4 Mecklenburg County ; stars named to 2017 N.C.-S.C. Shrine Bowl game
Four Mecklenburg County ; football players were named to the 2017 N.C. Shrine Bowl team.
West Mecklenburg receiver Dyami Brown, a UNC recruit, will be joined by two Harding stars – N.C. State-bound defensive back Malik Dunlap and offensive lineman Jovaughn Gwyn – along with Vance linebacker Gerald Nathan, who has committed to Colorado State.
The Shrine Bowl matches some of the best public hool senior football players in North Carolina against a similar team from South Carolina. This year’s game is Dec. 16 at Wofford College in Spartanburg. South Carolina leads the all-time series 44-32-4, but North Carolina has won the last two meetings.
In addition to the Charlotte-area players, nine players from the Observer region were named to the N.C. team.
They are: Isaac Cochran, Concord offensive lineman; Phillip Davis, Belmont South Point defensive tackle; Jarrett Garner, Hickory Ridge wide receiver; Dax Hollifield, Shelby linebacker; Chandler Medeiros, South Iredell defensive tackle; Dante Miller, Richmond Senior wide receiver/running back; Matthew Robinson, Belmont South Point, linebacker; Rick Sandidge, Concord defensive tackle; Miles Simon, Lenoir Hibriten defensive back.
▪ Area players named to the S.C. team included Rock Hill Northwestern offensive lineman Caderreus Canaty; York defensive back Tajh Reid-Stanley; Rock Hill South Pointe defensive end Eli Adams and QB Derion Kendrick, a Clemson commit.
2017 Shrine Bowl Rosters
North Carolina
Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | School | City |
Jordyn Adams | WR | 6-2 | 180 | Green Hope | Cary |
Holton Ahlers | QB | 6-4 | 235 | Conley | Greenville |
Dyami Brown | WR | 6-2 | 185 | West Mecklenburg | Charlotte |
Stephon Brown | QB | 6-5 | 220 | Robert B. Glenn | Kernersville |
Devin Carter | WR | 6-4 | 205 | Clayton | Clayton |
Isaac Cochran | OL | 6-6 | 290 | Concord | Concord |
D. J . Crossen | DB | 6-2 | 185 | James B. Dudley | Greensboro |
Joey Curry | QB | 6-1 | 200 | Murphy | Murphy |
Phillip Davis | DT | 6-0 | 316 | South Point | Belmont |
Marcus Davis | DT | 5-10 | 270 | Garner Magnet | Garner |
Malik Dunlap | DB | 6-3 | 200 | Harding University | Charlotte |
Chris Dunn | K/P | 5-9 | 165 | North Davidson | Lexington |
Mike Edwards | OL | 6-7 | 355 | Southview | Hope Mills |
Jarrett Garner | WR | 6-4 | 195 | Hickory Ridge | Harrisburg |
Bryson Glenn | DT | 6-3 | 270 | Robert B. Glenn | Kernersville |
Gabriel Gonzalez | OL | 6-5 | 280 | Eastern Alamance | Mebane |
Jovaughn Gwyn | OL | 6-3 | 300 | Harding University | Charlotte |
K. J .Henry | LB | 6-6 | 235 | West Forsyth | Clemmons |
Dax Hollifield | LB | 6-2 | 230 | Shelby | Shelby |
John Jiles | DB | 6-3 | 215 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
Tyiyon Johnson | LB | 6-2 | 200 | Havelock | Havelock |
Avery Jones | OL | 6-4 | 282 | Havelock | Havelock |
Joe Kane | DT | 6-3 | 270 | Heritage | Wake Forest |
Tykel Landrum | WR | 5-9 | 175 | Hendersonville | Hendersonville |
Nick MacKovic | OL | 6-2 | 300 | Walter Hines Page | Greensboro |
Chandler Medeiros | DT | 6-3 | 250 | South Iredell | Statesville |
Dante Miller | WR/RB | 5-9 | 185 | Richmond Senior | Rockingham |
Gerald Nathan | LB | 6-2 | 205 | Zebulon B. Vance | Charlotte |
Donovan Noel | OL | 6-4 | 268 | Millbrook | Raleigh |
Ricky Person | RB | 6-2 | 210 | Heritage | Wake Forest |
Jaren Rainey | DB | 6-3 | 186 | Southwest Guilford | High Point |
Javon Ratliffe | LB | 6-2 | 215 | Scotland | Laurinburg |
Matthew Robinson | LB | 6-3 | 205 | South Point | Belmont |
Rick Sandidge | DT | 6-5 | 290 | Concord | Concord |
Miles Simon | DB | 6-1 | 192 | Hibriten | Lenoir |
Tyler Smith | OL | 6-7 | 305 | Scotland | Laurinburg |
Jahmir Smith | RB | 6-0 | 205 | Lee County | Sanford |
Caleb Strait | OL | 6-3 | 288 | East Bladen | Elizabethtown |
Javon Terry | DB | 6-2 | 190 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
Alan Tisdale | LB | 6-4 | 215 | Walter Hines Page | Greensboro |
Noah Turner | SN | 6-0 | 240 | Western Alamance | Elon |
Blake Whiteheart | H/TE | 6-4 | 243 | Mount Tabor | Winston-Salem |
Javonte Williams | DB | 5-10 | 210 | Wallace-Rose Hill | Teachey |
Payton Wilson | LB | 6-4 | 240 | Orange | Hillsborough |
South Carolina Roster
Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | School | City |
Eli Adams | DE | 6-1 | 220 | South Point | Rock Hill |
Gunner Britton | OL | 6-7 | 295 | Conway | Conway |
Alec Blackmond | OL | 6-1 | 281 | Newberry | Newberry |
Kelijiha Brown | DT | 6-1 | 300 | Saluda | Saluda |
Wyatt Campbell | OL | 6-6 | 285 | Lugoff Elgin | Lugoff |
Caderreus Canaty | OL | 6-3 | 265 | Northwestern | Rock Hill |
Austin Covan | LS | 5-10 | 170 | Dorman | Roebuck |
Damian Daley | DT | 6-5 | 265 | Ridgeview | Columbia |
Alex Deel | OL | 6-1 | 305 | Boiling Springs | Boiling Springs |
Mataeo Durant | RB | 6-1 | 193 | McCormick | McCormick |
Tyler Gore | WR | 5-10 | 175 | North Myrtle Beach | Little River |
Sam Hartman | QB | 6-1 | 182 | Oceanside | Mt. Pleasant |
Adam Henderson | DL | 6-3 | 267 | Berea | Greenville |
Jackson Hutto | OL | 6-2 | 295 | Summerville | Summerville |
Trajan Jeffcoat | LB | 6-3 | 225 | Irmo | Columbia |
Khalid Jones | LB | 6-1 | 219 | James F. Byrnes | Duncan |
Dakereon Joyner | QB | 6-1 | 208 | Fort Dorchester | N. Charleston |
Zion Keith | DB | 6-1 | 180 | Wilson | Florence |
Derion Kendrick | QB | 6-1 | 175 | South Pointe | Rock Hill |
Hank Manos | OL | 6-5 | 280 | Chapin | Chapin |
Sokoya McDuffie | DL | 6-6 | 275 | South Florence | Florence |
Jordan McFadden | OL | 6-4 | 285 | Dorman | Roebuck |
Tre Moore | DE | 6-2 | 240 | Strom Thurmond | Johnson |
Raiqwon O’Neal | OL/TE | 6-5 | 275 | Conway | Conway |
Jermaine Patterson | WR | 6-0 | 175 | Bluffton | Bluffton |
Braylon Peterson | DB | 5-11 | 160 | T. L. Hanna | Anderson |
Sam Pinckney | WR | 6-3 | 210 | Greenwood | Greenwood |
Chance Poore | K/P | 6-3 | 200 | Westside | Anderson |
Ty’Quan Porter | DB | 6-1 | 190 | Dillon | Dillon |
Tajh Reid-Stanley | DB | 5-10 | 170 | York Comprehensive | York |
Cameron Rice | RB | 6-1 | 215 | Gaffney | Gaffney |
Elijah Rogers | DB | 6-1 | 168 | Blacksburg | Blacksburg |
Darius Rush | WR | 6-2 | 179 | C. E. Murray | Greeleyville |
Conner Shugart | LB | 6-1 | 200 | Spartanburg | Spartanburg |
Christopher Simon | DL | 6-3 | 255 | Crestwood | Sumter |
Dennis Smith | WR | 6-2 | 185 | Gaffney | Gaffney |
Bradley Thompson | OL | 6-4 | 295 | Greer | Greer |
Bryce Thompson | WR | 6-0 | 185 | Dutch Fork | Irmo |
Channing Tindall | LB | 6-3 | 220 | Spring Valley | Columbia |
Jake Venables | LB | 6-1 | 225 | D. W. Daniel | Central |
Nathan Walker | LB | 6-0 | 212 | Cross | Cross |
Quavian White | DB | 5-10 | 180 | Greer | Greer |
Justin Williams | WR | 6-3 | 194 | Fort Dorchester | North Charleston |
Tyrek Williams | LB | 6-2 | 210 | Strom Thurmond | Johnson |
This story was originally published October 9, 2017 at 10:10 AM with the headline "4 Mecklenburg County ; stars named to 2017 N.C.-S.C. Shrine Bowl game."