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Tennessee Mr. Football finalists released for 2022 awards

tom kreager, nashville tennessean
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The Tennessee Titans Mr. Football and Kicker of the Year finalists were announced Tuesday night.

The list includes four committed to SEC football programs.

The Lipscomb Academy duo of Kaleb Beasley, a Tennessee commit, and Junior Sherrill, a Vanderbilt commit, leads the Division II, Class AA list. Mississippi State commitment Justin Brown, a Blackman senior, is among the Class 6A list. And MBA's Marcel Reed (Ole Miss commit) is a Division II-AAA Mr. Football finalist.

Other notables that have committed to FBS programs include Alcoa's Lance Williams (Virginia Tech commit) in Class 3A, Karns' De'Sean Bishop (Coastal Carolina commit) in Class 5A, Maryville's Noah Vaughn (Virginia commit) in Class 6A, Briarcrest's Max Carroll (TCU commit) in DII-AAA and Fayetteville's Isaiah Thomison (Memphis commit).

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A committee of statewide sports writers selected winners based on performance from the 2022 regular season. Academics and character were also taken into consideration. High school coaches and members of the media nominated the finalists.

The winners will be announced on Dec. 7 at a luncheon at Nissan Stadium in the 37th year of the awards program.

Here is the list of finalists for all nine Mr. Football awards and Kicker of the Year award:

Class 1A

Kumaro Brown, MASE

Jackson Cassidy, McKenzie

Isaiah Thomison, Fayetteville

Class 2A

Jacquan Davis, Fairley

Josh Jackson, Tyner Academy

Zech Prince, East Robertson

Class 3A

Jordan Harris, Alcoa

Mark Joseph, Sheffield

Lance Williams, Alcoa

Class 4A

Gabe Borders, Macon Co.

Marcellus Jackson, Fulton

Walker Martinez, Anderson Co.

Class 5A

De'Sean Bishop, Karns

Malaki Dowell, White Co.

Brayden Latham, Knoxville West

Class 6A

Justin Brown, Blackman

Arion Carter, Smyrna

Noah Vaughn, Maryville

Division II-A

Jared Curtis, Nashville Christian

Kevin Finch, USJ

D.J. Merriweather, Clarksville Academy

DII-AA

Kaleb Beasley, Lipscomb Academy

Charlie Robinson, Knoxville Webb

Junior Sherrill, Lipscomb Academy

DII-AAA

Max Carroll, Briarcrest

Caleb Hampton, Baylor

Marcel Reed, MBA

Kicker of Year

Max Gilbert, Lausanne

Oziel Hernandez, Germantown

Reese Keeney, Farragut

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee Mr. Football, Kicker of Year finalists for 2022 released