Community Film Room, Episode 48
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Our Winter rankings update pinpointed even more players from the 2025, 2026 and 2027 classes who have stood out in their respective positions. For a variety of reasons, our team decided that each of those new additions were worthy of…
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Continue ReadingOur Winter rankings update pinpointed even more players from the 2025, 2026 and 2027 classes who have stood out in their respective positions. For a variety of reasons, our team decided that each of those new additions were worthy of a coveted spot in our rankings.
But we’d be naive to think we’ve evaluated everyone or didn’t miss a few along the way.
PRZ South Carolina is constantly looking at as many of the 10,000-plus prep football players in the SCHSL and SCISA ranks as possible.
Now, the Community Film Room is back.
In each edition, we’ll break down five unranked players from across the state to let you see what we’re seeing. The series will lead right into the the start of the spring rankings cycle, the ever-growing importance of the summer schedule and then the 2024 season.
In Episode 48, we’re highlighting players in five distinct position groups, some of whom move around a good bit.
We were first alerted to Joe when he picked off two passes in a season-opening upset of defending (and soon-to-be repeat) Class A Lower State champ Johnsonville. The following week against Hannah-Pamplico, we then saw him pile up 11 tackles.
The next week? It was too more picks against CA Johnson (highlight below). Joe is going to get plenty receiving reps, too, putting to use his 6-foot-3 frame and excellent reaction time. And because of that length, he’s going to basically never come off the field if coach Daniel Sisk has anything to say about it.
Joe finished fourth in the long jump in the Class 2A state meet as a sophomore, finishing only behind a trio of seniors.
Devarius Ponds Devarius Ponds 5'8" | 160 lbs | RB McBee | 2025 State SC
Devarius Ponds Devarius Ponds 5'8" | 160 lbs | RB McBee | 2025 State SC
For a team that runs the ball about five times for every pass, McBee tries to find new ways to mix it up. Enter Ponds, who takes handoffs out of traditional sets and wing looks alike. He’s a lot stronger than his 160 pounds might suggest, and his ability to break tackles gives the Panthers’ staff every excuse to dole out more carries for the rising senior.
Last season, Ponds averaged north of 10 yards per carry, bolstered on a strong push during the second half of the regular season. He then put up 143 yards and a touchdown against Lewisville in a first-round playoff victory. Had it not been for a forfeited game, Ponds would have likely topped 1,000 yards during his junior season.
Carver Davis
Carver Davis
As Ninety Six coach Matt Bennett put it, Davis “won’t have a lot of stats, but that’s because he started at four or five different positions, because he’s a damn football player.” After reviewing his film, we concur.
Naturally a safety and receiver, Davis moved to quarterback when the starter went down and led the Wildcats to a 4-1 mark in five games. While his arm was more than serviceable, Ninety Six used his legs first, and then when he moved back to receiver, the team continued to work in running plays for him there, too.
Davis is shifty with the ball in his hands, so we imagine he’ll get plenty more touches over the next two seasons.
Windham was a bit of a JV cheat code for most the 2023 season, when he threw for 35 touchdowns. Then, when the postseason cranked up, he was bumped up to join the varsity. After getting some blowout time late against Ridge Spring-Monetta and McBee, he made his mark in the state championship game against Johnsonville.
After starter
Tucker Hendrix
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6’1″ | 170 lbs | QB
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took a big hit and needed to come out of the game, Windham was inserted behind center and proceeded to complete six of eight pass attempts for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Hendrix has clearly earned the top job for 2024, but it will be interesting to see how Christ Church utilizes another talented quarterback.
If you play middle linebacker at Fort Dorchester, you know you’re going to see some top-end competition. The Patriots only played one team that wasn’t a Class 5A program last fall, and in the middle of a defense was King.
The thing we like most about his game is how effective he can be against a variety of offensive schemes. King roams the second level pretty well, and he has no issue whatsoever crashing the backfield when he needs to.
What’s more, he doesn’t miss many tackles. We think we’re going to be hearing his name a lot this fall.