Bee’s Best: Meet the Sacramento-area preseason All-Metro football team
As the high school football prepares to kick off on a sweltering Friday night, The Sacramento Bee rolls out it cool-as-ice preseason All-Metro team.
All of this is subject to change over the course of the season, of course, as The Bee factors in team playoff success in the playoffs, when the games count the most.
It should come as no surprise that The Bee’s top two highest ranked teams — Folsom and Grant — landed the most players on this list. There could have been even more, as Folsom has 18 players who have Division I scholarship football offers and Grant has 14.
The Bee also acknowledges the small-school players, including national recruit defensive end Troy Bowens of the Sutter Huskies.
For now, this is how we size up the top players.
Preseason football All-Metro
QB Ryder Lyons, Folsom, Sr.
RB Isaiah Ene, Granite Bay, Sr.
RB Shaun Jones, Placer, Sr.
WR Zo Edwards, Grant, Jr.
WR Jameson Powell, Folsom, Sr.
WR Koby Shabazz, Grant, Jr.
TE Luke Galer, Del Oro, Sr.
OL Vlad Dyakonov, Folsom, Sr.
OL Colton Hogge, Twelve Bridges, Sr.
OL Max Gredvig, Oak Ridge, Jr.
OL Ronnie Noa, Grant, Sr.
OL Roger Vanderfoef, Grant, Sr.
DL Duncan Broughton, Jesuit, Sr.
DL Troy Bowens, Sutter, Jr.
DL Lua DeBerry, Folsom, Jr.
DL Giovani Hodge, Grant, Jr.
LB Julian Bruno, Grant, So.
LB Konley Cova, Wheatland, Sr.
LB Chase Wyhlindko, Twelve Bridges, Sr.
LB Justen Womack, Oak Ridge, Jr.
DB Robert Hamel, Sacramento, Sr.
DB Jason Hill, Folsom, Sr.
DB Carson Floyd, Whitney, Sr.
DB Issac Pierce, Oak Ridge, Jr.
AP* Andrew Axtell, Destiny Christian, Sr.
AP Ryan Eddy, Laguna Creek, Sr.
AP Rhyder Eelkema, Nevada Union, Sr.
AP Isaiah Hunt, Woodland Christian, Sr.
AP Aidan Lopez, Casa Roble, Sr.
AP Landen Parry, Del Oro, Jr.
AP Greyson Smith, Rocklin, Sr.
AP Reeve Slone, Rocklin, Sr.
AP Jasen Womack, Oak Ridge, Sr.
AP Oreste Yong, Roseville, Sr.
K Kyle Boeker, Oak Ridge, Sr.
P Ethan Roach, McClatchy, Sr.
* AP is all-purpose.