Twelve Mississippi High Schoolers named Sports Illustrated All-American Candidates

Twelve high school football players from the state of Mississippi are on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020, Sports Illustrated announced earlier this week.

Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated launched SI All-American, the deepest database online for high school football players featuring analysis and highlights for 1,000 of the best high school players in the nation. 

Five of the Rebel commits made the initial list of 1,000, which will be whittled down over the course of the next five months until the announcement of the SI All-American team. 

As far as Mississippi High Schoolers, twelve from the Magnolia State made the initial list of 1,000. 

Below you will find those twelve, in no particular order, sorted by city. By clicking on the name of each you will find highlight reels, analysis and how they will fit on the next level. 

• Elijah Sabbatini - 6-1 / 195 / S from Biloxi, Miss.
• Justin Walley - 5-10 / 170 / CB from Biloxi, Miss.
• Makylan Pounders - 6-3 / 295 / OT from Byhalia, Miss.
• Brandon Buckhaulter - 6-3 / 205 / WR from Flowood, Miss.
• Deion Smith - 6-1/ 175 / WR from Jackson, Miss.
• Antonio Harmon - 6-4 / 205 / WR from Kosciusko, Miss.
• Corey Ellington - 6-3 / 190 / ATH from Lexington, Miss.
• MJ Daniels - 6-3 / 185 / ATH from Lucedale, Miss.
• Jarquez Hunter - 5-10 / 190 / RB from Philadelphia, Miss.
• Isaiah Brevard - 6-4 / 200 / WR from Southaven, Miss.
• Amariyon Howard - 6-0 / 185 / RB from Starkville, Miss.
• Luke Altmyer - 6-2 / 190 / QB from Starkville, Miss.
• Ty Keyes - 6-0 / 180 / QB from Taylorsville, Miss.

Sabbatini is the only of the above prospects to currently be committed to Ole Miss. The Rebels are also right there on Antonio Harmon and MJ Daniels.

Evaluation of the prospects will continue throughout the fall season. The full list will be narrowed to 250 finalists in October and 99 finalists in November before the 25 first-team Sports Illustrated All-Americans saluted at SI’s annual Sportsperson of the Year banquet in New York in December.

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