Honor roll: Top Week 0 Midlands high school football performances
A look at who turned in top efforts throughout the Midlands:
Offense
Quarterback
Cooper Bemis, Chapin – 29-of-39 passing for 388 yards, 2 TDs
Elijah Heatley, Westwood – 14-of-26 passing for 333 yards, 2 TDs
Cam Tringali, Cardinal Newman – 13-of-20 passing for 266 yards, 3 TDs
Bryce Fields, Gray Collegiate – 24-of-40 passing for 260 yards, 2 TDs
Jordyn Adams, Blythewood – 14-of-18 passing for 239 yards, one TD; 107 yards rushing on 18 carries, TD; 2 kickoff returns for 65 yards
Heath Erwin, Lugoff-Elgin – 16-of-28 passing 230 yards, TD
Antonio Gantt, River Bluff – 227 yards, TD on 27 carries
Chase Crouch, Lexington – 10-of-17 passing for 212 yards, TD
Effix Miller, Swansea – 8-of-15 passing for 209 yards, 3 TDs; 42 yards rushing on 8 carries
Devin Beckley, Camden – 17-for-27 passing for 204 yards, 2 TDs; one rushing TD
Duffy Beal, Heathwood Hall – 9-for-15 passing for 195 yards, 3 TDs
Reese Nichols, Dutch Fork – 8-for-20 passing for 144 yards, two TDs; 33 yards rushing on eight carries.
Jacob Jeffcoat, White Knoll – 7-of-13 passing for 135 yards
Jaylen Smith, Ridge View – 13-of-20 passing for 100 yards; 97 yards rushing on 18 carries
Carlton Andrews, A.C. Flora – 15-of-23 passing for 99 yards; 84 yards on 18 carries
Running back
Catriez Cook, Gilbert – 264 yards, 3 TDs on 24 carries
Cedrick Cunningham, North Central – 191 yards, two TDs on 26 carries; one catch for seven yards, TD
Greg Williams, Swansea – 153 yards, TD on 25 carries
Shakeem Bradley, Irmo – 149 yards, 2 TDs, on 20 carries
Tyreek Tolen, Batesburg-Leesville – 147 yards, TD on 13 carries
Amir Abrams, Newberry – 127 yards, 4 TDs on 16 carries
Jericho Murphy, Camden – 127 yards, 2 TDs on 14 carries; 2 catches for 11 yards; 1-of-1 passing for 51 yards
Terrell Jackson, Spring Valley – 120 yards, TD on 19 carries
Richard Kollie, Pelion – 120 yards, TD on 25 carries; 2 kickoff returns for 25 yards
Maurice Jones, White Knoll – 116 yards, 2 TDs on 19 carries
Marion Houser, Swansea – 111 yards, 2 TDs on 15 carries
Ti’Juan Glenn, River Bluff –109 yards, TD on 13 carries
Jaylon Boyd, Blythewood – 106 yards, two TDs on 17 carries
Ali Kelley, Ridge View – 89 yards, two TDs on nine carries
Brandon McCullough, Heathwood Hall – 80 yards, two TDs on seven carries
Rahmel Burton, Lugoff-Elgin – 77 yards, TD on 11 carries; 8 catches for 77 yards
Wide receiver
Xzavion Gordon, Chapin – Six catches for 209 yards, TD
Avery Barnes, Camden – Eight catches for 148 yards, TD
Patrick Reedy, Cardinal Newman – Three catches for 131 yards, 3 TDs
Bobby Irby, Dutch Fork – Six catches for 129 yards, 2 TDs
Benton Mason, Heathwood Hall – Six catches for 127 yards, 2 TDs
Gatlin Lawson, Lugoff-Elgin – Three catches for 111 yards, TD
Cortes Braham, Westwood – Three catches for 110 yards, 2 TDs
Kaden Briggs, Westwood – Five catches for 92 yards, TD
Kale Rhame, Chapin – Six catches for 90 yards, TD
Devarous Pugh, Batesburg-Leesville – Two catches for 88 yards, 2 TDs
Kameron Riley, Blythewood – Four catches for 84 yards, TD
Brandon Carroway, Gray Collegiate – Five catches for 61 yards, 2 TDs
Offensive line
Tison Gray, Keenan – Graded 94 percent with 7 knockdowns, five pancake blocks
Erikson Abney, Gilbert – Graded 92 percent with five pancake blocks
Cam Muller, Ridge View – Graded 92 percent with two pancake blocks
Dawson Rucker, Gilbert – Graded 90 percent with four pancake blocks
Jayln Dunbar, Ridge View – Graded 85 percent with three pancake blocks
Edward Roe, Ridge View – Graded 82 percent with three pancake blocks
Defense
Line
Da’Prince Haynes, Spring Valley – 14 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, FF, FR
Thai Wood, Lugoff-Elgin – 13 tackles
Zhadrian Burgess, Batesburg-Leesville –11 tackles, 4 TFL, one sack, 3 QBP, FR
Tyhem Sheppard, Batesburg-Leesville – 11 tackles, 3 TFL
Shane Savage, Dutch Fork – 10 tackles, 5 TFL
Channing Tindell, Spring Valley – 5 tackles, 3 sacks
Damon Hayes, North Central – 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 ½ TFL, FF
Armon Bosier, Blythewood – 5 tackles, 2 ½ TFL, 2 sacks
Donovan Engram, Camden – 4 tackles, 2 TFL, QBH
Carlton Felder, Irmo – 4 tackles, 2 sacks
Linebacker
Brandon Serio, White Knoll – 22 tackles, TFL, INT
Joe Beckett, White Knoll – 20 tackles, TFL
John Sloan, Gray Collegiate – 18 tackles, TFL
Liam O’Malley, Cardinal Newman – 17 tackles, TFL
Tyler Zobel, Chapin – 15 tackles, FF
Micah Byrd, Blythewood – 15 tackles
Damani Staley, Ridge View – 13 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 sacks, FF
Raquan Pace, C.A. Johnson – 13 tackles, 2 TFL
Alex Irby, Lugoff-Elgin – 13 tackles
Chris Matthews, Gray Collegiate – 13 tackles
Robert Bickley, Chapin – 12 tackles
Duncan Rivers, Gray Collegiate – 12 tackles
Jacob Chavis, White Knoll – 12 tackles, TFL
Reddick Kelley, Lugoff-Elgin – 10 tackles, 3 TFL
Paul Stokes, Spring Valley – 10 tackles, one sack, FR
Jacob Ely, Blythewood – 10 tackles, TFL, sack
Chandler Corley, Lexington – 10 tackles, TFL, FF, FR
Tyler Maxwell, Camden – 6 tackles, 3 TFL, 80-yard interception return for TD
Griffin Harden, Heathwood Hall – 6 tackles, sack, 2 TFL, FF
Secondary
Cody Temples, Gilbert – 12 tackles, PBU, FR, FF
Nick Price, Chapin – 11 tackles, FF, FR
Dylan McNatt, Gilbert – 10 tackles, TFL, PBU, interception and fumble return for TD
Latheron Rogers-Anderson, Ridge View – 10 tackles, 2 PBU, one fumble recovery
Akele Pauling, Cardinal Newman – 9 tackles, 2 FF, fumble recovery
Parker Van Coutren, Lexington – 8 tackles, interception return for TD
Quentin Hook, Brookland-Cayce – 8 tackles, TFL, FF, fumble recovery
Lane Botkin, A.C. Flora – 6 tackles, TD run, 98-yard kickoff return for TD
DJ Ledell, River Bluff – Five tackles, 2 TFL, 3 FF
Special teams
Gunnar Kennedy, Lexington – 59-yard average on six punts.
Dawson Henis, River Bluff – 37-yard field goal and was 3-of-3 on extra points
Chandler Johnson, Chapin – 45.7-yard average on three punts
Bryce Thompson, Ben Lippen – 93-yard kickoff return for TD
Braxton Carr, Dutch Fork – 90-yard fumble return for TD on blocked field goal
Offensive Player of Week: Jordyn Adams, Blythewood
Defensive Player of Week: Dylan McNatt, Gilbert
This story was originally published August 23, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Honor roll: Top Week 0 Midlands high school football performances."