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Q&A with Ware County wide receiver Tayshaun Franklin​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play football on the next level, that’s a goal of mine.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I really haven’t been recruited hard yet I have been invited to a couple places.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been to UGA and Central Florida.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I don’t have any recent plans for any visits as of now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college is Georgia, I love the Dawgs.”


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Q&A with Heard County quarterback Ethan Tisdale​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My goal is to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’m only a freshman, but I’ve been on a few prospect days to Vandy, Auburn, Georgia, and Ga Tech but don’t have any offers...yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I had a great visit with Vandy and their new offensive staff.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Nothing official, no sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Going to several prospect camps this summer and 7on7s with my high school team.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up outside Atlanta, so I’m a Georgia fan for sure. A guy my dad coached with is now coaching at Clemson, so we follow them too.”


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Q&A with Thomasville outside linebacker Keymon Jefferson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football at the next level, which one is to be announced.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve got a couple of schools interested from GA Tech, Virginia Tech, West GA, Duke, etc.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school is really recruiting me the hardest, to me but it would be out of Duke and GA Tech.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t yet made a trip or a visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on taking a few in the future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I didn’t really have a favorite college team growing up, I just loved to watch football.”


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Q&A with Eagle's Landing wide receiver Cannon Kirksey​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Miami of Ohio, East Carolina, Mississippi St., Georgia St, and Eastern Michigan.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Miami of Ohio.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m planning to check out Miami, Ohio this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Ever since I watched football, I’ve loved Alabama.”


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Q&A with Dutchtown defensive back Nick Burden​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Right now the schools that have been recruiting me are UMASS, USF, UAB, Central Michigan, Tennessee, and a few others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have made a few trips to schools like UAB, Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburn.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I have UAB scheduled for March 29th and Tennessee Scheduled for April 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was definitely Georgia.”


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Q&A with Ware County wide receiver Tayshaun Franklin
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season didn’t go as I wanted it to but we did have some positives to add on to for next year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I just finished basketball and now I’m running track but I plan to get faster and bigger in the offseason and come back and make a big impact.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel really good about our team next year, we go into a new region/classification, we return a lot of talent. We lost some good guys and some leaders and we learned a lot from them. We will be a strong unit next year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think we have a tough schedule, we can’t look past anyone.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“[There’s] so many guys that are tough in this region, it’s hard to say.”

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Q&A with Heard County quarterback Ethan Tisdale
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We were a very young team that played a lot of freshmen and sophomores, so we took our lumps early. We finished second in the region and made the playoffs for the 19th straight year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I play basketball and run track, too. We made it to the 2nd round of playoffs but hoops ended, so now I’m moving to track for the spring. We are getting after it in the weight room as a team and getting ready for the state weight meet this weekend. We are a small school, so we do a spring football combine in May, and then summer workouts will start after dead week. I work with my trainer, JR Revere, each week, have some QB camps planned this off season, and will be doing some college camps this summer.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m excited about the new season. Like I mentioned, we had a lot of young guys play last year so we are going to build on that. We are also in a new region, which is going to be a great challenge for us. Heard County HS is building a new weight room and covered facility, and getting new turf at the stadium, so there’s a ton of work being done on campus that adds to the anticipation for the 2024 season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We haven’t played some of the teams in our new region, but I know there are some really solid teams up in the Rome area, and Bremen is always well coached. We also scrimmage Central Carroll and play back-to-back state champs Bowdon.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“CJ Gray at Temple is a DUDE and Kaiden Prothro from Bowdon isn’t bad either. I like and respect both those guys a lot.”

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Q&A with Thomasville outside linebacker Keymon Jefferson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall [the] season went ok, it wasn’t how I expected it to go but it is what it is. We have some work to do.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans for this off season are to cut up and get faster point blank period.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“If my team doesn’t win state next year [there’s going to] be some problems, we have too much talent to not make it to game 15.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The toughest team on our schedule is us, we can only beat ourselves.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We’re all human, they bleed just like we bleed, no one is too tough, [we’re] on whatever with whoever.”

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Q&A with Eagle's Landing wide receiver Cannon Kirksey
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This year went great, got very good reps that’ll be very vital in my production in my junior campaign.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now every Monday through Friday I’ve been doing track from 3:40-5:30, then getting on the field or in the weight room with my teammates from about 5:40-7:00.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This year will be a monumental year for the Eagles Landing High School football team, looking to shock the state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County showcases a lot of speed, strength, and intelligence on the field so they’ll be our toughest match up.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nigel Newkirk, RB out of Ola High School.”

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Q&A with Dutchtown defensive back Nick Burden
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This past season we did not go as far into the playoffs as we would have liked to, however I was able to learn a lot not only about myself, but about my team and the game of football that I can use to be able to take my game to the next level.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My workout plans now consist of track, weight lifting, and my position training. During the week I usually lift every day during school except for Friday. I go to track after school Monday through Thursday, and Monday and Friday nights I have position training.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that my team will have a great bounce back season this upcoming year, due to the fact that most of our team is returning so we have the knowledge and experience to be able to win more games.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Langston Hughes will be the best competition on our schedule this upcoming year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual my team will face off against this year will probably be Christian Langford, who is Langston Hughes’ quarterback.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“The previous season didn’t go as well as we would have hoped but we showed [the] ability to do well, this coming season we’ll fully tap into that potential.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Me personally, I just want to continue to better myself in the weight room and field work wise. I’ve recently added yoga and Pilates into my routine to ensure I’ll be as nimble and agile as possible for my senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have way too many pieces to not make noise this season. I’m excited with what we have now and what’s coming. You can expect a long run from us this season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Looking at the schedule, seeing big names like Langston draw attention, we know what they have been capable of in the past but we also know what we can do, but that’s a great competitor for sure.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As a running back my mind always goes to the linebackers, with Stockbridge being back on our schedule, I’d be facing Chase (I don’t know his last name), a pretty big name in the county.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Of course, I would love to continue my football journey on the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“My recruitment has really just begun, I’ve reached out to some coaches but nothing official yet to hang my hat on.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Like I said, no school has displayed too much interest in me yet it’ll all be different this time next year.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have gone to a few HBCU games just as a spectator.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Soon I will begin taking college trips with one of my trainers but not sure which schools will be on the list.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I just favored whatever teams my family would root for, really whoever had a good running back. Georgia, when they had the combo backfield of Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, was a team I favored.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“My season went great [with] my performance on the field [and] with the stuff I improved on and getting the ball more. But as a team, not as great, the record wasn’t great, [we’re] just learning [from] each other.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get better in speed and agility more and more working after school and doing weightlifting during school and stuff like that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel great about this team for next season, we [are] all building chemistry with each other. More leaders [are] coming up and most of us came back that really played and I like that. We [are] all talented and [our] coaching staff [is] getting better and better [and] we have a chance to win STATE!”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Central and Fitzgerald, [they are] always tough schools to play every time we play them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dee Reddick from Thomas County, that’s the only one I really see that I have competition with guarding me this year!”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I don't know which sport I want to play because I play basketball and football. It just matters who offers me better, really.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I talked to Cumberlands a lot and I was talking to FAMU before too.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Cumberlands, the Wide Receiver [coach] likes me a lot that’s why I’m really starting to like that school a lot. I hope other schools are like [him] for real.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been to FSU and FAMU, [those] are the only two right now, waiting on more to come in.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Don’t have any schools asking me to come visit.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My [favorite] college was FSU growing up and still is, I love their environment at night games.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“If we’re talking on a scale 1-10, I’ll say 8.5.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan with sports is to push my team to the best they can be on the practice field and at workouts.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Pretty decent.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Thomas County Central.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“To be honest my team will face me in practice but it would most likely be Kendarius Reddick.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, Florida State.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No colleges have recruited me yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I don’t have one just yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, Florida State.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall, not the best season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“To get better and achieve my goals next season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel the season would be great if the work is put in consistently.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No one.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I want to play Division 1 football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Georgia State, Purdue, Anna Marie.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Anna Marie.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No ma’am/sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not now, wrestling in state.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Tennessee.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was an improvement from the previous year since we went 8-4 this year and got to the second round but obviously not where we wanted to finish.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I actually have to have surgery soon so I’m just trying to recover after that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we’ll do good, we have a lot of young guys that are improving every day and working hard in the weight room that’ll step up to help us a lot this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Stockbridge will be the toughest team since they just came from the championship game last year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The guys who I really know of graduated this year so I really can’t think of anyone now.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do and I have offers but I can’t say which exact schools I’m looking at right now.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have 19 offers and more recruiting me that haven’t offered so I can’t name all of them from memory.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“UNC and GA Tech are recruiting the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited 6 different schools.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Alabama the first weekend in March, Tennessee on the 23rd, GA Tech on the 30th, UNC on the 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Alabama has been my favorite school.”

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Q&A with Jones County defensive back Javion Butts​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do and I have offers but I can’t say which exact schools I’m looking at right now.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have 19 offers and more recruiting me that haven’t offered so I can’t name all of them from memory.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“UNC and GA Tech are recruiting the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited 6 different schools.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Alabama the first weekend in March, Tennessee on the 23rd, GA Tech on the 30th, UNC on the 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Alabama has been my favorite school.”


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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Jerry Dixon​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I want to play Division 1 football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Georgia State, Purdue, Anna Marie.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Anna Marie.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No ma’am/sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not now, wrestling in state.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Tennessee.”


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Q&A with Bainbridge athlete Camyrn Scott​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, Florida State.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No colleges have recruited me yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I don’t have one just yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, Florida State.”


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Q&A with Thomasville athlete Messiah Wilson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I don't know which sport I want to play because I play basketball and football. It just matters who offers me better, really.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I talked to Cumberlands a lot and I was talking to FAMU before too.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Cumberlands, the Wide Receiver [coach] likes me a lot that’s why I’m really starting to like that school a lot. I hope other schools are like [him] for real.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been to FSU and FAMU, [those] are the only two right now, waiting on more to come in.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Don’t have any schools asking me to come visit.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My [favorite] college was FSU growing up and still is, I love their environment at night games.”


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Q&A with Dutchtown running back Shane McKoy​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Of course, I would love to continue my football journey on the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“My recruitment has really just begun, I’ve reached out to some coaches but nothing official yet to hang my hat on.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Like I said, no school has displayed too much interest in me yet it’ll all be different this time next year.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have gone to a few HBCU games just as a spectator.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Soon I will begin taking college trips with one of my trainers but not sure which schools will be on the list.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I just favored whatever teams my family would root for, really whoever had a good running back. Georgia, when they had the combo backfield of Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, was a team I favored.”


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Q&A with Jones County defensive back Javion Butts
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was an improvement from the previous year since we went 8-4 this year and got to the second round but obviously not where we wanted to finish.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I actually have to have surgery soon so I’m just trying to recover after that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we’ll do good, we have a lot of young guys that are improving every day and working hard in the weight room that’ll step up to help us a lot this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Stockbridge will be the toughest team since they just came from the championship game last year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The guys who I really know of graduated this year so I really can’t think of anyone now.”

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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Jerry Dixon
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall, not the best season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“To get better and achieve my goals next season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel the season would be great if the work is put in consistently.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No one.”

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Q&A with Bainbridge athlete Camyrn Scott
How did the high school football season go overall?
“If we’re talking on a scale 1-10, I’ll say 8.5.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan with sports is to push my team to the best they can be on the practice field and at workouts.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Pretty decent.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Thomas County Central.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“To be honest my team will face me in practice but it would most likely be Kendarius Reddick.”

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Q&A with Thomasville athlete Messiah Wilson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“My season went great [with] my performance on the field [and] with the stuff I improved on and getting the ball more. But as a team, not as great, the record wasn’t great, [we’re] just learning [from] each other.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get better in speed and agility more and more working after school and doing weightlifting during school and stuff like that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel great about this team for next season, we [are] all building chemistry with each other. More leaders [are] coming up and most of us came back that really played and I like that. We [are] all talented and [our] coaching staff [is] getting better and better [and] we have a chance to win STATE!”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Central and Fitzgerald, [they are] always tough schools to play every time we play them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dee Reddick from Thomas County, that’s the only one I really see that I have competition with guarding me this year!”

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Q&A with Dutchtown running back Shane McKoy
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The previous season didn’t go as well as we would have hoped but we showed [the] ability to do well, this coming season we’ll fully tap into that potential.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Me personally, I just want to continue to better myself in the weight room and field work wise. I’ve recently added yoga and Pilates into my routine to ensure I’ll be as nimble and agile as possible for my senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have way too many pieces to not make noise this season. I’m excited with what we have now and what’s coming. You can expect a long run from us this season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Looking at the schedule, seeing big names like Langston draw attention, we know what they have been capable of in the past but we also know what we can do, but that’s a great competitor for sure.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As a running back my mind always goes to the linebackers, with Stockbridge being back on our schedule, I’d be facing Chase (I don’t know his last name), a pretty big name in the county.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?

“It went good for me but we went 3-8.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“Get bigger faster and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“We will have a great year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“Irwin County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“Cedric Hillman.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“Kentucky Christian University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“KCU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“Not yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“No, not really.”

How did the high school football season go overall?

“We did pretty good but we came up short against Perry but it was a pretty great season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“I have been going really hard in the weight room and have been doing track right now.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“I feel like we will be a good team next year but we have a lot of pressure put on us.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“I’m not sure who the toughest player we will face will be, our whole regular season schedule is pretty hard.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“N/A.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“Alabama state, Charlotte, NC State, Kennesaw State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“In my opinion probably Kennesaw.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“Yes I’ve been on college visits.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“Probably sometime during spring.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“Georgia was my favorite team growing up.”

How did the high school football season go overall?

“I feel like the football season did not go as planned, we were not playing as a team and that is something that we are working on currently.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“When it comes to working out I hit the weight room in first period then after school I work on my technique.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“I feel like we will do way better than last season because the intensity is going up.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“I think the toughest team on the schedule this year will be Stockbridge because they were the 4a state runner ups.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“Chase Taylor from Stockbridge because he is a very physical linebacker and is hard to block.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“I definitely want to play on the collegiate level. I would love to play football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“The schools that have been recruiting me are Kentucky State, Shorter, West Alabama, Wofford, Penn, Presbyterian, Fort Valley, and Harvard.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“The schools that are recruiting me the hardest are Shorter and Kentucky State.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“I went to Shorter, Wofford, and Georgia Southern for Game Day visits during the season.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“I plan on going to Eastern Kentucky on the 22nd.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“My favorite college team growing up was the Georgia Bulldogs.”

How did the high school football season go overall?

“The season ended way earlier than hoped but we learned a lot and are ready to get back to work and make a run at state next year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“I play basketball and lax and I continue to train to be ready for the 24-25 season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“I believe our team will make a playoff run and accomplish the goals we have set for the regular season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“Walton is always tough and I think Rome will be a tough matchup as well.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“There isn’t a specific player on our upcoming schedule that I’m overly concerned about.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“UConn, Kentucky State, Georgia State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“No school is recruiting me heavily.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“No.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“I plan on attending a few camps this summer including the us army bowl combine.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“Duke University (dream school).”

How did the high school football season go overall?

“The season did not go as hoped statistically but I feel it was a great way to set the foundation of our program with our new head coach.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“I am not currently partaking in any additional sports, my main focus is focusing on my weaknesses and trying to make them strengths while also leading the off-season team workouts.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“I feel our team will have a huge improvement making large strides in the off-season with everyone bought in to what we are trying to do. We also have great leaders in the class of 2025 ready to win.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“I feel either Stockbridge or Jones County will probably be our toughest opponents with Stockbridge being state runner ups and Jones County having a lot of speed and also competing in the playoffs. But we will go into every game like it is our last and fight for 4 quarters no matter who we are lined up against.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“I am not sure who the toughest player we will face is but at the end of the day football is a team effort and if everybody does their jobs, we will be fine.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“Yes, I do intend to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“Colleges such as Penn and Harvard have been contacting me but there has not been any major communication between the coaches and I.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“No schools are currently recruiting me hard that I know of.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“Yes I have made a few college trips including Wofford College, Shorter University, and Georgia Southern.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“I don’t currently have any in person trips planned but do have a virtual junior day planned with Princeton university.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“Yes I did have a favorite college growing up and it was The Ohio State University because I am originally from the great state of Ohio.”

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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Zaire Bush​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I do intend to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Colleges such as Penn and Harvard have been contacting me but there has not been any major communication between the coaches and I.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No schools are currently recruiting me hard that I know of.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I have made a few college trips including Wofford College, Shorter University, and Georgia Southern.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I don’t currently have any in person trips planned but do have a virtual junior day planned with Princeton university.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes I did have a favorite college growing up and it was The Ohio State University because I am originally from the great state of Ohio.”


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Q&A with North Cobb inside linebacker Cooper Negron​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“UConn, Kentucky State, Georgia State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school is recruiting me heavily.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on attending a few camps this summer including the us army bowl combine.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Duke University (dream school).”


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Q&A with Eagle’s Landing offensive guard Demetrius Hopkins​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I definitely want to play on the collegiate level. I would love to play football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The schools that have been recruiting me are Kentucky State, Shorter, West Alabama, Wofford, Penn, Presbyterian, Fort Valley, and Harvard.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The schools that are recruiting me the hardest are Shorter and Kentucky State.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went to Shorter, Wofford, and Georgia Southern for Game Day visits during the season.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on going to Eastern Kentucky on the 22nd.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team growing up was the Georgia Bulldogs.”


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Q&A with Bainbridge linebacker Braylon Phillips​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Alabama state, Charlotte, NC State, Kennesaw State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“In my opinion probably Kennesaw.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I’ve been on college visits.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Probably sometime during spring.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Georgia was my favorite team growing up.”


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Q&A with Turner County offensive center Jacob Wilson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Kentucky Christian University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“KCU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“No, not really.”


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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Zaire Bush
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season did not go as hoped statistically but I feel it was a great way to set the foundation of our program with our new head coach.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am not currently partaking in any additional sports, my main focus is focusing on my weaknesses and trying to make them strengths while also leading the off-season team workouts.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel our team will have a huge improvement making large strides in the off-season with everyone bought in to what we are trying to do. We also have great leaders in the class of 2025 ready to win.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel either Stockbridge or Jones County will probably be our toughest opponents with Stockbridge being state runner ups and Jones County having a lot of speed and also competing in the playoffs. But we will go into every game like it is our last and fight for 4 quarters no matter who we are lined up against.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I am not sure who the toughest player we will face is but at the end of the day football is a team effort and if everybody does their jobs, we will be fine.”

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Q&A with North Cobb inside linebacker Cooper Negron
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season ended way earlier than hoped but we learned a lot and are ready to get back to work and make a run at state next year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I play basketball and lax and I continue to train to be ready for the 24-25 season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I believe our team will make a playoff run and accomplish the goals we have set for the regular season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Walton is always tough and I think Rome will be a tough matchup as well.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There isn’t a specific player on our upcoming schedule that I’m overly concerned about.”

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Q&A with Eagle’s Landing offensive guard Demetrius Hopkins
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like the football season did not go as planned, we were not playing as a team and that is something that we are working on currently.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“When it comes to working out I hit the weight room in first period then after school I work on my technique.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will do way better than last season because the intensity is going up.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think the toughest team on the schedule this year will be Stockbridge because they were the 4a state runner ups.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Chase Taylor from Stockbridge because he is a very physical linebacker and is hard to block.”

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Q&A with Bainbridge linebacker Braylon Phillips
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We did pretty good but we came up short against Perry but it was a pretty great season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been going really hard in the weight room and have been doing track right now.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will be a good team next year but we have a lot of pressure put on us.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure who the toughest player we will face will be, our whole regular season schedule is pretty hard.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

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Q&A with Turner County offensive center Jacob Wilson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went good for me but we went 3-8.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Get bigger faster and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will have a great year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Irwin County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cedric Hillman.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“Our season went very well, we won a region championship and went deep in the playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now it's grind time. Just working hard as you possibly can every day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we have a good chance to do well again.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“All teams are tough, I just go week to week. Haven’t looked into the teams.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t really know because I haven’t looked into those teams.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“None yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes I had a favorite college growing up, but that doesn’t really matter anymore.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The overall season didn’t end in the record we wanted it to end in, but we learned a lot of things, especially being a young team, so from now on we’ll know how to respond to adversity and big game moments.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to continue putting in work to become the best player I can for my team, for not only football but also basketball.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team will rise to the occasion of our new region, nothing is guaranteed this year so we’ll have to put in an extreme amount of work, and if we just work hard every day from now until the first game we’ll be one of the front runners of the region.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The two toughest teams we’ll play this year is one Bremen because they play very physically and tough regardless of who they’re up against. Lastly Bowdon because they’ve won back-to-back state championships which is a very hard thing to do and they’re filled with skilled positions so it’ll be an interesting game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“This year we’ll have two tough individuals that we’ll have to face, one is a rising Sr. named Cj Gray. He's a kid that can score whenever he touches the ball. We did a very good job of stopping him last year so we’ll have to continue that. The last one is Kaiden Prothro, he’s 6 '6 and creates all types of mismatches for teams, he’s steadily grabbing D1 offers left and right.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I’d like to play football in college at whatever school will take me.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“So far I haven’t had any colleges start recruiting me but I’m still sending my film out to every school I can to increase those chances of getting recruited.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school is currently recruiting me the hardest but come next year I hope to have a large number of schools recruiting me the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Back in October I took an unofficial visit to Mercer University and it was an awesome experience to be a recruit on a visit and get to talk to some of the coaching staff.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m currently signing up for the U.S Army Bowl Combine on February 3rd and showcase my abilities and my talents.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up my favorite college was Alabama because they’ve produced a lot of NFL talent and Nick Saban had an excellent record that led him to a bunch of National Championships.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went good, we went 9-2.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“To get stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we can go to state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“N/A.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player on my team I don’t know yet but I feel like it would be me.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would like to go to D1 for football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been recruited by Georgia Southern and Toledo.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I really don’t know.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I had made a Georgia visit, NC state visit, SC visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yeah in the summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Florida was my favorite.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Better than most people expected besides us, we almost made it to the 7A championship game.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Working every day, lifting, field drills and film study so I have a great senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we have a great team and the coaches will have us ready. We can definitely make another run.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Colquitt County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“It’s hard to say, there are a lot of good players out there and you never know who put in that work during the off season.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes it's my dream to play football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have received emails from schools for invites to camps and stuff but I'm looking to get more during my senior year.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I'll save that for during my senior season.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No official visits but I went to Georgia Southern for the spring game and UF for Friday night lights and their spring game. Planning on seeing a few more during the spring.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I will be going to a few camps. Then I can see better where I would like to go.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The Ohio State University.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was pretty decent, overall [it] was better than the preceding years.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to keep conditioning and working out over the offseason.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will be more consistent and have a stronger brotherhood.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Bainbridge High School.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not sure yet, a lot of players are leaving.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play sports in college, preferably football, but if that doesn’t work out then wrestling.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No college has recruited me, but that’s my fault. I have to keep working so I can be the best player and version of myself to play for any college team.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school as of right now.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“The University of West Georgia and Kennesaw State soon.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes I plan on going to Kennesaw during Spring break.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has been the Georgia Bulldogs.”

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Q&A with Westover linebacker Jamaree Barfield​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play sports in college, preferably football, but if that doesn’t work out then wrestling.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No college has recruited me, but that’s my fault. I have to keep working so I can be the best player and version of myself to play for any college team.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school as of right now.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“The University of West Georgia and Kennesaw State soon.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes I plan on going to Kennesaw during Spring break.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has been the Georgia Bulldogs.”


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Q&A with Camden County inside linebacker Donald Widener Jr.​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes it's my dream to play football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have received emails from schools for invites to camps and stuff but I'm looking to get more during my senior year.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I'll save that for during my senior season.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No official visits but I went to Georgia Southern for the spring game and UF for Friday night lights and their spring game. Planning on seeing a few more during the spring.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I will be going to a few camps. Then I can see better where I would like to go.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The Ohio State University.”


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Q&A with North Atlanta right guard Brandon Anderson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would like to go to D1 for football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been recruited by Georgia Southern and Toledo.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I really don’t know.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I had made a Georgia visit, NC state visit, SC visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yeah in the summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Florida was my favorite.”


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Q&A with Heard County athlete Bradford Hadley​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I’d like to play football in college at whatever school will take me.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“So far I haven’t had any colleges start recruiting me but I’m still sending my film out to every school I can to increase those chances of getting recruited.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school is currently recruiting me the hardest but come next year I hope to have a large number of schools recruiting me the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Back in October I took an unofficial visit to Mercer University and it was an awesome experience to be a recruit on a visit and get to talk to some of the coaching staff.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m currently signing up for the U.S Army Bowl Combine on February 3rd and showcase my abilities and my talents.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up my favorite college was Alabama because they’ve produced a lot of NFL talent and Nick Saban had an excellent record that led him to a bunch of National Championships.”


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Q&A with Mary Persons linebacker Jaise Davis​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“None yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes I had a favorite college growing up, but that doesn’t really matter anymore.”


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Q&A with Westover linebacker Jamaree Barfield
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was pretty decent, overall [it] was better than the preceding years.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to keep conditioning and working out over the offseason.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will be more consistent and have a stronger brotherhood.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Bainbridge High School.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not sure yet, a lot of players are leaving.”

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Q&A with Camden County inside linebacker Donald Widener Jr.
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Better than most people expected besides us, we almost made it to the 7A championship game.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Working every day, lifting, field drills and film study so I have a great senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we have a great team and the coaches will have us ready. We can definitely make another run.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Colquitt County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“It’s hard to say, there are a lot of good players out there and you never know who put in that work during the off season.”

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Q&A with North Atlanta right guard Brandon Anderson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went good, we went 9-2.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“To get stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we can go to state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“N/A.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player on my team I don’t know yet but I feel like it would be me.”

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Q&A with Heard County athlete Bradford Hadley
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The overall season didn’t end in the record we wanted it to end in, but we learned a lot of things, especially being a young team, so from now on we’ll know how to respond to adversity and big game moments.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to continue putting in work to become the best player I can for my team, for not only football but also basketball.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team will rise to the occasion of our new region, nothing is guaranteed this year so we’ll have to put in an extreme amount of work, and if we just work hard every day from now until the first game we’ll be one of the front runners of the region.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The two toughest teams we’ll play this year is one Bremen because they play very physically and tough regardless of who they’re up against. Lastly Bowdon because they’ve won back-to-back state championships which is a very hard thing to do and they’re filled with skilled positions so it’ll be an interesting game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“This year we’ll have two tough individuals that we’ll have to face, one is a rising Sr. named Cj Gray. He's a kid that can score whenever he touches the ball. We did a very good job of stopping him last year so we’ll have to continue that. The last one is Kaiden Prothro, he’s 6 '6 and creates all types of mismatches for teams, he’s steadily grabbing D1 offers left and right.”

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Q&A with Mary Persons linebacker Jaise Davis
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Our season went very well, we won a region championship and went deep in the playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now it's grind time. Just working hard as you possibly can every day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we have a good chance to do well again.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“All teams are tough, I just go week to week. Haven’t looked into the teams.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t really know because I haven’t looked into those teams.”

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How did/is everything going football wise as of late?
“Everything's going great, the season went well but we had a lot of ups and downs and injuries mid-season.”

What do you feel your team can continue to improve on going forward?
“We can definitely all improve.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“To be honest not really I started off the season a little slow and added a knee injury during mid-season but came back strong and finished off the season playing both ways.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“I love all my teammates and think everyone did great, [the] championship game didn't go as expected but we'll be back stronger than ever.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“I'm planning on committing soon and playing at a high d1 level and [plan to] compete to play as early as possible.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Definitely / will be decided soon.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“ECU, UVA, Florida, Georgia Tech, UNCC/ Western Kentucky/ Wake Forest/ EMU/ App State/ Coastal Carolina, Indiana and many more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Wake Forest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet this year but I've been to Clemson/ Georgia/ Wake Forest/ and App State.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“Next season definitely.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“No, l got introduced to college ball my freshmen year [when] moving to America.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went well. The hard work and dedication we as a team put in every day showed how well we can compete in our Region.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My focus is training, going to a few camps and combines. I am working on perfecting my techniques getting faster and stronger. That is my main priority right now.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“With the group of guys we have and the talent each of us bring we will be unstoppable. I can say the class of 2025 Richmond Hill High School Football players have been playing together since we were 8 years old. They only got a taste of what we can do. Now they will get the full effects.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I don’t take any team for granted, they are all tough. We just have to play our game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Elysis Williams from Camden County.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I would like to continue playing football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Wake Forest, Georgia Southern, Arkansas, Jacksonville State, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Middle Tennessee, Charleston Southern and University West Georgia.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Georgia Southern.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“University Central Florida, Wake Forest, Georgia Southern, Shorter University, Georgia Tech.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not now. However, I am waiting to hear from Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State and Charleston Southern for dates.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes. Florida State.”