Let’s crown NCHSAA state football champions.
The final weekend of high school football in North Carolina has arrived, eyes shifting statewide toward action transpiring in Chapel Hill, Durham and Hickory. Sixteen teams will play for the eight NCHSAA state championships, with 24 top college prospects expected to play on Saturday afternoon.
Here’s a list of the state’s top recruits playing in the 2025 NCHSAA football state championships, according to the recruiting site 247Sports.

The Fayetteville Observer Sports

The Gaston Gazette Sports
Shelby Star
NFL Seattle Seahawks
Joplin Globe Sports
Tribune Chronicle
Deseret News
Everett Herald Sports
Essentiallysports Football
The Journal Gazette
Iron Mountain Daily Life