The best defenders are the ones who keep offensive coordinators up at night.
They’re the guys you design entire blocking schemes to stop, or force you to determine whether it’s worth throwing the ball in their area because you run a greater risk of a turnover.
TCPalm’s All-Decade Defensive Football Team is loaded with those types of players.
Since 2010, the All-Area Defensive Player of the Year award has gone to a defensive lineman three times, a linebacker three times and a defensive back four times, providing a great foundation for the team. That also made some very difficult decisions for the few remaining spots on the team.
The four defensive linemen are Fort Pierce Central’s Rashawn Shaw and Jerandious Works, Jensen Beach’s Chris Favoroso and Sebastian River’s Tim Smith.
Works and Shaw — the All-Area Player of the Year selections in 2012 and 2013, respectively — were a big reason why the Cobras lost only one regular-season game during those two seasons. Shaw had double-digit sacks three years in a row, and Works had 32 tackles for loss as a senior.
Favoroso and Smith, the lone active player on the team, were two unlockable forces. Favoroso set program records for sacks (31) and tackles for loss (35) as a senior. Smith, a finalist for All-Area Defensive Player of the Year, was a second-team All-American as a senior.
The four linebackers are Sebastian River’s Daniel Lee, South Fork’s Blake Lucky, John Carroll Catholic’s Brock Miller and Jensen Beach’s Nico Sawtelle. Lee, Lucky and Miller all were Defensive Player of the Year award winners.
Lee and Lucky, a two-time first-team all-state selection, both had more than 140 tackles during their senior seasons. Miller was a dominant force for the Golden Rams with 65 tackles for loss as a senior. Sawtelle, Favoroso’s high school teammate, had 132 tackles and 12 sacks as a senior.
The five defensive backs on the team include former All-Area Defensive Players of the Year Dre Grace (St. Lucie West Centennial), Wayne Parks (Sebastian River), Jamien Sherwood (Jensen Beach) and Justin Simmons (Martin County) and two-time first-team all-state pick Joe Figueroa (Central).
Simmons and Figueroa rewrote their school record books for career interceptions with 24 and 13, respectively. Grace was a ball-hawking cornerback for the Eagles and led the area with nine interceptions in 2018. Parks was a key playmaker on a Sharks defense that posted eight shutouts in 2016. Sherwood, an Offense-Defense All-American in 2017, had 71 tackles as a senior.
Former Okeechobee punter Jarrett Mills (Okeechobee) and John Carroll Catholic dynamic returner/athlete Edwin Thomas round out the special teams spots.
TCPalm is going through the past 10 years to select All-Decade high school sports teams. Players were selected from TCPalm’s annual All-Area first teams for each sport between the 2010-11 and 2019-20 school years.
More All-Decade teams
- Vote for the Volleyball Player of the Decade
- Vote for Boys Golfer of the Decade
- Vote for Girls Golfer of the Decade
Writers and editors who have covered these players selected the All-Decade teams, but you get to pick the best of the best. With each All-Decade team TCPalm will include a poll for readers to vote on the Player of the Decade. The winners will be announced at a later date.
TCPalm's All-Decade team
DL Chris Favoroso (Jensen Beach, Class of 2015): Favoroso was the 2014 TCPalm All-Area Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Favoroso, who played at Appalachian State, Montana and Duquesne, had 101 tackles, 35 tackles for loss and 31 sacks as a senior.
DL Rashawn Shaw (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2014): Shaw was the 2013 TCPalm All-Area Defensive Player of the Year. Shaw, who played at Wake Forest, had 90 tackles, 27 tackles for loss and 16 sacks as a senior.
DL Tim Smith (Sebastian River, Class of 2020): Smith is a finalist for the 2019 TCPalm All-Area Defensive Player of the Year award and is a two-time first-team All-Area selection. Smith had 98 tackles, 14 sacks and six forced fumbles as a senior.
DL Jerandious Works (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2013): Works was the 2012 TCPalm All-Area Defensive Player of the Year. Works, who played at Jacksonville University, had 88 tackles, 32 tackles for loss and 11 sacks as a senior.
LB Daniel Lee (Sebastian River, Class of 2011): Lee was the 2010 TCPalm Defensive Player of the Year. Lee, who played at Quincy (Illinois), had 141 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries as a senior.
LB Blake Lucky (South Fork, Class of 2015): Lucky was the 2014 TCPalm All-Area Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Lucky, who played at Bowling Green, had 149 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and five sacks as a senior.
LB Brock Miller (John Carroll Catholic, Class of 2016): Miller was the 2015 TCPalm All-Area Defensive Player of the Year. Miller, who played at North Carolina State and now plays at Boise State, had 139 tackles, 65 tackles for loss and 25 sacks as a senior.
LB Nico Sawtelle (Jensen Beach, Class of 2015): Sawtelle was a two-time first-team TCPalm All-Area selection and was an all-state selection in 2014. Sawtelle, who played at USF, had 132 tackles and 12 sacks as a senior.
DB Dre Grace (St. Lucie West Centennial, Class of 2019): Grace was the 2018 TCPalm Defensive Player of the Year. Grace, who signed with Navy, had 61 tackles, nine interceptions and 12 pass breakups as a senior.
DB Wayne Parks (Sebastian River, Class of 2017): Parks was the 2016 TCPalm All-Area Defensive Player of the Year. Parks, who now plays at Middle Tennessee State, had 81 tackles, seven interceptions and four defensive touchdowns as a senior.
DB Jamien Sherwood (Jensen Beach, Class of 2018): Sherwood was the 2017 TCPalm All-Area Defensive Player of the Year. Sherwood, who plays at Auburn, had 71 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and three interceptions as a senior.
DB Justin Simmons (Martin County, Class of 2012): Simmons was the 2011 TCPalm Defensive Player of the Year. Simmons, who played at Boston College and now plays for the Denver Broncos, had 90 tackles, five interceptions and two defensive touchdowns as a senior.
DB Joe Figueroa (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2013): Figueroa was a two-time first-team TCPalm All-Area and two-time first-team all-state selection. Figueroa, who played at Colgate, had 82 tackles and six interceptions as a senior.
P Jarrett Mills (Okeechobee, Class of 2018): Mills was a two-time first-team TCPalm All-Area and two-time all-state selection. Mills, who played at Keiser, averaged 43.7 yards per punt as a senior.
R/UT Edwin Thomas (John Carroll Catholic, Class of 2014): Thomas was a two-time first-team TCPalm All-Area and first-team all-state selection as a senior. He had more than 2,000 all-purpose yards and scored 18 touchdowns as a senior.
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