Metro Atlanta players tend to dominate recruiting rankings. Only 23 of the 230 players on the 247Sports Composite lists of the best senior and junior recruits in Georgia are from south Georgia. Only five players in vaunted Region 1-AAAAAA are on the list. Buford has nine. Here are those 23 and their prospect ranking in Georgia:
Seniors
1. DT Trent Thompson, Westover (Georgia)
15. DE Austin Bryant, Thomas County Central (Clemson)
27. DB/QB Octavis Johnson, Clinch County (South Carolina)
33. LB Gary McCrae, Randolph-Clay (Georgia)
40. TE Jalen Wilkerson, Coffee (Florida State)
46. OG Cole Minshew, Coffee (Florida State)
49. OT Saquan Reese, Jenkins County
51. LB Brian Bell, Lowndes (Florida State)
59. DE Tyrone Riley, Calvary Day
69. DE Steven Wright, Ware County
114. TE Anthony Folkerts, Valwood School (Rutgers)
124. S Carlos Pickett, Brunswick (Marshall)
133. WR Brad Stewart, Benedictine
142. LB Quintin Hampton, Colquitt County (Central Florida)
150. CB Joshua Norwood, Valdosta (Cincinnati)
162. WR Malik Henry, Tift County (Georgia Southern)
163. RB Wesley Fields, Americus-Sumter (Middle Tennessee)
166. LB Jakyron Young, Irwin County (Georgia Southern)
173. ATH Curtis Nixon, Charlton County (Appalachian State)
Juniors
2. DB Demetris Robertson, Savannah Country Day (Alabama)
6. DE Chauncey Manac, Clinch County
32. RB Andrew Lee, Charlton County
34. OT Chris Barnes, Lee County
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