Interesting to get y’all’s take . This doesn’t take NFL success or even College Success into account . Also don’t be a d bag and exclude a guy because he didn’t go to USC . My dad and uncles all say Stanley Morgan . Clowney ?? AJ Green ?? Lattimore ?? Art Shell ?? Stephen Davis ?? Go back as far as you wanna go
Greatest player in SC High School History ??
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Clowney, Lattimore, Gilmore and Alshon are typical responses, I'll add Derek Watson to the Gamecock list. Non Gamecocks... Peter Boulware, Bobby Engram, Joe Hamilton.
Tony Rice, was very good. Maybe not the greatest, but very good.
Stanley Morgan was pretty good.
Older generations will say Freddie Solomon. Demetris Summers is #1 to me. He was a big deal. He averaged like a first down every carry. It was he and Reggie Bush as the best players in the country.
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This is the correct answer and anyone that saw him play will agree.
1) Freddie Solomon
2) Stephen Davis
3) Shawn Graves
4) JD Clowney
5) Joe Hamilton
6) Stephon Gilmore
7) Marcus Lattimore
8) William Perry
9) AJ Green
10) Ben Boulware
Just kidding about #10, should be Derek Watson
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Saw him play in a high school all star game. Head and shoulders better than any others on the field
I don't know, but I'm going to go with Clowney. I heard numerous recruiting experts refer to him as the top high school recruit of all time. I do remember him appearing on the cover of ESPN magazine while still in high school That's not everything, but it can't be nothing either. The highlight reels of him at South Pointe (against strong competition) showed an NFL player playing against high schoolers.
The best I've seen in person. Steve Davis, Demetrius Summers, Kentrel Jones, Roscoe Crosby, and I seen in in 85-86 at my Highschool Tony Rice, Ed McDaniel and levon Kirkland all plsying with 2A schools.
Freddie Solomon! One of a kind!
Friend of mine so I might be a little biased. Robert Porcher.
Spartanburg high. Stud on the track too. Had the state record in the 100m in '92.
Yeah I think we have an undisputed winner .
Demetrius Summers was simply incredible. I can’t remember another player that constantly delivered at such a level on almost every play.
I watched Green play several games for the Green Wave. He gets my pick. Best player I've seen in person from SC.
Wow this is one heck of a good question. I’ve watched in person many great high school players, including some mentioned in this thread. As far as the greatest ever, I don’t know
Is anyone old enough to see Bennie Galloway ?? I grew up hearing stories about him
Kentrell Jones was like Joe Hamilton but didn't run as much. He could flick his wrist and throw the ball 60 yards on a dime. He also keep plays alive for as long as he needed too. A player I will name is only bc he is one of the best athletes Ive personally seen. Roddy White. He was a year behind me but I watched him grow from a 112 lb wrestler to a 189 lb state champion.
Not sure about Boulware at 10. Watched him play in person, and seen lots of players that I’d put above him.
1. Jadeveon Clowney
2. Feddie Solomon
3. Steve Davis
4. Courtney Brown
5. Marcus Lattimore
6. Peter Boulware
7. Joel Holliday
8. Roscoe Crosby
9. AJ Jreen
10. Jim Youngblood
2. Feddie Solomon
3. Steve Davis
4. Courtney Brown
5. Marcus Lattimore
6. Peter Boulware
7. Joel Holliday
8. Roscoe Crosby
9. AJ Jreen
10. Jim Youngblood
I spent every Friday night of my childhood watching him play. He was a man among boys. I agree Davis is tops IMO
I’m not sure what the spoiler is, but Stephon Wynn, Zaach Pickens, Eric Boggs, and Kendall Joseph were all more impressive to me as defensive players than Boulware was.
Shawn Graves was dynamite. If he would have had a downfield passing game, any at all. O
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Many of the expected names have been mentioned, but I haven't seen Tracy McGriff of Lancaster. He was great.
George Webster from Anderson, SC. Great linebacker who went north to play for the great Michigan State teams of the mid 1960s. Played with Bubba Smith.
Does anyone remember Brian Kingsborough at Clinton? I believe he broke Steven Davis’s state rushing record but couldn’t play in college because he was on the special needs track.
1. Freddie Solomon. My dad-in-law played with him at Sumter High. Stories from that era keep me entertained!
2. Stephen Davis. I was on the SHS Gamecock '91 team that was USA Today #9 ranked. Davis made us look like Alice Drive Middle versus Varsity. His size, speed, power might have only been matched by George Rogers in W-B stadium history.
2. Stephen Davis. I was on the SHS Gamecock '91 team that was USA Today #9 ranked. Davis made us look like Alice Drive Middle versus Varsity. His size, speed, power might have only been matched by George Rogers in W-B stadium history.
