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Ever wonder where high school football players are playing at the next level from Savannah, Georgia area. A list was complied way back at the beginning of the football season by the Georgia High School Football Daily newsletter. Out of the 4600 plus former Georgia High School football players located by the GHSFD, 162 are from the surrounding area that the Prep Sports Report covers. 

At the start of the 2021 college football season, HV Jenkins had the most with 19, followed by Richmond Hill and South Effingham with 18. Benedictine and Islands were next with 15. Calvary Day School had 12, followed by Savannah Christian and Windsor Forest, with 11. The list below is the players' names from the school they graduated from before playing college football. If any players you might know of are not on this list, email kdemasi@prepsportsreport.com to update. 

High School (number of players) College

Beach (7) – Ben Brewton (Chattanooga), Antario Brown (Northern Illinois), Kendall Fuller (Methodist), Jordan Holmes (Lenoir-Rhyne), Ralph Lovett (Albany State), Marquice Robinson (Bethany-W.Va.), Daijon Weaver (LaGrange)

Benedictine (15) – Bobby Baker III (Carthage), Luke Barlow (Mercer), Travis Blackshear (Furman), Gage Blackston (Appalachian State), Trent Broadnax (Duke), LeShon Brooks (Alderson-Broaddus), Nick Dillon (Berry), Jakeen Harris (North Carolina State), Eric Hicks Jr. (Tulane), Noah Johnson (Holy Cross), Trevon Locke (Georgia Southern), Carter Morgan (Berry), Terrick Smalls Jr. (Charlotte), Gavin Stewart (Georgia Tech), Andrew Warren (Shorter)

Bethesda Academy (3) – Carlton Brown (Shorter), AnTjuan McKay (Shorter), Jaden Wright (Presbyterian)

Bryan County (4) – Terron Dixon II (Georgia Southern), Charlie Flint (Georgia State), Markus Johnson (Hiram), Tommy Mikell (LaGrange)

Calvary Day (12) – Cam Dean (Rhodes), D'Quan Douse (Georgia Tech), Jaydon Grant (Savannah State), Quadarris Green (Clark-Atlanta), Brogan Korta (Mercer), Jalen Leary (Stetson), Fuches Lewis II (Georgia State), Ryan Merklinger (Valparaiso), Tyrone Riley (North Carolina State), Dwayne Ruff (East Tennessee State), Cameron Selders (Morehouse), Sayyid Stevens (Duke)

Effingham County (5) – Jalen Barton (St. Augustine's), ZeBrandon Gant (Newberry), Lamonee Johnson (Kentucky State), Drayton Marsh (Shorter), Randy Scott (Savannah State)

Groves (1) – Shabari Davis (Southeast Missouri State)

Islands (15) – Jadon Adams (Savannah State), Dareth Baker (Kentucky Christian), Chris Brown (Georgia), Nathanial Chisholm (Savannah State), Kalen DeLoach (Florida State), John Dickerson IV (Shorter), Deion Duncan (Upper Iowa), Jaden Hardy (Grambling State), Terryn Patterson-Bryant (Concord), Jayden Perry (Coastal Carolina), Shamar Sandgren (Itawamba CC), James Shellman IV (Middle Tennessee), Shevin Smith (Baylor), Damonte Smith (Middle Tennessee), Samuel Snead (North Carolina Wesleyan)

Jenkins (19) – Patrick Blake (Shaw), Joe Burke (Georgia Military JC), Darius Bush (Connecticut), Joah Cash (Coastal Carolina), Ronald Cooper (Georgia State), Ashante Daniels (Wingate), Daylan Dotson (Tennessee-Martin), Tony Edwards (Webber International), Jordan Everett (North Carolina Wesleyan), Montraveon Futch (Fort Valley State), Hyland Generlette (Culver-Stockton), Cauldric Isles (Georgia Southern), Davonte Johnson (Savannah State), Kyree McLean (Shaw), Amon Oliver (Shaw), Taurus Simmons (West Virginia), Melvin Smalls Jr. (Elizabeth City State), Jeremy Smith (Marshall), Akelo Stone (Georgia Tech)

Johnson (5) – Dylan Boone (Presbyterian), Terrence Jarrett (Allen), Corrie Lee (North Carolina Wesleyan), George McDowell (North Carolina Wesleyan), Dontre Mike (LaGrange)

Memorial Day (5) – Cam Hall (Manchester), Brian Miller (Georgia Southern), Delvecchio Powell II (Presbyterian), Julian Roberts (Savannah State), Winston Wright Jr. (West Virginia)

New Hampstead (8) – Diontae Banks (Savannah State), Sam Brown (West Virginia), Randy Jarrell (Fort Valley State), Justin McKithen (Florida Atlantic), Deyandre Ruffin (Allen), Treyson Speaks (Valdosta State), Anthony Thomas (Savannah State), Calvin Turner Jr. (Hawaii)

Richmond Hill (18) – Aaron Bedgood (Coastal Carolina), Shaquan Brooks (Berry), Jordan Clark (Savannah State), Tyler Coleman (LaGrange), Matthew Daniel (Georgia Southern), John Dunivan (LaGrange), Ronald Fuselier (Allan Hancock CC), Joe Fusile (Georgia Tech), Kenyan Hunter (Mercer), Sam James (West Virginia), Justin Jeffery (Charlotte), Armon Mason (Clemson), Joseph Petrino (Maryland), Ashaud Roberson (West Georgia), Jalen Rouse (Tennessee State), Maurice Smith (Allan Hancock CC), Avion Smith (Ferrum), Britton Williams (Georgia Southern)

Savannah (3) – Dez’mond Brinson (Cornell), Malik Nesbitt (Avila), Treisean Palmer (Allen)

Savannah Christian (11) – Marquell Brown (Savannah State), Noah Chumley (Georgia), Eric Davidson (Merchant Marine), Jordan Grant (Savannah State), Mark Langston (Georgia Southern), Dylan McMahon (North Carolina State), Nate Moon (Georgia Tech), Evan Reese (Lane), Demetris Robertson (Auburn), Spencer Robicheaux (East Tennessee State), David Shelnutt (St. Vincent)

Savannah Country Day (1) – Dre Miller (Army)

South Effingham (18) – Anthony Beck II (Georgia Southern), Brayden Bell (Southeastern), Austin Blaske (Georgia), Malcolm Brown (Georgia), Matthew Brown (Georgia), Alex Cela (Mount Union), Rocko Griffin (Vanderbilt), David Hagan II (Trinity International), Taylor Jackson III (Brevard), Josh Mercer (Missouri Southern), Anthony Moore (North Carolina Wesleyan), Mackenzy Newbill (Savannah State), Makenly Newbill (Savannah State), Travis Pfiester (Cumberlands-Ky.), Ameer Pollak (Kentucky Christian), Zach Taylor (Brevard), Kareem Taylor (Western Carolina), Connor Vasher (Savannah State)

St Andrew's School (1) – Andrew Longwater (Massachusetts Maritime)

Windsor Forest (11) – JaMario Blige (Chattanooga), Randall Corey (Savannah State), Kelvin Drummond (Savannah State), Devon Howard (Savannah State), Jaheim Howard (Savannah State), Nickolas Jex (Webber International), Cavonte Legree (Missouri Valley), Joseph Maxwell III (Delaware State), Eric Phoenix (Benedict), Alexander Taylor (Missouri Valley), Deven Thompson (Stetson) 

Where did the list come from?

Georgia's most significant in-season source for high school football coverage is the Georgia High School Football Daily's electronic newsletter. The GHSF Daily website, launched in 2021, is an online warehouse for the publication's e-newsletters and publishes news items occasionally, particularly during the offseason. It was founded in 2009 and currently has over 23,000 subscribers. Georgia high school football fans will find all the high school football news on this website.

Volunteer researcher Steve Slay developed the list above of 4,631 former Georgia high school football players who started the season on college football rosters in 2021, a total of 4,631.

Slay's job compiles data from more than 800 college football teams, ranging from Division I NCAA institutions to Junior Colleges of America for the GHSFD. He's been scouring college football rosters for Georgia athletes for the past 15 years.

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