The starting quarterbacks at Arlington’s four high-school football teams have received all-league honors, rewarding their strong performances during the 2025 fall season.
Three of those players passed for more than 2,000 yards, the other for nearly 1,000. None were starters for any of the Arlington teams in 2024, yet they made a big impact in their initial season.
Of the four, Samson Schneider of the Yorktown Patriots earned the highest accolade. Schneider was chosen first-team all-Liberty District on offense after leading Yorktown to the league championship with a 6-0 record.
In 11 games, the senior passed for 2,080 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran for another 299 yards and five TDs. In 245 attempts, Schneider threw just three interceptions.
“Samson was an accurate passer all season,” Yorktown coach Alec Hicks said of Schneider, who is headed to Division III Denison University in Ohio next fall.
Junior Judah Connor of the Wakefield Warriors was chosen second-team all-Liberty District. He threw for 2,291 yards and 18 touchdowns and ran for 190 yards and two scores. Connor helped Wakefield win three games, the team’s most in a single season since the 2021 campaign.
Of the four Arlington quarterbacks in 2025, Connor attempted the most passes, with 284 in the Warriors’ pass-oriented offense. He also threw for the most yards.
Selected honorable mention as quarterback in the Liberty District on offense was senior Tyler Flint-Steinig of the Washington-Liberty Generals. He threw for 2,214 yards and 17 touchdowns in 11 games. His 180 completions were the most for an Arlington quarterback.
Flint-Steinig led W-L to a 7-4 record and 6D North Region tournament playoff berth.
Senior quarterback Ryan Turpin of the Bishop O’Connell Knights passed for 824 yards and six touchdowns despite missing a game and a half with injuries. Turpin was a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference second-team Metro Division selection on offense.
Of the four Arlington quarterbacks, Turpin attempted the fewest passes (137) in 2025.
On defense for Yorktown, lineman Bobby Shea was chosen as the district Player of the Year. Shea was a big force up front for Yorktown in all 11 games, as opponents struggled to block the senior. Shea made 31 tackles, of which 11 were for losses, with six being sacks.
He forced four fumbles, recovered one, forced a safety, scored a defensive touchdown and pressured the quarterback 33 times.
Shea also will be playing college football at Denison, along with Schneider and Yorktown senior wide receiver Sammy Keiser, another first-team all-Liberty District honoree on offense with his 39 catches and team-leading seven touchdowns in nine games.
Other first-team players on offense for the district champion Patriots were seniors Brady Owens (tight end), Chris Layman (offensive line), Alex Hans (wide receiver) and juniors Nate Randles (runningback) and Jack Ezzedin (kick returner).
In addition to Shea, other first-team players on defense from Yorktown were seniors Jammoris Watts (defensive back), Nicky Palma (linebacker), Max Yoon (punter), Andrew Cole (all-purpose player) and juniors Jack McCorry (defensive back) and Boston Izzo (punt returner).
Hicks was chosen as the Liberty District’s Coach of the Year.
Chosen first-team all-district from Washington-Liberty were senior center Grant Seibert, senior wide receiver Trevor Fullen, senior running back Brayden Black, senior defensive lineman Maximus De La Vega and junior defensive back Miles Whitaker, who had five interceptions.
Selected first-team all-district from Wakefield were freshman wide receiver Xavier Winkelmann, senior linebacker Sean Perry and senior defensive back Chris Gilpin.
The second team Defensive Player of the Year was Perry and the second team Offensive Player of the Year was Owens, with Yorktown’s Colt Montecello the second team All-Purpose Player on offense.
Other second-team players from Wakefield were Gilpin (kick returner), offensive linemen Jack Smith and Jeremiah McCray and place-kicker and punter Andrew Jackson.
Second-teamers from W-L were Bennett Potts (offensive line) and Jeremiah Saunders (defensive line).
The Yorktown second-teamers were Shane Campbell (offensive line), Henry Midberry (defensive line), Yoon (placekicker) and Teddy Sennott (defensive line).
Honorable mention all-district players from Wakefield were Velis Abramham (offensive line), Andrew Mason (wide receiver), Conor Morrison (tight end), Antonio Warlock (defensive line), Seth Bradberry (defensive line), Santiago Aceves Villanueva (linebacker), Dash Gloss (defensive back) and Braden Murray (defensive back).
Others from Washington-Liberty earning honorable mentions were Matthew Helm (defensive line), Henry Cruz (linebacker), Chris Ferrufino-Gonzalez (offensive line), Cooper Colucia (offensive line), David Toepel (wide receiver), Gavin England (tight end) and Landon Jones (placekicker).
Others honorable mentions from Yorktown were Izzo (wide receiver); offensive linemen Noah Taphorn, Nikhil Eastman and Benny Vandall; linebackers Alex Len and Jackman Finnerty; and defensive backs Justin White and Collin Damato.
