ALL-STATE FOOTBALL: 2021 Class 2A award winners revealed

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After a successful 2021 season, FloridaHSFootball.com is happy to announce the award winners for the following awards in Class 2A.

CLASS 2A OVERALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

QB Colin Hurley, Fr., Jacksonville Trinity Christian
Only a freshman, Hurley made his mark to be one of the top-Class of 2025 prospects in Florida leading the Conquerors to the Class 2A State Championship. To his name, Hurley went 144-of-257 passing for 2,146 yards and 24 touchdowns, while guiding them through a touch regular-season schedule and to the Class 2A State Championship.

CLASS 2A OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

QB Ennio Yapoor, Fr., Hialeah Champagnat Catholic
Yapoor is another rising freshman quarterback which is making the Class of 2025 for a quarterback in Florida to be one of the best classes ever for a quarterback, helping lead the Lions back to the Class 2A State Championship game. Yapoor finished the 2021 season with a nearly 70% completion rate on his throws, throwing for 3,300 yards, tossing 26 touchdowns, and having only 4 passes intercepted. He also added 530 yards rushing, scoring 11 more times on the ground.

CLASS 2A DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LB Caden Morrell, Sr., Jacksonville Trinity Christian
Called the heart and soul of the Conquerors’ defense, Morrell racked up 149 total tackles, racking up 11 quarterback hurries, 6.5 sacks, forcing 4 fumbles while recovering 3 fumbles, and contributed on special teams while helping the Conquerors win the Class 2A State Championship.

CLASS 2A COACH OF THE YEAR

Verlon Dorminey, Jacksonville Trinity Christian
The former car salesman-turned-head coach 31 years ago, turned in his 300th career victory during the 2021 season, paving a path Dorminey did not expect to go down in turning the small school located on Jacksonville’s Hammond Blvd. into one of the state’s most recognizable small school powerhouses. With that, the Conquerors played one of the toughest schedules in the state this year going 10-4 overall, winning the Class 2A State Championship and team’s 9th overall state championship in school history putting Trinity Christian within two state championships of matching the city record of 11 state championships that rival Jacksonville Bolles holds across the river while matching anther rival across the river with Jacksonville University Christian who also holds 9 state championships in their trophy case.

FAN VOTE RESULTS

Results declared no contest in Offensive Player of the Year fan vote

After concerns were raised about the integrity of the fan vote for the Class 2A Offensive Player of the Year, FloridaHSFootball.com has declared the vote no contest and we will not declare a winner of the fan vote in this poll. After reviewing the votes, there were a good number of votes cast that appeared to not be cast in good faith, and in order to remove the votes would take a considerable amount of time and resources.  We compared this to other fan votes that were conducted and came to this conclusion. Thus, with that said, the best decision is to declare the fan vote null and void overall.

Trinity Christian’s Morrell led fan votes for Defensive Player of the Year

Jacksonville Trinity Christian linebacker Caden Morrell led the way in the fan vote for Defensive Player of the Year with 45.3% of the vote while Orlando Christian Prep athlete Demarion Jenkins finished second with 32.8% of the vote. Jenkins finished the season with 26 solo tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 interceptions while helping Orlando Christian Prep to the state semifinals for the first time in school history. Champagnat Catholic defensive lineman Timothy Summons finished third with 12.4% of the vote while Jacksonville Trinity Christian defensive lineman Johnathan Goddard finished fourth with 7% of the vote. Rounding out the voting was Jacksonville Trinity Christian defensive back, Cam Miller, with 2.5% of the vote.

Orlando Christian Prep’s Demosthenes runs away with Coach of the Year fan vote

Orlando Christian Prep head coach Guerschom Demosthenes, who has led his team for multiple winning seasons over the years, led the fan vote with 50.2% of the vote while guiding his team to their first-ever state semifinal appearance in school history. Jacksonville Trinity Christian head coach Verlon Dorminey finished with 39.6% of the vote to finish second while Champagnat Catholic head coach Hector Clavijo III finished third with 6.3% of the vote. Rounding off the voting was Naples First Baptist head coach Billy Sparacio with 2.7% of the vote with Quincy Munroe Day head coach Alex Lehky getting just 1.2% of the vote.