Defense
Rasheem Green, Serra
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Green led Serra with 14 sacks and had 26 tackles for loss last year while earning Mission League Lineman of the Year honors.
DL - Josh Sweat, 6-5, 235, Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.)
Byron Cowart, Armwood
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Oscar Smith figures to be one of the top teams in the country in 2014 and Sweat is a big reason why. He had 94 tackles and 22 sacks as a junior.
DL - Byron Cowart, 6-4, 250, Armwood (Seffner, Fla.)
Cowart has been ranked as high as No. 1 in the nation among defensive ends. He's coming off a season in which he earned all-Tampa Bay honors while registering 13 sacks.
DL - Trenton Thompson, 6-4, 292, Westover (Albany, Ga.)
A Class 4A all-state selection by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as a junior, Thompson enters the 2014 season as 247Sports' No. 1 overall recruit.
LB - Jeff Holland, 6-3, 232, Trinity Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Trinity Christian is a small school with big-time talent, led by Holland, who had 17.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks as a junior on a state championship team.
LB - Cameron Smith, 6-3, 240, Granite Bay (Calif.), Southern California
A member of Granite Bay's state championship team as a sophomore in 2012, Smith already has 322 career tackles, including 126 last year.
LB - Malik Jefferson, 6-3, 220, Poteet (Mesquite, Texas)
Jefferson earned a spot on the Dallas News All-Area Team with 93 tackles and 14 sacks.
LB - Leo Lewis, 6-3, 225, Brookhaven (Miss.), Alabama
The No. 1-ranked linebacker by 247Sports, Lewis made 100 tackles and five sacks last year.
LB - John Houston, 6-3, 215, Serra (Gardena, Calif.)
Another standout on defense for Serra, Houston was one of the leading tacklers for the Cavaliers with 137 on the season.
DB - Kevin Toliver, 6-2, 182, Trinity Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.), LSU
Iman Marshall, Long Beach Poly
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Another talented player for Trinity Christian, Toliver landed on the All-First Coast team by the Jacksonville Times-Union after making 36 tackles and two interceptions as a junior.
DB - Iman Marshall, 6-1, 190, Long Beach Poly (Calif.)
The Jackrabbits have sent more players to the NFL than any other high school and Marshall could be the next. He was named the Long Beach Press Telegram's Defensive Player of the Year after making 64 tackles and not giving up a single reception during league play.
DB - Minkah Fitzpatrick, 6-1, 180, St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.), Alabama
One of the top prospects in New Jersey, Fitzpatrick earned all-state honors after making 62 tackles and picking off four passes.
DB - Jamal Peters, 6-2, 185, Bassfield (Miss.)
Playing for one of the nation's top small-school programs, Peters earned all-state honors as a junior with 72 tackles and six sacks.
P - Austin Seibert, 5-10, 175, Belleville West (Ill.), Oklahoma
One of the nation's top placekickers, Seibert also excelled in punting with a 46.6-yard average and 16 balls placed inside the 20.
