Returning all-state football players in 2025

The 2025 Illinois high school football season is approaching, and there are dozens of all-state players set to return to the field across the state.

Here are the 63 players named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association all-state teams who were listed as juniors and sophomores in 2024. They are listed with heights, weights and school from 2024.

Class 8A

• First team: Owen Fors, Sr., OL, 6-4, 295, Barrington; Jonathan Rulo, Sr., DL/OL, 6-2, 295, Belleville East; Aaron Stewart, Sr., RB, 5-8, 175, Gurnee Warren; Jonas Williams, Sr., QB, 6-3, 205, Frankfort Lincoln-Way East.
• Honorable mention: Diesel McFadden, Sr., DL/LB/RB, 6-2, 240, Chicago Taft; Johnny O’Brien, Sr., QB, 6-2, 188, Palatine Fremd.

Class 7A

• First team: Lyzale Edmon, Sr., WR/DB, 5-11, 170, Bradley Bourbonnais 
• Honorable mention: Davon Grant, Jr., WR, 6-4, 210, DeKalb; Brandon Jenkins, Jr., RB/DB, 6-0, 184, Arlington Heights Hersey; Owen Lansu, Jr., QB, 6-3, 200, Downers Grove North; Keaton Reinke, Jr., WR, 6-4, 210, St. Charles North.

Class 6A

• First team: Derrin Couch, Sr., QB, 6-2, 180, Crete Monee; Colten Knoedler, Sr., QB, 6-1, 190, Chatham Glenwood; Brody Scheffler, Sr., QB, 6-0, 165, Springfield High
• Honorable mention: Jackson Dybcio, Sr., LB/HB, 6-0, 205, Lemont; Blaise Lavista, Sr., WR/DB, 6-2, 190, Libertyville; Dorian Patterson, Sr., WR/DB, 6-3, 170, Crete Monee; Jackson Rudolph, Sr., RB/LB/DL, 6-0, 230, Wauconda; Tyler Zdon, Sr., RB, 5-9, 195, Fox Lake Grant.

Class 5A

• First team: Jaylen Torres, Sr., DL/OL, 6-0, 285, Wheaton St. Francis; Zach Washington, Sr., WR/DB, 6-2, 180, Wheaton St. Francis.
• Honorable mention: Mike Brown, Sr., RB, 5-8, 150, Centralia; Kendall Lucas, Sr., WR/DB, 6-1, 175, Chicago Corliss; David Randecker, Sr., RB/LB, 6-1, 195, Woodstock North; Nasir Rankin, Sr., WR, 6-0, 180, Chicago Morgan Park.

Class 4A

• First team: JC Anderson, Sr., TE/DL, 6-7, 235, Mt. Zion; Gavyn Cothern, Sr., QB, 5-10, 165, Olney Richland County
• Honorable mention: Ryan Franze, Jr., WR, 5-10, 170, Johnsburg; Charles Harris Jr, Sr., DL/OL, 6-2, 275, Chicago Sullivan; Jacob Harvey, Sr., WR/DB, 6-1, 180, Mount Zion; Derez Sayles, Sr., RB, 5-9, 175, Waterloo; Casey Thomann, Sr., OL, 6-7, 315, Olney Richland County.

Class 3A

• First team: Ethan McCommons, Sr., LB/OL/RB, 5-10, 200, Benton 
• Honorable mention: Carter Brown, Sr., QB/DB, 5-11, 190, Sherrard; Johnathan Brown, Sr., QB/DB, 6-1, 200, DuQuoin; Casey Etheridge, Sr., RB/LB, 5-10, 175, Princeton; Reese Johnson, Sr., QB/DB, 5-11, 165, Robinson; Ryan Kettman, Sr., RB, 6-1, 170, Wilmington; Kodey McKinney, Sr., QB, 5-8, 155, St. Joseph-Ogden.

Class 2A

• First team: Kohnor Depew, Sr., WR/DB, 6-1, 180, Vandalia; Cash Lynch, Sr., DB/WR, 5-10, 150, Pana 
• Honorable mention: Will Birchen, Sr., LB/OL/K, 5-10, 200, Eastland-Pearl City; Kale Filler, Sr., QB, 6-0, 170, Orion; Jack Gronewold, Sr., DB/WR, 6-4, 200, Farmington; Ethan Miller, Sr., OL/DL, 6-0, 235, Westville; Cullen Schwigen, Jr., QB, 6-3, 180, Taylor Ridge Rockridge.

Class 1A

• First team: Luke Karras, Sr., RB/LB, 6-3, 220, Casey-Westfield 
• Honorable mention: Mark Detwiler, Sr., LB/RB, 5-8, 175, Stockton; Trey Fullerton, Sr., RB/LB/P, 6-0, 215, Mount Sterling Brown County; Zach Harmon, Sr., DL, 6-7, 210, Toledo Cumberland; Eli Larson, Sr., DL/TE, 6-3, 185, Stockton; Levi Mallette, Sr., OL/DL/OL, 6-2, 275, Chicago Hope Academy; Kadin Niekamp, Sr., DL/RB/OL, 6-0, 215, Camp Point Central; Roman Romer, Sr., DB/QB, 6-2, 175, Galena; Alec Schlichting, Sr., RB/DB, 5-9, 150, Lena-Winslow.

8-player

• First team: Karter Livengood, Sr., DL/TE, 6-0, 205, Milledgeville; Wyatt Plachno, Sr., OL/DL, 6-3, 250, Polo; Wes Sandberg, Sr., LB/TE, 6-2, 195, Cambridge Ridgewood 
• Honorable mention: Andrew Adams, Sr., RB/LB, 6-0, 160, Metro East Lutheran; Marty Devaney, Sr., WR/LB, 6-0, 185, Saint Thomas More; Brody Lush, Sr., WR/DB/RB, 5-11, 170, South Fork; Hayden Schofield, Jr., RB, 5-10, 165, Orangeville; Caden Ward, Sr., QB, 6-2, 150, Pawnee.

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