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)
UGA has a total of nine recruits playing in both games, including two out-of-state commits (Van Jefferson, WR, Brentwood, Tenn., and Deandre Baker, DB, Miami) in the U.S. Army All-America Bowl. Georgia Tech has none.
