3 Mecklenburg County stars to play in Shrine Bowl Saturday
Three Mecklenburg County players will play in the annual Shrine Bowl high school football game Saturday at Wofford College.
The players are West Mecklenburg wide receiver Dyami Brown, a North Carolina recruit; N.C. 3A state champ Chase Foley of Charlotte Catholic, a Lehigh recruit; and Mallard Creek defensive tackle Jordan Davis, a Georgia recruit.
The game, which kicks off at 2 p.m., features some of North Carolina’s best senior football players from public schools against their S.C. counterparts.
North Carolina has won the past two games but South Carolina leads the all-time series 44-32-4.
▪ Vance linebacker Gerald Nathan, Harding High defensive back Malik Dunlap and offensive lineman Jovaughn Gwyn were originally selected to play in the game, but are unable to play due to illness and injury. Dunlap has committed to N.C. State. Gwyn is uncommitted. Nathan has committed to Colorado State.
▪ The game will be shown live on the Watch ESPN app and later shown on tape-delay on ESPNU.
▪ Area S.C. players: Derion Kendrick, QB, Rock Hill South Pointe; Caderreus Canaty, OL, Rock Hill Northwestern; Elijah Adams, DL, Rock Hill South Pointe
▪ Area N.C. players: Dante Miller, WR/RB, Richmond Sr.; Matthew Robinson, LB, Belmont South Point; Miles Simon, DB, Lenoir Hibriten; Dax Hollifield, LB, Shelby; Josh Headlee, OL, Watauga; Isaac Cochran, OL, Concord; Jarrett Garner, WR, Harrisburg Hickory Ridge; Rick Sandidge, DL, Concord; Chandler Medeiros, DL, South Iredell;
Shrine Bowl Rosters
2017 North Carolina Shrine Bowl Roster | as of December 12, 2017 | |||||||
Last Name | First Name | Jersey # | Position | HT | WT | School | CITY | STATE |
Adams | Jordyn | 2 | WR | 6'2 | 180 | Green Hope High School | Cary | NC |
Mintz | Tye | 3 | DB | 6'0 | 205 | Cherokee High School | Cherokee | NC |
Brown | Dyami | 4 | WR | 6'2 | 185 | West Mecklenburg High School | Charlotte | NC |
Person, Jr. | Ricky | 6 | RB | 6'2 | 210 | Heritage High School | Wake Forest | NC |
Landrum | Tykel | 7 | DB | 5'9 | 175 | Hendersonville High School | Hendersonville | NC |
Brown | Stephon | 9 | QB | 6'5 | 220 | Robert B. Glenn High School | Kernersville | NC |
Curry | Joseph | 10 | QB | 6'1 | 200 | Murphy High School | Murphy | NC |
Miller | Dante | 15 | WR/RB | 5'9 | 185 | Richmond Senior High School | Rockingham | NC |
Ahlers | Holton | 19 | QB | 6'4 | 235 | Conley High School | Greenville | NC |
Robinson | Matthew | 20 | LB | 6'3 | 205 | South Point High School | Belmont | NC |
Simon | Miles | 22 | DB | 6'1 | 192 | Hibriten High School | Lenoir | NC |
Henry | Keith | 24 | LB | 6'6 | 235 | West Forsyth High School | Clemmons | NC |
Johnson | Nolan | 26 | DB | 6'3 | 189 | Southwest Guilford High School | High Point | NC |
Wheaton | Bryce | 28 | WR | 6'3 | 210 | Holly Springs High School | Holly Springs | NC |
Williams | Javonte | 32 | DB | 5'10 | 210 | Wallace-Rose Hill High School | Teachey | NC |
Crossen | Dwayne | 33 | DB | 6'2 | 185 | James B. Dudley High School | Greensboro | NC |
Tisdale | Alan | 34 | LB | 6'4 | 215 | Walter Hines Page High School | Greensboro | NC |
Foley | Chase | 35 | LB | 6'0 | 215 | Charlotte Catholic High School | Charlotte | NC |
Rainey | Jaren | 36 | DB | 6'3 | 186 | Southwest Guilford High School | High Point | NC |
Davis | Marcus | 40 | DT | 5'10 | 270 | Garner Magnet High School | Garner | NC |
Terry | Javon | 42 | DB | 6'2 | 190 | Wake Forest High School | Wake Forest | NC |
Hollifield, III | Dax | 44 | LB | 6'2 | 230 | Shelby High School | Shelby | NC |
Kane | Joseph | 46 | DT | 6'3 | 270 | Heritage High School | Wake Forest | NC |
Ratliffe | Javon | 48 | LB | 6'2 | 215 | Scotland High School | Laurinburg | NC |
Glenn | Bryson | 51 | DT | 6'3 | 270 | Robert B. Glenn High School | Kernersville | NC |
Strait | Caleb | 55 | OL | 6'3 | 288 | East Bladen High School | Elizabethtown | NC |
Torres | Frank | 58 | LB | 6'3 | 225 | A.C. Reynolds High School | Asheville | NC |
Setterlind | Jacob | 66 | OL | 6'6 | 290 | A.C. Reynolds High School | Asheville | NC |
MacKovic | Nicholas | 68 | OL | 6'2 | 300 | Walter Hines Page High School | Greensboro | NC |
Edwards | Michael | 71 | OL | 6'7 | 355 | Southview High School | Hope Mills | NC |
Headlee | Josh | 72 | OL | 6'5 | 280 | Watauga High School | Boone | NC |
Cochran | Isaac | 74 | OL | 6'6 | 290 | Concord High School | Concord | NC |
Smith | James | 75 | OL | 6'7 | 305 | Scotland High School | Laurinburg | NC |
Gonzalez | Gabriel | 76 | OL | 6'5 | 280 | Eastern Alamance High School | Mebane | NC |
Davis | Jordan | 78 | DT | 6'5 | 340 | Mallard Creek High School | Charlotte | NC |
Noel | Donovan | 79 | OL | 6'4 | 268 | Millbrook High School | Raleigh | NC |
Turner | Noah | 81 | SN | 6'0 | 240 | Western Alamance High School | Elon | NC |
Garner | Jarett | 82 | WR | 6'4 | 195 | Hickory Ridge High School | Harrisburg | NC |
Galloway-Velazquez | Justice | 83 | LB | 6'2 | 250 | Cape Fear High School | Fayetteville | NC |
Dunn | Christopher | 84 | K/P | 5'9 | 165 | North Davidson High School | Lexington | NC |
Whiteheart | Blake | 85 | H/TE | 6'4 | 243 | Mount Tabor High School | Winston-Salem | NC |
Carter | Devin | 89 | WR | 6'4 | 205 | Clayton High School | Clayton | NC |
Sandidge, Jr. | Rick | 90 | DT | 6'5 | 290 | Concord High School | Concord | NC |
Medeiros | Chandler | 99 | DT | 6'3 | 250 | South Iredell High School | Statesville | NC |
Galloway-Velazquez | Justice | 83 | LB | 6'2 | 250 | Cape Fear High School | Fayetteville | NC |
2017 South Carolina Shrine Bowl Roster | as of December 12, 2017 | |||||||
Last Name | First Name | Jersey # | Position | HT | WT | School | City | State |
Thompson | Bryce | 2 | WR | 6'0 | 185 | Dutch Fork High School | Irmo | SC |
Peterson | Braylon | 3 | DB | 5'11 | 160 | T. L. Hanna High School | Anderson | SC |
White | Quavian | 4 | DB | 5'10 | 180 | Greer High School | Greer | SC |
Keith | Zion | 6 | DB | 6'1 | 180 | Wilson High School | Florence | SC |
Gore | Tyler | 7 | WR | 5'10 | 175 | North Myrtle Beach High School | Little River | SC |
Joyner | Dakereon | 9 | QB | 6'1 | 208 | Fort Dorchester High School | N. Charleston | SC |
Hartman | Samuel | 10 | QB | 6'1 | 182 | Oceanside High School | Mt. Pleasant | SC |
Kendrick | Derion | 15 | QB | 6'1 | 175 | South Pointe High School | Rock Hill | SC |
Pinckney | Samuel | 19 | WR | 6'3 | 210 | Greenwood High School | Greenwood | SC |
Durant | Mataeo | 20 | RB | 6'1 | 193 | McCormick High School | McCormick | SC |
Rice | Cameron | 22 | RB | 6'1 | 215 | Gaffney High School | Gaffney | SC |
Venables | Jake | 24 | LB | 6'1 | 225 | D. W. Daniel High School | Central | SC |
Williams | Justin | 26 | WR | 6'3 | 194 | Fort Dorchester High School | North Charleston | SC |
Porter | Ty'Quan | 28 | DB | 6'1 | 190 | Dillon High School | Dillon | SC |
Walker | Nathan | 32 | LB | 6'0 | 212 | Cross High School | Cross | SC |
Phongsat | Patrick | 33 | WR | 5'10 | 165 | Chapman High School | Inman | SC |
Jones | Khalid | 34 | LB | 6'1 | 219 | James F. Byrnes High School | Duncan | SC |
Jeffcoat | Trajan | 35 | LB | 6'3 | 225 | Irmo High School | Columbia | SC |
Ronald (RJ) | Roderick | 40 | DB | 6'1 | 213 | Cane Bay High Schoool | Summerville | SC |
Covan | Austin | 44 | LS | 5'10 | 170 | Dorman High School | Roebuck | SC |
Moore | Tre' Marcus | 46 | DE | 6'2 | 240 | Strom Thurmond High School | Johnson | SC |
Hayes | Zareon | 48 | LB | 6'3 | 240 | Dillon High School | Dillon | SC |
Britton | Gunner | 50 | OL | 6'7 | 295 | Conway High School | Conway | SC |
Williams | Tyrek | 51 | LB | 6'2 | 210 | Strom Thurmond High School | Johnson | SC |
Blackmon | Alec | 55 | OL | 6'1 | 281 | Newberry High School | Newberry | SC |
Simon | Christopher | 58 | DL | 6'3 | 255 | Crestwood High School | Sumter | SC |
Washington | Tommy | 59 | DB | 6'1 | 220 | Spartanburg High School | Spartanburg | SC |
Deel | Alex | 64 | OL | 6'1 | 305 | Boiling Springs High School | Boiling Springs | SC |
Fowler | Tylen | 66 | LB | 6'0 | 210 | Dorman High School | Roebuck | SC |
Greenlee | Quashon | 70 | OL | 6'2 | 280 | T. L. Hanna High School | Anderson | SC |
Brown | Kelijiha | 71 | DT | 6'1 | 300 | Saluda High School | Saluda | SC |
Thompson | Bradly | 72 | OL | 6'4 | 295 | Greer High School | Greer | SC |
Hutto | Jackson | 73 | OL | 6'2 | 295 | Summerville High School | Summerville | SC |
Manos | John | 74 | OL | 6'5 | 280 | Chapin High School | Chapin | SC |
O'Neal | Raiqwon | 76 | OL/TE | 6'5 | 275 | Conway High School | Conway | SC |
Canaty | Caderreus | 79 | OL | 6'3 | 265 | Northwestern High School | Rock Hill | SC |
McDuffie | Sokoya | 80 | DL | 6'6 | 275 | South Florence High School | Florence | SC |
Henderson | Adam | 81 | DL | 6'3 | 267 | Berea High School | Greenville | SC |
Smith | Dennis | 82 | WR | 6'2 | 185 | Gaffney High School | Gaffney | SC |
Daley | Damion | 83 | DT | 6'5 | 265 | Ridgeview High School | Columbia | SC |
Rush | Darius | 84 | WR | 6'2 | 179 | C. E. Murray High School | Greeleyville | SC |
Hellams | Ty | 85 | WR | 6'1 | 170 | Greenville High School | Greenville, | SC |
Poore | Charley | 89 | K/P | 6'3 | 200 | Westside High School | Anderson | SC |
Adams | Elijah | 90 | DE | 6'1 | 220 | South Point High School | Rock Hill | SC |
This story was originally published December 15, 2017 at 5:14 PM with the headline "3 Mecklenburg County stars to play in Shrine Bowl Saturday."