Meet the 2024 SBLive/SI Arkansas high school football preseason all-state team

For three years, SBLive Arkansas has honored the state’s top players with an all-class all-state team.

Actually, we pick three teams. It is one of the higher honors football players in Arkansas can receive since it includes all players in all classes – the elite.

As the season quickly approaches, we release our preseason all-state team. This is one team of players who excelled last season and have a chance to be the best when the dust settles on the 2024 season.

See the SBLive/High School on SI Arkansas High School Football All-State Team below.

*All stats are from 2023 season.*

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OFFENSE

QB – Kane Archer, 6-1, 210, JR, Greenwood 

195/266, 2,399 yds, 33 td, 103 car, 659 yds, 16 td

RB – Cam Settles, 6-0, 190, SR, LR Parkview

88 Car, 855 yds, 19 TD

RB – Trent Haygood, 5-10, 160, SR, Camden Fairview

2,354 all-purpose yds, 1,124 rushing, 847 receiving, 383 kor, 18 td

OL – Cairo Terry, 6-3, 240, SR, Bryant

87% grade

OL – Carius Curne, 6-5, 300, SR, Marion

4-star recruit, 350-lb bp, 4.8 speed

OL – Cody Taylor, 6-3, 290, JR, Greenwood

55 pancakes, 78% grade, 11 good efforts, 2 sacks allowed

OL – Evan Goodwin, 6-5, 300, JR, Pulaski Academy

4-star recruit, graded 82%, 10 knockdowns, 19 pancakes

OL – Josh Luallen, 6-3, 270, SR, Harding Academy 

Four-year starter has helped Harding Academy win fourth state title in past five years while compiling over 5,000 yards on offense.

WR – Antonio Jordan, 6-4, 220 SR, Warren

59 receptions, 1,093 yards, 16 TDs

WR – Trenton Cooley, 5-10, 160, SR, Van Buren 

86 rec, 1,222 yds, 311 kickoff return yds, 13 td

WR – Jaison DeLamar, 5-11, 210, SR, Fayetteville

89 rec, 1,438 yds, 17 td

ATH –   Monterrio Elston, 5-9, 170, SR, LR Parkview

1,854 all-purpose yds (847 rushing, 887 receiving, 120 return), 22 td

P: Niko Martinovic 5-10, 150, SR, Bentonville

Ranked as the No. 99th punter in the nation and No. 1 in Arkansas by Kohl’s Kicking

K: Garrett Honeycutt, 5-10, 162, SR, Benton

Rated a 4.5-star prospect by Kohl’s Kicking, he nailed a 44-yard field goal last fall and nearly half of his kickoffs were touchbacks.

DEFENSE

DL – Peyton Adams, 5-9, 270, SR, Pulaski Academy

79 tkl, 48 solo, 13 tfl, 13, sck, 1 fr, 1 blk fg 

DL – Zaccheus Harris, 6-2, 220, JR, Nashville

62 tkl, 10 tfl, 23 sck, 13 qb hurries, 5 ff

DL – Hudson Ball, 6-2, 235, SR, Shiloh Christian

89 tkl, 14 scks (at Jenks, Okla.)

DL – Eli Hill, 6-1, 245,  SR, Bryant

 82 t, 39 tfl, 11. 5 scks, 6 QB hits, 19 hurries, 2 ff, Bp 345 lbs, sqt 600 lbs

LB – Cash Archer, 6-2, 220, SR, Greenwood 

78 tkl, 29 tfl, 20 sck, 38 qb hur, 4 pd, 2 ff, 1 blk punt, 1 blk fg

LB – Walter Hicks, 6-0, 220, SR, Benton 

104 tkl, 11 sck, 4 fr, 2 fr TD

LB – Jayden Dunlap, 6-2, 230, SR, Bigelow

142 tkl, 20 tfl

DB – Jacob Henry, 5-10, 170, JR, Joe T. Robinson

186 tkl, 3 tfl, 10 pbu, 1 ff, 1 fr, 2 int

DB – Marcus Wimberly, 6-1, 200, SR, Bauxite

90 tkl

DB – Connor Frith, 6-0, 170, SR, Perryville

47 tkl, 16 solo, 12 int, fr, ff

DB – Omarion Robinson, 6-1, 190, SR, LR Parkview

52 tkl, 4 int

— Nate Olson | nate@scorebooklive.com | @ndosports