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The All-VYPE Offensive Teams presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
What a big year it was for Houston-area public school football as North Shore and Paetow won their respective UIL Classifications.
Katy reached the State Semis along with Tomball and Crosby. A team is make of stars and here are the All-VYPE Offensive Teams of the Year presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.
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OFFENSIVE MVP (WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS PART OF THE VYPE AWARDS presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.)
FINALISTS
Conner Weigman, Bridgeland
Harold Perkins, Cy Park
Rueben Owens, El Campo
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QUARTERBACK
First-Team
Cale Hellums, Tomball
Conner Weigman, Bridgeland
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Second-Team
Bert Emanuel Jr., Ridge Point
Bishop Davenport, Spring
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Honorable-Mention
Kaleb Bailey, North Shore
Duke Butler, Shadow Creek
Demetrias Charles, Channelview
CJ Dumas, Paetow
DJ Lagway, Willis
Luke Martin, Dickinson
Mabrey Mettauer, The Woodlands
Nash Rankin, Stratford
Gavin Rutherford, Cinco Ranch
Carson Roper, Klein Cain
Cardell Williams, Westfield
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RUNNING BACKS
First-Team
Seth Davis, Katy
Rueben Owens, El Campo
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Second-Team
Richard Reese, Bellville
Jalen Washington, Montgomery
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Honorable Mention
Lloyd Avant, Summer Creek
Hunter Bilbo, Magnolia West
Kendrick Bradley, Klein Forest
Jacob Brown, Paetow
Jeremy Payne, Hightower
Kedrick Reescano, New Caney
Santana Scott, Morton Ranch
Demonte Seymore, Manvel
David Smith, Clear Falls
Jerrell Wimbley, CE King
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OFFENSIVE LINE
First-Team
Kelvin Banks, Summer Creek
Kameron Dewberry, Atascocita
Talmadge Pounds, North Shore
Jeremiah Richard, Paetow
PJ Williams, Dickinson
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Second-Team
Landon Roaten, Tomball
Kaden Sieracki, The Woodlands
Tevin Shaw, Manvel
Bryce Simpson, Cypress Ranch
Caleb Webb, Katy
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Honorable Mention
Trey Brooks, Cy Falls
Ashton Funk, Tompkins
Reagan Gill, Jersey Village
Calvin Harvey, Ridge Point
Nolan Hay, Taylor
Nonso Omezi, Westside
Hudson Perroni, Stratford
Charles Ridley, Montgomery
Zach Session, Morton Ranch
Isaiah Villanueva, Paetow
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WIDE RECEIVERS
First-Team
Matthew Golden, Klein Cain
Chris Marshall, FB Marshall
Louis Williams III, Conroe
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Second-Team
Nic Anderson, Katy
Andrew Maleski, Bridgeland
Kole Wilson, Paetow
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Honorable Mention
David Amador, North Shore
Cadyn Bradley, Spring
Caleb Douglas, Hightower
Ben Ferguson, The Woodlands
Izeal Jones, Pearland
Cameron Kirkwood, Crosby
Josh McMillan, Tompkins
Xavier Neal, Heights
Seth Salverino, Cinco Ranch
Marvin Session, Ridge Point
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TIGHT END
First-Team
Donovan Green, Dickinson
Cody Mladenka, College Park
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Second-Team
Reid Mikeska, Bridgeland
Hawkins Polly, Stratford
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Hononable Mention
Luke Carter, Katy
Gavin Howard, Deer Park
Thomas Jewett, Strake Jesuit
Cooper Stevens, Cy-Fair
Gavin Waits, Fulshear
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ATHLETES
First-Team
Ja’Koby Banks, FB Marshall
Harold Perkins, Cy Park
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Second-Team
Ryan Niblett, Eisenhower
Ky Woods, Clear Falls
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Honorable Mention
Jadarius Brown, Conroe
Cyrin Myles, Crosby
Marques Neal, Channelview
Dominic Njoku, Travis
Patrick Smith, FB Clements
Tijae Williams, Fulshear
Wyatt Young, Tompkins
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KICKERS
First-Team
Carter Brown, Dawson
Trevor Helburg, Crosby
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Second-Team
Anthony Fuentes, Paetow
Tony Sterner, Kingwood Park
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Honorable Mention
Carlos Alvarado, Tomball
Jonathan Dimas, Westfield
Keegan Sneedon, Seven Lakes
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Katy four-star defensive end Malick Sylla, left, and four-star defensive back Bobby Taylor, right, pose for a photo together during Early Signing Day at Katy High School on Wednesday morning. Sylla and Taylor are part of a Texas A&M recruiting class that was ranked third nationally entering the day.
Texas A&M the hot spot for elite Houston area talent
Texas A&M football entered Early Signing Day on Wednesday with its 2022 recruiting class ranked third nationally, according to 247sports.com. It’s possible when it’s all said and done that the Aggies could have the top class in the country.
Texas A&M is a hot ticket these days among Greater Houston area recruits like Bridgeland five-star quarterback Conner Weigman, Fort Bend Marshall four-star receiver Chris Marshall, and Atascocita four-star offensive lineman Kam Dewberry, among others. Head coach Jimbo Fisher has serious momentum. He is a national championship coach, having won at Florida State in 2013, and has signature wins over Alabama and LSU during his tenure in College Station. His passion for Texas A&M and his approach toward players are difficult to ignore.
But no matter how much success A&M has garnered in recruiting—and Fisher has three consecutive classes ranked in the top 10 nationally entering 2022—it hasn’t translated to meaningful postseason success. Under Fisher, the Aggies have been to the Gator Bowl twice, the Orange Bowl once, and the Texas Bowl once. A&M has not won a national title since 1939 and has won 10 or more games in a season just twice since 1999.
Even this season, the Aggies are ranked No. 25 in the country, 8-4 heading into the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
So, what is it, exactly, that makes the Aggies so attractive to recruits?
“The environment, for one,” Katy four-star defensive back Bobby Taylor said. “The 12th Man. Of course, the winning aspect of it. Coming from a winning program, of course I wanted to go to a program that was winning. I didn’t want to go somewhere to feed off the winning by itself, but somewhere I can be a part of something to build to it.”
Added Clear Springs four-star receiver Noah Thomas: “It’s the facilities, the bond with the coaches. A whole bunch of stuff. I know a lot of dudes going here and it’s going to be a lot of fun. They’re trying to bring in the Texas boys and represent. It’s going to be a big recruiting class. Just wait on it.”
Texas A&M certainly has its perks. It is close to Houston, a little more than an hour and a half drive. And for the lack of significant postseason success, the Aggies do win. Since Fisher got to College Station in December 2017, Texas A&M has gone 9-4, 8-5, 9-1 and 8-4. Twice, the Aggies have finished second in a hellacious SEC West.
“It felt like a second home,” Katy four-star defensive end Malick Sylla said. “It was an environment I wanted to be in. I knew I could go in, work and hopefully win a national championship.”
Fisher knows how to appeal to players individually and their own goals, which worked with Taylor and Dickinson four-star tight end Donovan Green.
“I get to play early,” Taylor said. “That was the biggest thing for me. I could come in here my senior year, get things done here. One thing I benefited from was doing summer school last year so I could enroll early, play spring ball, develop my body. Stuff like that.”
“You can always say whatever you want, but actions are going to go farther than your words,” Green said. “He’s (Fisher) shown me how much they use tight ends and how they can produce them at a high enough level to go to the next level. You can’t beat that. Being that they are so close, and, again, they are at another level getting the ball to the tight ends, there’s just not a better place for me.”
The Aggies’ being oh-so-close to turning the corner and becoming a consistent force to be reckoned with is also endearing. Recruits like that A&M wins. But, as Taylor said, they want to be a part of the team that puts the program over the top and in the same sentence with the Alabamas and LSUs of the world.
“A couple of days before I committed, it was just me and (teammate) Donovan (Green) just talking,” Dickinson four-star offensive tackle PJ Williams said. “I had A&M in my top three and I told him I just wanted to commit. I wanted to build a dynasty there. So, after that day, we just talked and both agreed if it was A&M we both agreed on, we wanted to go there together. That was our chance and that was our ride.”
There is a distinct vibe at Texas A&M with recruits. It’s the spot. It’s the place to be. The Aggies’ Class of 2022, which includes nine Houston area talents, is proving it.
“It was the best family atmosphere I got out of everybody else,” said Dewberry, who chose the Aggies over Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday afternoon on ESPN. “I felt home.”
(VYPE Media managing editor Joshua Koch contributed to this report).













































