With the 2025 Florida Girls Flag Football season now in the books, there is some post-season recognition to come for those from around the state over the coming weeks. One of those recognitions is something big that started four years ago in partnership with the Jacksonville Jaguars with their Jaguars PREP outreach of the Jacksonville Jaguars Community Foundation and FloridaHSFootball.com in helping select the Jaguars All-PREP 25 Team with 25 of the top athletes selected this year from across 17 different programs in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ market. This marks the biggest representation of schools which coincides with the growth the sport has had over the last few seasons. We will profile each of the 25 athletes and their accomplishments for the season along with Coach of the Year and the Player of the Year for 2025.
All athletes were recognized at the Jaguars All-PREP 25 recognition event at the Academy Sports + Outdoors location on Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 with each athlete receiving a customized Jacksonville Jaguars jersey with their name and number on it, along with swag box filled with amazing swag and had a $200 shopping spree to use for themselves and their moms for Mother’s Day along with having their photos taken with Jaguars DB Tyson Campbell, the Jaguars 2021 Second Round NFL Draft Pick who played high school football at American Heritage (Plantation) and was a First Team All-State selection on FloridaHSFootball.com’s Class 5A All-State Football Teams.
NICHELLE BROWN
SCHOOL: Bradford (Starke)
YEAR: 2025 (Senior)
POSITION: ATH
2025 SEASON NOTES: Making the All-PREP Team for the second time in her high school career – first appearance in 2023 – “Downtown” as a nickname taken on by Nichelle from her teammates and head coach John Staples, Nichelle was always going “Downtown” in almost every single game the Tornadoes played in during the 2025 season racking up wins and guiding the Tornadoes to several achievements in the 2025 season. First was the accomplishment of a third straight district championship, this time in District 1A-5 while helping the Tornadoes win the team’s first two playoff games in program history, and reaching the regional final for the first time in program history, finishing with a 14-3 overall record. To Nichelle’s credit, she had 132 receptions for 2,220 yards and 34 touchdowns while rushing for 563 yards and five more touchdowns on offense while on defense Nichelle accounted for 10 interceptions. Nichelle is a multisport athlete for Bradford also participating on the girls basketball team and will be heading off to Florida Gateway College in Lake City to play for Ricky Hufty’s 3-time NJCAA National Championship program in flag football. Congratulations to Nichelle for being named to the Jaguars All-PREP 25 Team for the 2025 Girls Flag Football season!
