MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Two of the four area players who were finalists for the TSSAA Mr. Football award were named winners Monday afternoon at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center.
Ooltewah defensive end Jacques Smith was named the Class AAA Mr. Football Lineman of the Year, and South Pittsburg quarterback Terrell Robinson won the Class A Mr. Football Back of the Year award.
Other area finalists were Baylor junior quarterback Jacob Huesman, who was up for Division II-AA Back of the Year, and South Pittsburg senior defensive end Jiajuan Fennell was one of three finalists for Class A Lineman of the Year.
Smith, a University of Tennessee commitment, became only the fourth local player to win the award in consecutive years. The 6-foot-3, 240-pounder had 57.5 tackles, 8.5 sacks and 23 tackles for loss this season and will graduate in December so he can enroll at Tennessee for the spring semester.
Robinson (6-3, 190) has guided the Pirates to the Class 1A state championship game, where they will play Union City Friday at 1 p.m. (Eastern) at Tennessee Tech University. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga commitment has thrown for 1,687 yards, rushed for 1,322 and has 46 total touchdowns.
For more details, read Tuesday’s Times Free Press.
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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