Irvington HS football players earn SFC divisional honors

IRVINGTON, NJ — Several Irvington High School football players earned all–Super Essex Conference–Freedom White Division honors this season, as voted by the divisional coaches.

First team offense:

• Famah Toure, senior wide receiver.
• Kyshir Desir, senior running back.
• Tyler Wint, senior lineman.

First team defense:

• Toure, lineman.
• Samuel Joseph, lineman.
• Zaahmir Anderson, senior linebacker.
• Adon Shuler, senior defensive back.
• Nasir Anderson, senior defensive back.
• Vaboue Toure, junior defensive back, at-large selection.

Second team offense:

• CJ Pittman, Irvington, junior quarterback.
• Daniel McClees, sophomore lineman.
• Kareem Corey, Irvington, junior defensive back, at-large selection.

Second team defense:

• Ismail Shabazz, junior lineman.
• Jachai Littlejohn, sophomore linebacker.

Honorable mention:

• Jayden Michel, sophomore offensive and defensive lineman.

Here are their stats.

Rushing:

• Desir: 190 carries for 1,454 yards, 9 TDs.
• Famah Toure: 95 carries for 720 yards, 10 TDs.
• Shuler: 43 carries for 567 yards, 4 TDs.
• Pittman: 34 carries for 70 yards.
• Corey: 3 carries for 33 yards.

Passing:

• Pittman: 40 of 90 attempts, 869 yards, 7 TDs, 6 interceptions.
• Famah Toure: 5 of 15 attempts, 162 yards, 2 TDs, 3 interceptions.
• Shuler: 1 of 3 attempts, 7 yards.

Defense:

• Shuler: 103 tackles; 1 forced fumble; 3 interceptions, 1 for a TD.
• Vaboue Toure: 89 tackles; 1 forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries, both for TDs; 4 interceptions.
• Anderson: 84 tackles.
• Littlejohn: 74 tackles, 1 forced fumble.
• Addison: 47 tackles; 2 interceptions, both for TDs.
• Joseph: 40 tackles.
• Famah Toure: 37 tackles, 1 forced fumble.

Notes: The top-seeded Blue Knights advanced to the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state playoffs but lost to fourth-seeded Northern Highlands, 17-13, at home to finish with an 8-3 record. Last season, Irvington defeated Northern Highlands, 19-14, in the NJSIAA’s North Jersey, Group 4 state regional final to cap an 11-2 campaign. 

Shuler, who will play in the all-American game in San Antonio, Texas, in January, is a University of Notre Dame commit. Addison is a University of Kentucky commit, and Famah Toure is a Rutgers University commit.

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