Vote: Which Salem-Keizer area defensive lineman will make the biggest impact in 2025?

Vote for the defensive lineman from the Salem-Keizer area you think will have the biggest season.

The 2025 Oregon high school football season is less than a month away. The Statesman Journal is taking a close look at the impact players in the Salem-Keizer area from each position and letting you vote for which is the best.

After voting for the offensive players, you now get to decide which defensive lineman will have the biggest impact this season.

Here are the nominees:

  • Levi Brace, South Salem
  • Troy Bochsler, Scio
  • Sullivan Grott, St. Paul
  • Matthew Hinkle, Cascade
  • Max Knapp, Sprague
  • Bryce May, Cascade
  • Logan Oliveira, Dayton
  • Mason Vela, Central
  • Hudson Wyss, St. Paul

Make your selection of the area's best defensive linemen and be sure to read all of our preview coverage with the OSAA season beginning Aug. 29. Voting will close at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15. Vote at statesmanjournal.com/sports.

Hudson Wyss (10) and the St. Paul defensive line match up against Oakland in the 2024 2A football state title game in Cottage Grove. Wyss is among the area's top returning defensive linemen this fall.

Landon Bartlett covers high school sports and Oregon State for the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at [email protected] or on X or Instagram @bartlelo

This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Vote for the top Salem-Keizer area defensive lineman

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