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Jim Leonhard Award Pre-Season Watch List

08/11/2022, 7:30am CDT
By Travis Wilson

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.

JIM LEONHARD AWARD PRE-SEASON WATCH LIST

First Last Team
Brady Belisle Saint Croix Falls
Wyatt Bell River Falls
Will Bieber Coleman
Nate Brazgel Lake Country Lutheran
Boston Brindley La Crosse Central
Dan Brost Fort Atkinson
Logan Burzynski Stanley-Boyd
Anthony Chung Homestead
Mason Clark Bay Port
Anthony Corona Wilmot
A.J. Courchaine Bay Port
Carver Cram Oshkosh West
Aaron Cummings Hartford
Taye Derrico Appleton East
Sean DuCharme Waunakee
Jax Effertz Cumberland
Aren Ekern Columbus
Austin Eklund Sussex Hamilton
Mason Evans Tomahawk
Jarod Falkner Mondovi
Dadon Gillen McFarland
Cole Girard Mukwonago
Dawson Goodman Chippewa Falls
Caden Healy Colby
Zach Johnson Fox Valley Lutheran
Seth Johnson Badger
Carter Kriewaldt Freedom
Scout Lauer Sussex Hamilton
Logan Lawonn Muskego
Mateo Lopez Colby
Brady Mader Arrowhead
Owen Martinson Waterford
Trent Mullen Appleton North
Jase Nelson Northwestern
Samuel Noel Kettle Moraine
Quin O’Keefe Milwaukee Reagan
Kris Payton Milwaukee Vincent
Ashton Pfaff New Lisbon
Steven Piontek Oak Creek
Bryce Rataczak Randolph
Jahquan Redding Greenfield
J.P. Rguig Lake Mills
Brock Salm Appleton North
Mark Schaefer Living Word Lutheran
Jack Statz Kimberly
Caleb Stoll Markesan
Grayson Tabor Brookfield East
Daniel Tanty Marquette
Davion Thomas Kumpula Racine St. Catherine's
Aidyn Vondra Brodhead/Juda
Thomas Walder West De Pere
Lawton Weber Sheboygan North
Mason Wells Pulaski
Mason Werner Baldwin-Woodville
Levi White Augusta

About the Author

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

For the latest and most up to date football news and recruiting information, follow Travis on Twitter @travisWSN. Email story ideas, recruiting info, etc. to Travis at travis(at)wissports.net.

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