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Observer Top 50 Carolinas’ football recruits

Former NFL great Randy Moss took the microphone after his son, Thaddeus Moss, signed with N.C. State on Wednesday. Mallard Creek High School racked up a truckload of college scholarships, mostly in football, on national signing day Wednesday.
Former NFL great Randy Moss took the microphone after his son, Thaddeus Moss, signed with N.C. State on Wednesday. Mallard Creek High School racked up a truckload of college scholarships, mostly in football, on national signing day Wednesday. jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com

Top 25 North Carolina

Rank

Name

Pos.

High school

Ht./Wt.

College

1.

Dexter Lawrence

DT

Wake Forest

6-5/335

Clemson

2.

Keion Joyner

LB

Havelock

6-3/225

Florida State

3.

Landon Dickerson

OT

South Caldwell

6-5/306

Florida State

4.

Austin Kendall

QB

Cuthbertson

6-2/210

Oklahoma

5.

Marquill Osborne

DB

Hough

5-11/180

Tennessee

6.

BJ Emmons

RB

Freedom

5-11/220

Alabama

7.

Diondre Overton

WR

Greensboro Page

6-5/195

Clemson

8.

Robert Washington

RB

East Gaston

5-10/201

Charlotte

9.

Antonio Williams

RB

North Stanly

5-11/212

Ohio State

10.

Divine Deablo

WR

Mount Tabor

6-4/205

Virginia Tech

11.

Sean Pollard

OG

Pinecrest

6-5/301

Clemson

12.

Jamie Newman

QB

Graham

6-4/220

Wake Forest

13.

Chazz Surratt

QB/ATH

East Lincoln

6-3/205

North Carolina

14.

Thaddeus Moss

TE

Mallard Creek

6-3/240

N.C. State

15.

Julian Okwara

DE

Ardrey Kell

6-4/220

Notre Dame

16.

Josh Brown

LB

Mallard Creek

6-4/215

Florida State

17.

CJ Freeman

RB

Northern Durham

5-11/200

South Carolina

18.

Cornell Powell

WR

Greenville Rose

6-1/200

Clemson

19.

Dylan Parham

QB

Southeast Raleigh

6-5/205

N.C. State

20.

Myles Dorn

WR

Vance

6-2/195

North Carolina

21.

Garrett Walston

TE

New Hanover

6-4/235

North Carolina

22.

Isaiah Stallings

S

Terry Sanfod

6-4/204

N.C. State

23.

Taleni Suhren

OT

Ardrey Kell

6-4/281

Wake Forest

24.

Christian Colon

DT

Independence

6-3/310

Penn State

25.

Jordan Brown

RB

Southern Durham

5-11/186

North Carolina

Top 25 South Carolina

Rank

Name

Pos.

High school

Ht./Wt.

College

1.

Tavien Feaster

RB

Spartanburg

5-11/202

Clemson

2.

Stephen Davis Jr.

RB

Dutch Fork

6-3/214

Auburn

3.

Nyles Pinckney

DT

Whale Branch

6-2/259

Clemson

4.

Javon Kinlaw

OT

Goose Creek

6-6/280

South Carolina

5.

John Simpson

OG

Fort Dorchester

6-4/280

Clemson

6.

Bryan Edwards

WR

Conway

6-3/209

South Carolina

7.

Samuel Denmark

WR

Hanahan

6-0/176

Virginia Tech

8.

Avery McCall

ATH

Dillon

6-0/200

Coastal Carolina

9.

Larry Collins

WR

Lower Richland

6-2/188

Coastal Carolina

10.

Brandon Hill

OLB

Heathwood Hall

6-2/215

Duke

11.

Drew Wilson

OG

Bamberg-Ehrhardt

6-3/290

Georgia South

12.

Roscoe Johnson

WR

Union County

6-1/169

North Carolina

13.

Chris Smith

CB

South Pointe

5-11/170

South Carolina

14.

Chavis Dawkins

WR

Byrnes

6-2/195

South Carolina

15.

James Valdez

CB

Orangeburg-Wilkinson

6-0/175

N.C. State

16.

TJ Brunson

LB

Richland Northeast

6-0/220

Louisville

17.

Collin Hill

QB

Dorman

6-5/202

Colorado State

18.

Malik Grate

WR

Pendleton

5-11/151

Wake Forest

19.

Troy Pride Jr.

CB

Greer

5-11 166

Virginia Tech

20.

Justin Berry

QB

West Ashley

6-0/191

Indiana

21.

Norman Hand

DE

Colleton County

6-2/246

Tennessee Tech

22.

Drayton Arnold

QB

Myrtle Beach

5-11/194

Old Dominion

23.

Nick McCloud

CB

South Pointe

6-2 /166

N.C. State

24.

Jayson Hopper

WR

Lexington

6-1 190

Undecided

25.

Cade Stewart

OL

Daniel

6-4/280

Clemson

This story was originally published February 3, 2016 at 5:31 PM with the headline "Observer Top 50 Carolinas’ football recruits."

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