Palm Beach Gardens junior linebacker Vandarius Cowan picked up another postseason honor Wednesday.
![Vandarius Cowan finished the season with 102 tackles and two forced fumbles for Palm Beach Gardens. (Post file photo)]()
Vandarius Cowan finished the season with 102 tackles and two forced fumbles for Palm Beach Gardens. (Post file photo)
The four-star recruit was named to the CBS MaxPreps 2015 Football Junior All-American Team. He is one of 59 players from around the country to be selected to the team, and the only player from Palm Beach County.
Cowan, an FSU commit, was named Second Team Defense.
Four other Florida players were named to the team. They are Jacksonville-Trinity Christian Academy defensive back Shaun Wade (First Team Defense), Orlando-Dr. Phillips lineman Calvin Ashley (Second Team Offense), Tampa-Jesuit running back Malik Davis (Second Team Offense) and Pembroke Pines-Flanagan defensive back Stanford Samuels (Second Team Defense).
Cowan, an All-Area Large Schools First Team Defense selection, finished the 2015 season with 102 tackles and two forced fumbles for the Gators.
Here is the CBS MaxPreps 2015 Football Junior All-American Team, with local players highlighted in bold:
First Team Offense
WR – Donovan Peoples-Jones, 6-2, 192, Cass Tech (Detroit)
WR – Tee Higgins, 6-4, 184, Oak Ridge (Tenn.)
WR – Tyjon Lindsey, 5-8, 165, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
TE – Hunter Bryant, 6-3, 240, Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.)
OL – Wyatt Davis, 6-5, 315, St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
OL – Wes Harris, 6-3, 285, Aledo (Texas)
OL – Josh Myers, 6-6, 295, Miamisburg (Ohio)
OL – Kayden Lyles, 6-3, 260, Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
OL – Austin Jackson, 6-6, 270, North Canyon (Phoenix)
QB – Tate Martell, 5-11, 170, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
QB – Sam Ehlinger, 6-1, 205, Westlake (Austin, Texas)
RB – Najee Harris, 6-2, 222, Antioch (Calif.)
RB – Biaggio Walsh, 5-9, 179, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
RB – Khalan Laborn, 5-9, 190, Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.)
ATH – Dylan McCaffrey, 6-5, 200, Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
K – Brenton King, 6-0, 165, Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)
First Team Defense
DL – A.J. Epenesa, 6-5, 260, Edwardsville (Ill.)
DL – Robert Beal, 6-4, 230, Norcross (Ga.)
DL – K’lavon Chaisson, 6-3, 220, North Shore (Houston)
DL – Tyler Shelvin, 6-3, 300, Northside (Lafayette, La.)
LB – Dylan Moses, 6-3, 215, University Lab (Baton Rouge, La.)
LB – David Adams, 6-2, 225, Central Catholic (Pittsburgh)
LB – Thomas Johnston, 6-2, 220, Spanish Fort (Ala.)
LB – Anthony Hines III, 6-3, 230, Plano East (Texas)
LB – Joshua Ross, 6-1, 225, St. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.)
DB – Shaun Wade, 6-2, 185, Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.)
DB – Lamont Wade, 5-9, 190, Clairton (Pa.)
DB – Jamyest Williams, 5-9, 180, Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.)
DB – Jeffrey Okudah, 6-2, 195, South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas)
P – Manny Berz, 5-10, 180, Citrus Hill (Perris, Calif.)
Second Team Offense
WR – Darnay Holmes, 5-10, 190, Calabasas (Calif.)
WR – Sage Surratt, 6-2, 200, East Lincoln (Denver, N.C.)
WR – Osiris St. Brown, 6-1, 170, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
TE – Grant Calcaterra, 6-4, 210, Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
OL – Isaiah Wilson, 6-7, 320, Poly Prep Country Day (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
OL – Calvin Ashley, 6-7, 300, Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.)
OL – Henry Bainivalu, 6-7, 295, Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.)
OL – Popo Aumavae, 6-4, 300, St. Mary’s (Stockton, Calif.)
QB – Jake Fromm, 6-3, 225, Houston County (Warner Robins, Ga.)
QB – Tim Tawa, 6-0, 175, West Linn (Ore.)
RB – Malik Davis, 5-11, 180, Jesuit (Tampa, Fla.)
RB – J.K. Dobbins, 5-9, 184, La Grange (Texas)
RB – Cam Akers, 6-0, 210, Clinton (Miss.)
ATH – Myles Brennan, 6-3, 182, St. Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, Miss.)
K – Brayan Diaz, 6-0, 205, Monroe (N.C.)
Second Team Defense
DL – Marvin Wilson, 6-4, 316, Episcopal (Bellaire, Texas)
DL – Langi Tuifua, 6-3, 200, Bingham (South Jordan, Utah)
DL – Haskell Garrett, 6-2, 279, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
DL – Darnell Ewell, 6-3, 300, Lake Taylor (Norfolk, Va.)
LB – TD Blackmon, 6-0, 217, Maryville (Tenn.)
LB – Baron Browning, 6-3, 220, Kennedale (Texas)
LB – Joshua Brown, 6-2, 225, Long Beach Poly (Calif.)
LB – Will Ignont, 6-1, 215, Buckhorn (New Market, Ala.)
LB – Vandarius Cowan, 6-3, 225, Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.)
DB – Deangelo Gibbs, 6-2, 200, Peachtree Ridge (Suwanee, Ga.)
DB – Isaiah Pryor, 6-2, 195, Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.)
DB – Richard Lecounte, 6-0, 185, Liberty County (Hinesville, Ga.)
DB – Stanford Samuels, 6-2, 175, Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
P – Kealii Maruyama, 5-9, 200, Foothill (Henderson, Nev.)