FLORIDA TOP 25 PREVIEW: No. 22 Pine Forest Eagles team preview

With the 2022 high school football season here we are previewing the Top 25 teams in our Florida Top 25 rankings that we have already debuted on Varsity Sports Network’s Florida Gridiron Report last week. Rankings for the Florida Top 25 will be updated each Wednesday night on the Florida Gridirion Report and on FloridaHSFootball.com along with all classification rankings.

NO 22. PINE FOREST EAGLES

Head Coach: Ronnie Douglas, 3rd year

Classification & District: 3S-12

2021 Record: 12-2

Key Athletes: WR/ATH Donielle Hayes, Sr; DL Elijah Douglas, Sr; QB Tierra Wilson, Sr; S Tyrese Thomas, Sr; OT Jonathan Daniels, Jr; DB Cameron Kelly, Sr; RB Kobe Johnson, Sr

2022 Schedule

Kickoff 7 PM CT unless noted

Thu. 8/25 (Week 1) – Cantonment Tate

Fri. 9/2 (Week 2) – @ Navarre

Fri. 9/9 (Week 3) – Pensacola

Fri. 9/16 (Week 4) – Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee*

Fri. 9/23 (Week 5) – Pensacola West Florida

Fri. 9/30 (Week 6) – @ Fort Walton Beach*

Fri. 10/7 (Week 7) – Niceville

Fri. 10/14 (Week 8) – BYE WEEK

Fri. 10/21 (Week 9) – @ Pensacola Escambia*

Fri. 10/28 (Week 10) – Pensacola Booker T. Washington*

Fri. 11/4 (Week 11) – BYE WEEK

Season Outlook: The Eagles are coming off their best season since 2006 and were picked to finish last in their own region last year. In that essence, they nearly stunned the state with a near-upset of Tampa Jesuit in the Class 6A State Championship in Fort Lauderdale that bookended the 2021 season. With that said, Pine Forest is already a heavy favorite to potentially win the Class 3S State Championship in 2022 with a lot of the talent that helped drive the Eagles to the state championship game will be returning including Hayes, Douglas, Wilson, Thomas, and Daniels among a few others. In the end, Pine Forest will be a dominating team, but how they get to the endpoint will be the question that will be will get answered throughout the 2022 season.