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Second-Team All-State pick at nearby Jackson High School...SEMO North Lineman of the Year...Earned First-Team SEMO North All-Conference honors and claimed First-Team All-District accolades...Son of Redhawks Defensive Coordinator Ricky Coon...Played his first two years of high school at Dodge City in Kansas.
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Attended Liberty North High School, where he was a three-time All-Conference, All-District and All-State running back...Ran for 3,623 yards and 54 touchdowns with a 9.4 yards per carry average in his prep career...Also rushed for over 100 yards a total of 19 times...Went over 1,000 rushing yards as both a sophomore (1,132) and junior (1,497)...Scored 25 touchdowns his junior season...Caught 42 passes for 873 and another 10 touchdowns in his career...Racked up 4,787 career all-purpose yards.
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First-Team All-Southwest Ohio and GMC First-Team All-Academic pick at Lakota West High School...Third-Team All-State honoree...Finished fourth all-time among his school's leaders with 1,310 receiving yards his senior season...Also scored 20 touchdowns that year...Member of the baseball team, as well.
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Named First-Team All-District 9 4A honors three times during his career at De La Salle High School in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Played both offensive and defensive line at Henderson County High School...Also played basketball.
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Played in six games on the offensive line at Northwestern State during the 2023 season...Started at left tackle at UL Lafayette...Competed in football and track & field at Mississippi Valley State after initially committing to Tulsa...Went to River Rouge High School, where he was a three-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports.com...Helped the Panthers go from winless his freshman year to a team that put together a 25-3 record over his final two prep seasons...Honor Roll student that was a magna cum laude graduate.
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Dual threat quarterback out of Carmel Catholic High School...Threw for 1,740 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior...Completed 148-of-247 passes for 1,706 yards and nine touchdowns, and ran for 28 yards and another two scores his junior year.
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Spent five years (2019-23) at Southland Conference member Northwestern State...Accumulated 209 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks in 37 games at linebacker...Recorded 96 solo tackles in his career with the Demons...Had a career-best 70 tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss in 2022...Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com at Franklin High School...Four-year letterman...Honorable Mention Class 3A All-State pick...Earned District 10-3A-I Most Valuable Player honors as a junior after recording 158 tackles, 14 pass breakups, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery...Also rushed for 1,135 yards and 17 touchdowns on offense...Earned First-Team All-State accolades that year.
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Four-time State Champion linebacker at Thompson High School...North/South AHSAA All-Star...Notched 51 tackles, one interception and two sacks as a senior...Registered 55 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and four sacks his junior season.
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First-Team All-Conference, All-District and All-State running back at Hillsboro High School...Named to the Regional Radio Football Dream Team...Ran for 1,605 yards and 26 touchdowns on 152 carries as a senior...Averaged 10.6 yards per rush...Caught 12 passes for 449 yards and five touchdowns, and accumulated 2,054 all-purpose yards...Scored a total of 208 points...Also a member of the basketball and track & field teams.
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Recorded 54 tackles, 31 solo stops and three sacks as a freshman at Trinity Valley Community College...Averaged 7.7 tackles per game...Finished with double-digit tackle three times with a season-best 13 at Cisco College...First-Team All-Conference selection at Crosby High School...Was a two-time All-District Defensive Most Valuable Player and earned First-Team All-State honors twice in his prep career.
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Played the last two seasons at Coffeyville Community College...Notched 52 tackles, one forced fumble and four pass breakups in his junior college career...Finished with 41 tackles and averaged 4.6 a game as a sophomore in 2023...Attended Wichita Heights High School as a prep.
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Played in one game at American Conference member UAB in 2023...Spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Northwest Mississippi Community College...Helped Northwest Mississippi CC to a 10-2 record in 2022 and a 9-3 mark in 2021...Was the Region 2-5A Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior at Canton High School...First-Team Mississippi Association of Coaches 5A All-State pick...Garnered First-Team All-Metro honors...Was also a member of the track & field team.
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Two-time Second-Team All-State perfomer at St. Xavier High School...Team Captain...Was teammates with defensive lineman Ashton Jones who also signed with the Redhawks.
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All-State safety at Fayetteville High School...Registered over 90 tackles, 10 pass breakups, five interceptions and three forced fumbles as a senior...Blocked two punts and one field goal, and returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown.
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State Champion at Calvary Baptist Academy...One of the best defensive backs in Louisiana...Led Calvary Baptist to a 10-0 record and totaled 35 solo tackles, 46 assisted stops, four tackles for loss, one interception, four fumble recoveries and a blocked punt during his senior year.
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Claimed All-State and All-Conference honors at Mountain Home High School...Tallied 92 tackles, including 66 solo stops as a senior...Had 32 tackles for loss and 11 sacks that year...Finished with 114 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and 14 sacks his junior year...Also a member of the basketball and track & field teams.
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Transfers to Southeast Missouri from Trinity Valley Community College...Prior to Trinity Valley CC, he was a preferred walk-on at the University of Tennessee...Four-year starter at Caldwell County High School...Rated as a three-star prospect and the 19th best player in Kentucky according to the 247Sports Composite...Held the Caldwell County school record for career interceptions with 15...2020 First-Team All-State selection by the Courier-Journal and Second-Team All-State pick by the Associated Press...Named one of the top 50 players in Kentucky as a junior by the Courier-Journal … Named to the 2019 AllBluegrassPreps.com Team...Helped lead the Tigers to four appearances in the Class 2A state playoffs...Also played basketball.
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Posted 35 tackles, five tackles for loss, four sacks and one fumble recovery while helping St. Xavier High School to a 10-2 season as a senior...Rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com and was among the top defensive linemen in the Louisville area...Track & field star who finished second in the shot put and fifth in the discus at the 2023 Class 3A State Championships...High School Football America (HSFA) Kentucky Academic All-American...Was teammates with offensive lineman Carter Guillaume who also signed with the Redhawks.
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D2-AAA All-Region honoree at Briarcrest High School...Played tight end and defensive end...Caught 13 passes for 85 yards in 11 games as a senior.
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