The 2025 Preseason Football Dream Team will be published by Strib Varsity, the Minnesota Star Tribune’s new high school sports franchise, on Monday morning. If waiting isn’t your thing, this video will deliver all the spoilers.

Randy Shaver, the longtime face of Minnesota high school football coverage who is partnering with Strib Varsity this season, sat down with Strib Varsity reporters Jim Paulsen and Marcus Fuller to discuss the Dream Team selections. You can watch that conversation in the video embedded in this article.

Paulsen led the way on Strib Varsity’s selection process, and you’ll hear both reporters talk about what makes these players from across Minnesota stand out. Shaver adds some of his own insights as well.

It’s a conversation that will get you excited and ready for the season, and get you ready for the publishing of the Strib Varsity Preseason Dream Team article online on Monday at stribvarsity.com.

Minnesota Top 25 teams

The video on this article is about the top players. Next, learn about Minnesota’s top teams. In this video from Strib Varsity, Shaver and Paulsen and fellow Strib Varsity reporter Cassidy Hettesheimer give you a tour of the state’s best 25 teams.