Until this year, Eric Crouch and Seth Olsen were his only players that Millard North coach Fred Petito considered worthy of nominating for Parade's High School All-America football team.

Devin Bass will be the third, Petito said.

“He's as explosive a player as we've had since Eric,'' the longtime Millard North coach said.

Bass and Omaha Burke quarterback Jimmie Forsythe are the honorary captains of The World-Herald's 47th All-Metro Conference football team. Forsythe led Burke to the state semifinals before getting stopped by Bass, who scored the winning touchdown on a long double-reverse in the final two minutes.

Millard North went on to win its first state title since 2005. Bass scored twice in the third quarter of a 28-20 win over Millard South.

The 5-foot-10, 175-pounder had season totals of 955 yards on 71 touches, eight touchdowns, a Class A-leading eight interceptions, nine pass breakups and 44 solo tackles out of 51 overall.

“He makes plays,'' Petito said. “He's really good in space. We needed to cover so much (on defense) that we didn't want to overload him on offense, but he got his touches with his kick returns, his catches.''

Bass had a “nice, solid junior year,'' the coach said, “then in the offseason, we said, ‘Devin, now's the time to step up and finish out making the big play. He channeled his energy to be great every day, Monday, Tuesday. He did that. He was very good during the week and it showed on Fridays.''

There are no Division I offers awaiting Bass — yet. College coaches started visiting high schools Dec. 1 and Iowa, Notre Dame and Kansas have inquired already, Petito said. “They see his (highlights) and say, ‘Wow, this is good tape.'”

Forsythe, a three-year starter for Burke, led Class A rushers with 1,789 yards in 11 games and broke the 3,000-yard mark for total offense by passing for 1,271.

The All-Metro first-team offense has Forsythe, Richard Wynne of Omaha Creighton Prep, Devin Reaves of Millard West and Cleo Miller of Omaha Benson in the backfield; Larves Jones of Omaha North and Ted Lampkin of Omaha Central as wide receivers; Damond Parker, Ryan Wheeler and Landon Arnold of Millard North, Nate Skold of Omaha Westside and Christian Spaccarotella of Millard South in the line and Danny Hamilton of Westside the place-kicker.

On defense are linemen Brandon Yost of Millard West, Hunter Greer of Burke and Jordan Wisdom of Millard South; linebackers Quentin Urban of Millard South, Ben Jansen of Millard North and Nate Kroupa of Burke; defensive backs Zach Leinbaugh of Millard West, Travis Green of Omaha North, Eddie Collins of Millard South, Iowa recruit Cole Fisher of Millard North and Bass; and punter Michael Finocchiaro of Westside.

Arnold, Hamilton and Greer are juniors on an otherwise all-senior first team.

All-Metro selections are based on observations by The World-Herald staff and nominations by high school coaches. All coaches were sent nomination forms via e-mail. Conference coaches met to select all-district teams and list players they deemed worthy of honorable mention all-district.

ALL-METRO CONFERENCE FOOTBALL

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Pos., Player, School, Ht., Wt., Yr.
WR, Larves Jones, Omaha North, 6-2, 182, Sr.
WR, Ted Lampkin, Omaha Central, 5-9, 165, Sr.
OL, Damond Parker, Millard North, 6-3, 300, Sr.
OL, Nate Skold, Omaha Westside, 6-8, 286, Sr.
OL, Christian Spaccarotella, Millard South, 6-3, 260, Sr.
OL, Ryan Wheeler, Millard North, 6-5, 240, Sr.
OL, Landon Arnold, Millard North, 5-11, 250, Jr.
QB, Jimmie Forsythe, Omaha Burke, 6-0, 180, Sr.
B, Richard Wynne Jr., Creighton Prep, 5-9, 175, Sr.
B, Devin Reaves, Millard West, 5-10, 190, Sr.
B, Cleo Miller, Omaha Benson, 5-8, 185, Sr.
PK, Danny Hamilton, Omaha Westside, 5-9, 180, Jr.
DEFENSE
DL, Brandon Yost, Millard West, 6-1, 250, Sr.
DL, Hunter Greer, Omaha Burke, 6-6, 285, Jr.
DL, Jordan Wisdom, Millard South, 6-0, 235, Sr.
LB, Quentin Urban, Millard South, 5-10, 195, Sr.
LB, Ben Jansen, Millard North, 6-0, 210, Sr.
LB, Nate Kroupa, Omaha Burke, 6-0, 215, Sr.
DB, Zach Leinbaugh, Millard West, 5-9, 175, Sr.
DB, Devin Bass, Millard North, 5-10, 175, Sr.
DB, Cole Fisher, Millard North, 6-3, 200, Sr.
DB, Travis Green, Omaha North, 5-11, 189, Sr.
DB, Eddie Collins, Millard South, 5-7, 160, Sr.
P, Michael Finocchiaro, Om. Westside, 5-9, 190, Sr.
• Captains: Jimmie Forsythe, Omaha Burke; Devin Bass, Millard North

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Pos., Player, School, Ht., Wt., Yr.
WR, Zach Kallman, Millard West, 6-4, 185, Sr.
OL, Sheldon Garcia, Millard South, 6-1, 220, Sr.
OL, Glenn Manninger, Creighton Prep, 6-4, 250, Sr.
OL, Brent Learch, Omaha Westside, 6-3, 220, Sr.
OL, Clayton Reynolds, Omaha Benson, 6-1, 250, Sr.
OL, Tommy Enke, Millard West, 6-1, 225, Sr.
QB, Blake Headley, Millard South, 6-2, 190, Sr.
B, Tre Sacks, Millard South, 5-5, 195, Sr.
B, Tiras Bolton, Omaha Westside, 5-10, 175, Sr.
B, Isaac Aakre, Millard North, 5-11, 180, So.
B, Tim Holtmeyer, Papillion-LV South, 5-10, 195, Sr.
PK, Joel Fickel, Millard South, 6-3, 185, Jr.
DEFENSE
Pos., Player, School, Ht., Wt., Yr.
DL, Ed Vinson, Omaha Central, 6-3, 220, Sr.
DL, Tevin Griffin, Omaha Westside, 6-0, 245, Sr.
DL, Zach Adler, Omaha Westside, 6-2, 223, Sr.
DL, Adam Vogt, Bellevue East, 6-3, 245, Sr.
LB, Max Douglas, Omaha South, 6-0, 180, Sr.
LB, Elijah Tostenson, Millard South, 6-1, 175, Sr.
LB, Jared Gegzna, Omaha Bryan, 6-0, 235, Sr.
LB, Shane Wright, Papillion-LV, 5-11, 205, Sr.
LB, Taylor Sidzyik, Bellevue West, 6-3, 200, Sr.
DB, Taylor Hopkins, Omaha Burke, 5-10, 170, Sr.
DB, Tyler Goldsberry, Papillion-LV South, 6-0, 165, Sr.
P, Gailyn Wright, Omaha Benson, 5-9, 180, Jr.

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