Liberty Patriots

By Lee Brecheen

Head Coach: Korey Lindsey (2nd year)

2022 Record: 1-8

Class & District: Class 5A & District 4

Liberty OL Keydren Holliday (Photo by @aisxncephotography)

“We lost 24 Seniors to graduation, who played the bulk of the last 3 years for us,” Liberty head coach Korey Lindsey said. “We had a ton of injuries in 2022 and that led us having to play a good bit of our J.V. squad. I do feel good we have that experience now and return between 80 to 85 players this fall for the season.”

Liberty OT Jayden Downey (Photo taken by @lynvision)

The Patriots’ offense will be led by QB Owen Ellis who enters his first year as the starting field general. The wide receiver room lost a lot from 2022 but returned some talented players too in playmaker Asante Williams (6-0, 180), second-yeat starter Heisman Griffin (5-11, 180, Sr.), WR Collin Bennett 6-1 195 and WR Tyler Camble (4.45 legit speed) who is a big-time playmaker. The run game has three talented players RB Dedrick Welch, speedster RB Aaron Elzy and RB Zaiden Foster (4.45 speed) is also fast and talented. The offensive line also lost some experience but did return veteran experienced players Keydren Holliday (6-1, 275, Sr.) and OT Jayden Downey (6-1, 270).

Liberty DB Michiah Steewart (Photo taken by @_.dmshots)

The defense lost a lot of experienced starters but returns some very talented young players in the front in DE Roman Jenkins (6-4, 230), a new starting transfer DT Dallas Vernon (6-2, 345) who was a four-year starter at Independence High School, DT Jamie Covington (6-2, 245), DE Jordan Pinnock (6-3, 215), DT Charles Ross III (5-9, 245), LB Keith Joseph (5-10, 210, 4.6 speed) and LB Khavalli Williams (6-2, 218, 4.6 speed). The defensive backfield will have speed and size with three-year starter SS/FS Michiah Stewart (6-0, 185, 4.5 speed), three-year starter DB/WR Raymon McKneely (6-2, 180), who also is a wide receiver on offense, FS/SS Amir Franklin (6-2, 180) and SS/OLB Ashton Sanders Jr. (6-1, 205, 4.6 speed) who is a great tackler.

Liberty DB/WR Raymon McKneely (Photo taken by @_.dmshots)

Coach Lindsay graduated from Scotlandville High School (Class of 2007) and was an FCS All-American DB at Southern Illinois where he was a four-year starter. Coach Lindsay also played in the NFL as a defensive back and the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Several players from Liberty’s Class of 2023 signed to play football which included RB Kaleb Jackson (LSU), ATH Richard McKneely (Southeastern), ATH Cody Rucker (Southern), LB Lester Jones (UL-Lafayette), ATH/QB Khylan Gross (Bellhaven), LB Jordan Okoye(Southeastern) and LB Dylan Aubert (Louisiana Christian).

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