The 6'3 225 lbs Essex freshman picked up his first D1 offer from Maryland. This will be the first of many for this young man
Demetrius Stewart Essex Class of 2028
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Wrote about Demetrius in an article back in February
https://virginiapreps.rivals.com/news/prospect-watch-essex
https://virginiapreps.rivals.com/news/prospect-watch-essex
Congrats to Steward again….I saw on FB yesterday 4-22-25, that he got an offer from Virginia Tech as well.
Holy smokes. Kid's a beast. Crazy the amount of talent that comes out of that area.
2 more to look out for in Tappahannock.
6’5 280 Gayron Few
6’3 260 Isiah Johnson
Both in this freshmen class with Demetrius Stewart. Todd Jones is cooking up greatness in Tapp Town.
6’5 280 Gayron Few
6’3 260 Isiah Johnson
Both in this freshmen class with Demetrius Stewart. Todd Jones is cooking up greatness in Tapp Town.
Slight correction on their size. Gayron is my cousin, so I know he’s not 6’5” 280. According to the roster in the online VHSL state mag, he’s 6’0” 250lbs. From what I was told, he has been contacted by a few schools.
Isiah Johnson is 5’9” 255lbs according to the VHSL online mag. Those sizes could change in the next 3 seasons for them…. being that they are young.
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Not being smart but have you seen him lately bro? The young man is taller than me and I’m 6’2! Isiah is about my height or a little taller too. Those kids are going places.
No worries, I’m not taking it as being smart 😁. I saw Gayron about a week ago. He was with my niece helping her and my sister set up for an event at Essex High. Didn’t look 6’5”. But I’m going to reach out to him to get his height and weight. He was telling me that he was going to the Jr. Day at Varina this Sunday
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Guess we both were sort of right. lol. I asked his mom and she said he is 6’2” 280lbs with a 3.2 GPA
Good question!!!! Essex lost 13-14 to graduation. But they still have most of their core players. Still will have Bundy, Holmes & Steward at RB along with an O line featuring three 330 pounders sprinkled with a few others 255, 270 and 280 pounders. The 2 TE’s 6’4” 210 & 6’4” 225 are gone along with Hence the QB who took over the spot when Bundy got injured early in the season. The run game should still be productive. The D took a hit but still should be enough along with replacement.
I would say Essex should be the same for now but they have some jv boys that could make them better if they can step up.
With that said, Rappahannock will darn near be bringing back most of their team and can’t forget that Riverheads will be back in Class 1.
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The Essex Defense was incredible. Don't know how they started the season or what they did mid season, but I know what I saw in Salem at the end of the season. Other than Graham, that Essex defense was the best defense I saw last year in Class 1 or Class 2. Strasburg, Poquoson and Union were right there with Essex defensively, but Essex was just as good or maybe better as those 3 defensively by seasons end.
ESSEX 2024 POINT TOTAL IN 10 REGULAR SEASON GAMES:
Points Scored: 609 (46 per game)
Points Allowed: 55 (4.2 per game)
PLAYOFF POINT TOTAL IN 5 Games:
Points Scored: 229 (45.8 per game)
Points Allowed: 8 (1.6 per game)
TOTAL POINTS SCORED IN 15 GAMES:
838 points (55.8 per game)
TOTAL POINTS ALLOWED IN 15 GAMES:
63 points (4.2 per game)
MOST POINTS SCORED IN A GAME:
70-0 vs Charles City
MOST POINTS ALLOWED IN A GAME:
20-14 win vs Westmorland
LEAST AMOUNT OF POINTS SCORE:
13-8 L to Rappahannock during regular season
4 regular season shutouts
4 reg. season games allowing single digit scores (most scores came vs subs in 3rd or 4th Q)
2 reg. season games allowing double digit score vs Rappahannock 13-8 L and Westmoreland 20-14 win
4 playoff shutouts and 1 playoff game allowing one score 30-8 win vs Altavista
Gayron is an awesome young man. He’s going places in life. All of these young men in Todd Jones’ program are high quality young men. Just don’t find that everywhere.
They had a lot of injuries early on. All State guys Zay Bundy and Jaden Holmes missed multiple games and we know that can make or break you in C1 and C2. If they can stay healthy, Essex will be way better than last year, which is scary.
I said it on the C4 thread (and I truly believe it), they’d beat some of the good bigger schools in the Richmond Metro area.
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