Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: More signings, Dale Murphy's time coming?; Bennett back for Bulldogs, and more
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
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Signings continue for Central Georgians
Former Veterans defensive back Amarrian Brown has moved from Highlands Community College to Division II Lenoir-Rhyne.
Brown was a first-team Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference in 2018 with 54 tackles – fourth-best on the team – and six pass breakups, two interceptions, and a blocked kick.
The Bears went 12-2 last season, and Brown will join Central Georgians Javoris Smith (Southwest, Twiggs County) and Jam’l Dillard (Warner Robins)
* Logan Byrd (Veterans) is now with North Greenville, a Division II program in Conference Carolinas that went 4-6 in 2018. Byrd was a four-star recruit who signed with North Carolina, but never played for the Tar Heels.
He left after the 2017 season and initially was headed to Mississippi Gulf Coast, and then to Arizona Western Junior College where he passed for 1,150 yards and four touchdowns, rushing for 184 yards and three touchdowns.
NGU is coached by Jeff Farrington, who was one of the first hires at Mercer when the Bears revived football, but he left before Mercer’s first season for this job.
Around Georgia
Are Dale Murphy’s Hall chances improving?
Crean looking to change views in a football state
Football updates
Georgia
Stetson Bennett was gone, but not forgotten, and he’s back
Georgia Tech
QB Marshall a poster child for resilience (a good read)
Roster management high on the list
Falcons