FIVE CASEYS MAKE APP'S ALL DECADE FIRST TEAM FOR FOOTBALL

First Team Honorees

Kevin Bauman
Red Bank Catholic tight end, Class of 2020

The 6-5 Bauman burst onto the scene as a freshman, and was part of the Casey's NJSIAA Non-Public III championship team in 2018. The Notre Dame recruit has 30 catches for 514 yards, a 17.1 yard average, with five TDs over the past two seasons. He also had 11.5 sacks as a defensive lineman this season. Bauman will attend Notre Dame in the fall.

Quenton Nelson
Red Bank Catholic offensive lineman, Class of 2014

During his senior season, Nelson helped clear a path for the Caseys to average 8.8 yards-per-rush, rolling up 3,074 yards on the ground that season. He became an All-American guard at Notre Dame, before being taken by the Indianapolis Colts with the sixth pick overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, the highest a Shore player has ever been taken, and went on to earn first-team All-Pro honors as a rookie. The now-6-5,331-pound Nelson was recently profiled by NFL Films.

Liam Smith
Red Bank Catholic offensive lineman, Class of 2016

As a junior, Smith anchored the most prolific offense in Shore Conference history, with the Caseys scoring a record 543 points, rolling up 4,289 yards of offense, an average of 357.4 per-game in going 12-1. Smith went on to play at Duke, and recently entered the NCAA transfer portal with a year of eligibility remaining.

Josh Klecko
Red Bank Catholic defensive lineman, Class of 2013

Klecko, the son of former New York Jet All-Pro Joe Klecko, whose brother, Dan, played on three Super Bowl-winning teams, was a dominant force in the trenches for the Caseys. He finished with 8.5 sacks and 16 QB pressures as a senior, as the Caseys finished as the No. 1 team at the Shore in each of this last two seasons. Klecko played as a freshman at Rutgers before transferring to Fordham.

Joe Coscarelli
Red Bank Catholic defensive lineman, Class of 2012

A dominating force in the trenches, Coscarelli made 105 tackles, including 5.5 sacks, as a senior. He registered 107 tackles and seven sacks as a junior,while returning an interception for a touchdown, with the Caseys going 18-3 over his final two seasons.