Who are the top high school football recruits in the Carolinas?
Annually, the Observer selects the top 50 high school football recruits in the Carolinas: the top 25 seniors in North Carolina and the top 25 in South Carolina.
Here is the list for the class of 2020.
North Carolina
| Rk. | Name | School | Pos | Ht | Wt | College |
| 1. | Trenton Simpson | Mallard Creek | LB | 6-3 | 225 | Auburn |
| 2. | Desmond Evans | Lee County | DE | 6-6 | 240 | undecided |
| 3. | Mohamed Kaba | Clinton | LB | 6-3 | 210 | South Carolina |
| 4. | Myles Murphy | Dudley | DE | 6-4 | 280 | North Carolina |
| 5. | Ja’Qurious Conley | Northside | DB | 6-2 | 190 | North Carolina |
| 6. | Muhsin Muhammad | Myers Park | WR | 6-0 | 185 | Texas A&M |
| 7. | Kedrick Bingley-Jones | Providence Day | DT | 6-5 | 265 | North Carolina |
| 8. | Mike Hyman | Dudley | WR | 6-3 | 195 | South Carolina |
| 9. | Porter Rooks | Myers Park | WR | 6-1 | 195 | N.C. State |
| 10. | Cameron Roseman-Sinclair | Myers Park | DB | 6-0 | 195 | North Carolina |
| 11. | Da’Qon Stewart | North Mecklenburg | WR | 6-1 | 195 | South Carolina |
| 12. | Shane Whitter | Williams | LB | 6-0 | 225 | Wake Forest |
| 13. | Jacolbe Cowan | Providence Day | DT | 6-5 | 277 | undecided |
| 14. | Ray Grier | South Point | WR | 6-1 | 204 | North Carolina |
| 15. | Davin Vann | Cary | DT | 6-2 | 273 | NC State |
| 16. | Devan Boykin | Ragsdale | DB | 5-11 | 175 | NC State |
| 17. | Aydan White | Christ School | DB | 6-2 | 170 | NC State |
| 18. | Cedric Gray | Ardrey Kell | ATH | 6-2 | 205 | North Carolina |
| 19. | Quinton Cooley | Southern Nash | RB | 5-8 | 193 | Wake Forest |
| 20. | DJ Jones | Pine Forest | RB | 5-11 | 190 | North Carolina |
| 21. | Kendall Karr | Stuart Cramer | TE | 6-4 | 230 | North Carolina |
| 22. | Antonio Barber | Hough | WR | 6-0 | 185 | undecided |
| 23. | Jonathan Adams | Rolesville | OG | 6-4 | 285 | NC State |
| 24. | Quentin Williams | Mallard Creek | DE | 6-3 | 234 | Miami |
| 25. | Anthony Carter | Butler | OG | 6-4 | 296 | undecided |
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South Carolina
| Rk. | Name | School | Pos | Ht | Wt | College |
| 1. | Jordan Burch | Hammond School | DE | 6-5 | 250 | Undecided |
| 2. | Luke Doty | Myrtle Beach | QB | 6-1 | 193 | South Carolina |
| 3. | Alex Huntley | Hammond School | DT | 6-4 | 285 | South Carolina |
| 4. | Jalin Hyatt | Dutch Fork | WR | 6-0 | 172 | Tennessee |
| 5. | Tyshawn Wannamaker | Calhoun County | OG | 6-4 | 330 | South Carolina |
| 6. | Tonka Hemingway | Conway | DT | 6-3 | 255 | South Carolina |
| 7. | Tylee Craft | Sumter | WR | 6-4 | 170 | North Carolina |
| 8. | Trai Jones | Abbeyville | C | 6-2 | 265 | South Carolina |
| 9. | Mason Garcia | Carolina Forest | QB | 6-4 | 218 | East Carolina |
| 10. | O’Donnell Fortune | Sumter | DB | 6-1 | 170 | South Carolina |
| 11. | Tyler Venables | Central Daniel | DB | 5-10 | 190 | Clemson |
| 12. | Lavel Davis | Woodland | WR | 6-6 | 215 | Virginia |
| 13. | Andru Phillips | Mauldin | DB | 5-11 | 180 | Kentucky |
| 14. | Jemari Littlejohn | Gaffney | OLB | 6-0 | 220 | undecided |
| 15. | Stan Ellis | Gaffney | WR | 6-0 | 180 | undecided |
| 16. | Anthony Jackson | Rock Hill | DB | 6-1 | 170 | Charlotte |
| 17. | Jalen Coit | Cheraw | WR | 5-11 | 140 | Virginia Tech |
| 18. | Eli Wilson | Wren | TE | 6-3 | 212 | App. State |
| 19. | Xavier McIver | Cheraw | DT | 6-2 | 282 | East Carolina |
| 20. | Darryle Ware | Fort Dorchester | LB | 6-2 | 220 | undecided |
| 21. | Duane Martin | Laurens Dist. 55 | ATH | 6-1 | 235 | Louisville |
| 22. | Parker Clements | Lugoff-Elgin | OT | 6-7 | 265 | Virginia Tech |
| 23. | Cole Demarzo | Hilton Head | LB | 6-2 | 200 | Michigan State |
| 24. | Shon Brown | Clover | LB | 6-2 | 220 | East Carolina |
| 25. | Emmanuel Johnson | Fort Dorchester | DE | 6-5 | 252 | undecided |