State Recruiting
2008 South Carolina High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest South Carolina prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 35
- Committed Programs
- 20
- Blue-Chips
- 10
Destination programs
- Clemson7 recruits
- South Carolina6 recruits
- 4 recruits
- Kentucky2 recruits
- Boston College1 recruits
South Carolina recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Da'Quan Bowers Bamberg-Ehrhardt | SDE | Clemson | 5★ | 1.000 |
| 2 | A.J. Green Summerville | WR | Georgia | 5★ | 0.997 |
| 3 | C.C. Whitlock Chester | CB | South Carolina | 4★ | 0.965 |
| 4 | Andre Ellington Berkeley | APB | Clemson | 4★ | 0.947 |
| 5 | Kenneth Page A.C. Flora | OG | Clemson | 4★ | 0.910 |
| 6 | Robert Quinn Fort Dorchester | WDE | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.903 |
| 7 | Marquan Jones Blythewood | WR | Clemson | 4★ | 0.902 |
| 8 | Bruce Taylor Myrtle Beach | ILB | Virginia Tech | 4★ | 0.899 |
| 9 | Everett Dawkins Byrnes | DT | Florida State | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 10 | Dalton Freeman Pelion | OG | Clemson | 4★ | 0.896 |
| 11 | Sterling Lucas (player) Orangeburg-Wilkinson | ILB | NC State | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 12 | Kenny Davis Newberry | DT | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.876 |
| 13 | Brandon Ford Hanahan | WR | Clemson | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 14 | Jaron Brown Cheraw | WR | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 15 | T.J. Johnson Aynor Hi | OC | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 16 | Donte Rumph Calhoun County | SDE | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 17 | Cartier Rice Byrnes | CB | 3★ | 0.857 | |
| 18 | Justin Lewis Johnsonville | OG | Maryland | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 19 | J.T. Floyd J L Mann | CB | Michigan | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 20 | Spencer Benton Myrtle Beach | K | Clemson | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 21 | Marcus Thurmond North Augusta | WR | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 22 | Reid McCollum Summerville | PRO | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.837 |
| 23 | Aramis Hillary Strom Thurmond | DUAL | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 24 | Devin Taylor Beaufort | WDE | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 25 | Devin Taylor Battery Creek | WDE | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 26 | Lee Butler Westside | ATH | Duke | 3★ | 0.821 |
| 27 | Terrell Springs Chester | ATH | UAB | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 28 | Ryan Fowler Eastside | K | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 29 | Jimmy Howell West Florence | P | Virginia | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 30 | Taylor Wyndham Swansea | WDE | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 31 | Stone Pinckney Hammond School | ILB | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 32 | Ryan Quigley North Myrtle Beach Christian School | K | Boston College | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 33 | Leonard Paulk Richland Northeast | CB | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.788 |
| 34 | Gene McCaskill Chester | WR | Kentucky | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 35 | Matt Kennedy New Prospect Christian School | OG | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.700 |