All-decade team: Livingston County’s best offensive football lineup for the last 10 years

If you could create an offense from the best players in Livingston County over the past 10 seasons, it would look something like the list below.

One thing that stands out is that Pinckney could really breed wide receivers, with the Pirates claiming all three slots at that position.

There are 12 players, plus a kicker, on this list instead of 11 players and a kicker, because not every team runs a traditional two-back, two-wide set these days.

Colby Newburg

Brighton’s Colby Newburg is the only Livingston County quarterback to lead his team to a state championship game.

► School: Brighton

Senior season: 2019

Position: Quarterback

Accomplishments: Newburg is the only quarterback in Livingston County history to lead his team to a state championship game. In his only season as a starter, Newburg was the epitome of a dual-threat quarterback, throwing for 1,587 yards and 20 touchdowns while running for 1,329 yards and 18 scores. He was the county’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2019.

Joey Clifford

► School: Brighton

Senior season: 2015

Position: Running back

Accomplishments: Clifford was the most dominant running back in Livingston County in the last 15 years. He racked up 4,072 yards and 50 touchdowns on the ground, running for 1,659 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior. He three 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Clifford ran for six touchdowns in a 49-27 victory over Waterford Kettering.

Joey Mattord

Joey Mattord had two 1,000-yard rushing seasons for Hartland before heading to Eastern Michigan University.

► School: Hartland

Senior season: 2022

Position: Running back

Accomplishments: Mattord was the county’s only 1,000-yard rusher in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, rushing for 1,109 yards as a junior and 1,322 as a senior. He finished his career with 2,655 yards and 32 touchdowns on 386 carries before…


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Publish date : 2024-07-28 07:50:35

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