The proclamation of Schawn Jamison as the best wide receiver at the Garden City Shootout last Friday came on a play where he didn’t even catch the pass thrown his way.

Jamison (6-1, 150), a star receiver for Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, had just let a pass from quarterback Montaurus Gleaton skip off his fingertips during the waning moments of his team’s 7-on-7 game against the Woodland Wolverines when a Woodland coach looked back toward his sideline and made the announcement.

“That’s the best receiver in this camp,” the coach said. “Did you see the routes he’s been running?”

Apparently, the South Carolina State Bulldogs have seen those routes. Wednesday, Jamison, who had 39 receptions for 809 yards and 10 touchdowns, became the second rising senior receiver for H-K-T to commit to play for the Bulldogs, joining teammate D’twane Fulmer (6-3, 195) who announced his plans to join the Bulldogs in May.

“State has a lot of history behind it,” Jamison said during a break in the action at Wednesday’s passing league at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. “I thought that it would be an honor to attend South Carolina State.”

Jamison said he and Fulmer discussed the decision to attend SCSU, which happens to be the alma mater of their head coach, former Bulldogs’ star Jermaine Derricott.

“We discussed that and we thought it would be great for both of us to stay together and stay true to Derricott’s system,” he said.

“(Derricott) just told me it was a great school, that I would learn a lot,” Jamison added. “He said I would learn how to play true team ball. That’s what State is all about.”

Derricott said that the addition of Jamison, who also had an offer from Howard, would be a good one for the Bulldogs.

“He is an excellent route runner, everybody knows that,” Derricott said. “But, he’s very smart, very intelligent. He knows how to set the defense up and get open. He understands the game of football. His weakness is his consistency catching. Other than that, he’s a great route runner and a great receiver.

“(Jamison and Fulmer) are very different,” he added. “They both have the ability to go deep, but Fulmer is the type of guy that will go over you. Jamison is the type of guy that will go around you. Fulmer catches it and makes something happen and Schawn does that also. Fulmer is more physical and Schawn is more finesse.”

A-F wins Garden City Shootout

Solomon McCormick connected with Jermany Carter for a touchdown with just over 30 seconds to play to give Allendale-Fairfax a 12-6 win over Calhoun County in the Garden City Shootout finale Wednesday.

The title game was postponed from Friday, tied 4-4, with 13 minutes to play. Both teams failed to score on offense until A-F scored the touchdown on it’s final possession.

T&D Sports Editor Brian Linder can be reached via e-mail at blinder@timesanddemocrat.com or by phone at 803-533-5553.

 

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