Shrine Bowl selects roster of top SC, NC football players even as COVID cancels game
Mr. Football Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, Clemson signee Will Taylor, Florida signee Justus Boone and North Carolina signee J.J. Jones were among the selections on the S.C. Shrine Bowl team released Saturday.
The game is usually held annually at Wofford College and pits some of the top seniors from South Carolina against their North Carolina counterparts, but it won’t be held this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. North Carolina’s football season doesn’t begin until February.
Shrine Bowl coaches still selected a team of 44 players from each state so players can “add this honor to their list of achievements for their high school career,” game chairman Ronnie Blount said in a statement in July.
Taylor was joined on the team by teammate and Charlotte signee Elijah Spencer. Other Columbia-area players picked for the team were Blythewood’s Joshua Burrell and DJ Hutcherson, Spring Valley’s Trey Peterson and John Javis, Chapin’s Thornton Gentry and Pelion’s Will Jeffcoat.
Burrell signed with Florida State, while Gentry is headed to N.C. State and Jeffcoat to Army.
South Carolina signee O’Mega Blake of South Pointe and Gamecocks commit TJ Sanders from Marion also were named to the team.
Blake was one of four Rock Hill-area players picked. Others were Rock Hill tight end and Alabama signee Robbie Outzs; Clover’s Chancellor Mackey; and Northwestern’s Gregory Johnson.
Clemson signee Will Shipley of Weddington was picked for the N.C. squad.
SC Shrine Bowl Roster
Quarterbacks: Will Taylor, Dutch Fork; Undre Lindsay-Gaffney
Running Backs: Chance Black, Dorman; Dwayne Wright, Fort Dorchester
Receivers/Tight Ends: Elijah Spencer, Dutch Fork; Joshua Burrell, Blythewood; Nazeviah Burris, Byrnes; Dariyan Pendergrass, Hartsville; Robbie Outzs, Rock Hill; JJ Jones, Myrtle Beach; O’Mega Blake, South Pointe; Ahmari Huggins-Bruce, Dillon; Bradley Washington Bethune Bowman
Offensive Line: Kenneth Walton, Lamar; Davis Sutherland, Abbeville; Jayden Ramsey, Westside; Thornton Gentry, Chapin; Jordan Richards, Ft Dorchester; Avery Hewitt, Dillon; Jayden Collins, Greer; Will Jeffcoat, Pelion; Shaun Perkins, Travelers Rest
Defensive Linemen: Tyrion Ingram Dawkins, Gaffney; Jatius Geer-Belton-Honea Path; Justus Boone, Sumter; Brandon Williams, Strom Thurmond; Ryan Wynn, TL Hanna; TJ Sanders, Marion
Linebackers: DeShawn McKnight, Sumter, Trey Peterson, Spring Valley; Camden Gray, Chapman; Temple Cruz, Abbeville; Bailey Carraway, Hartsville; DJ Hutcherson, Blythewood; Zack Terry, Wade Hampton (Hampton); Gregory Johnson, Northwestern
Defensive Backs: Caden Sullivan, Boiling Springs; Chancellor Mackey, Clover, Demarice Rice Williams Dorman; Melvin Ravenel, Goose Creek; Nyke Johnson West Florence; John Javis, Spring Valley; Andrew Colusardo, Chapman
Kicker: William Joyce, Spartanburg
NC Shrine Bowl Roster
Quarterbacks: Caleb Hood, Richmond Senior; Tyshaun Lyles, East Forsyth; Nate Hampton, Davie County
Running Backs: Kamrro Edwards, Haveock; Trevion Cooley, Knightdale; Will Shipley, Weddington
Receivers/Tight Ends: Lawson Albright, Grimsley; Jared Gibble, Oak Grove; Gavin Blackwell, Sun Valley; Julian Gray, Hopewell; Bryson, Canty, Reagan; Timothy Ruff, Crest; Breon Pass, Reidsville
Offensive Linemen: Bryson Boyette, New Hanover; Markus Clayton, Clayton; Colin Sarratt, Crest; Jackson Garner, Leesville Road; Youseff Mugharbil, Murphy; Andrew Jones, Reagan; Jared Wilson, West Forsyth; Korion Sharpe, Rocky River; Michael Gonzalez, Sun Valley; Jaden Lindsay, East Forsyth
Defensive Linemen: Payton Page, Dudley; Keeshawn Silver, Rocky Mount; Isaiah Potts, Pine Forest; Oluwaseua Adewumi, Rolesville; Zeek Biggers, West Rowan, Ryheem Craig Alexander Central
Linebackers: Power Echols, Vance; Jack Hollified, Shelby; Dameon Wilson, Kings Mountain; Raneria Dillworth, Glenn; Jabril McNeil, Sanderson; CJ Tillman, Richmond Senior; Teddy Wilson, Holmes
Defensive Backs: Shawn Chapell, Southern Durham; Isaiah Lawson, Butler; Tahj El, Myers Park; Deandre Boykins, Central Cabarrus; Daniel Carter, North Lincoln; Micah Nelson, Cape Fear
Kicker: Eddie Czaplicki, Providence
This story was originally published December 19, 2020 at 1:06 PM with the headline "Shrine Bowl selects roster of top SC, NC football players even as COVID cancels game."
