Community Film Room, Episode 74

Our Winter rankings update pinpointed even more players from the 2027, 2028 and 2029 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 as you've discovered by following along, we're nowhere near done.   As we traverse the offseason, we're also seeing a changing of the guard. And, as such, PRZ South Carolina is constantly looking at as many of the 10,000 or so 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 program schedules and then the 2026 season.   In Episode 74, we're looking a receiver prepped for a heavier workload, a tailback who missed most of 2025, a thick linebacker with some range, an shutdown corner who keeps getting stronger and an interior offensive lineman leading the way for his young program.     When Indian Land rolls [player_tooltip player_id='1467825' first='Matt' last='Kucia'] out for his junior season, it's not going to be a big mystery that the Warriors are going to want him to keep throwing despite losing a pair of 1,000-yard receivers. Enter Wilson, whose individual standing is getting a big ol' boost from that graduation-based attrition.   He's already proven he can handle the targets. As a sophomore, he hauled in 30 passes for 447 yards and a pair of touchdowns, roughly one-sixth of Kucia's passing yards. Wilson has a big frame and moves faster than he appears to because of how fluid he his with his motion.    It allows him to occasionally get behind the corner (and safety), but his biggest impact will probably grow even more into his yards after the catch. Between his size and a little bit of shiftiness, few defensive backs are going to bring him down one-on-one on first contact.      Wren made last year's audibles look pretty darn good after moving [player_tooltip player_id='1790589' first='Muntu' last='Brown'] (1,686 yards, 20 touchdowns) to tailback. But the Hurricanes never intended to be a one-back offense. Mosely went down in the fourth game of the year with an odd injury that took months to properly diagnose and treat.   Prior to that, he'd put up three 100-yard games, caught a couple passes and gotten into the end zone three times. And after his post-surgery recovery, Mosley is expected to be back at 100 percent well in advance of the summer routine and 2026 season.    Mosley is a powerful, up-the-gut runner when he needs to be. But he's also capable of splitting out wide and even playing on defense and/or special teams. Wren has every intention of feeding him throughout the 2026 season. Putting him and Brown on the field at the same time will be a win-win for the offense and should help confound opposing defenses.     Wren made last year's audibles look pretty darn good after moving [player_tooltip player_id='1790589' first='Muntu' last='Brown'] (1,686 yards, 20 touchdowns) to tailback. But the Hurricanes never intended to be a one-back offense. Mosely went down in the fourth game of the year with an odd injury that took months to properly diagnose and treat.   Prior to that, he'd put up three 100-yard games, caught a couple passes and gotten into the end zone three times. And after his post-surgery recovery, Mosley is expected to be back at 100 percent well in advance of the summer routine and 2026 season.    Mosley is a powerful, up-the-gut runner when he needs to be. But he's also capable of splitting out wide and even playing on defense and/or special teams. Wren has every intention of feeding him throughout the 2026 season. Putting him and Brown on the field at the same time will be a win-win for the offense.      The Bulldogs have a pair of inside linebackers who are flexible enough to bounce off each other depending on the play call. So we have already seen Williams in a variety of sets, including taking on the look of a rush end from time to time.   As a junior, he finished the season with 59 tackles, nine tackles for loss, two sacks and two pass break-ups. That sort of production tells us he's got some range that allows the scheme to work even better.    At the crux of it all is Williams' 6-foot, 220-pound frame. That big body can withstand the contact necessary to thrive for a full season, and we're thinking it'll translate extremely well for him as Marlboro County drops a class and is competing in 2A this fall.      If you're looking for a sleeper in the 2027 class who could come on quickly, Wiggins should be near the top of your list. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound corner has coverage skills that will translate to the next level. When the play's run in front of him, he's just as quick to change gears and initiate contact on a ball carrier.    He put up 25 tackles as a junior and most notably earned some recognition when he picked up a loose fumble and took it back to the house against Boiling Springs on Halloween. But that is only part of his story. Opposing quarterbacks completed just five passes against him all season.   Some of that was because they learned quickly to avoid his side of the field. Wiggins is a weight room junkie who recently squatted north of 400 pounds. He's got an excellent reach and isn't going to get muscled out of a 50-50 ball.       As we dug into why Armada linebacker/tailback [player_tooltip player_id='1821585' first='Semaj' last='Wilson'] was starting to do his thing last fall on the offensive side of the ball, we noticed Cunningham was handling his end of the bargain. Not surprisingly, ACA rode those two to some offensive consistency that had otherwise been lacking out of the young program.   Cunningham isn't your traditional center. He's already hovering around the 6-foot-3 and 275-pound mark as a sophomore. His dad is 6-foot-5, so there's a solid chance Cunningham has another couple inches of growth in him. He's also already pretty long with his reach, something that helps him navigate the trenches.   His biggest strength, though, is how he uses all that to either patrol the middle of the line in the passing game or how he sticks with his push-out blocks in the rushing attack. When he gets his legs moving and already has his hands on you, chances are he's going to win the battle.

Our Winter rankings update pinpointed even more players from the 2027, 2028 and 2029 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.