MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Ooltewah junior defensive lineman Jacques Smith and South Pittsburg senior running back David Jones were named Tennessee Titans Mr. Football award winners Monday.
Smith was named Class 5A Lineman of the Year and was the first from the Owls program to win the award. Jones became the first Back of the Year award winner for the Pirates program, taking the Class 1A award.
Rhea County’s Kevin Revis and Josh Davis were finalists in Class 4A for lineman and kicker of the year, respectively, but did not win the awards.
For more on this story, read Tuesday’s Times Free Press Sports section.
Stephen has covered high school sports in the tri-state area since the early 1990s, starting at the News-Free Press as a 19-year-old reporter. He has been with the Times Free Press since its inception and has been an assistant sports editor for more than seven years. Stephen is among the most decorated writers in the TFP’s newsroom, winning numerous state and regional awards for his writing on high school athletics. He has two children, Riley ...
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