With the 2024 Washington County football season right around the corner, here’s a look at the top 25 returning players on defense.
1. Trevor Sowers, Boonsboro
Sowers, a senior linebacker, had 99.5 tackles, including 10.5 for losses and three sacks, with five forced fumbles last year.
2. Liam Hall, Saint James
Hall, a junior linebacker, had 98 tackles, including five for losses and one sack, with three interceptions and a fumble recovery last year.
3. Ceonta Wilmore, Williamsport
Wilmore, a senior linebacker and punter, had 55 tackles, including 10 for losses and a sack, with two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an interception and a defensive TD. He averaged 34.3 yards on his 33 punts, including five inside the opponent’s 20-yard line and a long of 60.
4. Sam Shank, Clear Spring
Shank, a senior linebacker, had 61 tackles, including nine for losses and four sacks, with a forced fumble last year.
5. Irayvion Hart, South Hagerstown
Hart, a senior defensive back, had 52 tackles, including 1.5 for losses, with three interceptions and a fumble recovery last year.
6. Kyle Duvall, Williamsport
Duvall, a senior linebacker, had 112 tackles, a pick-6 and a forced fumble last year.
7. Seth Possinger, Clear Spring
Possinger, a senior linebacker, had 85 tackles, including five for losses and a sack, with a fumble recovery last year.
8. James Jackson, North Hagerstown
Jackson, a junior linebacker, had 83 tackles, including six for losses and two sacks, with two forced fumbles and an interception last year.
9. Drew Rupp, Saint James
Rupp, a junior defensive back, had 40 tackles, including three for losses, with a forced fumble last year.
10. Ayden Weakfall, Smithsburg
Weakfall, a junior defensive back, had 24 tackles and three interceptions last year.
11. Ty’Qwell Fauntleroy, North Hagerstown
Fauntleroy, a junior linebacker, had 64 tackles last year, including four for losses and a sack.
12. Tyler Ward, Smithsburg
Ward, a senior linebacker, had 85 tackles, including five for losses with a sack, and three forced fumbles last year.
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13. Hayden Ritchie, Boonsboro
Ritchie, a senior linebacker, had 68.5 tackles, including 5.5 for losses and three sacks, with two forced fumbles last year.
14. Russell Colliere, Boonsboro
Colliere, a senior linebacker, had 65 tackles, including three for losses, with two forced fumbles and a pick-6 last year.
15. Brayden Sisk, South Hagerstown
Sisk, a senior linebacker, had 75 tackles, including three for losses and two sacks, with an interception and a forced fumble last year.
16. Xavier Bowie, Williamsport
Bowie, a sophomore lineman, had 54 tackles last year, including nine for losses and two sacks.
17. Shawn Thomas, Hancock
Thomas, a senior defensive back, had 19 tackles, an intercepton, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery last year.
18. Logan Atkinson, Boonsboro
Atkinson, a junior linebacker, had 52 tackles last year, including seven for losses and 1.5 sacks.
19. Aiden Carter, Saint James
Carter, a sophomore lineman, had 27 tackles, including five for losses and two sacks, and a blocked field goal last year.
20. Caleb Thompson, South Hagerstown
Thompson, a senior linebacker, had 36 tackles, including eight for losses and two sacks, with an interception and a fumble recovery last year.
21. Kevin Brown, Saint James
Brown, a senior punter, averaged 32.3 yards on his 26 punts, including nine inside the opponent’s 20-yard line and a long of 48 last year.
22. Gideon Notarianni-Stephens, South Hagerstown
Notarianni-Stephens, a senior defensive back, had 44 tackles last year.
23. David Grayton, Williamsport
Grayton, a junior defensive back, had 34 tackles last year.
24. Jayten McCarty, Hancock
McCarty, a sophomore linebacker, had 43 tackles last year with a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception.
25. Alex Matthews, Clear Spring
Matthews, a junior defensive back, had 28 tackles, four interceptions, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery last year.
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