IDK about a lot of these. AJ Green is out because Summerville used to play garbage (the upstate has dominated high school football for a while) and then Byrnes shut him down completely in their big test. He may have become the best, but he wasn't the best in high school. Ben Boulware ended up being a surprisingly good linebacker at Clemson, but wasn't really All-world in high school.
1. Demetris Summers - He still has the record and is #13 all time in high school rushing yards and TD. 9076 yards and 120 TDs. EZ choice.
2. Art Shell - going back old school. I've heard he was the best lineman anyone ever saw. I have to take their word for it considering he went on to be one of the best football players in history.
3. Solomon - Maybe the best single season ever.
4. Clowney - Just a one man wrecking ball.
5. William Perry - Not only was he maybe the most dominant defensive tackle, he was one of the best offensive linemen in SC high school history too.
6. Justin Worley - National Gatorade Player of the year, like 14,000 passing yards and 130 TDs, took Northwestern to 3 title games in a row.
7. Mason Rudolph - He had 4,500 yards and 80 TDs his senior season, was Mr. Football and Shrine Bowl MVP, and made his Northwestern team one of the country's best. It doesn't impact his high school career, but he's probably had the best career of any QB from SC too.
8. Ben Coates - Only played one season for Greenwood, but was the most dominant tight end in South Carolina history by far. It looked like an NFL player playing against schoolkids (and of course he was one of the best South Carolinian pros ever).
9. Stephen Davis - Obviously two dominant, incredible seasons
10. Gaines Adams - bit of a wildcard choice since he played private school ball, but he was the most unstoppable high school player I ever saw play. In three seasons he had 4,394 yards receiving and 65 touchdowns, as well as 341 tackles, 10 interceptions, and 33 sacks. The recruiting services never noticed him because of the small school, but he obviously went on to become maybe Clemson's best defensive player of all time.
In other news, I first thought Willy Korn would be on my list. He was almost certainly the most hyped QB to ever come out of SC. And I remembered Byrnes blowing the doors off everyone (they beat nationally ranked Gaffney and Greenwood (who had Armanti Edwards) by like 30 each. But I think he was just a really good QB who was boosted by playing on the best team in SC history. He threw a ton of TDs, mainly to receivers with huge separation, but also a lot of picks. Still an amazing team though. They either were #1 or 2 in the country if I remember correctly.