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Subscribe to our NewsletterLATimes.com: Sportswriters name Jordan's Boyd Player of the Year
James Boyd, L.A. Jordan's quarterback-defensive end, has been selected the City Section player of the year by a panel of sportswriters.
The 6-foot-4 Boyd passed for 4,266 yards and 44 touchdowns. He also had 106 tackles and eight sacks.
Bound for USC, Boyd helped Jordan reach the quarterfinals of the City Championship Division playoffs and did some of his best work against such quality teams as Mater Dei, St. Bonaventure and Esperanza.
Here's the complete All-City team:
Player of the Year
James Boyd, Jordan
First team Offense
QB James Boyd, Jordan, Sr. QB Josh Moten, Narbonne, Sr. QB Barry Heads, San Pedro, Sr. QB Jesse Diaz, Roosevelt, Sr.
RB D.J. Morgan, Taft, Jr. RB DeAnthony Thomas, Crenshaw, So. RB Trajuan Briggs, Birmingham, Jr. RB J.R. McConico, Venice, Sr.; TE Morrell Presley, Carson, Sr.; WR DeShawn Beck, Jordan, Jr. WR Anthony Denham, Wilson, Sr. WR De’Von Flournoy, Birmingham, Sr.; OL Nicholas Alexander, Crenshaw, Sr. OL Jorge DeLeon, Reseda, Sr. OL Eddie Williams, Arleta, Sr. OL Nelson Ramirez, Taft, Sr. OL Justin Jackson, Narbonne, Sr.; K Donald Jarrin, San Pedro, Jr.
First team Defense
DL Alonzo Lefridge, San Pedro, Sr. DL Michael Metcalf, San Pedro, Sr. DL Gabe Vallejo, Arleta, Sr.; LB Hayes Pullard, Crenshaw, Jr. LB Tim Tucker, Narbonne, Sr. LB Robert Franco, San Pedro, Sr. LB Jonathan McNeal, Venice, Jr. LB Nick Bruce, Taft, Sr. LB Rafael Ortega, Roosevelt, Sr. LB Anthony Uribe, San Fernando, Jr.; DB Lanny Delgado, Garfield, Sr. DB Rashaad Reynolds, San Fernando, Sr. DB Byron Moore Jr., Narbonne, Sr. DB Sean Parker, Narbonne, Jr. DB Corey Hughes, San Pedro, Sr. DB Delvon Purvis, Jordan, Sr. DB William Hernandez, Franklin, Sr.; P Malcolm Chapman, Dorsey, Sr.
Second team offense
QB Jonathan Rojas, Wilson, Sr. QB Adrian Diaz, Franklin, Sr. QB Bryan Choto, Arleta, Jr. ; RB Tim Wilson, Canoga Park, So. RB Rashon Harper, El Camino Real, Jr. RB Preston Oliver, Marshall, Jr. RB Davion McGee, Locke, Sr. RB Melvin Davis, Narbonne, Jr. RB Omar Sanchez, Arleta, Jr. RB Joseph Deguchi, San Pedro, Sr. RB Daniel Lopez, San Fernando, Sr. RB Trevion Johnson, North Hollywood, Sr.; OL Raul Quintero, Franklin, Sr. OL Timote Tonga, Birmingham, Sr. OL Trevize Strickland, Dorsey, Sr. OL Vincent Barbosa, Fairfax, Jr.; TE Benjamin Weischedel, San Pedro, Sr.; WR A.J. Little, Chatsworth, Sr. WR Noel Grigsby, Crenshaw, Sr. WR Albert Sandobal, Arleta, Jr.
Second team defense
DL James Brock, Crenshaw, So. DL Josh Harmon, Chatsworth, Sr. DL John Fifita, Birmingham, Sr.; LB Dominique Echols, Fremont, Sr. LB Gabriel Soto, Garfield, Sr. LB Kris Bass, San Pedro, So. LB Patrick Wooten, Jordan, Fr. LB Dawan Marzett, Westchester, Sr. LB Eric Velazquez, Huntington Park, Sr.; DB Eric Hunter, Jordan, Sr. DB Chris Hill, Carson, Sr. DB Cole Martinez, Wilson, Jr. DB Drayron Ballard, San Pedro, Sr. DB Jarrett Tryon, Taft, Sr. DB Oliver Johnson, Taft, Sr. DB Marcus Andrews, Crenshaw, Sr.; P Sergio Macedo, Garfield, Sr.
Bold indicates Eastern Leaguer
Source: LATimes.com
