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The Observer’s Top 50 college football recruits in the Carolinas

Scotland High football player Zamir White is rated the No. 1 running back prospect in the entire nation for the rising senior class. [Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer]
Scotland High football player Zamir White is rated the No. 1 running back prospect in the entire nation for the rising senior class. [Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer]

On National Signing Day, here are the Carolinas top 50 college football recruits in the class of 2018

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North Carolina

1. Zamir White, Scotland County, RB, 6-1, 220 (Georgia)

2. KJ Henry, West Forsyth, DE, 6-6, 235 (Clemson)

3. Jordyn Adams, Cary Green Hope, WR, 6-2, 175 (UNC)

4. Rick Sandidge, Concord, DT, 6-5, 288 (undecided)

5. Payton Wilson, Hillsborough Orange, OLB, 6-4, 225 (NC State)

6. Ricky Person, Wake Forest Heritage, RB, 6-2, 200 (N.C. State)

7. Dax Hollifield, Shelby, LB, 6-2, 236 (Virginia Tech)

8. Tre Turner, Northwest Guilford, WR, 6-4, 185 (Virginia Tech)

9. Dyami Brown, West Mecklenburg, WR, 6-2, 180 (UNC)

10. Jamal Elliott, Durham Hillside, RB, 5-10, 180 (Oregon)

11. Alim McNeill, Raleigh Sanderson, DT, 6-2, 272 (NC State)

12. JoVaughn Gwyn, Harding, OG, 6-3, 290 (South Carolina)

13. Avery Jones, Havelock, OG, 6-4, 275 (UNC)

14. Alan Tisdale, Greensboro Page, OLB, 6-3, 208 (Va. Tech)

15. Jordan Davis, Mallard Creek, DT, 6-6, 330 (Georgia)

16. Devon Lawrence, Wake Forest, RB, 5-11, 195 (UNC)

17. DJ Crossen, Greensboro Dudley, DB, 6-2, 180 (Va. Tech)

18. Gunnar Holmberg, Wake Forest Heritage, QB, 6-3, 180 (Duke)

19. Holton Ahlers, Greenville Conley, QB, 6-4, 235 (East Carolina)

20. Mike Edwards, Hope Mills South View, OT, 6-6, 285 (Wake Forest)

21. Justus Woods, Charlotte Christian, RB, 6-1, 185 (Stanford)

22. Nate Thompson, Sanford Southern Lee, DB, 6-3, 185 (Duke)

23. Jahmir Smith, Sanford Lee County, RB, 6-0, 205 (Notre Dame)

24. Nadir Thompson, Bailey Southern Nash, ATH, 5-11, 170 (Va. Tech)

25. Andrew Leota, Asheville, DE, 6-3, 220 (Northwestern)

South Carolina

1. Derion Kendrick, Rock Hill South Pointe, WR, 6-1, 185 (Clemson)

2. Josh Belk, Richburg Lewisville, DT, 6-3, 309 (Clemson)

3. Channing Tindall, Columbia Spring Valley, 6-2, 213 (Georgia)

4. Dakereon Joyner, North Charleston Fort Dorchester, QB, 6-2, 206 (South Carolina)

5. Bryce Thompson, Irmo Dutch Fork, ATH, 6-0, 180 (South Carolina)

6. Jake Venables, Central Daniel, OLB, 6-2, 230 (Clemson)

7. Demarcus Gregory, Duncan Byrnes, WR, 6-3, 205 (Ole Miss)

8. Khalid Jones II, Duncan Byrnes, LB, 6-1, 225 (Northwestern)

9. Kavesz Sherard, Anderson TL Hanna, OT, 6-4, 310 (Michigan State)

10. Hank Manos, Chapin, OL, 6-4, 275 (South Carolina)

11. Sam Hartman, Oceanside Collegiate, QB, 6-1, 186 (Wake Forest)

12. Dennis Smith, Gaffney, WR, 6-2, 185 (Duke)

13. Kelijiha Brown, Saluda, DL, 6-3, 305 (Wake Forest)

14. Jordan McFadden, Roebuck Dorman, OL, 6-4, 290 (Clemson)

15. Braden Galloway, Seneca, TE, 6-6, 225 (Clemson)

16. Trajan Jeffcoat, Columbia Irmo, DE, 6-3, 220 (Missouri)

17. Wyatt Campbell, Lugoff-Elgin, OL, 6-7, 290 (South Carolina)

18. Eli Adams, Rock Hill South Pointe, DE, 5-11, 230 (Va. Tech)

19. Raiqwon O’Neal, Conway, OL, 6-5, 270 (Rutgers)

20. Trad Beatty, Columbia Ben Lippen, QB, 6-5, 220 (Temple)

21. Darius Rush, Greeleyville Murray, WR, 6-2, 175 (South Carolina)

22. Justin Williams, North Charleston Fort Dorchester, ATH, 6-1, 190 (undecided)

23. Jaylen Moody, Conway, LB, 6-2, 225 (Alabama)

24. Steven Gilmore, Rock Hill South Pointe, DB, 5-9, 152 (Marshall)

25. RJ Roderick, Summerville Cane Bay, DB, 6-0, 207 (South Carolina)

This story was originally published February 7, 2018 at 1:58 PM with the headline "The Observer’s Top 50 college football recruits in the Carolinas."

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