THE TENNESSEE TITANS MR. FOOTBALL AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
To Be Presented Monday, November 30, 2015 Nissan Stadium, Nashville 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Nashville, Tennessee, November 16, 2015 – The Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards will be presented to the top 16 backs and linemen in eight classifications of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association on Monday, November 30, 2015, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. For the fourteenth consecutive year, the top kicker in the state will be recognized with a Mr. Football Award, regardless of classification. Four semifinalists for each category and each classification were announced on November 5. There are six classifications in Division I and two in Division II. With “Back of the Year” and “Lineman of the Year” for each classification, as well as the “Kicker of the Year” award, that makes for a total of 17 award categories. Two finalists for each category were announced by Mike Keith on the Titans website at www.titansonline.com today at 1:00 p.m. CST / 2:00 p.m. EST. The two finalists for each award that were announced today will be the ones invited to attend the awards luncheon at Nissan Stadium, where the winner of each award will be announced. A committee of statewide sports writers selected winners based on performance in the 2015 regular season. Academics and character were also taken into consideration. High school head coaches and members of the media nominated the finalists. "We are very appreciative of the Tennessee Titans for their continued support of these awards,” stated Bernard Childress, Executive Director of the TSSAA. “Having the awards presented at Nissan Stadium will provide a very special atmosphere for these outstanding student-athletes.” This is the 31st year that the Mr. Football Awards have been presented to Tennessee’s best high school football players. A Mr. Football trophy will be presented to the winners of each category. A Mr. Football plaque will be presented to the runner-up in each category. The other semi-finalists will each receive a certificate. More than 400 people, including the 34 finalists, their families, coaches, school administrators and members of the media from all parts of the state, are expected to attend the 2015 luncheon. Mike Keith, play-by-play voice of the Tennessee Titans, will emcee the awards presentation. A live videostream of the awards will be provided at www.titansonline.com.2015 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Finalists
| Division I Class 1A Lineman | Division I Class 1A Back |
| Daniel Bituli Nashville Christian School Jamison Blackwell Union City High School | Preston Rice Wayne County High School Dresser Winn Dresden High School |
| Division I Class 2A Lineman | Division I Class 2A Back |
| Jake Harden Boyd Buchanan High School Boone Sweeney Forrest High School | Andrew Goldsmith Trinity Christian Academy Cordarrian Richardson Trezevant High School |
| Division I Class 3A Lineman | Division I Class 3A Back |
| Jonathan Decker Alcoa High School Matthew McClurg Alcoa High School | Traneil Moore East Ridge High School Zack Weatherly Christ Presbyterian Academy |
| Division I Class 4A Lineman | Division I Class 4A Back |
| Emmit Gooden Haywood High School Cade Mays Knoxville Catholic High School | Ashton Posey Marshall County High School Amari Rodgers Knoxville Catholic High School |
| Division I Class 5A Lineman | Division I Class 5A Back |
| Tyrel Dodson Centennial High School | Tee Higgins Oak Ridge High School Nate Johnson Independence High School |
| Division I Class 6A Lineman | Division I Class 6A Back |
| T.D. Blackmon Maryville High School Delvin Salter Whitehaven High School | Dillon Mitchell White Station High School Jacoby Stevens Oakland High School |
| Division II Class A Lineman | Division II Class A Back |
| Trey Smith University School of Jackson Jacob Still St. George's Independent School | Clay Beathard Battle Ground Academy Chase Hayden St. George's Independent School |
| Division II Class AA Lineman | Division II Class AA Back |
| Bryce Mathews Brentwood Academy Ryan Parker Baylor School | Ty Chandler Montgomery Bell Academy Austin Lee Christian Brothers High School |
| Kicker of the Year | |
| Crews Holt Ravenwood High School Jacob Smith Siegel High School |
