Charlotte Myers Park, senior DE target Damaad Lewis roll to victory

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte (N.C.) Myers Park improved to 8-2 with a convincing 40-14 win over Charlotte South Mecklenburg on Thursday.

Myers Park has several Division I-bound prospects, but unsigned senior defensive end Damaad Lewis has NC State, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Florida State, Texas, USC and Washington chasing after him. Lewis was also recently selected to represent North Carolina in the Carolinas Shrine Bowl in mid-December.

South Mecklenburg fell to 7-3 and have been making the best of playing this season while its home stadium is getting renovated. The game was originally going to be at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, but got moved late in the process to what was Charlotte Waddell High School.

The game

Myers Park pounded the ball throughout the game with senior running back Josh Falzarano, who finished with 29 carries for 202 yards and four touchdowns. He has now rushed for over 100 yards in six games this season. The Mustangs had control at halftime and never looked back.

NC State target

Lewis officially visited NC State last June, and is pondering a unofficial trip to Raleigh for the North Carolina at NCSU after Thanksgiving.

Lewis also went to Texas A&M last June, and recently tripped to Nebraska, which is impressed him more than he expected. Lewis will officially visit Florida State this weekend, and then go into decision mode in early December.

Myers Park hopes to be playing Friday night in the NCHSAA playoffs, but if the Mustangs aren’t, the Wolfpack are hosting the Seminoles on Nov. 21.

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Lewis is a three-star Rivals prospect, who is No. 43 edge rusher nationally and No. 15 overall in the state of North Carolina in the class of 2026.

Potential target

South Mecklenburg sophomore offensive lineman Brendan Hall will definitely have film to show college coaches after Thursday night. He was lined up at right tackle and faced both Lewis and Notre Dame-bound Rodney Dunham at times during the game. The listed 6-foot-6, 280-pounder is a Clemson legacy, with his father a former offensive lineman for the Tigers.

Past targets

NC State offered a trio of Myers Park senior players who have picked colleges — the aforementioned Dunham, free safety/nickel Camdin Portis (Miami) and wide receiver Brody Keefe (Duke). Dunham made his impact in run support, with a few quality pass rushes mixed in, and Portis gets effectively moved around on defense and is probably one of the most underrated players in the state of North Carolina.

Portis is the son of former NFL and Miami star running back Clinton Portis, who is now on staff at Delaware State with coach DeSean Jackson. Camdin’s half-brother, senior wide receiver Chaz Portis, will be going to Delaware State.

Keefe usually has one “wow” play each time The Wolfpacker has watched him, and that happened on a flanker screen that he took for a touchdown. He’s not a volume receiver for Myers Park, but he’ll get targeted around five times a game.

Coming up

The Wolfpacker will have a story on Lewis and various scouting videos, which will be found here.