Tyler Johnston is Alabama’s 2015 Mr. Football.

The senior, who was 35-0 in his career as Spanish Fort’s starting quarterback and led the Toros to the Class 6A state title this season, was crowned at the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s annual Player of the Year Banquet in Montgomery on Wednesday afternoon. The banquet was presented by the Alabama High School Athletic Director and Coaches Association.

He also was named Class 6A Back of the Year.

"It feels great," said Johnston, the first player from Spanish Fort to win Mr. Football. "I couldn't have done it without my teammates, my community and my school. That's for sure."

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The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Johnston edged Johnston’s Spanish Fort team winning, 31-28.

Johnston finished with 148 votes to Pigrome's 139. Five-star linebacker Pigrome also tied for second behind Kerryon Johnson a year ago.

Johnston, a UAB commit, is the first quarterback to win the honor since Daphne running back T.J. Yeldon in 2011.

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Johnston missed nine games in 2014 due to a torn ACL but responded with his best year as a senior. He completed 67 percent of his passes for 3,619 yards and 39 touchdowns. He also ran for 750 yards and 13 scores. His performance garnered him the AL.com Coastal Alabama Player of the Year Award as well as the overall AL.com Player of the Year Award for the state.

"I knew he was a great competitor," said Spanish Fort coach Ben Blackmon, who took over for Mark Freeman last winter. "I knew that if there was anyone who could overcome something like that, Tyler Johnston was the guy in our program. From the time I walked in the door, he was already working to get back.

"Our athletic trainer, Rob Milam, really pushed him. I think his challenge was to have the best year he’s ever had in high school his senior year to prove to everyone that he wasn’t done with the injury, and I think he showed that on the field."

Another person who wasn't surprised with Johnston's successful return to the field was his younger brother, Thomas.

"Knowing Tyler I the way I do, I'm not surprised by anything he does," said Thomas Johnston, himself a finalist for Class 6A Lineman of the Year. "People outside of our family might not have thought that. But the mindset he had that God had a plan for him, that there was a great purpose -- I knew he would be back. He had in his mind he was going to outwork everyone to get back to where he was. He came back even better."

Spanish Fort finished 15-0 – the only unbeaten team in any classification in the Alabama High School Athletic Association. Tyler Johnston played the final game and a half with a torn ligament in his throwing elbow.

"It feels OK," he said. "It's not great, but I wasn't going to miss that title game."

Dr. James Andrews is treating Johnston's elbow and is hopeful he can avoid surgery. That decision will likely be made at the end of the month.

For his high school career, he completed 426 of 626 pass attempts for 8,338 yards and 83 touchdowns. He also ran for 2,706 yards and 44 touchdowns on 359 carries. He finished with a career yardage total of 11,044.

Before his first start at quarterback in 2013, Johnston also started at five other positions for the Toros.

He is the first UAB commitment to win Mr. Football since Cory Whisenant in 1999.

"It feels awesome, and I'm so humbled and honored," Johnston said. "It's a great cap to my high school career. Now, I'm just ready to get to UAB and play for coach (Bill) Clark."

COASTAL ALABAMA MR. FOOTBALL WINNERS

1982: Tommy Compton, Leroy

2011: T.J. Yeldon, Daphne

2015: Tyler Johnston, Spanish Fort