Talking Preps: Charlotte Christian’s Henry Rutledge wins High School Heisman award
Charlotte Christian senior running back Henry Rutledge won the first Talking Preps’ High School Heisman Award during Monday’s fall finale of the streaming show.
Rutledge, named Big South 4A player of the year, led Charlotte Christian to its fourth straight state championship Friday, running for more than 250 yards in a 27-21 win over Rabun Gap.
Show co-host Sam Greiner, the head football coach at West Charlotte, announced Rutledge as the winner over two quarterbacks, who were among the three finalists: Charlotte Country Day’s Russell Tabor and Christ School’s A.J. Simpkins.
Other highlights from the show, which streams at the top of this page:
▪ Two of the state’s top football coaches join: Charlotte Christian’s Jason Estep and Richmond Senior’s Bryan Till.
▪ In addition, Grice has five new #GricesGems, top performers from Friday night
Quinten Jackson, Catawba Ridge
Whit Muschamp, Hammond School
Matt Pack, AC Flora
Will Taylor, Dutch Fork
Chip Kasay, Charlotte Christian
▪ We’ve got five new Fresh Faces
Brock Biestick, Cardinal Gibbons
Jake Young, Marvin Ridge
Chad Hillman, Wake Forest
Holland Stallings, Providence
Kendall Stanley, Rocky River
This story was originally published November 21, 2020 at 11:35 PM.
