Kamajay Brackett-Brannon. It’s a mouthful. He’s a handful.

The Broome quarterback has passed for 1,702 yards and rushed for well over 1,221. He has completed 70.2 percent of his passes for 12 touchdowns and zero interceptions. Jaylen McGill has rushed for 1,762.

Clinton is the champion of Region 4-3A. Broome is the runner-up of Region 3. Both are where they are, at Wilder Stadium on Friday night at 7:30, in the second round of the playoffs, because of close losses to Chapman. Clinton’s 22-21 loss was out of conference; Broome’s 38-35 was in. The home field may be all that separates them.

Both teams are 9-2. Both labored a bit in their first-round games. Clinton struggled for a half before eliminating Palmetto (3-8), 42-18. Broome came from behind to slip past Seneca (5-6), 42-35. At the end of the regular season, the S.C. Media Poll ranked the Red Devils sixth and the Centurions 10^th in the state.

Brackett-Brannon and McGill dominate Broome’s offensive statistics.

Clinton has eight runners with more than 170 yards. Two were lost to injury in the first three games. Quarterback Tushawan Richardson is the leading rusher with 647 net yards and an average of 10.8 per carry. D.J. Clark hasd 562, Tray Cook 425 and Javen Cook 361.

Richardson has completed 75/119 passes for 1,396 yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions. His leading target is Kadon Crawford with 38 catches for 682 yards. Zay Johnson has 20 receptions for 361 yards.

The Red Devils have outgained their opponents in yards, 4,290-3,262, and outscored them by an average of 41-18. Clinton has committed five fewer turnovers (15-20). The Red Devils have scored 244 points off turnovers this season compared to opponents’ 34.

Clinton’s chief strength is a knack for making the big play. The opposition has attempted a fourth-down conversion 38 times this season to date and been successful only 15 times. The Red Devils have returned two interceptions, a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns. Opponents don’t have any.

The glaring weakness on the stat sheet is penalties. Clinton has been assessed 119 times for 988 yards. The difference isn’t a landslide, though. Officials have marched off 767 yards in the opponents’ direction.

The Broome-Clinton winner takes on the Pendleton-BHP winner in round three on Nov. 17.

Chester, which Clinton defeated 14-6 to win the Region 4 championship, takes on Chapman in Inman, with the winner facing the Wren-Daniel winner in round three.

Moderate rain is in the Friday forecast. Clinton defeated Woodruff in the rain and Chester after a late-afternoon shower.

Radio coverage of the Broome-Clinton game begins at 7 p.m. on WPCC (96.5 FM, 1410 AM, largetime.net). “Saturday Morning Rewind,” followed by a day-after replay, begins at 9 a.m.

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