2020 finalists for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards announced

[CoachT]

https://www.coacht.com/tennessee/article.cfm?id=622145

DIVISION II, CLASS A
Jon Lewis, DCA
Aaron Smith, Jackson Christian
Griffin Swinea, Davidson Academy

DIVISION II, CLASS AA
James Dunn, CAK
Langston Patterson, CPA
Dietrick Pennington, ECS

DIVISION II, CLASS AAA
B.J. Harris, McCallie
Dallan Hayden, CBHS
D.C. Tabscott, Father Ryan

KICKER OF THE YEAR
Teagen Lenderink, Brentwood Academy
Trey Turk, Oakland
Connor Wood, Lexington

[JRB]

Montiel from BA not on the list?  I am calling BS now and I am not a "BA guy".

[PurplePanther]

2 hours ago, JRB said:

Montiel from BA not on the list?  I am calling BS now and I am not a "BA guy".

Agreed!  I am a Ryan guy and he definitely should have been there before our guy.

[ChuckDSanAntonio]

3 hours ago, JRB said:

Montiel from BA not on the list?  I am calling BS now and I am not a "BA guy".

That's the first thing I noticed as well.

[Footballfan615]

6 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Agreed!  I am a Ryan guy and he definitely should have been there before our guy.

Looking at the stats “your” guy’s are better considering he only played 6 games to Montiel’s 9. More rushing yds and rushing TD’s as well. The BA kid is good and certainly has a strong arm (I believe he is a baseball commit) but if you look at their film you’ll see a big difference in ability. Montiel is surrounded by college talent and hardly ever receives pressure. The Tabscott kid is catching snaps at his ankles most of the time and still making plays. 

[PurplePanther]

13 hours ago, Footballfan615 said:

Looking at the stats “your” guy’s are better considering he only played 6 games to Montiel’s 9. More rushing yds and rushing TD’s as well. The BA kid is good and certainly has a strong arm (I believe he is a baseball commit) but if you look at their film you’ll see a big difference in ability. Montiel is surrounded by college talent and hardly ever receives pressure. The Tabscott kid is catching snaps at his ankles most of the time and still making plays. 

I watched every Ryan game this year and 3 BA games.  I am not taking anything away from #7, but my eye test says Montiel; but that is my opinion.  While BA does have talent, they didn't walk over the competition; especially when the kicker who is also up for awards, was nailing 50+ yd FG's consistently.

[District12AA]

How is Broome from Lipscomb Academy not a finalist in AA?

[Playerscoach]

It’s not an exact science so sometimes kids get passed over. DCAs Jaden walker had approximately 3,000 all purpose yards in 2016 and wasn’t even a nominee. Still think that’s the biggest slight in the history of the award to not even be nominated. 

[BreadTruck28]

Seems like regional bias comes into play sometimes. Also, I don’t like that they did away with the separate lineman award. It’s hard to compare with skill positions for overall value. Two way players versus dedicated offensive or dedicated defensive players. It’s like a mini-heisman. 

[MichaelMyers76]

18 hours ago, District12AA said:

How is Broome from Lipscomb Academy not a finalist in AA?

He immediately changed their season.  How is that Gallatin kid taking his new role?

[Bellsburg2]

9 hours ago, BreadTruck28 said:

Seems like regional bias comes into play sometimes. Also, I don’t like that they did away with the separate lineman award. It’s hard to compare with skill positions for overall value. Two way players versus dedicated offensive or dedicated defensive players. It’s like a mini-heisman. 

I completely agree about doing away with a separate lineman award. It's apples to oranges and I really wish they would bring it back. I also think, particularly in smaller divisions where it is much more common, two-way players should be heavily weighted. It's hard to argue that a kid with 1500 yards and 100 tackles isn't at least as important to his team as one with 2000 yards who sits half the game.