Kansas Pregame unveils Top 8 seniors in 8-Man I
Clockwise from bottom left: Meade's Brock Keith, Lyndon's Tanner Heckel, Hoxie's Jonathan Mader, Lyndon's Kaiden Massey, and Central Burden's Jace Wunderlich are among the 8-Man Division I Top 8 selections for 2023, as voted on by Kansas high school football coaches. (Photos: All photos except Mader are by Heather Kindall; Mader photo by Kinley Rogers, Hoxie High School Journalism)
Check out the Top 8 list for 8-Man I below and check back for the release of the 8-Man II Top 8, and the 6-Man Top 6, along with capsule releases starting later this week.
8-Man I Top 8:
Tanner Heckel - Lyndon
Ryder Dent - Ell-Saline
Trent Long - Clifton-Clyde
Jonathan Mader - Hoxie
Kaedin Massey - Lyndon
Wyatt Gardner - Wichita County
Jace Wunderlich - Central Burden
Brock Keith - Meade
The voting for the Top 8 seniors included more players than ever before, so Kansas Pregame would like to also recognize an honorable mention list of seniors that received multiple votes, but didn't quite crack the Top 8.
Honorable Mention:
Jesiah Bonura - Cair Paravel
Andrew Smith - Little River
Ian Brian - Cair Paravel
Christopher Michel - Wichita County
Casten Wirth - Lyndon
Jackson Risley - South Sumner
Dalton Morrison - Attica/Argonia
Micah Cauthers - Chase County