Mr. Football Award (South Carolina)

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).

## Award winners

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Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year  | Player  | Position  | High School  | College  | Professional team(s)

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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

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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.

## References

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1. ^ Byers, Barry (11 December 2010). "Stallions' Clowney named Mr. Football in S.C." Retrieved 3 June 2013.
2. ^ Byers, Barry (10 December 2011). "Roland keeps up USC trend of landing state's Mr. Football". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
3. ^ Byers, Barry (8 December 2012). "Mr. FOOTBALL: Tramel Terry". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
4. ^ 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.
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.

## External links

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* List of past South Carolina Mr. Football winners

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High School Mr. Football Awards by state

* Alabama
* Florida
* Indiana
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Ohio
* Pennsylvania
* South Carolina
* Texas

See also: Mr. Football USA
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