Welcome to the USA TODAY Network’s recruiting ladder, a statewide feature from reporter Joe Hughes highlighting prospects on the rise in North Carolina throughout the 2025 high school football season.

Anyone is eligible for consideration, whether it be an unranked player who had a career game, a recruit with mid-level offers, or four- and five-star standouts adding to their personal highlight reel.

Do you have a player to recommend? Feel free to submit their name, position and graduation class, as well as other relevant information (statistics, scholarship offers) to jhughes@gastongazette.com orX (@JoeLHughesII). Watch football games on NFHS Network

D.J. Davis

West Craven | Sr., QB

SouthWest Edgecombe had no answer for Davis in their NCHSAA 4A East regional semifinal, the West Cra

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