The Observer’s Top 50 college football recruits in the Carolinas
On National Signing Day, here are the Carolinas top 50 college football recruits in the class of 2018
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Charlotte Observer-area National Signing Day signees
Tuesday’s high school basketball summaries
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."