriors will have a new QB in talented Jamih Miller, 6-1, 185 pounds, with a good arm and feet as a Dual QB.

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More players to keep a eye on are DE Kordea Young 6-6 240 a 3 year starter leader, DT/NG Quan Young 6-4 340 2nd year starter, OL/DL Rene Martinez 6-2 230 a 3 year starter leader, Center/OL Donnell Adams 5-8 230 2nd year starter, LB Jecori Abdullah 5-11 200 2nd year starter, Safety Joseph Antoine 5-8 150 2nd year starter, WR Asmar Clark 5-8 165 new starter,  WR/DB DaQuan Adams 5-8 165 new starter,  RB K’Ron Josey 5-8 195 new starter, OL Zakhi Pleasant 6-3 228 2nd year starter,  and DT Makailo Wright 6-0 230 new starter.

Special Teams Kicker and Punter will be Rene Martinez, a starting Offensive Linem, and a Defensive Lineman for the team.

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