Football season is finally here! Teams across the state will start practicing tomorrow and we couldn’t be happier. You can expect to see previews of each Lakelands team in the coming days, but we wanted to make sure everyone could argue over the weekend. With that in mind we present to you the Lakelands Top 50 Players to Watch in 2023. The Top 10 have been ranked with the rest in alphabetical order. This is our subjective list based on our collective experience covering Lakelands football. Best of luck to all the teams and, as football fans have been saying since the Super bowl, SPOT THE DAMN BALL!
| KD Abney | RB/LB | Emerald |
| Mike Blocker | RB/LB | Strom Thurmond |
| Kaleb Burton | WR/DB | Greenwood |
| Punkin Chamberlain | QB | Greenwood |
| Kadon Crawford | TE/LB | Clinton |
| Hampton Davis | WR | Greenwood Christian |
| Quan Edmond | QB | Strom Thurmond |
| Jakwon Elmore | DB | Abbeville |
| Thomas Ferguson | TE/S | Dixie |
| Christian Foster | RB | Emerald |
| Jordan Greene | WR | Emerald |
| Kade Heaton | QB | Greenwood Christian |
| Jay Hill | QB | Abbeville |
| Key Holloway | QB | Emerald |
| Dontravis Jackson | DL | Emerald |
| Staylon Johnson | QB | Dixie |
| Zay King | RB/LB | Ninety Six |
| Kam Langofrd | WR/LB | Greenwood |
| Da’Quean Lewis | ATH | Calhoun Falls |
| Triston Lewis | QB | Greenwood |
| Justice Lomax | RB | Ware Shoals |
| JT Lott | DL | Saluda |
| Jamal Marshall | RB | Abbeville |
| Jamarri Norman | S | Calhoun Falls |
| Karson Norman | ATH | Abbeville |
| Al Patterson | FB/DB | Abbeville |
| Tushawan Richardson | QB | Clinton |
| Damarion Roman | LB | Greenwood |
| Darius Simpkins | DL | Strom Thurmond |
| Kaleb Simpkins | DB/WR | Strom Thurmond |
| Markese Stevens | QB | McCormick |
| Kendrez Tatum | QB | Calhoun Falls |
| Dre’Kevan Thomas | WR | McCormick |
| Demarius Tolen | ATH | Strom Thurmond |
| Ladarion Waldrop | WR/DB | Ninety Six |
| Brayden Williams | RB | Saluda |
| Briant Witherspoon | RB | Ninety Six |
| Robert Wooodard | DL | Emerald |
| HD Yonce | ATH | Strom Thurmond |
| Brett Young | LB | Clinton |