What’s it like to have two former players drafted in the NFL Draft? Pace Academy football coach Chris Slade appears on the ninth episode of the “Georgia Prep Sports: From a Distance” video podcast to talk about offensive tackle Andrew Thomas and kicker Samuel Sloan with Score Atlanta’s Craig Sager.

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Also expected on the podcast are Paulding County’s Smael Mondon, a five-star linebacker going into the 2020 season as well as Alabama high school coaches Josh Niblett of Hoover and Mark Fleetwood of Huntsville High, who was the head coach at Peachtree Ridge.

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The podcast is produced by PlayOn Sports, which runs the National Federation High School network, and airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting at noon.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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