THE TENNESSEE TITANS MR. FOOTBALL AWARDS
To Be Presented Monday, November 30, 2015 Nissan Stadium, Nashville 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Nashville, Tennessee, November 5, 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. The format for the awards will see a change this year. Four semifinalists are announced in this release for each category and each classification. 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 will be announced by Mike Keith on the Titans website at www.titansonline.com on Monday, November 16 at 1:00 p.m. CST / 2:00 p.m. EST. The two finalists for each award 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 obviously excited and appreciative about being involved with the Tennessee Titans for the ninth consecutive year,” stated Bernard Childress, Executive Director of the TSSAA. “They have helped make the recognition of these 68 student-athletes, their families, and schools possible. The sponsorship of the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards and numerous contributions to high schools across the state since the team moved to Tennessee have meant a great deal to the member schools of the TSSAA.” 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 Trey Peters Harriman High School Josh Silvey Greenback High School | Preston Rice Wayne County High School Taylor Thompson Columbia Academy Stavonski Wilkes Lake County High School Dresser Winn Dresden High School |
| Division I Class 2A Lineman | Division I Class 2A Back |
| Jake Harden Boyd Buchanan High School Alex Kirkendoll Marion County High School Boone Sweeney Forrest High School Justin Swift Trezevant High School | Andrew Goldsmith Trinity Christian School Darius Harper Austin-East High School Josh Henderson Marion County High School Cordarrian Richardson Trezevant High School |
| Division I Class 3A Lineman | Division I Class 3A Back |
| Jonathan Decker Alcoa High School Tyler Enos Notre Dame High School Matthew McClurg Alcoa High School Christian Williams Milan High School | Dustin Clabough Alcoa High School Traneil Moore East Ridge High School Cole Smith Christian Academy of Knoxville Zack Weatherly Christ Presbyterian Academy |
| Division I Class 4A Lineman | Division I Class 4A Back |
| Emmit Gooden Haywood High School Darron Johnson Ridgeway High School Cade Mays Knoxville Catholic High School Rutger Reitmaier Lipscomb Academy | Desmond Dabbs Greeneville High School Ashton Posey Marshall County High School Amari Rodgers Knoxville Catholic High School Kentel Williams Fulton High School |
| Division I Class 5A Lineman | Division I Class 5A Back |
| Tyrel Dodson Centennial High School Maleik Gray LaVergne High School Jeremiah Jackson Ooltewah High School Gunner Osborn Henry County High School | Jerry Craine Wooddale High School Tee Higgins Oak Ridge High School Nate Johnson Independence High School Deuce Wallace Sevier County High School |
| Division I Class 6A Lineman | Division I Class 6A Back |
| T.D. Blackmon Maryville High School Ty Nix Oakland High School Delvin Salter Whitehaven High School Kalani Smith Mt. Juliet High School | Cole Copeland Bradley Central High School Taeler Dowdy Blackman High School Dillon Mitchell White Station High School Jacoby Stevens Oakland High School |
| Division II Class A Lineman | Division II Class A Back |
| Michael Flowers Donelson Christian Academy Will Lawrence Harding Academy 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 Spence Jones Franklin Road Academy Christian Saulsberry Northpoint Christian School |
| Division II Class AA Lineman | Division II Class AA Back |
| Ben Hill Christian Brothers High School Ryan Johnson Brentwood Academy Bryce Mathews Brentwood Academy Ryan Parker Baylor School | Ty Chandler Montgomery Bell Academy Austin Lee Christian Brothers High School Jeremiah Oatsvall Brentwood Academy Thomas Pickens Memphis University School |
| Kicker of the Year | |
| Ryan Courtright Lexington High School Thomas Garrison Columbia Academy Crews Holt Ravenwood High School Jacob Smith Siegel High School |
