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Mr. Football Award (South Carolina) - Wikipedia

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The South Carolina Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of South Carolina. Past winners have often proceeded to have successful college careers and even play in the National Football League (NFL).

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year Player Position High School College Professional team(s)
1991 Jumpity Springster RB Stratford South Carolina
1992 Stephen Davis RB Spartanburg Auburn Washington Redskins, Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams
1993 Jeff Coleman DT Gaffney Tennessee CFL - Montreal Alouettes
1994 Anthony Downs RB Berea Clemson
1995 Jermale Kelley WR Berea South Carolina NFL Europe - Berlin, Rhein
1996 Kyle Young OL Daniel Clemson
1997 Chris Hope DB Rock Hill Florida State Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans
1998 Derek Watson RB Palmetto South Carolina Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Calgary Stampeders
1999 Mark Logan QB Greenwood Georgia Tech
2000 Roscoe Crosby WR Union Clemson
2001 Moe Thompson DE Stratford South Carolina
2002 Eric McCollom QB Camden Iowa
2003 Trey Elder QB Byrnes Appalachian State
2004 J.D. Melton QB Myrtle Beach Navy
2005 Prince Miller DB Byrnes Georgia Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, Saskatchewan Roughriders
2006 Malcolm Long QB Gaffney South Carolina State
2007 Richard Mounce QB Blythewood Clemson**/Charleston Southern
2008 Stephon Gilmore CB South Pointe South Carolina Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots

Carolina Panthers Indianapolis Colts Dallas Cowboys

2009 Marcus Lattimore RB Byrnes South Carolina San Francisco 49ers
2010[1] Jadeveon Clowney DE South Pointe South Carolina Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers
2011[2] Shaq Roland WR Lexington South Carolina / West Georgia Chicago Bears
2012 [3] Tramel Terry WR Goose Creek Georgia / Jacksonville State
2013[4] Jacob Park QB Stratford Georgia / Iowa State
2014 Matt Colburn RB Dutch Fork Wake Forest Los Angeles Rams
2015 Tavien Feaster RB Spartanburg Clemson/South Carolina Arizona Cardinals
2016 Gage Moloney QB Northwestern James Madison
2017 Dakereon Joyner QB Fort Dorchester South Carolina
2018 Zacch Pickens DE TL Hanna South Carolina Chicago Bears
2019 Luke Doty QB Myrtle Beach South Carolina
2020 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins DL Gaffney Georgia
2021 Jaylen Sneed[5] LB Hilton Head Island Notre Dame
2022 Xzavier McLeod[6] DL Camden South Carolina
2023 Josiah Thompson[7] OL Dillon High School South Carolina
2024 Will Wilson[8] QB Richland Northeast NC State

**baseball only. After one season of Tiger baseball, Mounce transferred to Charleston Southern to play football.

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  2. ^ Byers, Barry (December 10, 2011). "Roland keeps up USC trend of landing state's Mr. Football". Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Byers, Barry (December 8, 2012). "Mr. FOOTBALL: Tramel Terry". Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Leigh, Brian. "4-Star Georgia QB Commit Jacob Park Wins South Carolina's Mr. Football". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Parks, Chris (December 11, 2021). "Jaylen Sneed named Mr. Football in South Carolina for 2021". wbtw.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Bezjak, Lou (December 10, 2022). "USC Gamecocks commitment Xzavier McLeod named SC Mr. Football for 2022". thestate.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  7. ^ Shanesy, Todd (December 9, 2023). "5-star South Carolina commit Josiah Thompson of Dillon wins 2023 Mr. Football". Greenville News. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Bezjak, Lou (December 21, 2024). "NC State signee Will Wilson named South Carolina's Mr. Football for 2024". thestate.com. Retrieved December 31, 2024.