Three UNC commits named to Associated Press North Carolina All-State football team
Posted Jan 2, 2014
Three UNC commits were named to the Associated Press North Carolina All-State team this week: Running back Elijah Hood, offensive tackle Bentley Spain, and kicker Freeman Jones.
Hood was named North Carolina's Player of the Year, and all three commits are members of UNC's 2014 football recruiting class. Spain and Hood have both signed their National Letters of Intent and will enroll at UNC later this month and participate in Spring Practice with the Tar Heels.
Here's the complete list of the All-State team with each player's class and college commitment listed in parenthesis.
OFFENSE
QB-Will Grier, Davidson Day (2014, Florida)
RB-Elijah Hood, Charlotte Catholic (2014, UNC)
RB-Nyheim Hines, Garner (2015, uncommitted)
RB-Rocky Reid, Concord (2015, uncommitted)
RB-Derrell Scott, Havelock (2014, uncommitted)
WR-Corey Joyner, Lake Norman (2015, uncommitted)
WR-Maurice Trowell, Southern Durham (2014, NC State)
WR-Mykelti Armstrong, Gastonia Forestview (2014, uncommitted)
TE-Jaylen Samuels, Charlotte Mallard Creek (2014, NC State)
OL-Bentley Spain, Charlotte Providence (2014, UNC)
OL-Trip McNeill, Davie County (2014, Duke)
OL-Nathan Dalton, East Henderson (2014, Western Carolina)
OL-Kyle Erickson, Fayetteville Britt (2014, East Carolina)
OL-Omar Todman, Charlotte Mallard Creek (2014, uncommitted)
DEFENSE
DL-Lamont Gaillard, Fayetteville Pine Forest (2014, Georgia)
DL-Harold Landry, Fayetteville Pine Forest (2014, Boston College)
DL-Ikeem Allen, Charlotte Mallard Creek (2014, Ball State)
DL-Quintin Brinkley, West Forsyth (2014, uncommitted)
LB-Chris Register, Greensboro Dudley (2014, Clemson)
LB-Daishon Davis, Belmont South Point (2014, uncommitted)
LB-Coult Culler, Wilmington Laney (2014, NC State)
DB-Jaire Alexander, Rocky River (2015, uncommitted)
DB-Germaine Pratt, High Point Central (2014, NC State)
DB-Tanner Muse, Belmont South Point (2015, Clemson)
DB-Quinlyn Harris, Lincolnton (2015, uncommitted)
DB-Tre'Shun Wynn, Monroe (2014, uncommitted)
SPECIAL TEAMS
K-Thomas Blakey, Asheville Reynolds (2014, uncommitted)
K-Freeman Jones, Bunn (2014, UNC)
P-Corbin Daly, Charlotte Ardrey Kell (2014, uncommitted)
KR-Jerrick Robbins, Indian Trail Porter Ridge (2014, uncommitted)
ATH-Josh Ladowski, Lake Norman (2015, uncommitted)
ATH-Emmanuel Moseley, Greensboro Dudley (2014, Tennessee)
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