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Former UGA player and Super Bowl champion Mecole Hardmon was included in a recent AJC article on former Georgia high school all-stars in the NFL.

On social media, however, some former Texas high school stars have been engaged in a conversation with Hardmon about which state plays the best football - including his Kansas City Chiefs teammate and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes.

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