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Former Hilton Head standout up for SCFHOF award

By Staff reports
Former Hilton Head Island standout and current Texas defensive lineman Poona Ford makes a tackle of Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield. Ford is one of the finalists for the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame’s Blanchard-Rogers Award.
Former Hilton Head Island standout and current Texas defensive lineman Poona Ford makes a tackle of Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield. Ford is one of the finalists for the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame’s Blanchard-Rogers Award.

Former Hilton Head Island standout Poona Ford is one of the 12 finalists for the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame’s Blanchard-Rogers Award.

The award is given to the most outstanding collegiate player of the year that has South Carolina ties. Deshaun Watson won the award last year.

Ford is a senior defensive tackle at Texas. The former Hilton Head Island standout has 24 tackles, four for loss, this season for the Longhorns.

Other nominees are Jake Bentley (QB/South Carolina), P.J. Blazejowski (QB/Furman), Austin Bryant (DE/Clemson), Anthony Ellis (DE/Charleston Southern), Kelly Bryant (QB/Clemson), Darius Leonard (LB/SC State), Skai Moore (LB/South Carolina), Dorian O’Daniel (LB/Clemson), Mason Rudolph (Rock Hill, SC/QB/Oklahoma St.), Andre Stoddard (RB/Wofford) and Antonio Wilcox (RB/Furman).

This story was originally published November 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Former Hilton Head standout up for SCFHOF award."

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