Preseason all-state: Carver-Columbus places five players on 2A public school team

*Best player: Terrious Favors, Carver (Atlanta). Favors had 12 receiving touchdowns, six interceptions and two return touchdowns as a wide receiver/cornerback last season. He is committed to Boise State.

*Best position: Offensive line. All five hold several Division I offers.

*Most highly recruited: Tristian Givens, Carver (Columbus). He is the consensus No. 68 player nationally. He committed to Texas A&M in June.

*That’s interesting: Big offensive linemen are supposedly rare at smaller public schools. The five here average 6 feet, 4.5 inches and 302 pounds. The smallest is Chris Booker at 6-4, 285.

*Snubbed: Pierce County has won 17 playoff games the past five years but has no preseason all-state players or returning first-team all-region players.

*Underrated: The two running backs here. Christian Monfort rushed for 1,547 yards in just 10 games last season. He’s a two-way starter who had 31 solo tackles. He is committed to West Georgia. Jakobe Caslin, at 5-8, 160, is being underrecruited. He had more than 2,000 yards from scrimmage last season.

*What else is news? Carver of Columbus, the defending champion, has the most selections with five. Those don’t include the team’s most explosive player, Kei’Maurii Miles, a wide receiver committed to North Carolina. He was injured most of last season.

Offense

QB - Davis Strickland, Morgan County, Sr.

RB - Jakobe Caslin, Carver (Columbus), Sr.

RB - Christian Monfort, Morgan County, Sr.

WR - Terrious Favors, Carver (Atlanta), Sr.

WR - Deshaun Fedd, Crisp County, Sr.

TE - Drew Ainslie, Morgan County, Sr.

OL - Christopher Booker, Hapeville Charter, Sr.

OL - Parker Pritchett, Carver (Columbus), Sr.

OL - Elijah Rowe, Callaway, Sr.

OL - Jaiden Thompson, Rockmart, Jr.

OL - Terrance Warren III, Carver (Columbus), Jr.

ATH - Jaris Sinkfield, Thomson, Sr.

PK - Luke Waters, Stephens County, Sr.

Defense

DL - Joshua Coleman, Sumter County, Sr.

DL - Tyrone Fitten, Callaway, Sr.

DL - Tristian Givens, Carver (Columbus), Sr.

DL - Michael Johnson Jr., Carver (Atlanta), Sr.

LB - Xae Anderson, Callaway, Sr.

LB – Jayden Bowden, Miller Grove, Sr.

LB - Nate Davis, Rockmart, Sr.

LB - A.J. Kearse, Sumter County, Sr.

DB - Kennedi Bailey, Thomson, Sr.

DB - Isaiah Coleman, Thomson, Sr.

DB - Jeremiah Dunn, Callaway, Jr.

DB - Antavius Watts, Carver (Columbus), Sr.

P - Brooks Moore, Cook, Sr.