Recapping The Inaugural Pylon 7v7 All-American Game

North Carolina signees Drake Maye and Gavin Blackwell lit up the scoreboard, were named co-MVPs and helped Team Stars take down Team Stripes at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday afternoon.

Blackwell, a four-star prospect, scored three touchdowns, while Maye, a Rivals250 prospect, proved to be one of the country’s true elite signal-callers. Both starred for Carolina Stars on the Pylon 7v7 circuit and will team up again for the Tar Heels in the near future.

Aside from Maye and Blackwell, Team Stars saw prospects like USC signee Kyron Hudson-Ware and Boston College signee Xavier Coleman make big plays and get in the end zone to help the offensive explosion.

The Team Stars defense also made plays in crunch time as a top uncommitted recruit Titus Mokiao-Atimalala and BYU signee Payton VanSteenkiste both came away interceptions.

"This was an amazing experience all around,” said Team Stars head coach Marcus Hammond. “From the organization of the event, the hospitality, the quality of players and coaches, and the comraderie and social aspect of having high level players from all over. I didn't know what to expect, but the energy was there. The attention to detail was there.

“All of the guys were taking in the coaching and instruction and were applying it with few practice reps. Leading those guys to a win was huge because no one likes to lose. And to have so many different players making big plays at different points in the game, it just made the experience even better.”

Team Stripes got on the board first as Michigan quarterback signee JJ McCarthy hit Utah pledge Makai Cope for a touchdown. McCarthy would continue to have a big day, completing 15-of-20 passes for four touchdowns.

Unfortunately for Team Stripes, the strong effort was not enough as the aforementioned Blackwell scored late to seal the win.

Overall, the Pylon All-American Experience was a three-day bonanza that saw not only the game but also an elite underclassmen tournament, special musical performances and a pair of live commitments — Rivals100 athlete Quincy McAdoo is off to Florida State, while three-star cornerback Dorian Friend pledged to Houston.

Here is a full list of the All-American game participants:

QB JJ McCarthy, Michigan

QB Drake Maye, North Carolina

QB Santino Marucci, Wake Forest

QB Ari Patu, Stanford

QB Luke McCalister, Colorado State

RB Seven McGee, Oregon

RB Xavier Coleman, Boston College

RB Demie Sumo, NC State

RB Kendrick Rhythm, Utah State

WR Kyron Hudson-Ware, USC

WR Xavier Worthy, Michigan

WR Cristian Dixon, Michigan

WR Quay Davis, Kansas

WR Isaiah Brevard, Oregon

WR Majik Rector, Kansas

WR Gavin Blackwell, North Carolina

WR Davis Mallinger, West Virginia

WR Earnest McDaniel, Arizona State

WR Makai Cope, Utah

WR Phillipe Wesley, San Diego State

WR Malik Nabers, LSU

WR Jayleen Record, SMU

TE Errington McRae, Memphis

LB Junior Colson, Michigan

LB Wynden Ho'ohuli, UCLA

LB Raider Damuni, BYU

LB Logan Fano, BYU

LB Jaydon Williams, Arizona State

DB Ceyair Wright, USC

DB Devin Kirkwood, UCLA

DB Duce Chestnut, Syracuse

DB Terrion Arnold, Alabama

DB Titus Mokiao-Atimalala, Unsigned

DB Isaiah Nwokobia, SMU

DB Lu-Magia Herns, Cal

DB Isaiah Johnson, Arizona State

DB Deshawn Rucker, Tennessee

DB Greg Ruben, Memphis

DB Malik Franklin, South Alabama