Trinity’s McKee, Catholic’s Green selected for all-star game – Montgomery Independent
Defensive standouts LJ Green of Catholic and Seawell McKee of Trinity are among the 37 players announced for the South squad on Tuesday as part of the 64th annual North-South all-star football game in Mobile on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.
In addition to Green and McKee, other River Region players include defensive back Dorian Jackson and kicker Logan Weighall of Wetumpka, Prattville defensive tackle Carmelo Smith, Jeff Davis tailback Donald Harris and Stanhope Elmore tight end Colton Walls.
“It’s a great honor,” McKee said. “I was really surprised (at the selection). It was very humbling.”
McKee is the second Trinity player selected to the game in the last three years. In 2020, linebacker Walton Cherry was selected to the game and finished as the South’s second leading tackler with seven tackles.
“I talked to Walton Cherry, who played in it, and he said he made a lot of great friends and a lot of connections there,” McKee said. “And I’d definitely like to represent the school well.”
McKee alternates between the secondary and outside linebacker for the Wildcats and likely will play a similar role in the all-star game, according to Trinity coach Granger Shook, one of the assistants for the South squad.
“The fact that he started for us for three years and has played so many positions, he’s going to be utility player in the North-South all-star game,” Shook said. “And the fact that Walton Cherry did so well in the game really allowed guys like Seawell to have a little traction when we nominate those guys. It also speaks to the caliber of talent in the Capital City Conference right now and the caliber of ball that’s being played.”
Catholic’s Green is one of a handful of players who have been selected to play in more than one all-star sport. The football game has been part of Alabama All-Stars Sports Week since 1997 except for 2004 and 2005 when the game was played in December in Troy and starting in 2020 when the game moved to December on a permanent basis.
Green played in the all-star basketball game in July as a junior and will play in the football game as a senior cornerback.
“I was happy to be selected,” Green said. “I get to represent my school on a statewide scale.”
Green is the third Catholic player selected for the North-South game since it changed to a December format in 2020. Former wide receiver Myles Butler, now at Central Arkansas, played in the 2020 game and former defensive end Javen Augustus, now at North Alabama, played in the 2021 contest.
“I saw it when Myles made it two years ago and ‘Twin’ made it last year,” Green said. “That was the first time I saw it. I want to just go out there and have fun, maybe catch me a ‘pick.’
Green, who also plays basketball for the Knights, was talked into playing football two years ago and recently committed to play football at Georgia Tech.
“I’m really proud of LJ, a guy that played high-level basketball and made the transition to football,” Catholic coach Kirk Johnson said. “He proved he could play football. We’re just happy to have kids like him that can put our program up there with some of these other high-level programs.”
The annual North-South football game was played as part of the summer coach’s clinic at the University of Alabama from 1948 to 1983. In 1984, the last year of the all-star game, it was split into two games at Auburn University and Alabama based on classification. The game resumed at Cramton Bowl in 1997 as part of Alabama All-Stars Sports Week, moving to Troy in 2004 and 2005 and to Huntsville in 2007-10. It returned to a renovated Cramton Bowl in 2011 and remained there until 2020 when the game was moved to South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium.
2022 NORTH-SOUTH ALL-STAR FOOTBALL ROSTERS
SOUTH ALL-STAR ROSTER
Name School Pos. Ht. Wt.
Kendarrius Shephard Highland Home ATH 6’3 195
Christopher Bracy St. Paul’s DB 6’2 182
Johntavious Green Catholic DB 6’1 170
DJ Jackson Baldwin County DB 5’10 180
Dorian Jackson Wetumpka DB 6’2 195
Will James Theodore DB 6’1 190
Chris Pearson Orange Beach DB 6’1 180
Jamaroun Satterwhite Loachapoka DB 6’1 150
AJ Prim Foley DE 6’2 260
Michael Towner Vigor DE 6’2 245
Brenton Williams Opelika DE 6’3 240
Garrison Holly Jackson DE/LB 5’11 240
Jordan Bolden Theodore DT 6’0 280
Bryston Dixon Leroy DT 6’3 290
Carmelo Smith Prattville DT 6’2 305
Yorel Williams Spanish Fort DT 6’5 295
Logan Weighall Wetumpka K 6’0 185
Tae Gay Opelika LB 6’0 208
Coleman Granberry Auburn LB 6’1 185
Seawall McKee Trinity LB 5’11 190
Willis Anderson Blount OL 6’5 315
Keyon Cox Central-Phenix City OL 6’5 270
Eric Patrick Auburn OL 5’11 225
Cam Schultz Foley OL 6’5 260
Patrick Screws Eufaula OL 6’6 300
Brody Stewart Andalusia OL 6’3 310
Camron Vickers Benjamin Russell OL 6’4 251
Caden Creel Fairhope QB 5’11 195
Clyde Pittman Auburn QB 6’0 190
Cole Blaylock UMS-Wright RB 6’0 188
Donald Harris Jeff Davis RB 5’10 180
Brayden Jenkins Theodore RB 5’9 175
Colton Walls Stanhope Elmore TE 6’1 210
Anthony Eager McGill-Toolen WR 6’1 170
Jake Godfrey Spanish Fort WR 5’9 165
Mykel Johnson Enterprise WR 5’9 170
Tre Kimmerlin Enterprise WR 6’3 185
SOUTH COACHES
Head Coach — Erik Speakman, Opelika
Assistant Coaches — Ben Blackmon, Enterprise; Jerrel Jernigan, Eufaula; Deric Scott, Foley; Chase Smith, Spanish Fort; Granger Shook, Trinity; Matt Geohagan, Bibb County
NORTH All-STAR ROSTER
Player School Pos. Ht. Wt.
Kamron Sandlin Anniston Ath 6’4″ 220
Steven Jones Gadsden City DB 6’0 188
Jamal Mayers James Clemens DB 5’10” 170
Jamal Miles Pelham DB 6’0″ 165
Antonio Ross Alexandria DB 6’2″ 185
Braxton Urquhart Hoover DB 6’2″ 180
Christian Byrd Pickens County DE / LB 6’1″ 240
Braylon Chatman Hewitt-Trussville DE / LB 6’1″ 215
Christian Douglas Leeds DE / LB 6’1″ 195
Aiden Hall Pleasant Grove DE / LB 6’3″ 200
Mikel Hines Hueytown DE / LB 6’4″ 235
Malachi Jones Sparkman DE / LB 5’10” 210
Trent Wright Mountain Brook DE / LB 5’10” 200
Brian Alston Spain Park DL 6’3″ 260
Will Caneer Arab DL 6’3″ 220
Roderick Knight Hewitt-Trussville DL 6’2″ 285
JaMon Smith Clay-Chalkville DL 5’11” 285
Emmanuel Waller Oak Mountain DL 6’4″ 250
Greyson Simpson Ashville K 5’11” 150
AJ Franklin Hoover OL 6’3″ 240
Ayden Gibson Aliceville OL 6’3″ 290
JD Hall Arab OL 6’2″ 260
Anthony Miles Ramsay OL 6’4″ 260
Mason Myers Moody OL 6’5″ 265
Isaac Rue Muscle Shoals OL 6’5″ 270
Aaron Wood Gadsden City OL 6’6″ 285
Riley Harmon Oak Grove P 5’10” 155
Jack Hayes Piedmont QB 6’0″ 190
Giovanni Lopez James Clemens QB 6’1″ 215
Troy Bruce Jr. Center Point RB 5’9″ 170
Jamarcus Goodmon Dora RB 6’0″ 190
Terrence Robinson Buckhorn RB 6’1″ 190
Toryion Spears Northridge RB 6’0″ 205
Clyde Curry Gadsden City TE / WR 6’3″ 160
Omareon Finch Etowah TE / WR 6’2″ 175
Izayah Fletcher Hartselle TE / WR 6’2″ 175
Jalen Jones Ramsay TE / WR 5’10” 170
NORTH COACHES
Head Coach — Michael Williams, Pickens County
Assistant Coaches — Jeremy Sullivan, Boaz; Matt Patterson, Buckhorn; Matt Glover, Etowah; Rico Jackson, Tarrant; Shea Monroe, Ashville; Chavis Williams, Dora