Jackson Diehl (left) of La Jolla was one of the top dual-threat QBs in the San Diego Section. At right, it was QB Malakhi Statler who led Frontier of Bakersfield to 10-0 regular season. Photos: Hudl.com.
Here is the first of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are from the CIF Central, L.A. City and San Diego Sections. This is the 46th consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. We welcome additional nominations to be sent in and apologize in advance for missing anyone. This is a very big state we have to cover.
FIRST CIF SOUTHERN SECTION LIST IN SEPARATE POST (still to come).
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All-State teams will be selected separately for sophomores and juniors. There also is an all-state honor roll for freshmen, but it’s not a team. Before the all-state first team overall, second team overall and third team is selected, there also will be separate teams for medium schools and small schools. All of these teams over the years are available to scan at any time for our Gold Club members. CLICK HERE.
Each team is comprised of 30 players — 11 on offense with a kicker and 11 on defense with a punter plus six that we call multi-purpose (allows QBs with rushing yards & those with offense & defense stats to get on). These are not recruiting lists (high school stats are considered) but college commitments are checked and of course can make a difference. For the nomination lists, injuries for a player listed after last season or a transfer can easily be missed. Those will be caught later on in the process or can be fixed for our updated, final list of nominees.
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CENTRAL SECTION
Tytus Khajavi of Clovis West was one of the leading linebackers in the Central Section for the last two seasons. He will play next at Fresno State. Photo: Mark Tennis / Cal-Hi Sports.
Nate Abbott (Golden Valley, Bakersfield) RB/DL Jr.
Marsel Akins (El Diamante, Visalia) OL Sr.
AJ Anderson (Tehachapi) RB Sr.
Jude Anderson (Cabrillo, Lompoc) WR Jr.
Jared Andrade (Central, Fresno) LB Sr.
Hunter Babb (Caruthers) RB Sr.
Nick Ball (Edison, Fresno) DL Sr.
Daulton Beard (Santa Ynez) WR Sr.
Brayden Bitter (Clovis North, Fresno) LB Sr.
Davit Boyajyan (Clovis North, Fresno) OL Sr.
Beau Brusseau (Buchanan, Clovis) K Sr.
Brandon Butler (Arroyo Grande) DB Sr.
Andrew Camarillo (Orosi) RB Sr.
Carsten Campbell (Frontier, Bakersfield) OL Fr.
Andrew Chavez (Clovis North, Fresno) RB/DB Sr.
Jackson Cinfel (Clovis North, Fresno) RB Jr.
Ross Cinfel (Clovis North, Fresno) DL/TE Jr.
Cash Clark (Taft) DB Jr.
Kane Cooks (Atascadero) QB/RB Sr.
Vincent Cordoba (Clovis North, Fresno) WR/DB Sr.
Jordan Crisp (Tulare) QB Soph.
Marquis Cropper (Sanger) WR/DB Sr.
Daviyon Day (Liberty, Bakersfield) WR/KR/DB Jr.
Mason Degnan (Atascadero) DB Sr.
Jason De La Cruz (Orosi) DB Soph.
Dylan Delgado (Liberty, Bakersfield) OL/DL Sr.
Mehki Delouth (Liberty, Bakersfield) RB/LB Sr.
Jace Demacabalin (Kennedy, Delano) RB Soph.
Sebastian DeCastro (Sierra Pacific, Hanford) LB Sr.
Diego Diaz (Fowler) WR Sr.
Tytus Dimmer (Clovis West, Fresno) LB Soph.
Bryson Donelson (Central Valley Christian, Visalia) RB/DB Sr.
Harold Duvall (Clovis East, Clovis) Jr.
Josue Elena (Santa Maria) QB Sr.
Robert Evans (Rosamond) RB Soph.
Collin Fasse (St. Joseph, Santa Maria) WR Sr.
Elijah Felder (Hanford) DB Jr.
Kado Felder (Washington Union, Fresno) LB Sr.
Noel Felix (Central, Fresno) WR Sr.
Anthony Fernandez (Firebaugh) FS Sr.
Jesus Figueroa (Shafter) WR Sr.
Ty’shawn Flowers (Rosamond) QB Jr.
Trejon Fulton (Liberty, Bakersfield) WR/DB Sr.
Chase Furtado (Bakersfield Christian) DB Sr.
Andrew Gartica (Boron) RB/DB Soph.
Kourdey Glass (Hanford) RB Jr.
Daniel Gomez (Hanford) QB Jr.
Daniel Gonzalez (Mission Oak, Tulare) QB Sr.
Richard Gooden (Independence, Bakersfield) RB/DB Sr.
Kobe Green (Lemoore) DB Sr.
Ernesto Guerrero (Shafter) PK Sr.
Braylen Hall (Central, Fresno) WR/DB Sr.
Christian Haney (Liberty, Madera Ranchos) PK Sr.
Drew Harrigan (Mission Prep, San Luis Obispo) RB/LB Sr.
Abee Hernandez (Strathmore) LB Jr.
David Hilyard (Sierra Pacific, Hanford) DE/TE Jr.
Houston Hirschkorn (Kingsburg) LB Sr.
Chris Holley (Frntier, Bakersfield) DL Sr.
Emanuel Jackson IV (Hanford West, Hanford) DL Jr.
Anthony Jacob (Firebaugh) LB Sr.
CJ Jones (Sunnyside, Fresno) WR Jr.
Mike Jones (Tehachapi) RB/LB Sr.
Jack Kasinger (Arvin) WR Sr.
Tytus Khajavi (Clovis West, Fresno) LB Sr.
Jackson Kloster (Roosevelt, Fresno) Sr.
Brent Kroeze (Central Valley Christian, Visalia) Sr.
Dillon Kyle (North, Bakersfield) RB/WR Sr.
Talan Lamattina (Liberty, Madera Ranchos) RB/LB Jr.
Noah Luginbill (Clovis) LB Sr.
Ryan Luna (Firebaugh) WR/DB Soph.
McKay Madsen (Clovis North, Fresno) RB/LB Jr.
Michael Manzo (Lompoc) LB Sr.
David Marquez (Central, Fresno) QB Sr.
Caleb Matthews (Garza, Fresno) QB Jr.
Gage Mattis (Cabrillo, Lompoc) Sr.
Tyus Miller (Clovis East, Clovis) QB Jr.
Tommy Nix (Clovis East, Clovis) WR Sr.
Caleb Noeske (Central Valley Christian, Visalia) OL Sr.
Cole O’Brien (Liberty, Bakersfield) QB Sr.
Ben Oetman (San Luis Obispo) PK Sr.
Ezekiel Osborne (Shafter) QB Soph.
Tyler Patrick (Clovis West, Fresno) QB Sr.
Johnny Peschong (Templeton) OL/DL Sr.
Bransen Peters (Coalinga) LB Sr.
Jordan Pierro (Clovis West, Fresno) DB Sr.
Jacob Poole (Strathmore) RB Sr.
Davien Potts (Washington, Easton) WR/DB Soph.
Kai Preisendorf (Redwood, Visalia) DL Sr.
Jude Pritchard (Santa Ynez) QB Soph.
Albert Richardson (Hanford) DB Jr.
Demaje Riley (Tulare) WR Fr.
Aidan Robertson (Exeter) WR Sr.
Israel Robles (Sanger) RB Sr.
Jesse Rodriguez (Mendota) RB Jr.
Elias Roman (Arvin) DL Sr.
Tyler Romo (Immanuel, Reedley) LB Soph.
Deagan Rose (Clovis) QB Soph.
Joseph Ruiz (Exeter) DB Soph.
Marshel Sanders (Clovis West, Fresno) WR/DB Sr.
Jaxton Santiago (Centennial, Bakersfield) TE/DB Sr.
Jace Silva (Lemoore) LB Sr.
Shondrick Smallwood (Central, Fresno) DL Jr.
Brandon Smith (Central, Fresno) WR/DB Soph.
Jerod Bubba Smith (Fowler) QB Jr.
Jose Soriano (Torres, Madera) QB Sr.
Malakhi Statler (Frontier, Bakersfield) QB Sr.
Brayden Stevenson (Tulare) WR Soph.
Logan Studt (Buchanan, Clovis) LB Sr.
Noah Tasi (Coalinga) QB Jr.
Dylan Teixeira (Coalinga) WR Jr.
Dominick Thompson (Golden Valley, Bakersfield) RB/DB Sr.
Adrian Torres (Kerman) QB Soph.
Paxton Tovsrud (Minarets, O’Neals) DL Sr.
Drew Underwood (Liberty, Bakersfield) LB Sr.
Peyton Van Worth (Dos Palos) RB/DB Sr.
Carter Vargas (St. Joseph, Santa Maria) RB Sr.
Nathan Velasquez (Sanger) OL Sr.
Bodhi Verners (Kingsburg) LB Sr.
Connor Warkentin (Centennial, Bakersfield) DL Sr.
Kobie Watson (Frontier, Bakersfield) WR Soph.
Dominic Wilson (Tulare) LB Jr.
Tanner Wilson (Sunnyside, Fresno) QB/FS Jr.
Frank Wright (Highland, Bakersfield) LB Jr.
Landon Wright (Clovis West, Fresno) WR Sr.
Jonathan Ybarra (Sanger) OL Jr.
Carlos Young (Sanger) WR/DB Soph.
Jeremy Young (Roosevelt, Fresno) WR Sr.
L.A. CITY SECTION
Lior Leshem from Taft of Woodland Hills came within one TD catch of tying single game state record when he had seven in a win vs Grant of Van Nuys. Photo: Twitter.com.
Aren Barajas (Los Angeles) OL/DL Sr.
Jayden Barnes (Garfield, Los Angeles) LB Sr.
Ezekiel Belote (Manual Arts, Los Angeles) RB Jr.
Joel Betancourt (Santee, Los Angeles) RB Sr.
Jeremiah Blackmon (Crenshaw, Los Angeles) DL Sr.
Reilly Brosseau (Eagle Rock) QB Sr.
Jaylin Burt (North Hollywood) RB Jr.
Damian Cabrera (Garfield, Los Angeles) QB Sr.
Matthew Castillo (Legacy, South Gate) RB Sr.
Leland Connor (Carson) OL/DL Sr.
Devon Conroy (Taft, Woodland Hills) QB Sr.
Damian Cornejo (Garfield, Los Angeles) RB Sr.
Edward Cuevas (Franklin, Los Angeles) QB Jr.
Isaac Diaz (Marquez, Huntington Park) LB Jr.
Brian Elvira (Los Angeles) FB/LB Sr.
Kody Galloway (Banning, Wilmington) DE/TE Fr.
Gonzalo Garcia (Arleta) DB Sr.
Christopher Gonzales (Bell) DB Jr.
Xavier Grant (Gardena) RB/DE Jr.
Robert Guerrero (Banning, Wilmington) QB Sr.
Daniel Guzman (Cleveland, Reseda) LB Sr.
Kory Hall (Reseda) WR Sr.
Kevin Hawkins (El Camino Real, Lake Balboa) QB Soph.
Ronnell Hewitt (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) RB/LB Soph.
Kameryn Hurst (Carson) WR/DB Jr.
Mark Iheanachor (Narbonne, Harbor City) RB/LB Jr.
Sebastian Ikolo (Fairfax, Los Angeles) Sr. WR
Kaleb Lauago (Garfield, Los Angeles) LB Soph.
Jonas Leal-Paz (Eagle Rock) WR/DB Jr.
Lior Leshem (Taft, Woodland Hills) WR Sr.
Ivan Levant (Fairfax, Los Angeles) Sr.
TraMonte Lowe (Dymally, Los Angeles) DB Sr.
Myles Mason (Gardena) ATH Jr.
Jerry Misaalefua (Carson) RB/LB Sr.
Branden Morales (Maya Angolou, Los Angeles) Jr.
Maynor Morales (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) DL Sr.
Richard Navarro (Venice) LB Sr.
Evan Nehrenberg (Palisades, Pacific Palisades) TE/LB Sr.
Orion Norcon (Granada Hills Charter, Granada Hills) DB Sr.
Elijah Nuhi-Yandall (Banning, Wilmington) WR Sr.
Emmanuel Okelola (Cleveland, Reseda) DL/LB Sr.
Jacy Oliva (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) K Sr.
Chinedu Onyeagoro (King/Drew, Los Angeles) DL/LB Jr.
Steven Perez (Banning, Wilmington) DB Jr.
Eddie Plaza (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) LB Jr.
Donovan Powell (Cleveland, Reseda) RB Sr.
Shawn Pringle (Los Angeles) QB/ATH Sr.
Nicholas Quintanilla (Maya Angelou, Los Angeles) WR/DB Soph.
Isaiah Rameau (Chatsworth) RB Sr.
Donovan Reyes (Garfield, Los Angeles) LB Sr.
Luis Rodriguez (Verdugo Hills, Tujunga) PK Soph.
David Sandy (Jordan, Los Angeles) QB/RB Jr.
Jake Shirley (El Camino Real, Woodland Hills) TE/DE Soph.
Amir Smith (Venice) WR/DB Sr.
Joshua Sosa (Lincoln, Los Angeles) DB Sr.
Darrell Stanley (Granada Hills Charter, Granada Hills) RB Jr.
Abraham Talansky (Marshall, Los Angeles) DB Sr.
Troy Taulua (Carson) DB Fr.
Oliver Taylor (Granada Hills Charter) OL/DL Sr.
Terryonte Taylor (South Gate) WR Sr.
Kingston Tisdell (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) QB Jr.
Triston Thomas (Narbonne, Harbor City) DB Sr.
Jake Treibatch (Palisades, Pacific Palisades) LB Jr.
Quran Turner (Dorsey, Los Angeles) DE Sr.
Abdoni Ubeda (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) OL Sr.
Brian Villareal (Franklin, Los Angeles) LB Sr.
Peyton Waters (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) WR/DB Sr.
Barry Weatherspoon (Eagle Rock, Los Angeles) WR Sr.
Derrell Williams (Diego Rivera, Los Angeles) RB Sr.
Nazarus Williams (Carson) DB Jr.
Ledgend Wilson (Taft, Woodland Hills) Jr.
Giovanni Yandall (Banning, Wilmington) Sr.
Juju Zamudio (Garfield, Los Angeles) LB Sr.
CIF SAN DIEGO SECTION
Jackson Daniels made big plays all season for Helix of La Mesa, which lost in overtime to both Granite Hills and Lincoln. Photo: Twitter.com.
Manny Adeiza (San Pasqual, Escondido) DB Sr.
Brady Allen (Point Loma, San Diego) RB-DB Sr.
Kevin Allen (Helix, La Mesa) RB Sr.
Connor Annicharico (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) QB Sr.
Armando Apodaca (Vincent Memorial, Calexico) WR Sr.
Sir Autry (Hoover, San Diego) RB Jr.
Izaac Baca (Chula Vista) QB Jr.
Brandt Barker (El Capitan, Lakeside) QB Jr.
Kaden Barnett (Del Norte, San Diego) DB Jr.
Matthew Barton (Mt. Miguel, Spring Valley) QB Sr.
Chris Bausch (Fallbrook) RB Sr.
Zach Benitez (Granite Hills, El Cajon) QB Fr.
Cody Bigley (Grossmont, El Cajon) WR Sr.
Trey Blazewich (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) LB Sr.
Tyler Boynton (Bishop’s, La Jolla) DL/LB Sr.
Jaylon Brown (Madison, San Diego) DB/RB Sr.
Nehemiah Brunson Jr. (Army-Navy) WR/DB Jr.
Ratumana Bulabalavu (Army-Navy, Carlsbad) LB Sr.
Isaiah Buxton (Mater Dei Catholic) ATH Sr.
Jonathan Butler (Poway) DB Sr.
Bowyn Cannon (Orange Glen, Escondido) RB Soph.
Romeo Carter (Point Loma, San Diego) DB Soph.
Jeremiah Castillo (Mount Miguel, Spring Valley) WR Sr.
Orlando Castillo (Mission Bay, San Diego) LB Sr.
Jonathon Class (Mission Hills, San Marcos) DE Sr.
David Clifford (Poway) OL Sr.
Nate Clifford (Santa Fe Christian, Solana Beach) LB/FB Jr.
Qayden Coleman (El Camino, Oceanside) DB Jr.
Trey Coleman (Del Norte, San Diego) PK Sr.
Elijah Cook (Mar Vista, Imperial Beach) WR Sr.
Ty Cortes (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego) DB Sr.
Madden Craig (La Jolla Country Day) WR/DB Sr.
Xzavier Crews (Sweetwater, National City) QB/RB Sr.
Jackson Daniels (Helix, La Mesa) DB Sr.
Quentyn Demara (University City, San Diego) QB Soph.
Carson Diehl (La Jolla) WR/DB Soph.
Jackson Diehl (La Jolla) QB Sr.
Brady Eads (Christian, El Cajon) LB/TE Jr.
Jacobo Elias (Vincent Memorial, Calexico) QB Sr.
Honor Faalave-Johnson (St. Augustine, San Diego) RB/DB Fr.
Joshua Ferrara (Grossmont, El Cajon) DB Sr.
Terrick Fisher (Rancho Bernardo, San Diego) RB Jr.
Emilio Fimbres (Vincent Memorial, Calexico) DL Jr.
Travis Ford (Granite Hills, El Cajon) DE Sr.
Dreyden Garner (Lincoln, San Diego) WR Jr.
Fabian Gerbella (Eastlake, Chula Vista) LB Sr.
Elijah Gillespie (Chula Vista) WR Jr.
Josh Glanz (Eastlake, Chula Vista) OL Sr.
Jordan Glaze (Granite Hills, El Cajon) DB Sr.
Josh Gonzales (Escondido) WR Soph.
Adrian Gonzalez (Del Norte, San Diego) DL/LB Sr.
Isaac Grassi (La Jolla Country Day) LB Jr.
Mahki Gray (Lincoln, San Diego) WR/KR Sr.
Matthew Gutierrez (Brawley) LB Jr.
Isaiah Hasten (St. Augustine, San Diego) WR/DB Jr.
Giovanni Harte (Mission Hills, San Marcos) RB Jr.
Hudson Herber (Grossmont, El Cajon) QB Sr.
Cash Herrera (Bishop’s, La Jolla) QB Soph.
Carson Howard (El Camino, Oceanside) QB Sr.
Christopher Hughes (La Jolla Country Day) LB Sr.
Dyllan Irmen (Rancho Bernardo, San Diego) LB Jr.
Damon Ivey (Carlsbad) DB Sr.
Pablo Jackson (Granite Hills, El Cajon) RB Jr.
Ryland Jessee (Helix, La Mesa) QB Sr.
Quintin Johnson (El Camino, Oceanside) OL/DL Sr.
Munir Kassa (Lincoln, San Diego) LB Jr.
Jamil Kassab (Ramona) DB Sr.
Chance Lachappa (El Capitan, Lakeside) WR Sr.
Trevor Ladd (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) TE Sr.
Leo Landerer (Clairemont, San Diego) LB Sr.
Zavier Leatherman (Army-Navy, Carlsbad) LB Jr.
Bronx Letuligasenoa (St. Augustine, San Diego) LB Soph.
Brenden Lewis (Granite Hills, El Cajon) WR Jr.
Arath Leyva (Montgomery, San Diego) DL/LB Sr.
Tyson Line (Mira Mesa, San Diego) QB Sr.
Kreet Makihele (San Marcos) QB Soph.
Jaden Mangini (La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla) LB Sr.
Jared Martin (Central, El Centro) DL/LB Jr.
Ryan Mason (Helix, La Mesa) OL Sr.
Thomas McCormick (Carlsbad) LB Sr.
Anthony McMillian Jr. (Mater Dei Catholic, Chula Vista) RB/LB Sr.
Joseph Minchelo (Crawford, San Diego) LB Sr.
Kuddah Mitchell (Madison, San Diego) OL/DL Sr.
Ricardo Montiel (Vincent Memorial, Calexico) DB Jr.
Donald Moore III (Rock Academy, San Diego) RB/KR Sr.
Raul Moreno (Montgomery, San Diego) DB Jr.
Jase Nix (San Marcos) WR Jr.
Kristian Noriega (Hoover, San Diego) QB Jr.
Ty Olsen (Del Norte, San Diego) WR Jr.
Brady Palmer (St. Augustine, San Diego) QB Soph.
Robert Petrich (Granite Hills, El Cajon) K Sr.
Tyler Prasuhn (Carlsbad) PK Jr.
Robert Renteria (San Pasqual, Escondido) QB Soph.
Eugene Rice (Lincoln, San Diego) DL Jr.
Jerome Roberts (Lincoln, San Diego) LB Sr.
Joel Robles (Imperial) PK Sr.
Griffin Rosenbloom (Carlsbad) WR Sr.
Jeremiah Savaiinaea (Helix, La Mesa) DT Sr.
Julian Sayin (Carlsbad) QB Sr.
Jack Schneider (Del Norte, San Diego) QB Sr.
Blake Schweer (Eastlake, Chula Vista) LB Sr.
Abdulahi Sharif (Crawford, San Diego) DB Jr.
Akili Smith Jr. (Lincoln, San Diego) QB Jr.
Ryan Speltz (El Camino, Oceanside) DB Sr.
Jack Stahl (University City, San Diego) LB Sr.
Brodie Stump (Kearny, San Diego) QB Jr.
Journey Tala (Lincoln, San Diego) OL Jr.
Aaron Tasin (Maranatha Christian, San Diego) LB Soph.
Trevor Taumoepeau (Mt. Carmel, San Diego) QB Jr.
Jett Thomas (La Jolla) OL Jr.
Moshi Tileia (Granite Hills, El Cajon) OL Sr.
James Tivao (Madison, San Diego) LB Sr.
Titus Toilolo (Madison, San Diego) DB Sr.
Max Turner (Granite Hills, El Cajon) RB Jr.
Danny Underwood (Mira Mesa, San Diego) LB Sr.
Joel Valverde (Tri-City Christian, Vista) DB Jr.
Fermin Velarde (Holtville) LB Sr.
Makhai Viavia (Madison, San Diego) DL Sr.
Mason Walsh (Carlsbad) RB/DB Sr.
Damarrion White (Granite Hills, El Cajon) DL Sr.
Kade Wilken (Torrey Pines, San Diego) DL Sr.
Exavier Williams (Hoover, San Diego) WR/DB Sr.
Jake Williams (El Camino, Oceanside) LB Jr.
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5 Comments
Mike Jones of a Tehachapi should definitely make it. Anchored the best defense in kern county and won defensive player of the year for the kern county news.
Kobe Green of Lemoore should also make it that boy i must say can play forsure
Quran Turner!!!!! That tape is incredible! Good Job Calhi Sports!!!!!
Austin Powell #18 RB Bishop Union High most definitely should be on that list as well physical, fast , tough 19 TD’s Championship contender.I believe he played and won against a couple RB listed
Centrals Aidan Chavez LB #9
Junior had a great year