Bamberg-Ehrhardt Football Players Set to Compete at Carolinas Coaches Combines

Bamberg-Ehrhardt head coach Corey Crosby's players did not simply sign up for Sunday's Carolinas Coaches Combines at Woodland High School. They were nominated by their own coaches, selected for their regional group, and sent official invitations through email and social media. That distinction matters to the college staffs scanning the results: every athlete who competed at Woodland earned the right to be there.

The combines, which cost $34 per player, run across South Carolina and North Carolina during March and April, separating seniors and underclassmen into distinct sessions throughout the day. The format is structured around producing verified, comparable numbers, the kind that travel further in a recruiting conversation than a highlight film alone.

After registration, each athlete wears a Catapult One tracking device while moving through a series of combine stations: verified height, weight, and wingspan logged alongside a laser-timed 40-yard dash, vertical jump, and broad jump. The data collected through Catapult is shared directly with colleges and universities during recruiting. For a player from a small program in Bamberg County, a confirmed 40 time carries further than almost anything else in the evaluation cycle.

Once the measurement stations wrap, players move into position-group drills led by high school coaches before a competition phase closes the day. Top performers at individual stations and within position groups earn awards. Any underclassman who wins an award gains an automatic invitation to the Joanne Langfitt Challenge in December, held in Myrtle Beach in conjunction with the Touchstone Energy Bowl North vs. South All-Star Football game.

Assistant coaches Tommy Williams and Rell Haynes worked alongside Crosby in preparing the players for the format. A local sporting goods store also sent the team off with well-wishes before the trip to Woodland, a small acknowledgment of the community investment these athletes carry into every measurable they post.

The venue is familiar ground for the region. Athletes from Barnwell and Blackville-Hilda have previously competed at Woodland High School under this same structure, with laser-recorded results that put those programs on college radars across both Carolinas.

Whether Sunday's performances produce scholarship conversations for Bamberg-Ehrhardt will play out in the weeks ahead, when coaches begin working through the Catapult data and position-group results from across the state.