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Colquitt County running back Jae Lamar (center) is stopped by North Gwinnett linebackers Jake Godfree (left) and Evan Hawkins during their game at North Gwinnett High School on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Suwanee. (Jason Getz/AJC)

Football playoffs primer: First of 119 first-round games kick off Thursday

The Georgia high school football playoffs begin Thursday with the first two of 119 first-round games to be played from Fort Oglethorpe to Brunswick.

Lee County coach concerned about Sprayberry’s ‘playmakers all over the field’

Everything to know about the Class A Division II first-round playoff matchups

Camden County football parts ways with coach Travis Roland

Class A-Division : Toombs County vs. Northeast-Macon

Everything to know about the Class A Division I first-round playoff matchups

Everything to know about the Class 2A first-round playoff matchups

PHOTOS: Meet the 2025 class of the AJC Super 11

2025 AJC Super 11 Tyler Atkinson is a linebacker at Grayson High School in Loganville. Atkinson has verbally committed to Texas. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Central-Carrollton running back Jonaz Walton is a Notre Dame verbal commit. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Bowdon High tight end/wide receiver Kaiden Prothro is a Georgia verbal commit. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Collins Hill defensive lineman Deuce Geralds verbally committed to LSU. Collins Hill High School is in Suwanee. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Buford athlete Tyriq "Ty Boogie" Green verbally committed to Georgia. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Douglas County wide receiver Aaron Gregory verbally committed to Texas A&M. Douglas County High is in Douglasville. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Sprayberry defensive back/wide receiver Jorden Edmonds verbally committed to Alabama. Sprayberry is in Marietta. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Cambridge wide receiver Craig Dandridge verbally committed to Georgia. Cambridge High is in Milton. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Gainesville edge rusher Xavier Griffin verbally committed to Alabama. (Jason Getz / AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 Jonesboro High athlete Jontavius Wyman verbally committed to Miami. (Jason Getz/AJC)

2025 AJC Super 11 North Oconee tight end/edge rusher Khamari Brooks verbally committed to Georgia. North Oconee High is Bogart. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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2025 AJC Super 11 Tyler Atkinson is a linebacker at Grayson High School in Loganville. Atkinson has verbally committed to Texas. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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