The Tennessee Titans 2024 Mr. Football award winners were announced on Tuesday at Nissan Stadium.
The winners were announced during a luncheon at Nissan Stadium. A statewide panel of high school sports writers vote for the winners based on their TSSAA regular season performance. What athletes do during the TSSAA football playoffs are not considered. Sports writers and Tennessee high school head coaches nominated the finalists.
Jared Curtis, the nation’s No. 1 quarterback in the 2026 class, was named the Division II-A winner. The Nashville Christian five-star junior completed 144 of 204 passes, for 2,263 yards and 29 touchdowns with just three interceptions. He also ran for 444 yards, averaging 7.9 a carry.
Baylor running back David Gabriel Georges beat out Tennessee signees George MacIntyre of Brentwood Academy and Ensworth’s Ethan Utley. The Red Raiders sophomore had 104 carries for 984 yards and 13 touchdowns and holds offers from Ohio State, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon among others.
West Tennessee was well represented with four Mr. Football winners, including Covington’s Skylan Smith (3A), McKenzie’s Tate Surber (1A), Milan’s Jaydon Peete (2A) and USJ’s Noah Spencer (DII-AA). Peete played in the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl 2A state championship game last Saturday.
This is the 40th year of the Mr. Football award. The semifinalists were announced Nov. 2 and the finalists were named Nov. 26, ahead of the Division I state semifinal games.
Here are this year’s winners and finalists.
Winner: Tate Surber, McKenzie
Finalists: Nate Adams, Clay County; Bennett McDougal, Whitwell.
Winner: Jaydon Peete, Milan
Finalists: Andrew Johnson, Fairley; Kason William Young, East Robertson
Winner: Skylan Smith, Covington
Finalists: Eli Graf, Alcoa; Graham Simpson, Westview.
Winner: Tyler Thompson, Marshall County
Finalists: Waylon LaRue, Anderson County; Carson Quillen, Greeneville.
Winner: Eric Hazzard, Page
Finalists: Brenden Anes, Page; Kelvin Perkins, Southwind.
Winner: Donovan Starr, Ravenwood
Finalists: Samuel Iroh, Collierville; Craig Tutt, Oakland.
Winner: Jared Curtis, Nashville Christian
Finalists: Nix Fullen, Tipton-Rosemark; Jay’len Mosley, Jackson Christian.
Winner: Noah Spencer, USJ
Finalists: Hutson Chance, CPA; Kaedyn Marable, BGA.
Winner: David Gabriel Georges, Baylor
Finalists: George MacIntyre, Brentwood Academy; Ethan Utley, Ensworth.
Winner: Philippe Laforge, Baylor
Finalists: Elliott Arnold, McCallie; Ethan Lane, Boyd Buchanan,
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