2024 “All-North Carolina” College Football Team
(Offense)
By David Glenn
North Carolina Sports Network
Throughout the 2024 football season, the North Carolina Sports Network tracked the careers of more than 1,000 college players who were products of the North Carolina high school ranks.
This year’s all-state squad is led by college superstars such as UNC running back Omarion Hampton (Clayton Cleveland), a two-time All-American for the Tar Heels, and Georgia linebacker Jalon Walker (Salisbury High), a 2024 first-team All-American who represented the Bulldogs in this year’s College Football Playoff.
Below are NCSN’s 2024 “All-North Carolina” college football team honorees on offense, divided among our first-, second- and third-team selections, plus honorable mentions.
(For NCSN’s 2024 honorees on defense, please click HERE.)
Players from all NCAA conferences and divisions were eligible for this team, although there was a heavy focus on those competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) or the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), where programs offer more scholarships and, generally speaking, play against much higher-caliber competition than those in Division Two and especially Division Three (where athletic scholarships aren’t offered).
Each player is listed with his position, 2024 eligibility status (mostly seniors and juniors, with those who took a redshirt year also indicated as such), college team(s), athletic-based honors and North Carolina high school affiliation.
Reminder: Many in-state college stars attended out-of-state high schools. They are not eligible for this team, which is designed to both celebrate North Carolina’s high school football products and explore which college programs are doing the best jobs of signing and developing those in-state stars.
This 2024 “All-North Carolina” college football team was selected after consultation with college coaches, NFL scouts, media members and university media relations representatives.
NOTE: NCSN’s 2023 “All-North Carolina” college football team, led by former UNC star quarterback Drake Maye (Charlotte Myers Park) and former NC State star linebacker Payton Wilson (Hillsborough Orange), can be found HERE. Both players are now starting in the National Football League.
2024 “All-North Carolina” College Football Team*
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
QB: Grayson McCall, r-Sr., NC State (Coastal Carolina 2020-23)
3x Sun Belt POY, 4-year starter, injured 2024, Indian Trail Porter Ridge
RB: Omarion Hampton, Jr., North Carolina (entering 2025 NFL draft)
2x All-American, 2x 1st-team All-ACC, Clayton Cleveland
RB: Quinton Cooley, r-Jr., Liberty (Wake Forest 2020-22)
2x 1st-team All-CUSA, Bailey Southern Nash
WR: KC Concepcion, So., NC State (Texas A&M in 2025)
2023 2nd-team All-ACC, 2-year starter, Charlotte Chambers
WR: Kaedin Robinson, r-Sr., App State (UCF 2021; in portal)
2024 1st-team All-Sun Belt, 4-year starter, Asheville Christ
TE: Bryson Nesbit, Sr., North Carolina
2023 1st-team All-ACC, injured 2024, Charlotte South Mecklenburg
OT: Diego Pounds, r-Jr., Mississippi (UNC 2021-23)
2-year starter, Raleigh Millbrook
OG: Torricelli Simpkins III, r-Sr., South Carolina (NC Central 2020-23)
2024 3rd-team All-SEC, 2023 1st-team All-MEAC, 4-year starter, Charlotte Olympic
OC: Jared Wilson, r-Jr., Georgia
2024 2nd-team All-SEC, Clemmons West Forsyth
OG: Caleb Krings, r-Sr. Duke (Elon 2020-23)
2024 2nd-team All-ACC, 4-year starter, Fayetteville Cape Fear
OT: Parker Moorer, r-Sr., East Carolina (West Virginia 2019-21)
2024 3rd-team All-AAC, 2-year starter, Charlotte Mallard Creek
SP: Chandler Brayboy, r-Sr., Elon
2024 1st-team FCS A-A, 2x All-CAA, 4-year starting WR/KR, Pembroke Swett
PK: Lucas Carneiro, r-So., Western Kentucky (Ole Miss in 2025)
2024/2023 1st-team/HM All-CUSA, Davidson Community
SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
QB: Byrum Brown, Jr., South Florida
2-year starter, injured 2024, Rolesville High
RB: Jordan Waters, r-Sr., NC State (Duke 2020-23)
2023 3rd-team All-ACC, 3-year starter, Fairmont High
RB: Tre Stewart, Sr., Jacksonville State (Limestone 2021-23)
2024 1st-team All-CUSA, 2023 D2 A-A, 3-year starter, Winston-Salem Prep
WR: Noah Rogers, r-Fr., NC State (Ohio State 2023)
2024 starter, Rolesville High
WR: Kobe Paysour, r-Jr., North Carolina
2024 starter, Kings Mountain High
TE: Jake Young, r-So., Western Carolina (Charlotte in 2025)
2024 1st-team All-SoCon, Waxhaw Marvin Ridge
OT Carson Vinson, r-Sr., Alabama A&M
2024 2nd-team FCS A-A, top OL in SWAC, Cary Panther Creek
OG: Michael Gonzalez, Sr., Louisville
2023/2024 3rd-team/HM All-ACC, 2-year starter, Monroe Sun Valley
OC: Jack Hollifield, r-Jr., App State (VT 2021-23; Tulane in 2025)
2024 2nd-team All-Sun Belt, Shelby High
OG: Timothy McKay, r-Sr., NC State
2023/2024 HM All-ACC, 3-year starter, Raleigh Wakefield
OT: Donnell Wilson, r-Sr., Tennessee Tech (Coastal Carolina 2019-23)
2024 1st-team All-Big South/OVC, 2-year starter, Whiteville High
SP: Que’Sean Brown, r-Fr., Duke
2024 HM All-ACC, Kernersville East Forsyth
PK: Owen Zalc, So., Dartmouth
2024 Ivy League Special Teams POY, 2x 1st-team All-Ivy, Cary Green Hope
THIRD-TEAM OFFENSE
QB: Alonza Barnett III, r-So., James Madison
2024 HM All-Sun Belt, Greensboro Grimsley
RB: Ahmani Marshall, r-Sr., App State (Wake Forest 2020-21)
2024 3rd-team All-Sun Belt, Kernersville East Forsyth
RB: Kanye Roberts, r-So., Appalachian State
2023 HM All-Sun Belt, Teachey Wallace-Rose Hill
WR: Chandler Brayboy, r-Sr., Elon
2024/2023 1st-team/HM All-CAA, 4-year starting WR/KR, Pembroke Swett
WR: AJ Colombo, Jr., Western Carolina
2024 1st-team All-SoCon, Waxhaw Cuthbertson
TE: Johncarlos Miller II, r-Jr., Texas Tech (Elon 2021-23)
2023 1st-team All CAA, 2-year starter, Greensboro Dudley
OT: Trevon Humphrey, r-So., NC Central
2024 HBCU All-American, 1st-team All-MEAC, Greensboro Dudley
OG: Nishad Strother, r-Sr., Oregon (ECU 2019-22)
4-year starter, including 2024 for Big Ten champs, Havelock High
OC: Will McDonald, r-Sr., California (2019-23 Coastal Carolina)
2023 3rd-team All-Sun Belt, 3-year starter, Indian Trail Porter Ridge
OG: Sam Pendleton, r-Fr., Notre Dame
2024 starter, Pfafftown Reagan
OT: Keydrell Lewis, r-Sr., Memphis (SJSU/Louisiana-Monroe)
3-year starter, Charlotte Mallard Creek
SP: Tucker Holloway, Jr., Virginia Tech
2023 3rd-team All-ACC, High Point Andrews
PK: Ian Williams, r-Jr., Furman (NCSU 2020-21)
2024/2023 1st-/2nd-team All-SoCon, 3-year starter, Matthews Weddington
*—must have played for North Carolina-based high school(s) to be eligible
HONORABLE MENTION
Quarterbacks: Jaylen Raynor, So., Arkansas State (2023 Sun Belt FOY), Kernersville East Forsyth; Camden Coleman, So., Richmond (2024 3rd-team All-CAA), Winston-Salem Glenn; Dustin Noller, r-Sr., Limestone/D2 (South Atlantic Conference POY, 3-year starter), Charlotte Mallard Creek.
Running Backs: Hollywood Smothers, r-Fr., Oklahoma/NC State (2024 part-time starter for Wolfpack), West Charlotte; Elijah Burris, Sr., Hampton (2023 3rd-team All-CAA, 2021 2nd-team All-Big South, 2-year starter), Mt Holly Mountain Island; J’Mari Taylor, r-Jr., NC Central/Virginia (2024 HBCU HM All-American, 2024/2022 1st-/3rd-team All-MEAC for Eagles), Charlotte West Mecklenburg; Jaden Sutton, r-Sr., Lafayette/Delaware State (2024 HBCU HM All-American, 2024 1st-team All-MEAC, 2021 2nd-team All-Patriot), Winston-Salem Glenn; Mari Adams, Jr., Davidson (2024/2023 1st-/2nd-team All-Pioneer, 2-year starter), Shelby Crest.
Wide Receivers: Donavon Greene, r-Jr., Wake Forest (2022 HM All-ACC, 2-year starter), Mount Airy High; Stephen Gosnell, UNC/Virginia Tech (2-year starter for Hokies), Pilot Mountain East Surry; Jasaiah Gathings, r-Jr., Akron/UConn (2023 2nd-team All-MAC), Statesville High; Elijah Metcalf, r-Jr., Middle Tennessee/Marshall (2023 2nd-team All-CUSA), Charlotte Mallard Creek; Montigo Moss, r-Sr., Maine (2024 3rd-team All-CAA, 3-year starter), Charlotte South Mecklenburg; Bryson Canty, r-Jr., Columbia (2x 1st-team All-Ivy, 2-year starter), Pfafftown Reagan; Devin Smith, Sr., NC Central/Villanova (2023/2022 1st-/2nd-team All-MEAC, 3-year starter), Durham Riverside; Reginald Vick Jr., r-So., Virginia Union/Wake Forest (2024 HBCU All-American, 1st-team All-CIAA), Wendell East Wake; Brevin Caldwell, r-Jr., Johnson C Smith/D2 (2024 HBCU HM All-American, 1st-team All-CIAA, 3-year starter), Charlotte Independence.
Tight Ends: Worth Warner, Sr. Presbyterian (2x 1st-team All-Pioneer, 3-year starter), Raleigh Broughton.
Offensive Linemen: Jonny King, r-Jr., Charlotte (3-year starter), Greensboro Southeast Guilford; Blake Whitmore, r-Sr., Western Carolina (2024/2023 1st-/2nd-team All-SoCon, 4-year starter), Raleigh Millbrook; Anthony Carter Jr., r-Jr., NC State (2-year starter), Matthews Butler; Jaylen Nichols, r-Sr., South Carolina/Memphis (2-year starter), Charlotte Myers Park; Erwil Anthony Jr., Jr., Wingate/Liberty (2024 top OL in South Atlantic Conference), Kannapolis Brown; Slade Roy, Sr., East Carolina/LSU (4-year starting long snapper), Charlotte South Mecklenburg.
Kickers: Nolan Hauser, Fr., Clemson (2024 starter, kicked game-winning FG in ACC title game), Cornelius Hough; Noah Burnette, r-Jr., North Carolina (2023 2nd-team All-ACC, 3-year starter), Raleigh Leesville Road; Mitch Jeter, r-Sr., South Carolina/Notre Dame (3-year starter), Concord Cannon; Todd Pelino, Jr., Duke (3-year starter), Concord Cannon; Matthew Dennis, r-Jr., Wake Forest (3-year starter), Charlotte Myers Park; Laith Marjan, r-Jr., ECU/South Alabama/Kansas (2024 2nd-team All-Sun Belt for Jaguars), Raleigh Enloe.
