๐ 2024 NCHSAA Football Playoff Projections
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All regions โ
4A East โ
4A West โ
Best teams to play in Bank of America Stadium this season:
1. Tennessee
2. Weddington
3. Providence Day
4. Independence
5. Myers Park
6. NC State
7. Carolina Panthers
@JeffKerrCBS
Nick Sirianni doesnโt speak to the team after games, doesnโt call plays, and clearly cannot properly manage a game. What does he add? What does he do?
@BrandonGowton
Even with the returning players, it doesnโt matter to me what they said about liking Sirianni after the fact. The effort on the field told a different story.
Successful surgery with the oncologist at UNC today. Back to the preseason video interviews on Friday!
Hopefully, I'll feel up to hitting the big 7v7s on Thursday. If not, I'll use the extra downtime to write for our 2024 Football Preview digital magazine (late July release!!).
UNC is getting a great defensive back athlete in
@greeniesports
โs
@KhalilConle1
. Khalil has a great connection with the staff at UNC and they made him feel like family.
#NChsFB
Tonight was my last time covering a state championship for
@HighSchoolOT
as Iโve accepted a position elsewhere.
I want to thank anyone who has ever followed along and all of the coaches/players that I had the pleasure of getting to know while on the job.
Everything you need to know about the pay disparity in North vs. South Carolina:
An administrator/athletic director in NC can leave to make equivalent money as a position coach in SC.
Last year's 2A state runner-up Clinton is 0-3 and has been outscored 144-0.
Marlboro County HS in South Carolina, where multiple top returning players from Clinton transferred to, is 3-0 so far.
After a disappointing end to last season, I think Chambers is flying under the radar a little bit. 14 starters back and some new faces getting added in. Still have standout athletes like Rondell Carter, Arrion Concepcion, Keelan Flowe, etc.
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Now that Ricky Person Jr. is signing with the Seahawks, the RB has been teammates with LB Drake Thomas at three different levels:
โข Heritage High School
โข NC State University
โข Seattle Seahawks
Our list of active NFL players from NC โ
Just found this while clearing out my phone. A little throwback to when Roy Williams congratulated
@Hoopcoach88
โฉ after South Central won the 4A state championship.
Reidsville star junior
@dionte_neal
in the win against Western Alamance:
โข12-14 passing for 88 yards & 2 TD passes
โข6 carries for 81 yards
โข1 kickoff return for 93 yards
โขInterception that he returned for 35 yards
โข1 punt return for 15 yards
The NC high schools that have the most alumni playing at an in-state Division I school are:
โขHough (18)
โขProvidence Day (14)
โขMallard Creek (13)
โขDudley (12)
โขEast Forsyth (11)
โขCrest (10)
โขHeritage (10)
โขShelby (9)
โขCharlotte Christian (9)
โขRichmond (9)
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There are 14 Division I CFB programs in North Carolina. In total, 610 of their players come from within NC borders.
@HighSchoolOT
#NChsFB
The FBS schools have 310 players from NC high schools:
The FCS schools have 300:
Wake Forest HS starting quarterback/Duke commit Kavon Simmons tore his ACL in the 2Q of week 2. He'll miss the rest of the season.
Tough break. Simmons' athleticism allowed Wake Forest to be very multiple on offense. Coach Lucas has raved about the character of the young man as
Best tight ends in North Carolina off the top of my head... who am I missing?
Kendre Harrison, Gus Ritchey, Kaleb Morrow, De'Angelo Hall, Gavin Barber, Dillon Galloway
HSOT Watch Lists are coming out soon for the 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, & 919. Last call to send me names to consider (especially tench players)!
#NChsFB
Grimsleyโs pass defense has been really good. Over the first 2 weeks, the Whirlies have faced six pass catchers who have received FBS offers.
Theyโve allowed just 18 completions on 40 attempts (45%) and have 3 picks.
Starts with 4-star Duke commit Bryce Davis up front (4 sacks)
Ethan Royal, who has early consideration as one of North Carolinaโs top QB prospects in the 2027 class, has officially enrolled at Hough High School.
The rising freshman already holds offers from Arkansas and UAB.
@eforspeed
#NChsFB
We would have been better off keeping 4 classifications and then splitting every sport into A and AA brackets at playoff time just like football used to do.
1A-8A leads to some wild conferences no matter how you approach it.
Reagan HS got a boost last season when it brought up freshman QB
@jacobsmith510
and freshman RB
@J_Moore_06
. One of the stateโs best backfields in that 2026 class. Smith is an NC State baseball commit and Moore already has a D1 offer.
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@PHLEaglesNation
Whatโs getting lost in all of this is that the team QUIT ON HIM. I donโt care if the core 4 went to bat for him in the media. Watch the tape, that team did not play with any effort at the end of the season. They QUIT.
The offensive ineptitude is a side issue
โผ๏ธ 1A East Projection โผ๏ธ
If the season ended todayโฆ
Top 10 seeds:
1. Tarboro
2. West Columbus
3. Lakewood
4. Southeast Halifax
5. Northside-Pinetown
6. North Moore
7. Bear Grass Charter
8. East Bladen
9. Perquimans
10. Wilson Prep
Full Field โ>
Jefferson Boaz has set the NCHSAA State Championship Record for touchdown passes in the game with 7. The previous record was 5. Boaz has scored 8 total touchdowns, which ties T.J. Logan's record of 8.
.
@ClaytonCometsFB
โs Dazmin James officially became a student-athlete at the University of Arkansas this week. The story of how he got there is one of the coolest Iโve done:
Salisbury alum Jalon Walker had a huge game in
#1
Georgiaโs blowout win over Clemson.
Walker had 6 total tackles, including a big sack.
In high school, he helped Salisbury win the 2020-21 2AA state championship.
Grimsley's Faizon Brandon, the top-ranked class of 2026 prospect in the country, has sued N.C. State Board of Education and the N.C. Department of Public Instruction over the prohibition of NIL for public school athletes.
@murphsturph
โผ๏ธ 3A East Projection โผ๏ธ
After the Monday night gamesโฆ
Top 5 seeds:
1. Havelock
2. Seventy-First
3. So. Nash
4. So. Alamance
5. Scotland
Last 5 teams in:
28. So. Lee
29. West Carteret
30. Croatan
31. Orange
32. Harnett Cen.
Full field โ>
In the age of Hudl and the NFHS Network, there is no "competitive advantage" to withholding stats from the public eye. All you're doing is hurting the coverage of your kids.
I want to do some things w/ last year's numbers to preview 2024, but these teams are making it difficult.
One of the worst beats youโll ever see:
โขAshe County is
#20
in 3A West RPI
โขAshe finished the season tied with Freedom in the Northwestern Conference, but Freedom holds the tiebreaker due to a head-to-head victory
โขFreedom is
#39
in RPI, Ashe canโt get into the playoffs
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Have to like what West Charlotte is building - literally and figuratively. The renovated facilities look fantastic. And there is a championship staff in place between HC
@coachSamGreiner
& DC
@Coach_Swagg4
.
#NChsFB