Benton tight end Davis Sellers wins Fans' preseason Player of the Year poll

Davis Sellers topped 40 players representing the 40 football teams in the Shreveport-Bossier area to win the 2021 Fans' Choice preseasonPlayer of the Year voting.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pound tight end accumulated 30,327 votes to edge St. Mary’s junior quarterback Adam Parker, who received 28,791 votes. 

There were 100,858 votes cast by supporters.

Sellers, who helped Benton to a 12-7 win against Northwood on Thursday, will be presented a backpack with a Raising Cane’s boxed lunch gift card courtesy of Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and The Times.

“Davis is primed for a breakout season,” Benton coach Reynolds Moore said. “We didn’t do a good job of utilizing his skill set last season, but we feel like this will be a big year for him. He’s a four-year starter on the defensive line for us as well. He can catch, has legit 4.5/4.6 speed and is a devastating blocker.”

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It’s the second consecutive year for a Benton athlete to top the voting. Former Benton linebacker Ashur Hall won the voting last fall with Loyola’s Ean Burch as the runner-up. 

Also on the POY ballot were Jaden Miller, Airline; Markecion Carr, Arcadia; Sedric Applewhite Jr., Bossier; Roy Morris, BTW; Mitchell Ramsey, Byrd; Landry Lyddy, Calvary; Kendrick Law Jr., Captain Shreve; Caden Middleton, Cedar Creek; Gavin Rawls, D'Arbonne Woods; Isaac Erickson, Evangel; Cale Hollis, Glenbrook School; De’Coldest Crawford, Green Oaks; DJ Gladney, Haughton; Keegan Goodwin, Haynesville; Takeviuntae Kidd, Homer; Demajah Riley, Huntington; Tydre Malone, Jonesboro-Hodge; Kobe Mangrum, Lakeside; Dillon Pikes, Lakeview; Imani Marcel, Lincoln Prep; Khameron Boykins, Logansport; 

Tray Taylor, Loyola; Leon Robertson, Magnolia; Monquavious Wells, Mansfield; Tackett Curtis, Many; Kentravion Lister, Minden; Caylin Demars, Natchitoches; Omarion Miller, North Caddo; Kelvin Kinney, North DeSoto High; Jatareon Robinson, North Webster; Marjayvious Moss, Northwood; Ed Moses, Parkway; Braeden Sterling, Plain Dealing; Tre Smith, Red River; Tyrin Cunningham, Ringgold; BJ Green, Ruston; Tre’ Johnson, Southwood; and Dylan Foster, Woodlawn. 

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