No Wolfpack Recruits on SI99 Football Prospect Rankings

NC State has 12 committed recruits among Sports Illustrated's SI1000 High School All-American candidates, but the Wolfpack was shut out of the publication's rankings of the top 99 prospects in the Class of 2021

Twelve of NC State's 17 committed football recruits in the Class of 2020 were named to Sports Illustrated's list of 1000 High School All-American candidates when it was announced last month.

None of them, however, made the cut for SI All-American's Preseason SI99 -- the 99 seniors from across the nation rated as the frontrunners for its coveted 2020 SI All-American first team.

The list was compiled following what is believed to be the widest, most in-depth analysis and breakdown of tape of any recruiting class ever and a subsequent ranking of top 10 players in each of 14 different position groups.

“Our ranking of the top 99 reflects where the game of football is going,” said SI All-American recruiting director John Garcia Jr. “We’ve refined position groups. We’ve eliminated the outside linebacker position, because those guys in today’s game are more edge rushers, and added the nickel position. We’ve broken receivers and tight ends into two groups each -- slot and wide receivers, and traditional (Y) and hybrid (H) tight ends.

“But one part of the game that hasn’t changed is the focus on protecting and destroying the quarterback. Our top five players illustrate the point -- two are defensive ends and one an offensive tackle.”

One Wolfpack recruit, tight end Cedric Seabrough of Swainsboro, Ga., made one of SI All-American's top 10 positional rankings. Two others, Seabrough's twin brother and fellow tight end Fredrick and quarterback Aaron McLaughlin of Alpharetta, Ga., were honorable mention selections just outside their respective top 10s.

Six players from North Carolina are included among the SI99 selections. They are UNC commits Keeshawn Silver (DE, Rocky Mount) and Drake Maye (QB, Charlotte), Clemson commits Payton Page (DT. Greensboro), Will Shipley (RB, Matthews) and Zaire Patterson (DE, Winston-Salem) and Ohio State commit Evan Pryor (RB, Cornelius).

Here is the complete SI99 list;

1. QB Caleb Williams / Washington, D.C. (Gonzaga) -- Oklahoma
2. DE J.T. Tuimoloau / Sammamish, Wash. (Eastside Catholic) -- undecided
3. DE Jack Sawyer / Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington North) -- Ohio State
4. IDL Korey Foreman / Corona, Calif. (Centennial) -- undecided
5. OT Tommy Brockermeyer / Fort Worth, Texas (All Saints Episcopal) -- Alabama
6. LB Smael Mondon / Dallas, Ga. (Paulding County) -- undecided
7. DE Demeioun Robinson / Gaithersburg, Md. (Quince Orchard) -- Maryland
8. RB TreVeyon Henderson / Hopewell, Va. -- Ohio State
9. RB Camar Wheaton / Garland, Texas (Lakeview Centennial) -- undecided
10. WR Emeka Egbuka / Steilacoom, Wash. -- undecided
11. OT J.C. Latham / Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) -- Alabama
12. IDL Damon Payne / Belleville, Mich. -- Alabama
13. OT Amarius Mims / Cochran, Ga. (Bleckley County) -- undecided
14. CB Jason Marshall / Miami, Fla. (Palmetto) -- Florida
15. QB Brock Vandagriff / Bogart, Ga. (Prince Avenue Christian) -- Georgia
16. IDL Tywone Malone / Oradell, N.J. (Bergen Catholic) -- undecided
17. LB Xavian Sorey / Graceville, Fla. -- undecided
18. DE Dylan Brooks / Roanoke, Ala. (Handley) -- Tennessee
19. S James Williams / Plantation, Fla. (Heritage) -- Miami
20. IDL Leonard Taylor / Miami, Fla. (Palmetto) -- Miami
21. WR Beaux Collins / Bellflower, Calif. (St. John Bosco) -- Clemson
22. DE Keeshawn Silver / Rocky Mount, N.C. -- North Carolina
23. SLOT Mario Williams Jr. / Plant City, Fla. -- Oklahoma
24. QB J.J. McCarthy / was La Grange Park, Ill./Nazareth Academy; now IMG in Bradenton, Fla. -- Michigan
25. IDL Payton Page / Greensboro, N.C. (Dudley) -- Clemson
26. LB Raesjon Davis / Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) -- LSU
27. LB Terence Lewis / Miami, Fla. (Northwestern) -- Tennessee
28. RB Will Shipley / Matthews, N.C. (Weddington) -- Clemson
29. QB Ty Thompson / Gilbert, Ariz. (Mesquite) -- Oregon
30. IOL Bryce Foster / Katy, Texas (Taylor) -- undecided
31. IOL Donovan Jackson / Bellaire, Texas (Episcopal) -- Ohio State
32. WR Dont’e Thornton / Baltimore, Md. (Mount St. Joseph) -- undecided
33. QB Drake Maye / Charlotte, N.C. (Myers Park) -- North Carolina
34. LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr. / Philadelphia, Pa. (St. Joseph’s Prep) -- Clemson
35. S David Daniel / Woodstock, Ga. -- Georgia
36. IDL Maason Smith / Houma, La. (Terrebonne) -- undecided
37. CB Ishmael Ibraheem Dallas, Texas (Justin F. Kimball) -- Texas
38. QB Sam Huard / Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic) -- Washington
39. WR Marvin Harrison Jr. Philadelphia, Pa. (St. Joseph’s Prep) -- Ohio State
40. LB Barrett Carter Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett) -- Clemson
41. S Terrion Arnold / Tallahassee, Fla. (St. John Paul II) -- undecided
42. SLOT Christian Leary / Orlando, Fla. (Edgewater) -- Alabama
43. CB Nathaniel Wiggins / Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) -- undecided
44. TE-Y Cane Berrong / Hartwell, Ga. (Hart County) -- Notre Dame
45. TE-Y Thomas Fidone Jr. / Council Bluffs, Iowa (Lewis Central) -- undecided
46. WR Jacorey Brooks / Miami, Fla. (Booker T. Washington) -- Alabama
47. OT Kingsley Suamataia / Orem, Utah -- undecided
48. DE Elijah Jeudy / Philadelphia, Pa. (Northeast) -- Georgia
49. CB Ga’Quincy McKinstry / Pinson, Ala. (Pinson Valley) -- undecided
50. LB Julien Simon / Tacoma, Wash. (Lincoln) -- USC
51. TE-H Brock Bowers / Napa, Calif. -- Georgia
52. RB Evan Pryor / Cornelius, N.C. (William Amos Hough) -- Ohio State
53. NICKEL Jordan Hancock / Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett) -- Ohio State
54. DE Jeremiah Williams / Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay) -- undecided
55. QB Tyler Buchner / La Mesa, Calif. (Helix) -- Notre Dame
56. WR Jerand Bradley / DeSoto, Texas -- Texas Tech
57. QB Kyle McCord / Philadelphia, Pa. (St. Joseph's Prep) -- Ohio State
58. DE Quintin Somerville / Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro) -- Michigan
59. WR Troy Franklin / Atherton, Calif. (Menlo) -- Oregon
60. NICKEL Billy Bowman Jr. / Denton, Texas (Ryan) -- Texas
61. OT Tristan Leigh / Fairfax, Va. (Robinson Secondary) -- undecided
62. LB Reid Carrico / Ironton, Ohio -- Ohio State
63. SLOT Destyn Pazon / New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) -- undecided
64. TE-Y Hudson Wolfe / Savannah, Tenn. (Hardin County) -- Tennessee
65. SLOT Jabez Tinae / Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic) -- Washington
66. IDL Gabriel Rubio / Saint Peters, Mo. (Lutheran) -- Notre Dame
67. SLOT Xavier Worthy / Fresno, Calif. (Central West) -- Michigan
68. OT Blake Fisher / Avon, Ind. -- Notre Dame
69. DE Dallas Turner / Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) -- Alabama
70. RB Amari Daniels / Miami, Fla. (Central) -- undecided
71. DE Zaire Patterson / Winston-Salem, N.C. (W-S Prep Academy) -- Clemson
72. S Ahmari Harvey / Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida State Univ. School) -- Auburn
73. CB Latrell McCutchin /Austin, Texas (Lynden B. Johnson) -- Oklahoma
74. WR Brian Thomas / Walker, La. -- undecided
75. IDL Lee Hunter / Prichard, Ala. (Mattie T. Blount) -- Auburn
76. DE Tyreak Sapp / Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Saint Thomas Aquinas) -- Florida
77. S Corey Collier Jr. / Miami, Fla. (Palmetto) -- Florida
78. IDL Mike Hall / Streetsboro, Ohio -- Ohio State
79. CB Jakailin Johnson / Creve Coeur, Mo. (De Smet Jesuit) -- Ohio State
80. S Derrick Davis Jr. Monroeville, Pa. (Gateway) -- undecided
81. QB Miller Moss / Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) -- USC
82. RB JoJo Earle / Aledo, Texas -- LSU
83. NICKEL Steven Ortiz / Goodyear, Ariz. (Desert Edge) -- Minnesota
84. LB Jaraye Williams / Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic) -- Louisville
85. CB Isaiah Johnson / Bluefield, W.Va. -- Arizona State
86. QB Preston Stone / Dallas, Texas (Parish Episcopal) -- SMU
87. IDL Monkell Goodwine / Fort Washington, Md. (National Christian Academy) -- Alabama
88. LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson / Baltimore, Md. (St. Frances Academy) -- Georgia
89. DE Landon Jackson / Texarkana, Texas (Pleasant Grove) -- LSU
90. NICKEL Sage Ryan / Lafayette, Calif. (Christian Academy) -- undecided
91. WR Cody Jackson / Richmond, Texas (Foster) -- Oklahoma
92. IDL Elliot Donald / Pittsburgh, Pa. (Central Catholic) -- Pitt
93. QB Eli Stowers / Denton, Texas (John H. Guyer) -- Texas A&M
94. TE-H Miles Campbell / Douglasville, Ga. (South Paulding) -- Tennessee
95. TE-H Michael Trigg / Seffner, Fla. (Seffner Christian) -- undecided
96. NICKEL Avante Dickerson / Omaha, Neb. (Westside) -- Minneosta
97. RB Armoni Goodwin / Trussville, Ala. (Hewitt-Trussville) -- Auburn
98. IOL James Brockermeyer / Fort Worth, Texas (All Saints' Episcopal) -- Alabama
99. WR Cristian Dixon / Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) -- Michigan

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