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High school football award
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
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
**baseball only. After one season of Tiger baseball, Mounce transferred to Charleston Southern to play football.
^ Byers, Barry (11 December 2010). "Stallions' Clowney named Mr. Football in S.C." Retrieved 3 June 2013 .
^ Byers, Barry (10 December 2011). "Roland keeps up USC trend of landing state's Mr. Football" . Retrieved 3 June 2013 .
^ Byers, Barry (8 December 2012). "Mr. FOOTBALL: Tramel Terry" . Retrieved 3 June 2013 .
^ Leigh, Brian. "4-Star Georgia QB Commit Jacob Park Wins South Carolina's Mr. Football" . Bleacher Report . Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved 12 March 2014 .
^ Parks, Chris (December 11, 2021). "Jaylen Sneed named Mr. Football in South Carolina for 2021" . wbtw.com . Retrieved July 15, 2022 .
^ Bezjak, Lou (December 10, 2022). "USC Gamecocks commitment Xzavier McLeod named SC Mr. Football for 2022" . thestate.com . Retrieved December 10, 2022 .
^ Shanesy, Todd (December 9, 2023). "5-star South Carolina commit Josiah Thompson of Dillon wins 2023 Mr. Football" . Greenville News . Retrieved January 9, 2024 .