Parade Magazine, which has been honoring America’s best high school football players for more than half a century, has released its 2016 All-America team.
Leading the way is East Lincoln High School (North Carolina) quarterback Chazz Surratt, who is Parade’s Player of the Year.
According to Parade, Surratt, who signed earlier this week with North Carolina, set state records for total offensive yards (16,593) and total touchdowns (229). This year, the dual-threat QB finished his senior season with 3,546 passing yards and 51 TDs. He also rushed for 1,345 yards and 15 TDs.
| FIRST TEAM | |||||
| Offense | |||||
| Pos. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | High School/Hometown | College* |
| QB | Chazz Surratt | 6‐3 | 210 | East Lincoln (Denver, N.C.) | North Carolina |
| RB | Trevor Speights | 5‐10 | 190 | Memorial (McAllen, Texas) | Stanford |
| RB | DeShawn Smith | 5‐9 | 165 | Nature Coast (Brooksville, Fla.) | Savannah St. |
| WR | Tren’Davian Dickson | 6‐0 | 170 | Navasota (Texas) | Baylor |
| WR | Derrion Grim | 6‐0 | 195 | McNair (Stockton, Calif.) | Nebraska |
| WR | Michael Pittman | 6‐4 | 205 | Oaks Chr. (Westlake Village, Calif.) | Southern Cal |
| OL | Greg Little | 6‐5 | 305 | Allen (Texas) | Ole Miss |
| OL | Tommy Kraemer | 6‐5 | 305 | Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio) | Notre Dame |
| OL | Matt Farniok | 6‐5 | 315 | Washington (Sioux Falls, S.D.) | Nebraska |
| OL | Ben Bredeson | 6‐5 | 295 | Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.) | Michigan |
| OL | Jonah Williams | 6‐5 | 295 | Folsom (Calif.) | Alabama |
| ATH | Rico Dowdle | 6‐1 | 205 | A.C. Reynolds (Asheville, N.C.) | South Carolina |
| Defense | |||||
| DL | Derrick Brown | 6‐4 | 320 | Lanier (Buford, Ga.) | Auburn |
| DL | Rashan Gary | 6‐5 | 295 | Paramus Catholic (Paramus, N.J.) | Michigan |
| DL | Dexter Lawrence | 6‐5 | 330 | Wake Forest (N.C.) | Clemson |
| DL | McTelvin Agim | 6‐3 | 270 | Hope (Ark.) | Arkansas |
| LB | Mique Juarez | 6‐2 | 225 | North (Torrance, Calif.) | UCLA |
| LB | Caleb Kelly | 6‐3 | 215 | Clovis West (Fresno, Calif.) | Oklahoma |
| LB | Tyrel Dodson | 6‐2 | 235 | Centennial (Franklin, Tenn.) | Texas A&M |
| LB | Lyndell Wilson | 6‐2 | 220 | Carver (Montgomery, Ala.) | Alabama |
| DB | Donnie Corley | 6‐2 | 185 | M.L. King (Detroit, Mich.) | Michigan State |
| DB | Wayne Davis | 5‐11 | 190 | Lake Taylor (Norfolk, Va.) | Ohio State |
| DB | Levonta Taylor | 5‐11 | 180 | Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.) | Florida State |
| ATH | Ty Pigrome | 5‐11 | 180 | Clay‐Chalkville (Pinson, Ala.) | Maryland |
| K/P | Quinn Nordin | 6‐1 | 200 | Rockford (Mich.) | Michigan |
| HONORABLE MENTION | |||||
| Pos. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | High School/Hometown | College* |
| QB | Jacob Eason | 6-5 | 205 | Lake Stevens (Wash.) | Georgia |
| QB | Jack Abraham | 6-1 | 195 | Oxford (Miss.) | Louisiana Tech |
| QB | Daniel Bridge-Gadd | 6-2 | 190 | Paradise Valley (Phoenix, Ariz.) | Washington |
| QB | Austin Scott | 6-2 | 195 | Spartanburg (S.C.) | East Kentucky |
| QB | Jett Duffey | 6-0 | 180 | Lake Ridge (Mansfield, Texas) | Texas Tech |
| RB | Sean McGrew | 5-7 | 175 | St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) | Washington |
| RB | Jake Funk | 5-11 | 200 | Damascus (Md.) | Maryland |
| RB | Tavien Feaster | 6-0 | 195 | Spartanburg (S.C.) | Clemson |
| RB | Alan Lamar | 5-9 | 185 | DeSoto Cent. (Southaven, Miss.) | Yale |
| RB | Keishaun Sims | 6-0 | 170 | Perry (Massillon, Ohio) | Undecided |
| WR | Simi Fehoko | 6-3 | 195 | Brighton (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Stanford |
| WR | Dillon Mitchell | 6-0 | 190 | White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) | Oregon |
| WR | J.P. Shohfi | 6-1 | 185 | San Marino (Calif.) | Yale |
| TE | Danny Dalton | 6-5 | 230 | Marshfield (Mass.) | Penn State |
| OL | Ben Cleveland | 6-7 | 325 | Stephens Co. (Toccoa, Ga.) | Georgia |
| OL | John Raridon | 6-4 | 260 | Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa) | Nebraska |
| OL | Eli Johnson | 6-3 | 295 | Lafayette (Oxford, Miss.) | Ole Miss |
| DL | Terrell Hall | 6-5 | 250 | St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) | Alabama |
| DL | John Daka | 6-3 | 215 | Wise (Upper Marlboro, Md.) | James Madison |
| DL | Ed Oliver | 6-2 | 280 | Westfield (Houston, Texas) | Houston |
| LB | Ben Davis | 6-3 | 240 | Gordo (Ala.) | Alabama |
| LB | Cody Mitchell | 6-3 | 225 | Point Pleasant (W.Va.) | Marshall |
| LB | Kash Daniel | 6-3 | 230 | Paintsville (Ky.) | Kentucky |
| DB | Brandon Jones | 6-0 | 195 | Nacogdoches (Texas) | Texas |
| DB | Trayvon Mullen | 6-1 | 180 | Coconut Creek (Fla.) | Clemson |
| DB | Chanse Sylvie | 6-0 | 185 | Calvary Baptist (Shreveport, La.) | Oklahoma |
| ATH | Lindsey Scott | 5-11 | 205 | Zachary (La.) | LSU |
| ATH | Brandon McIlwain | 6-0 | 200 | Council Rock N. (Newtown, Pa.) | South Carolina |
