GREENVILLE, S.C. – Eight SC State players are among some 155 on the South Carolina College All Star Bowl Watch List released Thursday (Nov. 6). Players on the Watch List for the March 23 game to be played at North Greenville College come from senior athletes on South Carolina college and university rosters as well as players who are Palmetto State natives playing for out-of-state schools.

“We wanted this game to represent the best that South Carolina has to offer,” said Clayton Banner, vice president of operations for the game. “This is a great group of players and it will be tough to trim the roster down as we get closer to the game.”

Players from colleges and natives of high schools south of Interstate 20 will play for a Lowcountry team coached by Willie Jeffries, the legendary retired head coach of South Carolina State University and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Players from the Upstate (or north of the I-20 line) will be coached by Danny Ford, also a member of the College Football Hall of Famer who led Clemson University to the 1981 National Championship.

Bulldogs players on the list include wide receiver Lennel Elmore, offensive linemen Sam Hammond and Gideon Scott, tight end Dwight Brannon, defensive linemen Leon Smith and James Fulwood, linebacker Cortney Ingram, and defensive back Jakar Hamilton.

Go to www.sccollegeallstarbowl.com/player-watchlist/ to read the full list of athletes on the Watch List, which includes players from Appalachian State, The U.S. Military Academy (Army), Benedict, Bethune Cookman, Bucknell, Campbell, Catawba, Charleston Southern University, The Citadel, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, Columbia University, Concord University, Duke, Eastern Carolina University, Florida State University, Fort Valley State, Furman University, Gardner-Webb University, Georgia State University, Harvard, Howard University, Johnson C. Smith, The University of Kentucky, Kentucky Christian, Lenoir-Rhyne, Liberty University, Louisiana Tech, The University of Michigan, Middle Tennessee State, Morgan State, North Carolina Central University, The U.S. Naval Academy, North Carolina State University, the University of Nebraska, Newberry College,  North Greenville University, North Texas University, Presbyterian College, South Carolina State University, University of Toledo, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Virginia State, Wingate, Wofford, Washington State University and Wyoming.

This list includes seven players who received All-ACC recognition, one All-SEC honored player, one All-Big Ten, 11 All-SoCon honorees, 14 All-Big South honorees and two All-MEAC selections.

The final roster of two 50-player teams will be announced in January.

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