Where Columbia-area HS football players are headed on December signing day
A look at where players from the Columbia area signed with on Wednesday during the first day of the early period for football. This will be updated throughout the day.
Airport
Dylan Barbery, OL (Appalachian State): Senior graded out at 85% or above in 10 of 11 games. Was first-team, all-state, Touchstone Energy Bowl selection
Cardinal Newman
Cortez Lane, RB (North Carolina A&T): Was SCISA 4A all-state and rushed for 1,321 yards 19 touchdowns, caught 26 passes for 334 yards and three scores this year.
Gray Collegiate
Rilan Cunningham, DB (Coastal Carolina/Walk-on): Had 63 tackles and three interceptions this season.
JT Sowell, OL (Appalachian State): Was first-team, all-state, graded out at 90% this season. Was selected to the Touchstone Energy Bowl
Irmo
Jaden Allen-Hendrix, RB (Oklahoma State): Rushed for a school-record 2,215 yards and caught 21 passes for 363 and 29 total touchdowns. Was selected to the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives North-South game and first-team all-state.
Isaiah McClary, DB (South Carolina/Walk-on): Was all-state selection and defensive MVP at Touchstone Energy Bowl game. McClary had 93 tackles, 16 pass break-ups, five interceptions.
Elijah Williams, OL, Memphis: Three-star prospect and all-state honorable mention. Was ranked by 247Sports composite as 18-th best prospect in SC
Lexington
Cam Sutton, TE (The Citadel): Had nine catches for 96 yards and counted on as a strong blocker in the running game.
Ridge View
Myles Brown, LB (Virginia): Was first-team all-state and finished with 74 tackles, 18 for loss, six sacks and two interceptions. Selected to the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives all-star game.
White Knoll
Hasan Lee, WR/TE, (Charleston Southern): Lee caught 23 passes for 397 yards and five touchdowns in seven games before suffering season-ending injury. He was selected to play in Shrine Bowl but couldn’t play because of injury.
This story was originally published December 20, 2023 at 9:46 AM.
