Tennessee TitansMr. Football winners
Tennessee TitansMr. Football winners are:Class 1ABack: Dresser Winn, Dresden; lineman; Daniel Bituli, Nashville ChristianClass 2ABack: Andrew Goldsmith, Trinity Christian; lineman: Boone Sweeney, ForrestClass 3ABack: Traneil Moore, East Ridge; lineman: Jonathan Decker, AlcoaClass 4ABack: Amari Rogers, Knoxville Catholic; Emmit Gooden, HaywoodClass 5ABack: Tee Higgins, Oak Ridge; lineman: Tyrel Dodson, CentennialClass 6ABack: Dillon Mitchell, White Station; lineman: T.D. Blackmon, MaryvilleDivision II-ABack: Chase Hayden, St. George’s; lineman: Trey Smith, Univ. School of JacksonDivision II-AABack: Ty Chandler, MBA; lineman: Ryan Parker, Baylor; Kicker: Crews Holt, Ravenwood
NASHVILLE For the first time since 2011, the Chattanooga area had two position players selected as TSSAA Mr. Football winners.
Baylor linebacker Ryan Parker joined East Ridge running back Traneil Moore in bringing home not only Mr. Football plaques but Tennessee Titans jerseys with their appropriate numbers. Parker won the Division II-AA lineman award and Moore was honored as Class 3A back of the year.
The last time the Chattanooga area had multiple position players earn Mr. Football the players were both linemen: South Pittsburg’s Coltin Blevins in Class A and Baylor’s Barrett Gouger, now a starter at Vanderbilt, in Division II-AA. The 2008 season was the last previous occasion for a Mr. Football back (South Pittsburg’s David Jones) and lineman (Ooltewah’s Jacques Smith) to be selected from Chattanooga.
Boyd-Buchanan offensive guard and linebacker Jake Harden was a runner-up to Forrest’s Boone Sweeney for the Class 2A Mr. Football lineman and tweeted after the event, “Couldn’t have asked for better people in my life supporting me. Thanks to everyone and I will always treasure this day.”
