One of the state’s top freshman DBs for the 2022 season was Los Angeles Loyola’s Brandon Lockhart. At right is Sacramento Sheldon’s Tommy Tofi, perhaps the best freshman offensive lineman. Photos: Courtesy school & Twitter.com.
Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2022 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. We had a State Freshman Player of the Year named a month ago, but we still do not believe it would be legitimate to do an actual all-state team for these players. These are not recruiting lists. This post was amended with more players added from an initial list that was posted in late October a couple of weeks before the end of the regular season.
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For this year’s First Team All-State Offense plus three multi-purpose players, CLICK HERE.
For this year’s First Team All-State Defense plus three more multi-purpose players,
CLICK HERE.
For this year’s Second & Third Team (Gold Club post), CLICK HERE.
MORE OF OUR 44TH ANNUAL ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAMS:
Medium Schools | Small Schools | Juniors (Gold Club) | Sophomores (Gold Club) | Players of Year by positions (QB, RB, End, Line, LB, DB | FINAL All-State Nominations for CIFSS plus LA, SD & Central plus NorCal
Notes: As mentioned in the other posts about all-state sophomores and all-state juniors, this is not a Class of 2026 recruiting list. We did not watch film of the Mater Dei-St. John Bosco freshman game to look for top players, either. These are all players listed below who “did something” in varsity games during the season. Other players will emerge down the road as they get varsity playing time.
