These are the best Charlotte high school football players from the past 40 years

Sweet 16 turns 40

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 poll, our high school preps staff spent months working to determine the best football players, coaches and teams of the era.

• The all-time best high school football players from Charlotte

• Charlotte's greatest high school football player was an 'anomaly'

• Who are the best players from outside Mecklenburg County?

• Which teams were the best of the Sweet 16 era? We make our picks

• COLUMN: In the past 40 years, what’s the greatest team I’ve seen? There are only two contenders

• These are the top high school Charlotte football coaches of the last 40 years

• ‘It’s just a fact’: He is the greatest Charlotte prep football coach in the past 40 years

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Langston Wertz Jr. | Reporter

Steve Lyttle l Reporter

Lydia Craver | Editor

Justin Pelletier | Editor

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