The Shrine Bowl will feature 44 of the top senior football players in North Carolina playing against 44 of the best seniors from South Carolina in a postseason all-star game in Spartanburg, S.C., on Dec. 16.
The rosters for each state were announced on Monday afternoon.
North Carolina and NC State each have commitments from five North Carolina Shrine Bowl players. Future Tar Heels include Cary Green Hope WR Jordyn Adams, Charlotte West Mecklenburg WR Dyami Brown, Havelock OL Avery Jones, Wake Forest DB Javon Terry and Hollsborough Orange LB Payton Wilson. All of Larry Fedora’s in-state commitments were chosen for the team.
Future members of the Wolfpack on the North Carolina squad include Clayton WR Devin Carter, Charlotte Harding DB Malik Dunlap, Lexington North Davidson kicker Chris Dunn, Mebane Eastern Alamance OL Gabriel Gonzalez and Wake Forest Heritage RB Ricky Person. Two of Dave Doeren’s in-state recruits, WR Tyler Williams and RB Trent Pennix, were not chosen for the team.
East Carolina had four North Carolina Shrine Bowlers: Greenville Conley QB Holton Ahlers, Statesville South Iredell DT Chandler Medeiros, Raleigh Millbrook OL Donovan Noel and High Point SW Guilford DB Jaren Rainey.
Wake Forest has two players on the North Carolina team and three on the South Carolina squad. Hope Mills Southview OL Mike Edwards and Winston-Salem Mount Tabor TE Blake Whitehead made the NC team. On the SC team, Wake Forest landed Saluda DT Kelijiha Brown, Mt. Pleasant Oceanside QB Sam Hartman and Florence Wilson DB Zion Keith.
Two other in-state schools landed Shrine Bowlers. Duke got a commitment from Harrisburg Hickory Ridge WR Jarrett Garner. App State had Kernersville Robert B. Glenn QB Stephon Brown.
Duke also landed a pair of South Carolina Shriners in McCormick RB Mataeo Durant and Gaffney WR Dennis Smith.
Shrine Bowlers heading out of state include the Virginia Tech bound trio of Greensboro Dudley DB D.J. Crossen, Wake Forest Heritage DT Joe Kane and Greensboro
Page LB Alan Tisdale. Charlotte Vance LB Gerald Nathan is headed to Colorado State. Sanford Lee County RB Jahmir Smith has committed to Notre Dame.
NORTH CAROLINA SHRINE BOWL ROSTER
Name | Pos. | School | City |
Jordyn Adams | WR | Green Hope | Cary |
Holton Ahlers | QB | Conley | Greenville |
Dyami Brown | WR | W. Mecklenburg | Charlotte |
Stephon Brown | QB | Robert B. Glenn | Kernersville |
Devin Carter | WR | Clayton | Clayton |
Isaac Cochran | OL | Concord | Concord |
D. J . Crossen | DB | James B. Dudley | Greensboro |
Joey Curry | QB | Murphy | Murphy |
Phillip Davis | DT | South Point | Belmont |
Marcus Davis | DT | Garner Magnet | Garner |
Malik Dunlap | DB | Harding University | Charlotte |
Chris Dunn | K/P | North Davidson | Lexington |
Mike Edwards | OL | Southview | Hope Mills |
Jarrett Garner | WR | Hickory Ridge | Harrisburg |
Bryson Glenn | DT | Robert B. Glenn | Kernersville |
Gabriel Gonzalez | OL | Eastern Alamance | Mebane |
Jovaughn Gwyn | OL | Harding University | Charlotte |
K. J .Henry | LB | West Forsyth | Clemmons |
Dax Hollifield | LB | Shelby | Shelby |
John Jiles | DB | Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
Tyiyon Johnson | LB | Havelock | Havelock |
Avery Jones | OL | Havelock | Havelock |
Joe Kane | DT | Heritage | Wake Forest |
Tykel Landrum | WR | Hendersonville | Hendersonville |
Nick MacKovic | OL | Walter Hines Page | Greensboro |
Chandler Medeiros | DT | South Iredell | Statesville |
Dante Miller | WR/RB | Richmond Senior | Rockingham |
Gerald Nathan | LB | Zebulon B. Vance | Charlotte |
Donovan Noel | OL | Millbrook | Raleigh |
Ricky Person | RB | Heritage | Wake Forest |
Jaren Rainey | DB | SW Guilford | High Point |
Javon Ratliffe | LB | Scotland | Laurinburg |
Matthew Robinson | LB | South Point | Belmont |
Rick Sandidge | DT | Concord | Concord |
Miles Simon | DB | Hibriten | Lenoir |
Tyler Smith | OL | Scotland | Laurinburg |
Jahmir Smith | RB | Lee County | Sanford |
Caleb Strait | OL | East Bladen | Elizabethtown |
Javon Terry | DB | Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
Alan Tisdale | LB | Walter Hines Page | Greensboro |
Noah Turner | SN | W. Alamance | Elon |
Blake Whiteheart | H/TE | Mount Tabor | Winston-Salem |
Javonte Williams | DB | Wallace-Rose Hill | Teachey |
Payton Wilson | LB | Orange | Hillsborough |
SOUTH CAROLINA SHRINE BOWL ROSTER
Name | Pos. | School | City |
Eli Adams | DE | South Point | Rock Hill |
Gunner Britton | OL | Conway | Conway |
Alec Blackmond | OL | Newberry | Newberry |
Kelijiha Brown | DT | Saluda | Saluda |
Wyatt Campbell | OL | Lugoff Elgin | Lugoff |
Caderreus Canaty | OL | Northwestern | Rock Hill |
Austin Covan | LS | Dorman | Roebuck |
Damian Daley | DT | Ridgeview | Columbia |
Alex Deel | OL | Boiling Springs | Boiling Springs |
Mataeo Durant | RB | McCormick | McCormick |
Tyler Gore | WR | North Myrtle Beach | Little River |
Sam Hartman | QB | Oceanside | Mt. Pleasant |
Adam Henderson | DL | Berea | Greenville |
Jackson Hutto | OL | Summerville | Summerville |
Trajan Jeffcoat | LB | Irmo | Columbia |
Khalid Jones | LB | James F. Byrnes | Duncan |
Dakereon Joyner | QB | Fort Dorchester | N. Charleston |
Zion Keith | DB | Wilson | Florence |
Derion Kendrick | QB | South Pointe | Rock Hill |
Hank Manos | OL | Chapin | Chapin |
Sokoya McDuffie | DL | South Florence | Florence |
Jordan McFadden | OL | Dorman | Roebuck |
Tre Moore | DE | Strom Thurmond | Johnson |
Raiqwon O’Neal | OL/TE | Conway | Conway |
Jermaine Patterson | WR | Bluffton | Bluffton |
Braylon Peterson | DB | T. L. Hanna | Anderson |
Sam Pinckney | WR | Greenwood | Greenwood |
Chance Poore | K/P | Westside | Anderson |
Ty’Quan Porter | DB | Dillon | Dillon |
Tajh Reid-Stanley | DB | York Comprehensive | York |
Cameron Rice | RB | Gaffney | Gaffney |
Elijah Rogers | DB | Blacksburg | Blacksburg |
Darius Rush | WR | C. E. Murray | Greeleyville |
Conner Shugart | LB | Spartanburg | Spartanburg |
Christopher Simon | DL | Crestwood | Sumter |
Dennis Smith | WR | Gaffney | Gaffney |
Bradley Thompson | OL | Greer | Greer |
Bryce Thompson | WR | Dutch Fork | Irmo |
Channing Tindall | LB | Spring Valley | Columbia |
Jake Venables | LB | D. W. Daniel | Central |
Nathan Walker | LB | Cross | Cross |
Quavian White | DB | Greer | Greer |
Justin Williams | WR | Fort Dorchester | North Charleston |
Tyrek Williams | LB | Strom Thurmond | Johnson |