Fowler put up tremendous numbers, passing for 2,265 yards and 33 touchdowns while Peterson set school records with 1,876 yards passing and 22 touchdowns.

The Division 7-8 All-State team also features quarterbacks Austin Fowler of Holton and Charlie Peterson of Traverse City St. We wanted to repeat history and do what our 2010 team did. “It put some pressure on us, but I think we embraced it. “From early on, coaches told us 14 was our magic number,” Kopin said. In the playoffs, the top-ranked Tigers beat previously ranked Reading, No. Hudson turned a lot of heads by opening the season with a 59-14 win against Ithaca and it swept through the Lenawee County Athletic Association. “In that state championship game, he was everywhere,” Rogers said. In the state finals he led Hudson in tackles, broke up a pass and forced a fumble. In the semifinal win against Ottawa Lake Whiteford, he had two interceptions and was in on the game-saving tackle with less than 2 seconds remaining inside Hudson’s 5-yard line.

Kopin was equally as valuable on defense. Hudson head coach Dan Rogers is the Michigan Associated Press Division 7-8 Coach of the Year. He is joined on the first team All-State squad by teammates Cameron Kimball, a lineman, and Payton Rogers, a linebacker. He scored 18 touchdowns, the final two coming in the state finals in a 14-7 win against Beal City. After going 4-4 last year, Hudson was undefeated this season with a standout defense and a powerful rushing attack, led by Kopin and his 1,616 yards rushing on 254 carries. Kopin was one of five three-year starters who helped lead Hudson’s resurgence to football prominence. We knew it was the start of something good.” “Our coaches knew it was going to be a process. “We were a super young team then,” Kopin said. For his efforts, including a 131-yard, two-touchdown performance in the state finals, Kopin leads the 2021 Associated Press Division 7-8 All-State squad as the Player of the Year. (AP) - Nick Kopin was brought up to Hudson’s varsity football team as a sophomore because they needed bodies on defense for a team that finished 2-7.Īs a senior this season, he became one of the best two-way Division 8 players in the state as he led Hudson to a 14-0 season and the school’s first state football championship since 2011.

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