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St. Mary’s Mixon Bankston and Ethan Busby are among 38 senior scholar-athletes on the 2023 North Louisiana Preseason Scholar-Athlete Watch List, recognizing high-achieving senior football players in the 318 area code as the regular season unfolds.
The honor roll is compiled by the S.M. McNaughton Chapter of the National Football Foundation. It spotlights remarkable high school seniors in north and central Louisiana who have been nominated by their coaches. These young men have at least a 3.2 grade point average, have won all-district honors, and are involved in extracurricular activities.
Only elite senior scholar-athletes from all classifications in the sprawling region are included on the third annual Watch List. Coaches were limited to nominating a maximum of two standouts per school.
This Watch List will be updated monthly throughout the season as new nominations are received. Additional nominees may be submitted by text from head coaches to NFF board member Doug Ireland at 318-471-2086.
The NFF will solicit scholarship nominations after the season and will present eight $1,000 scholarships next spring at its annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet at East Ridge Country Club in Shreveport.
The North Louisiana NFF chapter salutes these 38 remarkable young men for being leaders in their schools and on their teams, epitomizing high accomplishment as a competitor, a scholar and a responsible citizen.
The initial group of high school seniors on the NFF’s North Louisiana Preseason Scholar-Athlete Watch List:
Mixon Bankston, QB/FS, St. Mary’s HS
Lake Bates, DB, North DeSoto HS
Quantavious Bradford, OL, Huntington HS
Aeron Burrell, K, Parkway HS
Ethan Busby, WR/CB, St. Mary’s HS
Jacoby Bussey, DL, Mansfield HS
Cameron Calderon, C, Alexandria Senior HS
Reagan Coyle, RB/FS, Loyola College Prep
Jeremiah Echols, LB, Mansfield HS
Grant Edmonson, WR, West Monroe HS
Kaleb Evans, DT, Sterlington HS
Travis Flowers, OL, Benton HS
Jude Gaitan, LB/TE, Loyola College Prep
Hutch Grace, SS, Calvary Baptist Academy
Heath Gross, OL/LB, Calvary Baptist Academy
Bradley Hanlon, WR, Neville HS
Hutson Hearron, QB/P, Northwood HS
Jake Jones, LB, Winnfield HS
Lawson Lillo, RB/LB, Cedar Creek HS
Eli Little, OL, Winnfield HS
Noah Lucas, G/DT, Jonesboro Hodge HS
Delarrious Marshall, WR/FS, Green Oaks HS
Marshall Messier, S, Northwood HS
Emmory Minnieweather, C/OG/DT, Rayville HS
Jackson Moore, NG, Sterlington HS
Abram Murray, K/P, C.E. Byrd HS
Robert “Bob” Patterson, TE, Airline HS
Landry Powell, LB, Glenbrook Academy
Aaron Reddix, RB, Plain Dealing HS
Gabriel Reliford, DE/OLB, Evangel Christian Academy
Kevin Richardson OL/DL, Green Oaks HS
Cooper Scott, MLB, Holy Savior Menard HS
Chase Sentell, RB, Glenbrook Academy
Garrett Taylor, ATH/WR/DB/K, St. Frederick HS
Ladd Thompson, QB/DB, Cedar Creek HS
Carter Wells, FS, Parkway HS
Cody Wilhite, TE/WR, Benton HS
Landry Wyatt, WR, North DeSoto HS
