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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Jakes | Asembo | Hudson |
Adam | Bird | Beaver Dam |
Maverick | Birkenholz | Gilman |
Drew | Bonlander | Fond du Lac |
Karson | Butt | Edgar |
Tegan | Christiansen | Janesville Craig |
Joey | Cleary | Brookfield Central |
Darios | Crawley-Reid | Martin Luther |
Fletcher | Dallas | Valders |
Jacob | Daulton | Hudson |
Jake | Deates | Kenosha Bradford |
Hunter | Denor | Kettle Moraine |
Ian | Doell | Luxemburg-Casco |
Brent | Dumke | Northern Elite |
Russell | Enea | Whitefish Bay |
Rian | Flynn | Elk Mound |
Brett | Gerdes | Melrose-Mindoro |
Nolan | Hertel | Marshfield |
Steve | Hoepfner | Saint Mary’s Springs |
Steven | Hoffmann | Shawano |
Caleb | Hotchkiss | Kettle Moraine |
Evan | Johnson | Kaukauna |
Garrett | Kempen | West De Pere |
William | Ketterhagen | Waterford |
Carson | Koch | Two Rivers |
Dominick | Kollmann | Menomonee Falls |
Cameron | Krueger | Cudahy |
Luke | Letsch | Racine St. Catherine’s |
Jeraed | Lighthizer | Slinger |
Jacob | Lippe | Port Washington |
Tyler | Maxwell | Elmwood/Plum City |
Cam | McDonald | Brookfield East |
Ben | Milas | Stanley-Boyd |
Joe | Mlachnik | Muskego |
Jack | Mulvaney | Brookwood |
Shane | O’Brien | Marquette |
Cade | Osborn | Regis |
Jalen | Ostrowsky | Monona Grove |
Danny | Pittz | Mineral Point |
Trent | Remmers | Waukesha West |
Jackson | Richter | Belleville |
Caleb | Ruf | Bloomer |
Zach | Ruf | Bloomer |
Jake | Schara | New Berlin Eisenhower |
Mike | Steinmetz | Saint Croix Central |
Caleb | Stulo | Racine Horlick |
Eli | Tranel | West Bend West |
James | Ver Voort | Shiocton |
Paul | Vildberg | Mukwonago |
Mitchell | Waechter | Saint Mary’s Springs |
Emory | Weeden | Homestead |
Alex | Weyernberg | Appleton East |
Corey | White | Milwaukee Riverside |
Tysen | White | McFarland |
Thomas | Wojnowski | Oak Creek |
Okley | Wrensch | Stratford |