Player of the Year: S.F. Austin
POY Potential: Top 5 Texas football recruits
October, 11, 2011
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By Ben Rohrbach | ESPN.com
The Gatorade Player of the Year Program honors athletes who meet comprehensive and exacting criteria in high school sports. Candidates are judged on athletic production and impact in the current season. Contenders also must demonstrate high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership. Senior status has no bearing on a candidate’s merit and selections are made independent of ESPNU's recruit rankings.
That being said, the state’s top five football recruits as ranked by ESPNU are sure to enter the 2011-12 Gatorade Football Player of the Year conversation at some point. Here they are …
Travis L. Brown/ESPNHSMario Edwards is Texas' No. 1 senior recruit.1. Billy Ryan High (Denton, Texas) defensive end Mario Edwards
That being said, the state’s top five football recruits as ranked by ESPNU are sure to enter the 2011-12 Gatorade Football Player of the Year conversation at some point. Here they are …
Travis L. Brown/ESPNHSMario Edwards is Texas' No. 1 senior recruit.- ESPNU 150 rank: 1
- Height: 6-foot-4
- Weight: 270 pounds
- College: Florida State University (verbal)
- Traits: run defense, pass rushing, disruptiveness, strength
- ESPNU scouting report: "Edwards has the tools to be a very productive and at times simply disruptive defender at the college level. He has very good size for a high school prospect at the end position and looks to have the room to be able to add even more good bulk with time in a college weight program."
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