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Prep Football: 15 “Southern Six” senior standouts selected for pair of big all-star games

A football player in a white jersey with green accents, numbered 99, is making a play against multiple opposing players in maroon jerseys during a night game.
Poplarville lineman Sam LeJeune will play for Team Mississippi in the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

CLINTON — A total of 15 prep football “Southern Six” senior standouts were selected Wednesday morning to participate in a pair of upcoming annual all-star games as well as a coach.

That number includes five players in the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic.

The selections for both that game and the Bernard Blackwell North/South All-Star Football Game were announced at a press conference here at the offices of the Mississippi Association of Coaches Wednesday morning.

A high school football player wearing a white jersey with green accents, featuring the number 5, walks on the field with a mouthguard visible. Teammates can be seen in the background, engaged in the game.
Poplarville running back Ty Keys will play for Team Mississippi in the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
A football player wearing a white uniform with the number 1 is throwing a football on a brightly lit field during a game. In the background, several people, including officials, can be seen on the sidelines.
D’Iberville’s Jordan Walley will play for Team Mississippi in the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

The contest will be played at 12 Noon in Mobile (Ala.) on Saturday, December 12 at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama.

Representing the “Southern Six” in Mobile will be the Poplarville Dandy Dozen do of running back Ty Keys and lineman Sam LeJeune as well as the D’Iberville twin tandemof versatile back/wide out Jordan Walley and lineman Julian Morris in addition to Pascagoula defensive back Kevin Marshall.

No local coaches are involved this year. However, former Picayune assistant and Maroon Tide standout and now current Germantown High head coach Russell Mitchell will serve as Mississippi’s offensive coordinator and quarterback coach under head coach Patrick Scholar of Pearl High.

A young football player wearing a red helmet and white jersey with blue sleeves runs with a football on a green turf field.
Pascagoula defensive back Kevin Marshall will play for Team Mississippi in the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic. (Photo by Destiny DeBuysere)
A football player in a blue jersey throwing a pass while being pressured by a defender in a white jersey during a night game.
D’Iberville lineman Julian Morris will play for Team Mississippi in the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Roster for the 2026 Mississippi All-Star Football team, including player names, schools, heights, weights, positions, and coaches.

Meanwhile, 10 “Southern Six” seniors were selected to play for the South squad in the annual Bernard Blackwell All-Star Football Game. That contest is is scheduled for 11:30 AM on Saturday, December 19th at the new Gulfport High School on campus stadium.

Ocean Springs head coach Jake Bramlett will be an assistant coach for the South team.

The local contingent in that game includes Pass Christian’s Paris Trivillion, Gulfport’s Malachi Smith, Picayune’s Xavier Dennis, Gulfport’s Nic Strickland, Gautier’s Malik Ward, St.Martin’s Aaden Jackson, Poplarville’s Lennox Beech, Stone’s Ben Hendrix and Picayune’s Edgar Cruz plus West Harrison’s Kenthony Townsend.!

A high school football player in a white and red uniform evades defenders on the field during a game, with teammates and opponents in action in the background.
Pass Christian quarterback Paris Trivillion will play for the South in the annual Bernard Blackwell All-Star Football Game. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Roster of the South Team for the 2026 Bernard Blackwell Classic All-Star Football, listing players' names, schools, heights, weights, positions, and coaches.
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