Meet the All-Spartanburg area high school football team and player of the year for 2023

Here is the All-Spartanburg area high school football team for the 2023 season. Both offense and defense have 11-man teams with a kicker added to the offense. Athletes are listed in alphabetical order. Statistics are from MaxPreps. Coaches nominate players for postseason honors.

Player of the Year

Coleman Gray

Quarterback | Sr. | Chapman

This may be the best way, the only way, to explain how important Coleman Gray was to a team that won Region 3-AAA and went 10-2.

Gray was the leading rusher for the Panthers with 895 yards, more than eight yards per carry, with 15 touchdowns. He was not the running back. He was the quarterback who also passed for 2,076 yards, completing 64% with 17 touchdowns. He is the 864Huddle All-Spartanburg area player of the year.

First team offense

Harrison Bridges

Offensive line | Sr. | Chapman

Bridges was named all-state and provided much of the protection for Gray as Chapman won Region 3-AAA with the league’s best offense.

Jake Buerk

Offensive line | Sr. | Gaffney

Buerk was selected all-state in Class AAAAA and was a starter in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game.

Landon Greene

Offensive line | Jr. | Dorman

Greene is listed as the No. 13 offensive lineman in the state by Prep Red Zone for the rising senior class. He is 6-foot-2 and 330 pounds.

Colton Link

Running back | Sr. | Landrum

Link ran for 1,668 yards (9.1 per carry) and scored 23 touchdowns. He had seven games of more than 100 yards and made all-state in Class AA.

Emazon Littlejohn

Wide receiver | Sr. | Gaffney

Littlejohn was an all-state player who had 57 catches for 869 yards with 11 touchdowns.

Jaiden McDowell

Running back | So. | Gaffney

McDowell made all-state in Class AAAA in his first season as a starter. He ran for 1,313 yards and 13 touchdowns and caught 45 passes for 548 yards with four scores.

Jaylen McGill

Running back | So. |…


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Author : Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Publish date : 2024-02-06 20:10:47

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