The Jim Leonhard Award is presented to the top senior defensive back as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after former Flambeau High School and University of Wisconsin athlete Jim Leonhard, who has gone on to great success in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, and Cleveland Browns. In 2016 he returned as an assistant coach at Wisconsin.
The pre-season list will be trimmed down to 25 semi-finalists halfway through the year, with five finalists chosen at the start of the playoffs. Winners are announced the week of the state finals.
First Name | Last Name | Team |
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Mitch | Adrian | Altoona |
Jack | Allen | Notre Dame |
Noah | Allen | Wauzeka/Seneca |
Brett | Angiolo | New Berlin Eisenhower |
Nate | Artenian | New Berlin West |
Connor | Barfknecht | Lourdes Academy |
Garrett | Birkett | Lancaster |
Kameron | Blosch | Darlington |
Dennis | Brown | Milwaukee Marshall |
Ben | Cady | Iola-Scandinavia |
Brenden | Canterbury | Waupaca |
Aaron | Chapman | Waterford |
Andre | Childs | Milwaukee Bay View |
Bui | Clements | Verona |
Spencer | DeForest | Cambridge |
Dilan | Dehlinger | Stratford |
Jimmie | Diener | Fond du Lac |
Max | Dorn | Kimberly |
Austin | Flower | Badger |
Cody | Friedenfels | Abbotsford |
Will | Geels | Sussex Hamilton |
Zach | Hauser | Hortonville |
Brandon | Heckendorf | Kettle Moraine Lutheran |
Joe | Heffernan | Marquette |
Carson | Heus | New Holstein |
Trent | Ingalls | Menasha |
LO | Johnson | Waunakee |
Kadon | Kauppinen | Sun Prairie |
Will | Kennedy | University School |
Travis | Klassy | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
Jacob | Klister | Wrightstown |
Zach | Krause | Clinton |
Brennan | Kulibert | Winnebago Lutheran |
Brayden | Kurth | New London |
Zack | Langemeier | Wisconsin Rapids |
Reed | Larson | Waukesha West |
Christian | Mathews | Appleton North |
Collin | Meyer | Stanley-Boyd |
Nate | Meyer | Colby |
Jared | Mortenson | Wausau West |
Craig | Newsome, Jr. | Holmen |
Preston | Olp | Pulaski |
Blake | Pahlow | Appleton West |
Billy | Pitroski | Greenfield |
Max | Plunkett | Superior |
Ben | Price | Homestead |
Chandler | Pulvermacher | Arrowhead |
Christian | Reynosa | Saint Francis |
Paul | Schneider | Waukesha West |
Dominic | Scola | Lodi |
Noah | Skifton | Onalaska |
Lucas | Statz | Waunakee |
Mason | Steffen | Waunakee |
Kordell | Stillmunkes | Cuba City |
Carson | Strong | Glenwood City |
Brandon | Sutton | Rice Lake |
Brad | Tobin | Franklin |
Connor | Vogt | Pewaukee |
TQ | Washington | Kenosha Bradford |
David | Young | Pewaukee |
Brayden | Zettle | Monroe |
Riley | Zuhde | Waunakee |