The two first team overall/elite running backs are Santa Ana Mater Dei’s Jordon Davison (left) and Pittsburg’s Jamar Searcy. Photos: Scott Kurtz / Cal-Hi Sports.
The 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Team honors concludes with the best of the best on offense, defense and multipurpose. Go inside this post for writeups of the 11 players on offense plus a kicker and three of the six multi-purpose players who have been chosen First Team Overall. These players are being honored regardless of school size or year in school.
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FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE OFFENSE (ELITE)
WR Shane Rosenthal (Newbury Park) 5-11, 180, Sr.
Sure, because of all of the interceptions that Shane had over the last two years as a defensive back (seven this season and 12 as a junior), we could have placed him on multi-purpose for first team all-state. But he’s the all-time state leader for career receptions with 324 and he ranks near the top for career receiving yards (5,197) and career TD catches (64). Rosenthal at WR just had to be. This season, he had 84 grabs for 1,576 yards and 24 TDs for a Panthers’ squad that went 14-1 and won the CIF Southern Section D2 title. He had recruiting offers at the end of the season, but it took some time for the big one he and the Newbury Park coaches were hoping for and that’s the one from UCLA. Shane got that offer and signed with the Bruins earlier this week. With all of those all-time marks, it also was an easy call to name Rosenthal as the State WR of the Year.
WR Vance Spafford (Mission Viejo) 5-11, 175, Jr.
The only other WR who was considered for the State WR of the Year listing was Spafford. He had a fabulous year catching balls from Mission’s two-pronged QB attack with Luke Fahey and Drai Trudeau. Spafford, who has elite track sprinter’s speed, had 57 catches on the season for 1,017 yards and 14 TDs. Honors include All-Orange County and All-CIFSS. Spafford also has attracted big-time college interest and recently committed to the University of Georgia.
TE Kaleb Edwards (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) 6-6, 250, Sr.
It’s not just the tight end play that caused us to use the TE slot for first team offense this year and use it for Edwards. Kaleb’s overall athleticism and also the extra plays he made on defense for a Trojans’ team that went to the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 final for a second straight year were additional strongpoints. At TE, he had 44 catches this season for 729 yards and nine TDs this season. He also had 44 last season for 828 yards and seven scores. He is not already at the University of Alabamba as one of the top TE recruits in the nation because Kaleb is currently playing basketball at Oak Ridge. His current averages at the time of all-state going out were 17.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.
Yes, they did it. Newbury Park’s Brady Smigiel (left) is the State QB of the Year after already gaining Mr. Football accolades. Teammate Shane Rosenthal is the State WR/TE of the Year. Shane is a graduating senior who just signed with UCLA. Brady still has his junior year to do. Photo: Courtesy Rosenthal family to the theacorn.com.
OL Garrison Blank (Rocklin) 6-7, 300, Sr.
Here’s a comp for Garrison that we believe is legit and that is with former Roseville High, UCLA standout and Las Vegas Raiders’ Colton Miller. Blank was first seen as a sophomore and then last season he made a jump and this season he made another one even though in the game we saw Rocklin lost in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D2 final to Grant of Sacramento. Just like Colton Miller, Garrison will be playing in college at UCLA. His honors so far include All-Metro by the Sacramento Bee.
OL Jake Flores
(JSerra, SJ Capistrano) 6-6, 275, Sr.
The Lions had some big wins early in the season, including those against Sierra Canyon and San Diego Lincoln, and Flores was their anchor up front. He can play multiple positions along the offensive line and has signed with Washington. Jake has been selected first team All-Orange County and also on other previously announced all-state teams.
OL Kodi Greene (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-6, 285, Jr.
It can be frustrating for the rest of the state when the Monarchs replace an all-state star like OL Brandon Baker or DeAndre Carter from 2023 and get a transfer like Greene just to step in with no problem. But that’s exactly what happened. Greene came in from Eastside Catholic of Sammamish, Wash., and kept the line rolling. He’s one of the top OL recruits in the nation for the Class of 2026 and there’s no reason not to pick for all of the honors he deserves. He was co-most valuable lineman in the Trinity League, All-Orange County and All-CIFSS. Kodi has already committed to Oregon.
OL Jackson Lloyd (Carmel) 6-7, 300, Sr.
Can the state’s top offensive lineman come from a small school like Carmel? Many of the top recruiting services have ranked him as such and since he had a great season clearing space and protecting his quarterback for an offense that scored 687 points, we agree. In fact, in conjunction with the final all-state teams going out, Jackson has been named as the 2024 State Lineman of the Year. Before being a leader on the 2024 Carmel football team that went 15-0 and won the CIF D5-AA state title, Lloyd averaged 15.0 points and 8.4 rebounds in basketball. He also played varsity baseball earlier in his career and last spring he threw 51-8 3/4 in the shot put. Jackson isn’t doing any of those spring sports this year since he graduated early and is now attending the University of Alabama. How he does in future seasons with 100 percent major college strength, conditioning and competition will be very interesting to follow.
OL John Mills (St. Ignatius, San Francisco) 6-6, 295, Sr.
The CIF Central Coast Section not only landed Jackson Lloyd on first team, but the CCS Open Division champions from St. Ignatius also had a big-time lineman. Mills was supposed to have been headed to the SEC along with Lloyd, but instead of signing with Texas he flipped late in the process and picked Washington instead. Mills followed up an outstanding junior season in which was all-state juniors and was one of the primary reasons that St. Ignatius had its championship season.
QB Brady Smigiel (Newbury Park) 6-4, 215, Jr.
All of the numerous postseason honors just from Cal-Hi Sports are now complete for Brady. The list includes all-state junior, all-state first team overall, all-state medium schools, Mr. Football State Player of the Year, Junior Player of the Year, Medium Schools Player of the Year and finally State QB of the Year. We don’t officially name the QB of the Year until the final all-state team goes out, but in most cases the QB and Mr. Football is the same. Smigiel passed for 3,521 yards on the season with 49 TDs and only three interceptions. He also rushed for 435 yards and 11 scores. He has committed to Florida State, but many will be curious if that holds with UCLA offering and signing best friend Shane Rosenthal.
RB Jordon Davison (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-0, 200, Sr.
The State Sophomore Player of the Year from two seasons ago had a bounceback season after injuries limited his production in 2023. Davison, a native of Fairfield, had 196 yards rushing and two scores when the Monarchs topped St. John Bosco in the CIFSS D1 championship game. He then rushed for 107 yards in the Open Division state final vs De La Salle. Davison still didn’t quite match his sophomore total of more than 1,500 yards, but had 1,233 yards despite missing some time. He clearly has State Player of the Year type of talent. Jordon will be taking that talent next to the University of Oregon.
RB Jamar Searcy (Pittsburg) 5-9, 180, Sr.
Pittsburg was a team with a tremendous senior class that lost in the CIF D1-AA state final at the very end to Lincoln of San Diego and also dropped a close game to De La Salle in the CIF North Coast Section Open final. In between, there was a win over Folsom in the NorCal regional playoffs. Jamar was a two-way standout at running back and defensive back and was the San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area Player of the Year. The other major Bay Area honor from the Bay Area News Group went to Pitt QB Marley Alcantara. We would go along with Searcy, however, and he gets up onto first team all-state at RB. He wound up with nearly 1,500 yards rushing and 18 TDs plus he caught 32 passes for 300 yards and three other scores. On defense, Searcy had 49 tackles and two interceptions. He will play RB in college and signed with Wake Forest after decommitting from Washington State and also visiting SMU.
It really helped Mountain View St. Francis’ standout Kingston Keanaaina to land first team all-state honors in our format by returning both kickoffs and punts for touchdowns to go with what he did for the Lancers at running back. Photo: X.com.
PK Ashton Zamani
(Sierra Canyon, Chatsworth) 5-11, 170, Sr.
One of the highest ranked kickers in the nation, Zamani has earned a scholarship to UCLA. He also shines in the classroom with a 4.4 GPA. For the 2024 season, he went 9-of-12 on field goals and also went 44-of-45 on PATs. For his career, Ashton also had 239 kicking points.
FIRST TEAM
ALL-STATE MULTI-PURPOSE (ELITE)
RB/KR Kingston Keanaaina
(St. Francis, Mountain View) 6-0, 200, Sr.
It’s a family affair for Kingston as he has six siblings with an older brother and younger brother who have played at St. Francis. Kingston was the CCS Player of the Year according to our partners from the 49ers Cal-Hi Sports TV show. He is a perfect fit as a multi-purpose player since he returned two punts and three kickoffs for touchdowns during the season, Keanaaina also was that power running back that St. Francis has had a lot of success with in recent seasons. He rushed for 2,272 yards and 19 TDs and he added 13 catches for 147 yards and one score. Kingston has signed with BYU.
QB/RB T.J. Lateef (Lutheran, Orange) 6-2, 190, Sr.
It wasn’t just the coaching in the last three seasons that helped OLu get closer than ever to the top two teams in the Trinity League. The play of Lateef at the QB position also was crucial. While the team still lost twice to St. John Bosco and once to Mater Dei, there was a big win over St. Frances Academy of Baltimore and other wins over the rest of the teams in the Trinity League plus Sierra Canyon. Lateef completed 71 percent of his passes and he had 2,274 yards and 23 TDs. He can be multi-purpose for these teams due to 292 yards rushing and five TDs. Over his three-year career for the Lancers, T.J. passed for more than 6,500 yards and accounted for 66 touchdowns. That’s almost all against Trinity League style competition, too.
QB/RB Husan Longstreet (Centennial, Corona) 6-1, 190, Sr.
Despite missing a few games with injury, we think Husan played enough and did enough during the season to be a first team all-state player and he’s perfect for multi-purpose the way that he runs the ball. In Centennial’s win over Mission Viejo in the CIFSS D1 playoffs that basically determined the State Public School of the Year honor, Longstreet passed for 216 yards and one TD and he rushed 11 times for 52 yards and one score. He ended the season with 1,641 yards passing and 19 TDs in nine game. Husan also had 494 yards and six TDs on the season rushing the ball. He was a longtime commit to Texas A&M but flipped that one in November and instead ended up signing with USC.
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