The Observer’s Top 50 Carolinas’ football recruits
Top 25 North Carolina recruits
Rk. | Name | Pos. | High School | Ht. | Wt. | College |
1. | Dexter Lawrence | DT | Wake Forest | 6-5 | 335 | Undecided |
2. | Keion Joyner | OLB | Havelock | 6-3 | 225 | Undecided |
3. | Landon Dickerson | OT | South Caldwell | 6-5 | 306 | Undecided |
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 | Undecided |
8. | Robert Washington | RB | TBD* | 5-10 | 201 | Syracuse |
9. | Antonio Williams | RB | North Stanly | 5-11 | 212 | Wisconsin |
10. | Divine Deablo | WR | Mount Tabor | 6-4 | 205 | Virginia Tech |
11. | Sean Pollard | OG | Pinecrest | 6-5 | 301 | Clemson |
12. | Jamie Newman | DT/QB | Graham | 6-4 | 237 | Wake Forest |
13. | Chazz Surratt | QB/ATH | East Lincoln | 6-3 | 205 | North Carolina |
14. | Thaddeus Moss | TE | Mallard Creek | 6-3 | 240 | Undecided |
15. | Julian Okwara | DE | Ardrey Kell | 6-4 | 220 | Notre Dame |
16. | Josh Brown | OLB | Mallard Creek | 6-4 | 215 | Florida State |
17. | CJ Freeman | RB | Northern Guilford | 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/ATH | Vance | 6-2 | 195 | Undecided |
21. | Garrett Walston | TE | New Hanover | 6-4 | 235 | Georgia |
22. | Isaiah Stallings | S | Terry Sanford | 6-4 | 204 | Undecided |
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 | Undecided |
*-Note: Washington played at SouthLake Christian last season but has since left the school. .
Five N.C. Underclassmen to watch: 1. Justin Foster, Shelby, 6-2, 200, Jr, OLB; 2. Jonah Melton, Eastern Alamance, 6-4, 290, Jr, OG; 3. J.T. Cauthen, Cuthbertson, 6-2, 210, Jr, WR; 4. Ryan Jones, Ardrey Kell, 6-2, 202, Jr, WR; 5. Xach Gill, Wake Forest, 6-5, 284, Jr., DT
Top 25 South Carolina Recruits
Rk. | 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 | Undecided |
4. | Javon Kinlaw | OT | Goose Creek | 6-6 | 280 | Undecided |
5. | John Simpson | OG | Fort Dorchester | 6-4 | 280 | Undecided |
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 | Undecided |
9. | Larry Collins | WR | Lower Richland | 6-2 | 188 | Undecided |
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 | Undecided |
15. | James Valdez | CB | Orangeburg-Wilkinson | 6-0 | 175 | N.C. State |
16. | TJ Brunson | ILB | 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 Sr. | 5-11 | 166 | Virginia Tech |
20. | Justin Berry | QB | West Ashley | 6-0 | 191 | Undecided |
21. | Norman Hand | DE | Colleton County | 6-2 | 246 | Undecided |
22. | Drayton Arnold | QB | Myrtle Beach | 5-11 | 194 | Old Dominion |
23. | Nick McCloud | CB | South Pointe | 6-2 | 166 | Undecided |
24. | Jayson Hopper | WR | Lancaster | 6-1 | 190 | Undecided |
25. | Cade Stewart | OL | Daniel | 6-4 | 280 | Undecided |
Five S.C. underclassmen to watch: 1. Davondre Robinson, Lake Marion, 5-11, 190, S, Jr.; 2. Shi Smith, Union, 6-0, 175, WR, Jr.; 3. OrTre Smith, Mount Pleasant, 6-4, 210, ATH, Jr.; 4. Jamari Dunbar, Bamberg-Ehrhardt, 5-9, 190, RB, Jr.; 5. Tyler Hamilton, Hilton Head, 5-9, 160, WR, Jr.
Langston Wertz Jr.
This story was originally published August 15, 2015 at 11:48 AM with the headline "The Observer’s Top 50 Carolinas’ football recruits."