See the high school football Preseason Fort Worth All-Area Team plus individual awards
The Texas high school football season starts on Thursday.
Before that first snap, it’s time to introduce the Star-Telegram’s 2024 Preseason Fort Worth All-Area team. These players are set up to have elite seasons.
Individual Awards
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Raycine Guillory Jr., Aledo
Aledo running back Ray Guillory, a junior with a 5-foot-10, 180 pound frame, has offers from the best programs in the nation including Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and more.
Guillory tallied 1,411 total yards and 21 touchdowns last season prior to going down with an injury late in the Bearcats’ Class 5A D1 State Championship run. Guillory is back and is primed to have a great year with Aledo, the state championship favorites.
Guillory has the talent and the support to have a monster season with the Bearcats.
Aledo RB Ray Guillory with another TD and a Michael Jordan shrug. Aledo leads Red Oak 28-7 (3:52 Q2). #txhsfb @Raycineguillory @RecruitAledo pic.twitter.com/yvFnKuHzOL
— Charles Baggarly (@swaggarly) November 25, 2023
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Jonathan Cunningham, North Crowley
Cunningham, a 6-foot-2, 195 pound linebacker, will be a force for North Crowley as an experienced senior. He made the District 3-6A First Team and helped power the Panthers to a Class 6A D1 State Semifinal.
“He is a very special player,” North Crowley head coach Ray Gates said. “Very talented. Lots of upside. We still haven’t seen the best football of his high school career. We’re really excited about him.”
Cunningham is committed to play college football with the Texas Longhorns.
Preseason All-Area Team
(Fort Worth-area players eligible)
Quarterbacks
Chris Jimerson Jr., Sr., North Crowley
Caleb Williams, Sr., Crowley
Running backs
Michael Turner, Sr., Richland
Davis Penn, Jr., Southlake Carroll
Riley Wormley, Sr., Southlake Carroll
Wide Receivers
Zion Robinson, Jr., Mansfield
Kaydon Finley, Jr., Aledo
Xavier Johnson, Sr., Richland
Brock Boyd, Southlake Carroll
Braden Blueitt, Colleyville Heritage
Offensive Lineman
John Turntine III, Jr., North Crowley
Henry Fenuku, Sr., North Crowley
Felix Ojo, Jr., Mansfield Lake Ridge
Kilian Registe, Sr., Keller
Ian Mayes, Sr., Arlington Bowie
Tight end
Jack Van Dorselaer, Sr., Southlake Carroll
Linebackers
Ben McElree, Sr., Aledo
Xander Walker, Sr., Mansfield Legacy
Jeremiah Brinson, Sr., Arlington Bowie
CJ Witten, Jr., Argyle Liberty Christian
Defensive backs
Draden Fullbright, Sr., North Crowley
Nathan Tilmon, Sr., Mansfield Timberview
Leo Almanza, Sr., Byron Nelson
Cooper Witten, Soph., Argyle Liberty Christian
Tamondre Bowie, Sr., Crowley
Brandon Ford, Jr., Crowley
Defensive line
Jesse Ford, Jr., Arlington Martin
Travis Buhake, Sr., Mansfield Summit
Dilan Battle, Sr.,, Mansfield Timberview
Raylon Carter, Sr., Fort Worth Southwest
Dalton Knapp, Sr., Fort Worth All Saints
Kicker
AJ Rosen, Sr., K, Hurst L.D. Bell