High School Football America congratulates the student-athletes on our 4th annual Academic All-America team for the state of Utah. All of the honorees attained a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher while being a varsity contributor last season.
Once again, this year, our Academic All-America team is powered by scoutSMART.
scoutSMART uses its proprietary system that gives high school football student-athletes a scoutSMART FIT Score that analyzes a players’ stats, on-field skills and academics. scoutSMART then provides the information to college football coaches, at all-levels, around the nation.
Below you can see this year’s honorees.
2023 Utah Academic All-Americans
| Name | School | Position | Class |
| Austin Pay | Lone Peak | OT | 2025 |
| Brock Harris | Pine View | TE | 2026 |
| Bronco Winterton | Pleasant Grove | DB | 2024 |
| Carson Rasmussen | Pleasant Grove | QB | 2025 |
| Cole Lueders | Bonneville | QB | 2025 |
| Cooper Swasey | Payson | WR | 2024 |
| Cyrus Polu | Desert Hills | LB | 2025 |
| Dallin Sweat | Manti | LB | 2024 |
| David Dellenbach | Park City | K | 2024 |
| Dayton Runyan | Farmington | DB | 2024 |
| Drew Romney | Farmington | K | 2024 |
| Dylan Story | American Fork | QB | 2024 |
| Easton Bretzing | Timpanogos | TE | 2024 |
| Izaiah Holley | West | QB | 2025 |
| Jack Johnson | Brighton | QB | 2024 |
| Jackson Stevens | Skyridge | QB | 2024 |
| Jaxson Arrington | Lone Peak | DB | 2024 |
| Josh Barker | Davis | RB | 2024 |
| Kaelen Gray | Cottonwood | WR | 2024 |
| Kaimana Fuertes | Brighton | DB | 2024 |
| Kash Dillon | Corner Canyon | DL | 2024 |
| Makai Peterson | Pleasant Grove | WR | 2024 |
| Miles Morgan | Brighton | RB | 2024 |
| Parker Snyder | San Juan | QB | 2024 |
| Ryker Mikkelsen | Pleasant Grove | DB | 2025 |
| Samuel Peterson | Ridgeline | WR | 2024 |
| Shawn Cottle | Pleasant Grove | WR | 2024 |
| Tate Kjar | Corner Canyon | DB | 2024 |
| Thatcher Coon | Pleasant Grove | DL | 2024 |
| Vance Connor | Copper Hills | WR | 2025 |
The 2023 HSFA Academic All-America team is made-up of over 4,000 student-athletes. Over the first four years, we honored more than 14,000 student-athletes from across the nation.
