The Gatorade State Players of the Year are released after the New Year, meaning an honoree receives his award in the graduation part of a senior’s year. However, to simplify the situation, we decided to list the award based on the football season for which it was won. [For example, Kendall Fuller was named the 2013 Maryland Player of the Year, but for the 2012 football season.]
2013 — Taiwan Deal, DeMatha, RB
2012 — Kendall Fuller, Good Counsel, CB/WR
2011 — Cyrus Jones, Gilman, RB/CB
2010 — Darius Jennings, Gilman, QB
2009 — Zach Zwinak, Linganore, RB
2008 — Jelani Jenkins, Good Counsel, LB/RB
2007 — Jelani Jenkins, Good Counsel, LB/FB
2006 — Derek Drummond, McDonough, LB/WR
2005 — Ben Tate, Snow Hill, RB/LB/S
2004 — Derrick Williams, Eleanor Roosevelt, QB/WR/RB/DB
2003 — Derrick Harvey, Eleanor Roosevelt, TE/DE
2002 — Victor Abiamiri, Gilman, DE
2001 — Chris Wilson, Catonsville, RB/LB
2000 — Mario Merrills, Wilde Lake, RB/SS
1999 — Erik Noll, Watkins Mill, OL/DL
1998 — Darnell Dockett, Paint Branch, DL
1997 — Walter Cross, Oxon Hill, RB
1996 — Tyree Foreman, Sherwood, RB/DE
1995 — Tommy Polley, Dunbar, LB/TE
1994 — Bobby Sabelhaus, McDonogh, QB
1993 — DeSean Moore, Forestville, RB
1992 — John Seymour, Linganore, RB
1991 — Sherron Gudger, McDonough, RB/S
1990 — Raphael Wall, Wilde Lake, RB
1989 — Bryce Bevill, DeMatha, RB
1988 — Richie Anderson, Sherwood, RB
1987 — Leon Newsome, Gilman, LB/TE
1986 — Kevin Lyles, Calvert Hall, RB
1985 — Karl Edwards, Aberdeen, T
