Daily Press All-Stars: Warhill's Devonte Dedmon Offensive Player of the Year

Neither injuries nor opposing defenders can stop Warhill multi-threat star Devonte Dedmon

December 22, 2012|By Marty O'Brien, mobrien@dailypress.com | 757-247-4963





"He never took a play off."













"He'd obviously learned to throw since last year."


"We knew, based on where he was lined up, where he was going to get the ball," Tabb coach Matt Lawson said. "But his foot quickness and hip movement are so much better than the guys we had defending him.

"You think during the game your guys messed up. Then you watch the film and realize nobody messed up, that he just made a great play."

Warhill 27, Jamestown 0: Dedmon ran for 214 yards and all four touchdowns. The Lions, long the district doormat, finished the regular season 6-4 and reached the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Two days later, he was selected Bay Rivers District Offensive Player of the Year over close friend Jahlil Green of Lafayette, who ran for 1,559 yards and 19 touchdowns. Dedmon admits that Green, a youth football teammate, was often his motivation for playing hurt.

"After all the injuries and illnesses and everybody saying I wasn't as good as Jahlil, it meant a lot to win (district) Player of the Year," Dedmon said. "It meant a lot for our school, too.

"Jahlil's like a brother, and it's a competition between us. He heard about it before I did, and called to tell me and congratulate me."

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