Joshua Wilson

KIPP is new and will be fielding a team for sure. Sarasota Christian and Old Plank are moving up from SSAA 8-Man to SSAA 11-Man Innovation in Orlando will be the newest public high school in the state. In 2026 Sounside in Gulf Breeze will open as the Soundside Hurricanes. First new school in Santa Rosa County in 25 years when Navarre opened in 2001.

The 2024 Florida NFL Draft Tracker is NOW LIVE on FloridaHSFootball.com and the FloridaHSFootball.com App! https://floridahsfootball.com/2024/04/25/2024-florida-nfl-draft-tracker/

First I want to express my apologies for my absence the last few months. Without going into much detail I have had some personal life struggles I have been dealing with on top of figuring out the direction to take FloridaHSFootball.com in. Things have finally settled out some over the last few weeks although I am not completely out of the woods just yet. Some of the decisions about what direction to take FloridaHSFootball.com have been forming over this time while I went through things. Part of me wondered if it was time to go, but really it is not at all. Thankfully, a loyal supporter near me in Gainesville decided to put their mouth where their money is and did a little investing and today FloridaHSFootball.com launched its first-ever Mobile App. With that said it comes with the sunset of the MVP Membership Subscriptions and thus FloridaHSFootball.com will be 100% free for the first time in a while. This comes as needing to get the clearances with Apple and Google and the current subscription platform we have is not syncing with Apple's system nor with the App itself. Its best we go in this direction to grow fans again and being able to put them facing forward with an app on their phone going forward. Here are the download links for the apps: iOS (Apple): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/floridahsfootball-com/id6477621728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floridahsfootball.app&hl=en_US&gl=US For now the forums will not be available directly in the app. At some point I maybe looking at changing the whole forum software that could eventually integrate into the app. It will be a while before this happens so things will go on as they are here. I also apologize for any of the spam and troll accounts that have managed to find their way around the security protocols in setting up new accounts. It seems every day these things find ways to pass through control systems. I am going to be looking at getting this solved and will keep an eye on things here as we go along. Please feel free to reach out to me if you all need anything, want to chat or have any suggestions. -- Josh

As I am working on All-State Teams, I am also working on a Top 10 series rating the best players by position groups from the season for eight defined regions. To do this I am looking at a variety of data including stats, strength of schedule, and more. The only thing I do not factor in is recruiting rankings. This is about performance and production on the field. There will be some exceptions along the way with this. Is it perfect? No. However, it provides the opportunity for debate and talk. PANHANDLE Quarterbacks (1/20/24) Running backs (1/21/24) Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen (1/21/24) Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters NORTHEAST FLORIDA Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters CENTRAL FLORIDA Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters HEARTLAND Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters TAMPA BAY Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters SPACE & TREASURE COAST Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters SOUTH FLORIDA Quarterbacks Running backs Wide Receivers Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Defensive Backs Kickers/Punters

Specially Fit Academy... some teams dropped them after concerns. But playing 4 games in 14 days is ridiculous and unhealthy especially if the games were not affected by weather.

Today the FHSAA Football Advisory Committee met in Gainesville and a lot of things were discussed with several action items heading to the Athletic Directors Advisory ommittee in a couple of weeks. Read more here: https://floridahsfootball.com/2024/01/11/nil-playoff-rankings-classifications-summer-padded-camps-among-topics-discussed-at-fhsaa-football-advisory-committee-meeting/

I took a stab at it and felt I did pretty well with this but even after putting some factors into my look into who were the Top 10 best prospects Nick Saban had in his 17 years at Alabama, even I was a little stunned, but then that is the name of the game for a lot of things these days. Check it out here: https://floridahsfootball.com/2024/01/11/the-top-10-best-prospects-nick-saban-recruited-from-the-sunshine-state-at-alabama/

After running a survey for a while for coaches to complete and nearly 200 responses, I have published the results of that survey along with a separate article with dozens and dozens of quotes from coaches around the state expressing everything from disgust for the FHSAA to expressing happiness for the recent changes to the classifications. Below are the links to the stories to read: PART I: Coaches are not on board with changes to classifications leaving them unhappy with the FHSAA - https://floridahsfootball.com/2024/01/04/survey-says-part-i-coaches-are-not-on-board-with-changes-to-classifications-leaving-them-unhappy-with-the-fhsaa/ PART II: The best of the best in comments from coaches who completed our survey - https://floridahsfootball.com/2024/01/04/survey-says-part-ii-the-best-of-the-best-in-comments-from-coaches-who-completed-our-survey/

I don't think it is going to come back up honestly.

Hey everyone! Spent some time on this since the vote happened last week and I have projected out what the classifications and districts could look like based on the enrollment numbers from the FHSAA. You can read more here: https://floridahsfootball.com/2023/12/19/projecting-out-the-2024-2025-fhsaa-football-classifications-and-districts/

Yes I am behind on updating this...I have been swamped with State Championship coverage... still recovering... three games a day and running up and down the sidelines will wear a person completely out.

The FHSAA Board of Directors has called a special meeting for today at 2 PM ET that will be live streamed virtually via YouTube by the FHSAA regarding the new classification policy that could determine the future of how all team sport classifications will look like in Florida. You can read more about the classification proposal as it is is proposed right by visiting this link: https://fhsaa.com/documents/2023/12/8/Classification_Task_Force_Proposal_BOD_Packet_December_12_2023.pdf In the leadup from 1:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. we will discuss what the proposal entails and set the table. At 2:00 p.m. we will tune in to the meeting with everyone else and we will provide our thoughts and commentary as we watch along. We will also take your questions and comments. After the meeting wraps up, we will continue our discussion and thoughts and analysis. Watch 'LIVE' on YouTube, Facebook and X (Twitter) starting at 1:45 PM ET on Tue. Dec. 12, 2023.

Mark Barrett has stepped down at University and Stephen Moffett has left Leesburg. H/T to Andy Villamarzo at SBLive on the Leesburg news. MORE HERE: https://floridahsfootball.com/2023/11/20/coaching-news-university-orlando-and-leesburg-coaches-step-down/

As requested, I have pinned this thread. Got a couple of more changes coming to report of in a moment.

Probably after the regional finals this week once we know which teams are left in the final four. Usually look at the matchups that could draw well vs. those that might not.