Meet the 2025 Associated Press All-State Team for eight-player high school football in Michigan, as selected by a panel of eight writers from across the state.

2025 ASSOCIATED PRESS

EIGHT-PLAYER FOOTBALL

ALL-STATE TEAM

Player of the Year

QB – HAYLEN BUELL, MARTIN

Haylen Buell rolls out of bed with battling on the brain.

Every sunrise brings another chance to compete, and the three-sport Martin High School standout is always eager to win the day.

“He’s the ultimate competitor,” Martin football coach Brad Blauvelt said. “I have him in first-hour gym class, and whether we’re playing sideline soccer or basketball, he’s out there battling. Sometimes I have to calm him down. It’s first hour and he’s ready to roll.”

That gung-ho, go-getter mentality has driven Buell to great heights thro

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