USA Today honors Charlotte Catholic coach Mike Brodowicz, East Lincoln QB Chazz Surratt
Charlotte Catholic second-year football coach Mike Brodowicz was named N.C. high school football coach of the year by USA Today Wednesday. The national newspaper named all-state teams for each state.
In his second year, Brodowicz led Catholic (15-0) to an unbeaten season and an N.C. 4A state title. He is 29-2 in two seasons with two state championship appearances.
USA Today named East Lincoln quarterback Chazz Surratt the state’s offensive player of the year. Surratt threw for 3,546 yards and 48 touchdowns. He ended his career as the state public school leader in total yards (16,590).
The Associated Press N.C. all-state team, also released this week, is voted on by a panel of N.C. media members and is different from the one named by USA Today. The AP team has long been considered the “official” all-state team for North Carolina.
USA Today’s N.C. All-State team
COACH OF THE YEAR: Mike Brodowicz, Charlotte Catholic
OFFENSE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Chazz Surratt, East Lincoln (Denver)
First Team
QB: Chazz Surratt (6-3, 215, Sr.), East Lincoln (Denver)
RB: B.J. Emmons (5-10, 230, Sr.), Freedom (Morganton)
RB: Zamir White (6-1, 205, So.), Scotland (Laurinburg)
WR: Diondre Overton (6-5, 195, Sr.), Page (Greensboro)
WR: Cornell Powell (6-1, 190, Sr.), Rose (Greenville)
TE: Thad Moss (6-4, 245, Sr.), Mallard Creek (Charlotte)
OL: Landon Dickerson (6-5, 300, Sr.), South Caldwell (Hudson)
OL: Jonah Melton (6-4, 295, Jr.), Eastern Alamance (Mebane)
OL: Sean Pollard (6-5, 295, Sr.), Pinecrest (Southern Pines)
OL: De’Jour Simpson (6-3, 330, Sr.), Mallard Creek (Charlotte)
OL: Taleni Suhren (6-4, 270, Sr.), Ardrey Kell (Charlotte)
Second Team
QB: Rico Dowdle (6-0, 205, Sr.), A.C. Reynolds (Asheville)
RB: Jordon Brown (5-11, 180, Sr.), Southern Durham (Durham)
RB: Antonio Williams (5-11, 210, Sr.), North Stanly (New London)
WR: Jayden Borders (5-11, 175, Jr.), Shelby
WR: Sage Surratt (6-4, 200, Jr.), East Lincoln (Denver)
TE: Garrett Walston (6-4, 225, Sr.), New Hanover (Wilmington)
OL: Kollin Byers (6-5, 240, Sr.), Crest (Shelby)
OL: Jack Doyle (6-6, 240, Sr.), Heritage (Wake Forest)
OL: Harrison Gee (6-3, 275, Sr.), Williams School (Burlington)
OL: Peter Leota (6-5, 290, Sr.), Asheville
OL: Joe Sculthorpe (6-2, 280, Sr.), Topsail (Hampstead)
DEFENSE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Dexter Lawrence, Wake Forest
First Team
DL: Marlon Dunlap (6-4, 285, Sr.), West Charlotte (Charlotte)
DL: Grant Gibson (6-1, 290, Jr.), Mallard Creek (Charlotte)
DL: Dexter Lawrence (6-5, 330, Sr.), Wake Forest
DL: Jalen Price (6-3, 290, Sr.), Riverside (Williamston)
LB: Josh Brown (6-3, 220, Sr.), Mallard Creek (Charlotte)
LB: Jonathan Smith (6-1, 230, Sr.), Scotland (Laurinburg)
LB: Chrishon Springs (6-2, 215, Sr.), East Forsyth (Kernersville)
DB: Ryan Jones (6-2, 205, Jr.), Mallard Creek (Charlotte)
DB: Marquil Osborne (5-11, 185, Sr.), Hough (Cornelius)
DB: Isaiah Stallings (6-4, 205, Sr.), Terry Sanford (Fayetteville)
DB: Alan Tisdale (6-3, 195, So.), Page (Greensboro)
Second Team
DL: Nick Coe (6-5, 270, Sr.), Asheboro
DL: Kendall Futrell (6-3, 225, South Central (Winterville)
DL: Zack Gilbert (6-0, 240, Sr.), South Mecklenburg (Charlotte)
DL: Julian Okwara (6-4, 225, Sr.), Ardrey Kell (Charlotte)
LB: Alexander Gagnon (6-4, 225, Sr.), Charlotte Catholic
LB: Dax Hollifield (6-1, 220, So.), Shelby
LB: Aaron Ramseur (6-1, 215, Sr.), Crest (Shelby)
DB: Keyshawn Canady (6-0, 180, Sr.), Wallace-Rose Hill (Teachey)
DB: Myles Dorn (6-2, 195, Sr.), Vance (Charlotte)
DB: Mark Gilbert (6-2, 175, Sr.), Terry Sanford (Fayetteville)
DB: Tyric McCarter (6-0, 180, Sr.), New Bern
SPECIAL TEAMS
K/P Marshall Long (6-4, 225, Sr.), South Rowan (China Grove)
This story was originally published December 30, 2015 at 1:33 PM with the headline "USA Today honors Charlotte Catholic coach Mike Brodowicz, East Lincoln QB Chazz Surratt."