Elijah Holyfield, son of boxing legend Evander Holyfield, is one of the state's top college football prospects for next year.

Holyfield is a junior running back out of Woodward Academy, and he has more than 35 early scholarship offers, including UGA.

Elijah talked about this recruiting in the below video:

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