Five locals named Titans Mr. Football finalists
Five West Tennessee athletes moved on to the next stage in the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards on Monday afternoon. The top 32 backs and linemen in eight classifications of the TSSAA were cut in half. TCA’s Andrew Goldsmith, USJ’s Trey Smith, Union City’s Jamison Blackwell, Haywood’s Emmit Gooden and Dresden’s Dresser Winn can now add Titans Mr. Football finalist to their resume. The group of five will attend the awards luncheon at Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Nov. 30. Below is full list of finalists. 2015 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Finalists CLASS 1A LINEMAN Daniel Bituli, Nashville Christian Jamison Blackwell, Union City CLASS 2A LINEMAN Jake Harden, Boyd Buchanan Boone Sweeney, Forrest CLASS 3A LINEMAN Jonathan Decker, Alcoa Matthew McClurg, Alcoa CLASS 4A LINEMAN Emmit Gooden, Haywood Cade Mays, Knoxville Catholic CLASS 5A LINEMAN Tyrel Dodson, Centennial Jeremiah Jackson, Ooltewah CLASS 6A LINEMAN T.D. Blackmon, Maryville Delvin Salter, Whitehaven DII-A LINEMAN Trey Smith, USJ Jacob Still, St. George‘s DII-AA LINEMAN Bryce Mathews, Brentwood Academy Ryan Parker, Baylor CLASS 1A BACK Preston Rice, Wayne County Dresser Winn, Dresden CLASS 2A BACK Andrew Goldsmith, Trinity Christian Cordarrian Richardson, Trezevant CLASS 3A BACK Traneil Moore, East Ridge Zack Weatherly, CPA CLASS 4A BACK Ashton Posey, Marshall County Amari Rodgers, Knoxville Catholic CLASS 5A BACK Tee Higgins, Oak Ridge Nate Johnson, Independence CLASS 6A BACK Dillon Mitchell, White Station Jacoby Stevens, Oakland DII-A BACK Clay Beathard, BGA Chase Hayden, St. George‘s DII-AA BACK Ty Chandler, MBA Austin Lee, Christian Brothers KICKER OF THE YEAR Crews Holt, Ravenwood Jacob Smith, Siegel
