USA Today All-USA high school football team (2000–09)
Player Position School Hometown College
Russell Shepard Quarterback Cypress Ridge High School Houston , Texas LSU
Michael Ford Running back Leesville High School Leesville , Louisiana LSU
Trent Richardson Running back Escambia High School Pensacola , Florida Alabama
Morgan Moses Offensive line Meadowbrook High School Richmond , Virginia Virginia
Marcus Hall Offensive line Glenville High School Cleveland , Ohio Ohio State
Paden Kelley Offensive line Lake Travis High School Austin , Texas Texas
Stavion Lowe Offensive line Brownwood High School Brownwood , Texas LSU / Bethune-Cookman
Garry Gilliam Tight end Milton Hershey School Hershey , Pennsylvania Penn State
Marlon Brown Wide receiver Harding Academy Memphis , Tennessee Georgia
Logan Heastie Wide receiver Great Bridge High School Chesapeake , Virginia West Virginia
James Boyd Athlete Jordan High School Los Angeles , California USC
Anthony Fera Placekicker St. Pius X High School Houston , Texas Penn State
Teams -- 2008 team
Coach of the Year : George Smith ( St. Thomas Aquinas High School , Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) First Team Offense Player Position School Hometown College Garrett Gilbert Quarterback Lake Travis High School Austin , Texas Texas / SMU Bryce Brown Running back Wichita East High School Wichita , Kansas Tennessee / Kansas State Cierre Wood Running back Santa Clara High School Oxnard , California Notre Dame D. J. Fluker Offensive line Foley High School Foley , Alabama Alabama Xavier Nixon Offensive line Britt High School Fayetteville , North Carolina Florida Seantrel Henderson Offensive line Cretin-Derham Hall High School St. Paul , Minnesota Miami ( FL ) Mason Walters Offensive line Frenship High School Wolfforth , Texas Texas Chris Watt Offensive line Glenbard West High School Glen Ellyn , Illinois Notre Dame Terry Hawthorne Wide receiver East St. Louis High School East St. Louis , Illinois Illinois Randall Carroll Wide receiver Cathedral High School Los Angeles , California UCLA Rueben Randle Athlete Bastrop High School Bastrop , Louisiana LSU Dustin Hopkins Placekicker Clear Lake High School Houston , Texas Florida State First Team Defense Player Position School Hometown College Manti Teʻo Linebacker Punahou School Honolulu , Hawaii Notre Dame Ryne Giddins Defensive line Armwood High School Seffner , Florida South Florida Jacobi McDaniel Defensive line Madison County High School Madison , Florida Florida State Sheldon Richardson Defensive line Gateway Institute of Technology St. Louis , Missouri Missouri Jamel Turner Defensive line Ursuline High School Youngstown , Ohio Ohio State Jamarkus McFarland Defensive line Lufkin High School Lufkin , Texas Oklahoma Jelani Jenkins Linebacker Good Counsel High School Olney , Maryland Florida Dre Kirkpatrick Defensive back Gadsden City High School Gadsden , Alabama Alabama Janzen Jackson Defensive back Barbe High School Lake Charles , Louisiana Tennessee Patrick Hall Defensive back St. Bonaventure High School Ventura , California USC Gabe Lynn Defensive back Jenks High School Jenks , Oklahoma Oklahoma Pete Kontodiakos Punter Countryside High School Clearwater , Florida Colorado State Second Team Offense
USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. In addition, two members of the team are named the USA Today High School Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. The newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year. This article contains the teams from 2000 through 2009.