Midlands Top 100 Players: Class of 2023

The wide receiver position is the deepest in the rankings, boasting 22 players. Next is the Offensive linemen and the defensive backs. Each of those have 17. The wide receivers have four in the Top Ten and the defensive linemen, though only 7 overall, have three in the Top Ten and all three of those guys are going to be playing Power Five football at the next level.

Obviously, there are some players that didn’t make the list that are fine football players and many of them may even play at some level in college. But this is the group that I’ve ended up with after three months of watching film and talking to opposing coaches of players.

THIS is the Class of 2023 MIDLANDS TOP 100

RANK LAST NAME FIRST NAME POS HGT WGT SCHOOL
1 MCLEOD XAVIER DL 6’5 322 CAMDEN
2 RHAME MONTEQUE DL 6’6 240 SUMTER
3 COOK APOLLOS WR 6’2 200 AIRPORT
4 CISSE BRANDON DB 5’11 160 LAKEWOOD
5 JONES SHYMEIK DL 6’5 255 CAMDEN
6 STATON TANNER QB 6’2 210 BROOKLAND-CAYCE
7 LAWSON CHRIS WR 6’1 185 RIDGE VIEW
8 BRANCH NATE WR 5’10 170 LOWER RICHLAND
9 AGNEW ZION WR 5’11 170 RIDGE VIEW
10 GREEN JARVIS RB 5’11 185 DUTCHFORK
11 JENNINGS NOAH WR 6’1 170 WESTWOOD
12 DANLEY LANDON DB 6’3 190 DUTCH FORK
13 KINARD KENDARIOUS OL 6’4 305 AC FLORA
14 PERRY CHANDLER LB 5’10 200 DUTCH FORK
15 RADDEN ELIJAH OL 6’1 285 GRAY COLLEGIATE
16 JONES ISAIAH WR 6’3 210 DUTCH FORK
17 BAKER MONTRAVIOUS RB 6’0 200 SALUDA
18 SPRINKLE JA’QUAN OL 6’4 290 ORANGEBURG-WILKINSON
19 NORRIS JONAH RB 5’10 200 LEXINGTON
20 SWYGERT PATRICK OL 6’4 240 BATESBURG-LEESVILLE
21 HOLMES BEN OL 6’7 280 AC FLORA
22 JENNING CHANCE QB 5’11 175 GILBERT
23 WRIGHT ZION WR 6’3 175 SALUDA
24 PERRY JORDAN DB 6’3 195 ORANGEBURG-WILKINSON
25 LOFTON CHRIS WR 6’11 179 AC FLORA
26 JAVIS EVAN LB 6’0 200 SPRING VALLEY
27 TOWNSEND MARKEL RB 5’8 175 AC FLORA
28 CAMPFIELD MEKHI WR 6’4 200 LOWER RICHLAND
29 SIMS FULLER LB 6’2 200 ANDREW JACKSON
30 STEPHENS TRACY TE 6’4 230 RIDGE VIEW
31 LOCKLEAR DYLAN DB 5’11 165 CAMDEN
32 CHESTNUT JORDAN DB 6’0 170 SPRING VALLEY
33 GAMBLE ZYLER DB 5’11 175 SUMTER
34 FULLER ZION WR 6’2 175 SPRING VALLEY
35 TYLER DEON WR 6’3 195 BLYTHEWOOD
36 TYLER RICKY LB 6’2 205 SWANSEA
37 WATKINS DONOVAN DB 5’10 170 FAIRFIELD CENTRAL
38 WILLIAMS KENDELL WR 6’5 220 SPRING VALLEY
39 JOHNSON NIGEL WR 6’3 180 CRESTWOOD
40 MCDANIEL ADONIS WR 5’10 160 RIDGE VIEW
41 DAVIS CAMERON DB 5’10 170 WAGENER-SALLEY
42 GARRETT DEAMONTI LB 6’2 230 LOWER RICHLAND
43 JOHNS COOPER RB 5’10 190 RIVER BLUFF
44 MAYS NAAHZEKIEL RB 5’9 180 BROOKLAND-CAYCE
45 REYES AJ RB 5’9 170 CARDINAL NEWMAN
46 MCCARY JONAH QB 5’8 160 SALUDA
47 DRAG MAX DL 6’5 225 CHAPIN
48 LOCKLEAR LOGAN OL 6’5 280 CARDINAL NEWMAN
49 GRAHAM-WODBERRY ALIAS RB 5’9 170 GILBERT
50 ONEAL DYLAN QB 5’10 180 WESTWOOD
51 MAXWELL KAMADI “DEUCE” WR 5’11 165 LEXINGTON
52 GARY JOSH WR 6’2 190 BLYTHEWOOD
53 NEWTON CAMERON OL 6’2 310 LOWER RICHLAND
54 JOHNSON JORDAN RB 6’1 200 GRAY COLLEGIATE
55 BEASLEY JACOB OL 6’5 270 DUTCH FORK
59 FRYE CHRIS DB 6’0 170 LEXINGTON
57 ACRUM NIGEL WR 5’8 165 SPRING VALLEY
58 WALLACE ZION WR 6’2 180 CHAPIN
59 BASS ADAM DB 6’2 188 CHAPIN
60 GARY JACOB DB 6’1 200 BLYTHEWOOD
61 BEUTOW JOHN LB 5’10 215 DUTCH FORK
62 BUTLER NATE DB 6’1 175 SUMTER
63 DICKENS BRYSON OL 6’4 280 LAKEWOOD
64 LANE MARQUIS DB 6’1 185 SUMTER
65 GRAY AIIJI RB 5’9 175 CAMDEN
66 BEERMAN NOLAN LB 6’0 175 CHAPIN
67 OAKS JASIAH DB 5’10 160 CRESTWOOD
68 GREGG MASON OL 6’2 285 SUMTER
69 GOLDSTEIN JALONI OL 6’4 275 BROOKLAND-CAYCE
70 HARRISON JAYDEN WR 6’0 185 WESTWOOD
71 BELL DAVON OL 6’4 265 RIVER BLUFF
72 APPLER ALIAM QB 6’4 205 DUTCH FORK
73 MOSLEY JACKSON TE 6’3 236 AC FLORA
74 OSBORN JACKSON OL 6’4 250 HAMMOND
75 JOHNSON DEVIN DB 5’8 165 GRAY COLLEGIATE
76 HORACE JEREMIAH RB 5’10 185 SUMTER
77 RICHARDSON DYLAN QB 5’11 185 HAMMOND
78 MEWBORN JARROD WR 5’11 175 LEXINGTON
79 RICKS DOBSON QB 6’3 215 BEN LIPPEN
80 MOORE JORDAN OL 6’0 250 WESTWOOD
81 COOKE BLAKE OL 6’3 285 GILBERT
82 HELMADOLLAR WILL LB 6’4 220 BEN LIPPEN
83 MIMMS JORDAN DB 5’11 180 AIRPORT
84 ROSE BLAINE TE 6’2 210 RIVER BLUFF
85 TARIQ-NASH DONOVAN K/P 6’2 200 ORANGEBURG-WILKINSON
86 COLLINS JABARI DL 6’5 240 BLYTHEWOOD
87 COOKE BLAKE OL 6’3 235 GILBERT
88 STROHMAN KENDELL WR 6’2 160 AIRPORT
89 MCDANIEL RANDALL RB 5’8 170 COLUMBIA
90 COLE NATE OL 6’2 270 BEN LIPPEN
91 WILSON DAVID LB 6’2 220 SPRING VALLEY
92 YARBOROUGH JALIAN DB 5’11 180 FAIRFIELD CENTRAL
93 BUSENLEHNER LOGAN TE 6’2 205 CARDINAL NEWMAN
94 WILLIAMS KOREY LB 5’8 175 BATESBURG-LEESVILLE
95 BROWN ALIJAH DL 6’0 260 SUMTER
96 RICKS JAYLIN DL 6’6 220 BLYTHEWOOD
97 GOLDEN EVAN WR 6’0 160 BROOKLAND-CAYCE
98 BLACKBURN DALTON TE 6’1 185 PELION
99 CHAVIS TYLER K/P 6’0 150 LEXINGTON
100 THURMAN ANTHONY TE 6’2 230 BLYTHEWOOD

 

About Jim Baxter

Founder of SCVarsity.com, and The Southern PIgskin Report. Former publisher with Rivals.com and Nationally published recruiting anlayst witih 30 years of experience in the industry. His work has appeared in publications such as Athlon, Sporting News, The Recruiting News and Deep South Recruiting. He is the author of the best selling book, The Book On Evaluating Football Players.

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