Champion Gridiron Kings roster
In its 3rd year as part of the ESPN RISE Games, Champion Gridiron Kings is an elite high school football event featuring 64 of the best skill position players in the country.
The top quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linebackers, cornerbacks, and safeties are brought together for three days and divided into teams based on their region. Regions include the West, Southwest, Southeast, and Midwest. Coached by former NFL and CFL players, the teams compete in 7-on-7 games, skills challenges and performance training. The past two years has seen the Southeast team crowned as champions.
This years event will take place July 22-25 at ESPN's Wide World of Sports.
Midwest Team
Alex Carter, S (Ashburn, Va./Brian Woods)
J.C. Coleman, RB (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith)
Corey Jones, WR (Pittsburgh/Penn Hills)
Cyrus Jones, ATH (Baltimore/ Gilman School)
Quanzell Lambert, LB (Sicklerville, N.J./Timeber Creek)
Kwontie Moore, LB (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian)
Wayne Morgan, DB (Brooklyn/Erasmus Hall)
Shane Morris, 2013 QB (Warren, Mich./De La Salle Collegiate)
C.J. Prosise, S (Woodberry Forest, Va./ Woodberry Forest)
Terry Richardson, DB (Detroit/Cass Tech)
Deaysean Rippy, LB (McKees Rock, Pa./Sto-Rox)
Canaan Severign, ATH (Worcester, Mass./ Worcester Academy)
Dwayne Stanford II, WR (Cincinnati/Taft)
Ron Thompson, TE (Southfield, Mich./Southfield)
Southeast Team
Chris Bivins, CB (Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville)
Travis Blanks, S (Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian)
Keith Brown, LB (Miami/Homestead)
James Burgess Jr., LB (Miami/Norland)
Kenyan Drake, RB (Powder Springs, Ga./Hillgrove)
Chaz Elder, S (College Park, Ga./Banneker)
Ukeme Eligwe, ILB (Stone Mountain, Ga./ Stone Mountain)
Riley Ferguson, 2013 QB (Matthews, N.C./Butler)
Joshua Holsey, CB (Fairburn, Ga./Creekside)
Angelo Jean-Louis, WR (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central)
Rayshawn Jenkins (Saint Petersburg, Fla./Admiral Farragut)
Randy Johnson, RB (Miami/Norland)
LaTroy Pittman, WR (Citra, Fla./North Marion)
Sean Price, TE (Citra, Fla./North Marion)
P.J. Williams, S (Ocala, Fla./ Vanguard)
Jaime Wilson, WR (Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central)
Southwest Team
Bralon Addison, ATH (Sugarland, Texas/Fort Bend Hightower)
Timothy Cole, LB (Brenham, Texas/Brenham)
Matt Davis, QB (Houston/Klein Forest)
Bryson Echols, S (DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto)
Griffin Gilbert, TE (Austin, Texas/Lake Travis)
Devante Harris, CB (Mesquite, Texas/John Horn)
Russell Hansborough, RB (Arlington, Texas/Bowie)
Thomas Johnson, WR (Dallas/Skyline)
Cayleb Jones, WR (Austin, Texas/SF Austin)
Lamar Louis, LB (Breaux Bridge, La./Breaux Bridge)
Darion Monroe, ATH (Reserve, La./ East Saint John)
Michael Rose, LB (Kansas City, Mo./Rockhurst)
Corey Thompson, S (Missouri City, Texas/Elkins)
Trey Williams, RB (Houston/Dekaney)
West Team
Ishmael Adams, CB (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian)
Mike Baker, QB (Fresno, Calif./Central)
Robert Lewis, RB (South Gate, Calif./Southern Lutheran)
Jaydon Mickens, WR (Los Angeles/Dorsey)
Taylor McNamara, TE (San Diego/Westview)
Davonte Neal, ATH (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral)
Marcus Rios, DB (Elk Grove, Calif./Cosumnes Oaks)
Darius Powe, WR (Long Beach, Calif./Lakewood)
Jabari Ruffin, LB (Downey, Calif./Downey)
KeiVarae Russell, RB (Everett, Wash./ Mariner
Christopher Santini, LB (San Jose, Calif./Leland)
Tee Shepard, DB (Fresno, Calif./Central)
Scott Starr, LB (Norco, Calif./Norco)
Shaq Thompson, S (Sacramento, Calif./ Grant
Bryce Treggs, WR (Inglewood, Calif./St. John Bosco)
Derrick Woods, S (Inglewood, Calif./Inglewood)
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