The Southern Regional High School senior linebacker and running back verbally committed to the school this weekend.

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Carson is one of the state’s top college prospects. He had 19 scholarship offers and made official visits this fall to Notre Dame, Boston College and Penn State.

Rutgers, Stanford, Virginia and Syracuse also heavily recruited Carson.

Southern has had unprecedented success with Carson on the field. He led the Rams to eight wins and their playoff victory in school history last season with 66 tackles.