Ranking Upstate ‘s best defensive backs in 2024 South Carolina high school football season

With the South Carolina high school football season nearing its Aug. 23 kickoff of Week Zero, here’s a look at some of the Upstate’s best defensive backs in the SCHSL. The list includes three transfers, including Westside’s Armoni Weaver and Chamarryus Bomar, two-way players joining the Class AAAA state champion.

Here’s our ranking of the Upstate’s best DBs, from 7 to 1:

Best SC high school football DBs in Upstate for 2024

7. Somad Eaddy

Riverside

Vitals: 5-11, 155, Jr.

College offers: Maryland, West Virginia

Eaddy burst onto the scene as a freshman with six interceptions and added three more last season with six pass breakups. He can play anywhere in the defensive backfield but usually as a shut-down cornerback.

6. Jeremiah Favorite

Boiling Springs

Vitals: 6-0, 170, Jr.

College offers: East Carolina, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech

Earlier this year at the Carolina Coaches Combine, where players from North and South Carolina were tested in skills for verification, Favorite won the overall defensive award.

Boiling Spring played Spartanburg in high school football at Boiling Springs High School on Oct. 20, 2023. Boiling Springs’ Jeremiah Favorite (1) makes it to the end zone on a play after picking off a ball.

5. Zeke Marshall

Westside

Vitals: 6-6, 200, Sr.

College offers: Appalachian State, Charlotte, East Carolina, Troy, Virginia Tech, West Virginia

Marshall last season had nine interceptions, third-most in the state, and another six passes defended. He has a dozen picks in the past two seasons. Marshall also had 87 tackles for Class AAAA state champion Westside.

4. Ramani Bruton

J.L. Mann

Vitals: 6-0, 170, Sr.

College offers: Georgia State, Marshall

Bruton transferred from Greenville and is a key addition to a Mann team that went 11-3 and lost in the Class AAAAA Upper State final, 31-30, to eventual state champ Dutch Fork. Bruton has 11…

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Publish date : 2024-07-16 09:04:34

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