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Georgetown running back Jett Walker (28) at practice, Aug. 12, 2025.<\/p>\n
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Now that high school football is beginning this week around the state, these 24 players are the best the Austin and its surrounding towns have\u00a0to offer \u2014 the American-Statesman’s Central Texas preseason team.<\/p>\n
Defending Class 6A Division II state champion Vandegrift leads our preseason team with four players selected while Westlake, the No. 1-ranked team in our annual top 10 preseason countdown, has three. In all, 15 Austin-area schools are represented on this year’s squad. The final 2025 All-Central Texas team will be published after the season, in January.<\/p>\n
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Scroll down below to view are our selections for the entire 2025 preseason team.<\/p>\n
2025 Central Texas preseason football team<\/p>\n
Offensive player of the year: Jett Walker<\/p>\n
Georgetown’s 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior was a punishing runner as a junior last year, averaging more than 10 yards per carry for a team that won 10 games. He was responsible for 37 of Georgetown’s 47 rushing touchdowns. He has a bullish style but also deceptive speed. He’s committed to West Virginia.<\/p>\n
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Liberty Hill Panthers defensive end Alister Vallejo (56) sacks Rouse Raiders quarterback London Morgan (1) during the third quarter at the non-district Class 5A football game on Friday, Sept 6, 2024, at Liberty Hill Panther Stadium in Liberty Hill, TX.<\/p>\n
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Defensive player of the year: Alister Vallejo<\/p>\n
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Vandegrift quarterback Miles Teodecki (12) prepares to snap the ball during the Class 6A Division II regional final playoff game against San Antonio Harlan at UFCU Stadium on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 in San Marcos, Texas.<\/p>\n
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Starring on a team that’s better known for offense, the Liberty Hill linebacker has been a wrecking ball for the Panthers’ defense. He committed to Michigan last month and received at least nine other\u00a0FBS offers before picking the Wolverines.<\/p>\n
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Offense<\/p>\n
QB: Miles Teodecki, Vandegrift.\u00a0MVP of the 6A DII title game, the Kansas State pledge<\/a> passed for 3,290 yards and 48 touchdowns\u00a0as a junior.<\/p>\n RB: Vann Hopping, Lake Travis. The Princeton pledge rushed for 1,527 yards and 29 TDs last year as a junior.<\/p>\n RB: Jett Walker, Georgetown. The\u00a0West Virginia commit<\/a> led the Austin area in rushing last year with 2,348 yards, averaging 195 yards a game.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n WR: Dallas Crescenzo, Bastrop. The junior transfer from Lake Worth, Fla. already has offers from Florida State, Arizona State, Pitt, TCU and UCLA.<\/p>\n WR: Drew Norrell, Westwood. Caught\u00a069 passes for 1,007 yards and 6 TDS<\/a> as a sophomore, for an average of 14.6 yards a catch.<\/p>\n WR: Cooper Reid, Dripping Springs. The all-district pick in 26-6A had 62 catches for 1,006 yards and 16 TDs.<\/p>\n OL: Parker Cecil, Vandegrift. Graded out at 96% and was 25-6A’s offensive lineman of the year last season.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n OL: Will Hesse, Westlake. The all-district pick out of 26-6A graded out at 93% and had 80 pancake blocks.<\/p>\n OL: Jayden Mack, Hutto. With 47 pancake blocks, the 25-6A all-district pick graded out at 92% and had 47 pancake blocks.<\/p>\n OL: Jerald Mays, Weiss. The Texas Tech commit had 33 pancake blocks last year and didn’t allow a sack all season.<\/p>\n OL: Jacob Slaughter, Cedar Park. The 270-pound tackle graded out at 93% with 23 pancake blocks and didn’t all a sack all season.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n K: Nolan Bartley, Westlake. Connected on 7 of 11 field goal tries last year as well as 75 PATs.<\/p>\n MORE: AISD football teams rely on buses to go to practice while home turf is being installed\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Defense<\/p>\n DL: Brooks Bouffard, Cedar Park. The 8-5A DI defensive lineman of the year had 58 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and 14 pressures.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n DL: Carter Buck, Lake Travis. The\u00a0TCU-bound senior DE had 78 tackles, 17 TFL and 6 sacks last season.<\/p>\n DL: Maddox Flynt, Westlake. A two-time all-district pick, the\u00a0TCU-bound senior <\/a>had 65 tackles, 10 TFL\u00a0and 4 sacks for the Class 6A DI state finalists.<\/p>\n DL: Alister Vallejo, Liberty Hill. Voted 11-5A DII’s top defensive lineman last year, the future Michigan Wolverine had 64 tackles and 9 sacks.<\/p>\n