ESPN Rise Inaugural Kickoff
Inaugural Kickoff features eight games televised on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU
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Team match-ups for the ESPN RISE High School Football Kickoff are: defending Florida 5A champion Plant (Tampa, Fla.) vs. Manatee (Bradenton, Fla.), Grant (Sacramento, Calif.) vs. Folsom (Folsom, Calif.), defending Alabama 6A champion Hoover (Hoover, Ala.) vs. Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.), South Pointe (Rock Hill, S.C.) vs. Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.), Steele (Cibolo, Texas) vs. Madison (San Antonio, Texas), defending Texas 5A champion Trinity (Euless, Texas) vs. Lee (Tyler, Texas), Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) vs. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) vs. Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio).
ESPNU 150 ranked players featured in the ESPN RISE High School Football Kickoff are: No. 1 Jadeveon Clowney (DE, South Pointe), No. 7 Malcolm Brown (RB, Steele), No. 8 James Wilder II (ATH, Plant), No. 15 Aaron Green (RB, Madison), No. 16 Braxton Miller (QB, Wayne), No. 96 Viliami Moala (DT, Grant) and No. 116 Mike Blakely (RB, Manatee).
| Date | Games | Time | Network |
| Aug. 27 | Plant – Fla. (No. 2, FAB 50) vs. Manatee – Fla. (No. 19, FAB 50) | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Aug. 27 | Grant – Calif. (No. 4, FAB 50) vs. Folsom – Calif. | 10 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Aug. 28 | Hoover – Ala. (No. 9, FAB 50) vs. Byrnes – S.C. | 12 p.m. | ESPN |
| Aug. 28 | South Pointe – S.C. vs. Northwestern – S.C. (No. 42, FAB 50) | 4 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Aug. 28 | Steele – Texas vs. Madison – Texas | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Aug. 28 | Trinity – Texas (No. 6, FAB 50) vs. Tyler Lee – Texas | 10 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Aug 29 | Good Counsel – Md. (No. 15, FAB 50) vs. St. Xavier – Ohio (No. 39, FAB 50) | 3 p.m. | ESPN |
| Aug 29 | Moeller – Ohio vs. Huber Heights Wayne – Ohio | 7 p.m. | ESPNU |
