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USA TODAY High School Sports is proud to announce the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Mississippi Boys Basketball Team. Players were selected based on their athletic achievements from the 2017-18 season.

For the complete list of American Family Insurance ALL-USA state teams, click here.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Arteria Clifton, Okolona
Clifton’s Chieftains may have been the best team in all of Mississippi, not just the best in tiny Class 1A, finishing 32-2, with their only in-state loss to 6A power Starkville (by two points). Okolona won every postseason game by more than 20 points and knocked off two-time defending champ Ashland in the state final, 80-59.

FIRST TEAM

Player of the Year
Robert Woodard, F, Columbus, 6-6/220, Sr.
Woodard led the Falcons to their second Class 6A state title in three years, averaging 18 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. The state’s two-time Gatorade Player of the Year, he has committed to Mississippi State.

DJ Jeffries, F/G, Olive Branch, 6-7/210, Jr.
The future Kentucky Wildcat carried the Conquistadors to a Class 5A title, notching 21 points a night, to go with 10.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.5 blocks.

DJ Stewart, F/G, Riverside (Avon), 6-6/185, Sr.
The Mississippi State commit was spectacular as a senior, scoring 25.7 points per contest while pulling down 10.6 rebounds.

Miles Miller, G, Meridian, 6-3/160, Sr.
Miller was nearly flawless at the point for the 32-2 Wildcats, recording 17 points, five assists and four rebounds per game.

Javian Fleming, C, Canton, 6-10/235, Sr.
The imposing Alabama commit helped Canton to the 5A semifinals, averaging 17 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks per game.

SECOND TEAM

Ladarius Marshall, F, Forest Hill (Jackson), 6-6/205, Sr.

Michael Barber, F, Jackson Academy, 6-8/210, Sr.

Daeshun Ruffin, G, Callaway, 5-9/160, Fr.

DaQuan Smith, G, Holly Springs, 6-2/170, Sr.

Gabe Watson, G, St. Joseph Catholic (Madison), 6-2/180, Sr.