AJC Super 11, Too: Outtakes

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AJC Super 11, Too: Outtakes

Photos -- AJC Super 11, Too: Fascinating Facts about Georgia's top high school football players, Aug. 2010.

James Vaughters, Tucker -- Position: Linebacker. What's interesting: Vaughters has a 4.0 grade-point average. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Nick Marshall, Wilcox County -- Position: Quarterback/defensive back. What's interesting: Marshall is just as highly regarded as a basketball player and will play both sports at Georgia. He was recruited by the Bulldogs as a defensive back. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Xzavier Dickson, Griffin -- Position: Defensive line. What's interesting: Dickson can throw a football 70 yards -- farther than any Griffin player can kick or throw it -- and wanted to be a quarterback when he entered ninth grade. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Thomas O'Reilly, Pope -- Position: Offensive lineman. What's interesting: O'Reilly's father is from England, and O'Reilly is a big soccer fan and wrestler. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Brian Randolph, Kell -- Position: Running back/defensive back. What's interesting: Randolph played his junior season with a torn labrum. His brother, Justin Randolph, is a student and former walk-on player at Georgia Tech. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

A.J. Johnson, Gainesville -- Position: Linebacker. What's interesting: Johnson was the first of the Super 11 to make a commitment -- to Tennessee during his junior season -- but changed his mind when Lane Kiffin left for USC. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Jay Rome, Valdosta -- Position: Tight end. What's interesting: Rome is the son of former NFL receiver Stan Rome, considered by many the greatest player in Valdosta history. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Chris Conley, North Paulding -- Position: Wide receiver. What's interesting: Conley is the first big-time recruit for his three-year-old school and might be the best college prospect in the country that sees no need for a cellphone. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Isaiah Crowell, Carver-Columbus -- Position: Running back. What's interesting: Crowell's best friend since kindergarten has been Quintavious Harrow, a Carver safety. Both run sub-4.5 seconds in 40 yards. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Damian Swann, Grady -- Position: Defensive back. What's interesting: Swann hasn't shown up at many combines this summer because he has been busy playing baseball on a high-level travel team. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

Ray Drew, Thomas County Central -- Position: Defensive end. What's interesting: Drew is licensed as a minister who was excused from track and field practice one week last spring to help preach a revival. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

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James Vaughters, Tucker -- Position: Linebacker. What's interesting: Vaughters has a 4.0 grade-point average. - Todd Holcomb, For the AJC

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