National all-star games overloaded with Georgia talent

WR Terry Godwin (left) and LB Roquan Smith are both in all-star games (AJC file)

How good is high school football in the state of Georgia? So good that the rosters of the two biggest national all-star games this weekend are overloaded with Georgia talent – a whopping 27 players.

Here’s the lineup for the Under Armour All-America game, which will be televised at 2 p.m. Friday on ESPN2:

• Micah Abernathy, DB, Greater Atlanta Christian (committed to Tennessee)
• Andrew Butcher, DE, Alpharetta (committed to Tennessee)
• Jordan Colbert, DB, Griffin (committed to Auburn)
• Terry Godwin, WR, Callaway (committed to UGA)
• Arden Key, DE, Hapeville Charter (committed to South Carolina)
• *Jonathan Ledbetter, DT, Tucker (committed to UGA)
• Rashad Roundtree, DB, Lakeside (committed to UGA)
• Bailey Sharp, OL, Sprayberry (committed to Auburn)
• Roquan Smith, LB, Macon County (undecided)
• Adonis Thomas, LB, Central Gwinnett (committed to Alabama)
• *Preston Williams, WR, Lovejoy (committed to Tennessee)

* Selected for the game but did not participate

Here’s the lineup for the U.S. Army All-America Bowl, which will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday on NBC-TV:

• Rodrigo Blankenship, K, Marietta (walk-on at UGA)
• Mehki Brown, DE, Carver-Columbus (committed to Alabama)
• Chuma Edoga, OL, McEachern (committed to USC)
• Blake Ferguson, OL, Buford (committed to LSU)
• Taj Griffin, RB, McEachern (committed to Oregon)
• Mitch Hyatt, OL, North Gwinnett (committed to Clemson)
• Kaleb Kim, OL, Mill Creek (committed to Auburn)
• Natrez Patrick, LB, Mays (committed to UGA)
• TJ Rahming, ATH, McEachern (committed to Duke)
• Darius Slayton, WR, Greater Atlanta Christian (committed to UGA)
• Trent Thompson, DT, Westover (committed to UGA)
• Chidi Valentine, OL, Faith Baptist Christian (undecided)
• D'Andre Walker, DE, Langston Hughes (undecided)
• Dallas Warmack, OL, Mays (committed to Alabama)