Mr. Football Award (South Carolina)

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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).

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Award winners

Professional teams listed are teams known.

YearPlayerPositionHigh SchoolCollegeProfessional team(s)
1991Jumpity Springster RB Stratford South Carolina
1992 Stephen Davis RB Spartanburg Auburn Washington Redskins, Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams
1993Jeff Coleman DT Gaffney Tennessee CFL - Montreal Alouettes
1994Anthony Downs RB Berea Clemson
1995Jermale Kelley WR Berea South Carolina NFL Europe - Berlin, Rhein
1996Kyle 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
1999Mark Logan QB Greenwood Georgia Tech
2000Roscoe Crosby WR Union Clemson
2001Moe Thompson DE Stratford South Carolina
2002Eric McCollom QB Camden Iowa
2003Trey Elder QB Byrnes Appalachian State
2004J.D. Melton QB Myrtle Beach Navy
2005 Prince Miller DB Byrnes Georgia Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, Saskatchewan Roughriders
2006Malcolm Long QB Gaffney South Carolina State
2007Richard Mounce QB Blythewood Clemson**/Charleston Southern
2008 Stephon Gilmore CB South Pointe South Carolina Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots

Carolina Panthers Indianapolis Colts Dallas Cowboys

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, Carolina Panthers
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
2016Gage Moloney QB Northwestern James Madison
2017Dakereon Joyner QB Fort Dorchester South Carolina
2018 Zacch Pickens DETL HannaSouth Carolina Chicago Bears
2019 Luke Doty QB Myrtle Beach South Carolina
2020 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins DLGaffneyGeorgia
2021 Jaylen Sneed [5] LB Hilton Head Island Notre Dame
2022Xzavier McLeod [6] DL Camden South Carolina
2023Josiah Thompson [7] OL Dillon High School South Carolina
2024Will Wilson [8] QB Richland Northeast NC State

**baseball only. After one season of Tiger baseball, Mounce transferred to Charleston Southern to play football.

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