A look back at Gatorade Pa. players of the year

By Mike White | Wednesday, Sept. 23, 3:15 p.m.

Gatorade is celebrating its 25th player of the year anniversary this year and I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at those players of the year.

Each year, Gatorade selects a national player of the year, as well as a state player of the year, for 12 different sports. Here are the Pennsylvania football players of the year: It's interesting to see who made it big and who didn't do much after high school. One thing that's ridiculous about this award was Jeannette's Terrelle Pryor didn't win it in 2007. Someone at Gatorade must have been drinking something other than Gatorade that year because must about every publication was picking Pryor as national player of the year.

Who do you think was the best of the bunch below? You can leave a comment in the "comments" section.

Tomorrow, we'll take a look at the national players of the year.

2008 Zach Barket, RB-LB, Schuylkill Haven

2007 Brendan Beal, LB, Bethlehem Liberty

2006 Pat Bostick, QB, Manheim Township

2005 Pat Devlin, QB, Downingtown East

2004 Justin King, RB-DB, Gateway

2003 Chad Henne, QB, Wilson

2002 Marcus Stone, Bishop McDevitt

2001 Steve Breaston, QB-DB, Woodland Hills

2000 Charles Rush, OL-DL, Erie Prep

1999 Jeff Smoker, QB, Manheim Central

1998 Bryan Scott, RB-DB, Central Bucks East

1997 Dave Armstrong, FB-LB, Central Bucks West

1996 LaVar Arrington, RB-LB, North Hills

1995 Dave Robbins, QB, Berwick

1994 Dan Kendra, QB, Bethlehem Catholic

1993 Floyd Wedderburn, OT, Upper Darby

1992 Ron Powlus, QB, Berwick

1991 Cliff Stroud, OL-DL, Highlands

1990 Greg DeLong, TE-DE, Parkland

1989 Kyle Brady, TE, Cedar Cliff

1988 Sean Gilbert, OL-LB, Aliquippa

1987 Curtis Bray, TE-LB, Gateway

1986 Greg Skrepenak, OL, Wilkes-Barre G.A.R.

1985 Michael Owens, RB, Carlisle