The Mr. Football countdown is back! Here are the first eight players in our Mr. Football Sweet Sixteen presented by Sam Greiner.
By Makayla Holder / The Charlotte Observer
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Foreign [Music] The journey to selecting the best high School football player in the state of North Carolina yep that's it it's Mr Football time so we have our our sweet 16 as we can call it to take off of the The rankings let's go ahead and get into It so grinder we're going to split this Off in alphabetical order you got an Eight pack that you're going to talk About and I've got an eight that I'm Going to talk about let's first kick it To your list you've got an impressive List of eight uh you know eight of these Sweet 16 guys can you talk a little bit About them yeah I just I think these Guys have earned their keep to be in the Top 16 in alphabetical order this is not Number one through eight just want to Talk about these guys and highlight them First on the list is Ben black of win Against this athlete myself he is Probably the most explosive player I've Seen to date this year in high school Football he can return kicks he can make Plays as DB if he catches a screen he Can go 80 yards he'll be seen it Multiple times his explosion height Awareness of the field does it all Players Iron Man football and he does it With the team that actually has about 150 players on it so you know that he's That good that they're not utilizing him
I mean they're utilizing him the best They possibly can even though they have A lot of depth uh the next on the list Is our reigning defending champ Jaden Davis from Providence day quarterback Senior this year he is doing a Performance even better than last year It's going to be very tough to uh to Defeat this guy in uh Mr football but Jayden Davis is leading his team to an Undefeated season at the moment doing a Great job number one on the sweet 16 List next on the list is Micah Gilbert From Charlotte Christian down the road Competitive with Providence day big Receiver does a lot of things a lot of People are double covering him and he's Doing amazing things even in double Coverage they're doing very creative Things to get him the ball like half Back passes and things like that still Get him behind the defense doing the Great things big numbers uh heavily Recruited Jack Larson out of Charlotte Catholic tight end senior as well doing Amazing things great blocker he's the Typical guy you see going to the Notre Dame's of the world uh you know they Have like five tight ends he is one of Those guys huge he has everything your Team is about big time player Jack Larson competing Zach Lawrence Butler Junior quarterback Butler is rising up The ranks they had a downfall in the
First week they lost Um after that they've been ripping Through the rankings climbing up in the Sweet 16 winning big big games won the Game in Virginia as well but Zach Lawrence at the helm at quarterback Putting up big numbers uh you know he's Always had great seven on seven deals But this year he's really translating to 11 man football doing a great job for Butler uh Zay Jones Scotland County you Know they always keep a running back in The back pocket he is leading their team Doing everything they possibly can over There uh in Scotland County will look to See them coming out of the East with This guy running the rock numbers Unbelievable Jordan's ship Providence Day wide receiver if you ask me Personally I think he's the best player In the state top you know regardless of Position what he does on the field is Amazing when he does off the field is Even better met this guy in person Um if you had to ask me today what's the One player that I would want to have out Of North Carolina it would be this Player Jordan's ship unbelievable player Everything he does from weight room the Best hands I've ever seen at wide Receiver his father was pretty good Himself but I think his son's going to Be a little bit better so look out for Him having big numbers the rest of the
Year and then last but not least Jaden Smith uh defensive player very hard to Get in this list already has two Touchdowns on the year on defense Um unbelievable sack uh track record has Seven sacks on a year and 15 tackles for Loss doing an amazing job with his stats Leading his team to an undefeated season So far big game coming up this week Hopefully he can retain that and stay in The sweet 16 and climb up the letter Those are my eight right now thank you For that grinder that is a wonderful There I will be back later in the show Actually for my eight can't wait to show You guys what we have for these 16 for Mr football for 2023.
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