2024 UIL State: Friday's Must-See Prospects

Friday's games will include standouts such as Michigan signee S Jayden Sanders, Baylor signee DE Kamauryn Morgan and four-star RB KJ Edwards.

4A Division II: Carthage vs. Waco La Vega - 11:00 a.m.

  • Carthage 2026 LB Daquives Beck (#8): Beck has not only collected 92 tackles and 18 TFLs this season, but he has also collected 15 scholarship offers, including Baylor, Houston, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and more. 
  • Carthage 2026 RB KJ Edwards (#0): One of the top-rated running backs in 2026, Edwards is a lightning bolt with offers from almost every major program in the country. 
  • Carthage 2025 OL Kash Courtney (#50): Big, strong, tenacious blocker who signed with Arkansas. His success has been key to a well-rounded attack led by 2026 QB Jett Surratt
  • Waco La Vega 2025 OL Eythan Thompson (#72): This monster right tackle inked with Houston and will kick inside at the next level. He is playing next to 2027 OL JJ Johnson, who will be next up at La Vega. 
  • Waco La Vega 2026 ATH Jabarie Thornton (#1): Thornton already boasts offers from Baylor, Houston and Arkansas because he is a new-era offensive weapon.

4A Division I: Celina vs. Kilgore - 3:00 p.m.

  • Celina 2026 QB Bowe Bentley (#1): Bentley is closing in on double-digit offers featruring in-state programs like North Texas, Sam Houston and Texas Tech. 
  • Celina TE/WR Wyatt Villareal (#88): You will quickly notice this pass catcher on the field because of his 6-foot-5 frame. Villareal recently collected his first FBS offer from Louisiana Tech.
  • Kilgore 2025 ATH Jayden Sanders (#3): A four-star prospect who plays both ways at WR and S but signed with the Michigan Wolverines to play in the secondary.
  • Kilgore 2026 WR Lakeyleon Graves (#4): Better get to know this name as he is one of the state's fastest risers. He has secured FBS offers from North Texas and UTEP. 
  • Kilgore 2026 DL Cameron Christian (#65): The 6-foot, 275-pounder bolsters the Bulldogs in the trenches and has been rewarded with offers from North Texas, Texas Tech, UTEP and UTSA. 

5A Division II: South Oak Cliff vs. Richmond Randle - 7:00 p.m.

  • Richmond Randle 2027 RB Landen Williams-Callis (#1): The DCTF four-star is already one of the most heavily offered prospects in the country with 36 FBS offers. 
  • Richmond Randle 2025 DL Chace Sims (#59): A powerhouse on the interior who signed with Texas A&M in the Early Signing Period. Sims is rated as four-star by 247Sports.
  • South Oak Cliff 2025 DE Kamauryn Morgan (#3): The highest-rated DL to sign with the Baylor Bears since Andrew Billings in the Class of 2013.
  • South Oak Cliff 2027 OL Brian Swanson (#72): SOC has developed into an OL-producing powerhouse under HC Jason Todd and OL coach Zach Collins. Swanson is the next big thing.
  • South Oak Cliff 2025 LB Jayden Shelton (#9): The Arkansas signee forms one of the state's best LB tandems with Jamarion Phillips (#7), who holds 17 offers in the Class of 2026.

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