Community Film Room, Episode 54
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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 54, we’re spreading the wealth among all three phases of the game.
Jacob Adams Jacob Adams SC
Jacob Adams Jacob Adams SC
Adams has flown a bit under the radar because he doesn’t have one of those booming legs. But what he has been is highly effective for a Class 5A team that tends to find itself in a lot of dog fights and needs to take advantage of every opportunity to put points on the board it can.
Last season, Adams produced 69 of West Ashley’s 362 overall points, as he was 42-of-26 on extra points and nine-of-11 on field goals. He’s got range in the low 50s on field goals and also handles punting for the Wildcats.
With the right training and some slight improvement on his kickoffs, Adams certainly has the basis of someone who can play at the next level.
Charles Huynh
Charles Huynh
Whatever formula Carolina Forest uses to develop its offensive lineman is obviously working, and Huynh is the next example. The 6-foot-3, 275-pound right tackle gets a little better every time we see him.
After helping the Panthers rush for 3,885 yards and 50 touchdowns last fall, Huynh showed up the Joanne Langfitt Challenge and performed pretty well. Then, after a season on the hardwood, he had put on nine pounds and still a faster top-end speed at the West Florence combine last weekend.
Whichever tackle spot Carolina Forest uses him at this season is TBD. But he’s a huge part of this team’s plans in 2024 and has the skill and power to back it all up.
There’s no shame in Sewell being the Rebels’ third-best receiver last year, as he was playing alongside two guys who have now signed to continue playing in college. But coach Andrew Webb makes no bones about next season being Sewell’s time to shine.
He’s more than enough speed to play the outside receiver spots, and as you’ll see in his film, Sewell has the ability to make some acrobatic plays while the ball’s in the air.
Between the confidence of his coaches and what he’s already done, there’s no reason he won’t have a chance to dwarf his 2023 figures (46 receptions, 523 yards, six touchdowns).
Nobody will be able to pigeon-hole the Abbeville offensive scheme to just one player while Jamie Nickles is in charge there. At the same time, a chunk of the playbook might have been called “Get the ball in Karson’s hands and let him make something happen.”
While lining up all over the field, Norman is a high-production combo player who is difficult to track pre-snap. That’s because he’s often in motion coming out of the wing or even the slot. It works to his advantage.
The benefit to Abbeville is also true, because Norman gets exactly where he needs to be. Once he sees open field and the shoulder pads and helmet dip, there’s a strong possibility the play will end with him in the end zone.
While the reel below isn’t even from Watts’ best statistical game of the 2023 season, it provided a nice snap shot of what he’s capable of. The two-way player is charged with playing on the offensive line.
We think it’s teaching him how to be a better defensive end.
With his current height, reach and size, he’s a good bit faster than the offensive linemen responsible for blocking him and often tall enough to see what’s developing behind them. It’s why he put up 24 tackles for loss and eight sacks a season ago.