Hello Everyone,
The Laurens County Touchdown Club is proud to announce that for games played on Friday, October 9th, the Player of the week is Clinton High School Junior wide receiver and defensive back Graydon Watkins.
Graydon is a junior wide receiver and defensive back for the Clinton High School Red Devils and led the Red Devils in a hard fought region contest against Chesnee. Chesnee defeated the Red Devils by a score of 36 – 20.
Watkins had five catches for 136 yards and two touchdowns for the Devils. His touchdown passes were for 78 yards and 29 yards respectively. Watkins also had 3.5 tackles on defense and started the second half with a fumble recovery for the Red Devils.
Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Graydon is a great competitor! He gives everything he has on offense and defense. He does whatever is needed for the good of the team.
Graydon has battled through injuries both last year and this year and still keeps a positive mindset.”
The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Watkins on October 15th at the fifth Touchdown Club meeting of the year. The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens with School District #56 Nutritional Services serving the meal and the food service line opening at 11:45 am. Player of the Week awards will be presented in 2026 by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County.
The October 15th meeting will feature highly popular Coach Mike Ayers, former head football coach at Wofford College who guided the Wofford program for 30 years, as our featured speaker.
Coach Ayers won the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the most outstanding FCS Head Coach in the Country during his tenure as well. Additionally, Ayers is a member of the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame as a 2022 inductee.
The Laurens County Touchdown Club meets every other Thursday throughout the football season at The Ridge located in Laurens at 301 Exchange Road and the public is invited. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15. All meetings are at Noon with the food service line opening at 11:45 am.
Additionally, the Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County “Player of the Week’ awards will be presented for the October 2 and October 9 High School football games and we will have a recap from all of the coaches of the local High School teams and Presbyterian College.
On behalf of the Touchdown Club Committee Members, I would like to thank each of you for your support. Congratulations to Player of the Week Graydon Watkins of Clinton High School for games played on Friday, October 9th.
Thanks and Best of Luck to all of our county teams this week.
Gene Simmons, Chairman
Laurens County Touchdown Club
