SI All-American Football Candidates in South Carolina
Fifteen high school football players from the state of South Carolina are on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020, SI announced today.
The South Carolina honorees, listed here by city/town, are:
- Joshua Burrell - 6-2 / 210 / WR from Blythewood, S.C. (Blythewood)
- Thornton Gentry - 6-4 / 282 / OC from Chapin, S.C. (Chapin)
- Ahmari Huggins-Bruce - 5-10 / 163 / WR from Dillon, S.C. (Dillon)
- Nykelius Johnson - 5-11 / 180 / ATH from Florence, S.C. (West Florence)
- Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins - 6-5 / 298 / DT from Gaffney, S.C. (Gaffney)
- Jaydon Collins - 6-6 / 275 / OT from Greer, S.C. (Greer)
- Jatius Geer - 6-5 / 240 / DE from Honea Path, S.C. (Belton-Honea Path)
- Kendall Long - 6-3 / 215 / WR from Lexington, S.C. (River Bluff)
- TJ Sanders - 6-5 / 275 / DT from Marion, S.C. (Marion)
- JJ Jones - 6-3 / 195 / WR from Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach)
- Brandon Williams - 6-4 / 225 / TE from Johnston, S.C. (Strom Thurmond)
- O’Mega Blake - 6-2 / 188 / WR from Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)
- Robbie Ouzts - 6-4 / 240 / TE from Rock Hill, S.C. (Rock Hill)
- Justus Boone - 6-5 / 250 / DE from Sumter, S.C. (Sumter)
- Elijah Davis - 6-3 / 260 / DE from Wagener, S.C. (Wagener-Salley
Sanders and Blake are verbally committed to the home-state South Carolina Gamecocks. The remainder are either verbally committed to other Power 5 schools or holding Power 5 offers.
For a breakdown of which of the 1,000 SIAA nominees across the nation have verbally committed to or are considering South Carolina and Clemson as their college choice, head to:
Video highlights, scouting analyses and a list of each player’s college verbal commitment and/or top college contenders can be found on their bio pages, broken down by state, at SIAllAmerican.com.
The evaluation process will continue throughout the season “until the list of 1,000 contenders coalesces around just 25 young men who can say proudly they are the best of the best -- they are Sports Illustrated All-Americans,” said SI Director of Football Recruiting John Garcia, Jr.
Sports Illustrated will narrow the candidates to 250 in October, 99 in November and then announce a first-team of 25, second-team of 25 and an honorable mention group in December. The first-team selections will be invited to the SI Sportsperson of the Year banquet.
Over the coming weeks, SI will unveil its preseason top 10 for each of 14 position groups (kicking off with quarterbacks this week). SI will unveil its initial preseason top 99 ranking, the SI99, on August 24.