Calhoun, Fann, Fitzgerald again take top Region 1-7A awards

Dec. 10—MOULTRIE — Colquitt County's undefeated Region 1-7A championship football team has earned three of the league's top individual awards.

Sean Calhoun was named the region's Coach of the Year; quarterback Neko Fann, the Player of the Year; and kicker Brett Fitzgerald, the Special Teams Player of the Year.

All three are repeat winners.

The other top region awards went to Richmond Hill's Nick Bliss, Offensive Player of the Year; Valdosta's Eric Brantley Jr., Defensive Player of the Year; and Richmond Hill's Ja'Marley Riddle and Valdosta's Todd Robinson, co-Athletes of the Year.

The Packers also had five offensive players and six defensive players named to the All-Region first team.

First-team Packers include running back Ramsey Dennis, tight end Landen Thomas, offensive tackle Ja'Quavian "Turk" Daniels, wide receiver Ny Carr, wide receiver Zay Williams, defensive linemen Amari Wilson and Jartavius Flounoy, linebackers Nick Pace and Tyshon Reed Jr., and cornerbacks Ka'Marian Williams and Jah'Boris Fuller.

Packers named to the second team are running back Day'Shawn Brown, offensive guard Ja'Nas Daniels, center Jay'Den Williams, wide receiver Markese Wilson, defensive lineman Johnny Clay, linebackers Chance Sims and Jerrod Blakely and safety Trenton Dunbar.

Receiving honorable mention were tight end Jaden Fowler, offensive linemen Xavier Nickerson and Khalil Collins, snapper Chason Glenn, defensive lineman Ky-von Rivers and punter Sam Miller.

Calhoun led the Packers to a second-straight undefeated Region 1-7A championship.

Colquitt County is 25-2 with trips to the state semifinals and quarterfinals in the two seasons since Calhoun took over the program in 2022.

Fann completed 186-of-304 passes for 3,041 yards and 38 touchdowns this season.

He will graduate with the program records in career passing yards, with 7,823, and career touchdown passes, with 97.

He has committed to play collegiately at Middle Tennessee State.

Fitzgerald, who is just a junior, converted 67-of-68 extra-point attempts and 15-of-17 field goal attempts this season.

And 46 of his kickoffs resulted in touchbacks.

His 177 career extra points represent the school record.

In his three years as a Packer, he also has kicked 35 field goals.

Carr caught 64 passes for 1,261 yards, an average of 19.7 yards a catch, and 21 touchdowns this season.

He grabbed 169 passes for 3,195 yards and 44 touchdowns in his record-setting career.

Dennis, also a junior, rushed for 952 yards and 14 touchdowns and also caught a touchdown pass this season.

Thomas finished his outstanding Colquitt County career with 35 catches for 551 yards and six touchdowns this season.

The Florida State commit caught 118 passes for 1,934 yards and 22 touchdowns in his career.

Zay Williams caught 47 passes for 805 yards and nine touchdowns this season and finished with 92 receptions for 1,293 yards and 17 scores in his career.

Turk Daniels had an outstanding career for the Packers, starting every game since he was a freshman, 48 in all.

Pace led the Packers with 151 total tackles.

Ka'Marian Williams led the Packers with four interceptions, including one he returned for a touchdown in the season-opening victory over Dutch Fork.

The rest of the All-Region first team includes quarterback Parks Riendeau, Camden County; running backs Jaden Dailey, Camden County, Deron Foster Valdosta and Jacarre Fleming, Lowndes; tight end Elyiss Williams, Camden County; offensive linemen Smoke Bennett and Jalen Burgess, Valdosta, D.J. Jones, Lowndes, Zach Owens and Cayden Thompson, Camden County and Ho'o Naki, Richmond Hill; wide receivers Jaylin Carter, Lowndes and Prince Jean, Valdosta; punter Carson Page, Lowndes; kicker Gabe Caison, Camden County; defensive linemen Dayli Sims, Valdosta; O'Shea Brooks, Lowndes; DeNigel Cooper and Dylan Higginbotham, Camden County; inside linebackers Amari Tomblin, Valdosta; Coleman Lewis, Lowndes; Cooper Thornhill, Camden County; and Gabriel Bauman, Richmond Hill; outside linebackers Jaylen Bentley and Nykobi Brown, Valdosta; Wayne Austell, Camden County; and Jayden Stallworth, Lowndes; cornerbacks Mason Robinson, Camden County and Brandon McDonald, Richmond Hill; and safeties Jabari Baker and Khalil Molloy, Valdosta; Marlin Evans, Lowndes; and Ja'maric Daley, Camden County.

The rest of the second team includes quarterback Marvis Parrish, Lowndes; running backs Jordan Hardy, Camden County; Aalim Brown, Lowndes; and Josh Ulrich-Troupe, Richmond Hill; tight ends, Josh Locklear, Camden County and Jontivous McGriff, Valdosta; offensive linemen Jeremiah Alexander and Jermaine Booker, Valdosta; Hayden Williams, Lowndes; Brody Miller, Richmond Hill; and Zach Taylor, Camden County; wide receivers Jonathon Stamos, Camden County, Eli Lewis, Valdosta; and Aidan Sefa, Lowndes; punter John Smith, Valdosta; kicker Franklin Garcia, Valdosta; defensive linemen Jabari Williams, Valdosta; Andres Contreras, Lowndes; Malaki Rowan, Camden County; and Tad Christman, Richmond Hill; inside linebackers Antonio Laws, Camden County, and Lee Johnson, Richmond Hill; outside linebackers Cameron Ridden, Lowndes, and Aiden Grant, Richmond Hill; cornerbacks Cam Brown and Jason Copeland, Valdosta; Anthony Carter, Lowndes; and Caleb Easterling, Richmond Hill; safeties, KJ Massey, Lowndes, and Josh Sergent, Camden County.

Also earning honorable mention were quarterback Kirk Scott, Richmond Hill; running back Shaq Wright, Valdosta; tight end Grant Laskey, Lowndes; offensive linemen Caden Whitfield and Anthony Green, Camden sCounty; Ashton Beaufort, Valdosta; and Camron Jackson, Thomas Zimbalatti and Ashtin Fisher, Richmond Hill; wide receiver, Sean Green, Camden County; kicker Aiden Andrews, Lowndes; snapper Weston Edwards, Lowndes; defensive lineman Kanaan Graham, Camden County; defensive backs David Coleman, Camden County, and Mark McCoggle, Valdosta; and punter Brysin Osgood, Camden County.