High school football in the state of South Carolina will be well represented on the rosters of the four NFL teams participating in Sunday’s AFC and NFC Championship Games, particularly on the NFC side.
NFC Championship Game: Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks
Byron Young, DL, Carvers Bay (Los Angeles Rams)
Derion Kendrick, CB, South Pointe (Los Angeles Rams)
Nick Hampton, LB, Westside (Los Angeles Rams)
Cobie Durant, CB, Lamar (Los Angeles Rams)
DeMarcus Lawrence, DL, Silver Bluff (Seattle Seahawks)
Robbie Ouzts, FB/TE, Rock Hill (Seattle Seahawks)
Nick Emmanwori, S, Irmo (Seattle Seahawks)
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Collegiately, Young played at Tennessee, Kendrick at Clemson and Georgia, Hampton at Appalachian State, Durant at South Carolina State, Lawrence at Boise State, Ouzts at Alabama and Emmanwori at South Carolina.
AFC Championship Game (New England Patriots at Denver Broncos)
D.J. Jones, DT, Wren (Denver Broncos)
Jones played college football at Ole Miss.
The AFC Championship will kick off at 3 p.m. from Denver and will be televised by CBS/Paramount Plus. The NFC game kicks at 6:30 p.m. from Seattle and will be televised live by FOX.
The winners advance to Super Bowl LX, which will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Bay Area). NBC/Peacock will broadcast the big game this season.