Winners, leaders and dynamic playmakers.
Those are the primary characteristics of TCPalm’s All-Decade Offensive Football team.
During the first half of the decade, Fort Pierce Central was the dominant program on the Treasure Coast, earning a Top 25 national ranking in 2013. The Cobras have four players from that squad on the All-Decade team.
That includes quarterback Sam Vaughn, whose talent, consistency and intangibles set him apart from a crowded field of outstanding high school signal callers.
The past decade has seen the Treasure Coast produce some of the best quarterbacks in area history. The list includes Division I quarterbacks (i.e. Carter Stanley and Stone Labanowitz), area and state record holders (i.e. Nick Celidonio and Jordan Watkins) and exciting athletes (i.e. George Johnson, Travares Copeland and D.J. Juste).
Vaughn checks all the boxes. The two-time All-Area Offensive Player of the Year led Central to back-to-back regional championship games, accounted for more than 3,000 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior and set a record with 220 pass attempts without an interception as a senior.
Vaughn is joined on the All-Decade team by former teammates Marcus Levy — a running back who scored 43 touchdowns and scored at least once in 23 consecutive games — and offensive linemen Andrew Guthart and Stewart Reese.
Vero Beach, which has not lost a regular-season game since falling to Central in 2013, dominates rest of the skill position spots with players who rewrote the record books.
Wide receivers MJ McGriff (area-best 110 receptions as a junior) and Michael Smith (single-season record 24 touchdown catches) and running back Akeem Dixon (23 touchdowns as a senior) all were TCPalm All-Area Offensive Player of the Year winners and first-team all-state selections. Demarcus Harris, the area’s all-time leader in receiving yards, is the only receiver in area history to record back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons.
Three utility players make the squad: former All-Area Players of the Year Wonderful Terry (Fort Pierce Westwood) and D.J. Juste (Port St. Lucie) and three-time all-state pick George Johnson (Martin County).
Terry, the hero of Showdown 31, scored 14 touchdowns as a senior and helped the Panthers to a perfect regular season in 2010. Juste, who in 2011 helped lead Port St. Lucie to its first winning season in 20 years, had 2,917 passing yards and 27 touchdowns and 2,710 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns in three years at quarterback. Johnson, a four-year starter at quarterback and wide receiver, accounted for more than 6,700 yards and 70 touchdowns.
All-state offensive linemen Marcus Jackson (Vero Beach), Marcus Norman (Sebastian River) and Cody Olsen (Treasure Coast) and two-time All-Area kicker Donald De La Haye (Port St. Lucie) round out the All-Decade team.
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
QB Sam Vaughn (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2014): Vaughn was the 2012 and 2013 TCPalm All-Area Offensive Player of the Year. Vaughn, who played at Georgia and West Florida, threw for 2,648 yards and 23 touchdowns and rushed for 376 yards and four touchdowns as a senior.
RB Akeem Dixon (Vero Beach, Class of 2018): Dixon was the 2017 TCPalm All-Area Offensive Player of the Year. Dixon, who signed with Syracuse, rushed for 1,400 yards and 22 touchdowns and had 17 catches for 135 yards and a touchdown as a senior.
RB Marcus Levy (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2013): Levy was a two-time first-team All-Area selection. Levy, who played at Bethune-Cookman, rushed for 809 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior.
WR Demarcus Harris (Vero Beach, Class of 2019): Harris was a finalist for TCPalm’s All-Area Offensive Player of the Year in 2018. Harris, who plays at Kentucky, had 73 catches for 1,582 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior.
WR MJ McGriff (Vero Beach, Class of 2016): McGriff was the 2014 TCPalm All-Area Co-Offensive Player of the Year and the 2015 TCPalm Offensive Player of the Year. McGriff, who played at Illinois and now plays at Akron, had 68 catches for 840 yards and seven touchdowns and rushed for 269 yards and six touchdowns as a senior.
WR Michael Smith (Vero Beach WR, Class of 2017): Smith was the 2016 TCPalm All-Area Offensive Player of the Year. Smith, who plays at Pittsburgh, had 66 catches for 1,556 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior.
OL Andrew Guthart (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2015): Guthart, who played at Jacksonville, was a two-time TCPalm All-Area first-team selection.
OL Marcus Jackson (Vero Beach, Class of 2011): Jackson, who played at Tennessee, was a two-time TCPalm All-Area selection and an Under-Armour All-American.
OL Marcus Norman (Sebastian River, Class of 2015): Norman, who played at USF, was a two-time TCPalm All-Area selection and an all-state selection as a senior.
OL Cody Olsen (Treasure Coast, Class of 2020): Olsen was a three-time TCPalm All-Area first-team selection.
OL Stewart Reese (Fort Pierce Central, Class of 2016): Reese, who plays at Mississippi State, was a two-time TCPalm All-Area and two-time all-state selection.
K Donald De La Haye (Port St. Lucie, Class of 2015): De La Haye was a two-time TCPalm All-Area selection. De La Haye, who played at UCF, kicked four field goals and was 15 of 16 on extra points as a senior.
UT George Johnson (Martin County, Class of 2018): Johnson was a three-time first-team TCPalm All-Area selection, three-time all-state selection and TCPalm’s All-Area Athlete of the Year in 2018. Johnson, who plays at Michigan, threw for 1,174 yards and 10 touchdowns and rushed for 442 yards and nine touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass as a senior.
UT D.J. Juste (Port St. Lucie, Class of 2013): Juste was the 2011 TCPalm All-Area Offensive Player of the Year. Juste, who played at Florida Atlantic, threw for 1,002 yards and nine touchdowns and rushed for 1,163 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior.
UT Wonderful Terry (Fort Pierce Westwood, Class of 2011): Terry was the 2010 TCPalm All-Area Offensive Player of the Year. Terry, who played at Western Kentucky, had 1,035 all-purpose yards and scored 14 touchdowns as a senior.
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