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

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2 years ago

August 27, 2024

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

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

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9 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined a new national artificial intelligence initiative that launched Thursday, June 25.

RAISE US, started by former Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Gina Raimondo, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce is a nonpartisan national organization that will partner with governors, employers, workers and training organizations to help the workforce transition to an AI economy.

“As artificial intelligence transforms America’s economy, we have one clear message: technology should empower people, not replace them. By leveraging our Arkansas LAUNCH initiative, and with the resources and expertise provided by RAISE US, Arkansas will turn that mission into reality. We want the Natural State to be a leader on education, workforce training, and up-skilling, and this new partnership gives us the tools we need to build a model for the entire nation.”

The organization will design and pilot incentives to retrain workers, new approaches to support job transitions, and training models tied to employer demand.

RAISE US launches with more than two dozen American companies and philanthropies and initial state partnerships in Connecticut, Maryland and Utah.

“America has a technology strategy for leading the global AI competition. It does not yet have a people strategy — and we cannot lead without one,” Raimondo, who will serve as CEO of RAISE US, said.

“If we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won’t have won anything; we’ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it’s already underway. We shouldn’t fearmonger, but we can’t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. It’s time for innovative and practical solutions. This moment demands ambition, urgency, and creativity. We’ve assembled the country’s top companies, best economists, and bipartisan governors at a scale rarely seen — all to advance new ideas and incentives, pilot them with governors and business, and scale what works.”

Governor Sanders is partnering with RAISE US to support Arkansas LAUNCH, an AI-powered career navigation platform that connects students and jobseekers to personalized learning and employer-linked career pathways.

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