Peach State College Football Preview
Saturday’s Peach State games
Arkansas State (3-2, 1-0) at Georgia State (2-2, 0-1)
3:30 p.m.
Georgia State’s Central Georgians: OL Trey Bonner, Fr., Jones County; P/PK Barry Brown, Jr., Dublin; OT Travis Glover, Fr., Dooly County; WR Jaquez Pennimon, Fr., Southwest.
Arkansas State’s Central Georgians: None, with a few from Georgia.
Chattanooga (2-3, 1-0) at Mercer (2-3, 1-1)
4 p.m.
Mercer’s Central Georgians: QB Dylan Fromm, Fr., Warner Robins; LB Will Coneway, Sr., Washington County; DB Jacob Pierce, Fr., Veterans; LB KaShawn Baker, Fr., Crawford County; OL Caleb Etheridge, Mary Persons; LS Zach Lassiter, Fr., Bleckley County; OL Mitchell Lord, Fr., Washington County; WR Landon Miller, Fr., Rutland; WR Brandon Mays, Fr., Wilkinson County; P Parker Lee, Fr., Veterans; E Gavin Whitfield, Fr., Tattnall.
Chattanooga’s Central Georgians: FB Torrez Finney, Jr., Jones County; DL Kyayyan Edwards, Sr., Westside; OL Cam Perry, Fr., Peach County; and nearly 20 Georgians overall.
Chattanooga notes: Connections to Mercer, Macon
North Carolina (2-3, 1-1) at Georgia Tech (1-3, 0-1)
4 p.m., ACCN
Georgia Tech’s Central Georgians: QB Tobias Oliver, So., Northside; WR Stephen Dolphus, Jr., Westside; LB Quez Jackson, So., Peach County; DL Djimon Brooks, Jr., Washington County.
UNC’s Central Georgians: None, about a dozen from Georgia.
Tech still working on turnovers, and on fewer
Georgia (4-0, 1-0) at Tennessee (1-3, 0-1)
7 p.m., ESPN
Georgia’s Central Georgians: DL Malik Herring, Jr., Mary Persons; WR Kearis Jackson Fr., Peach County; QB Jake Fromm, Jr., Houston County; DB Tyrique McGhee, Sr., Peach County; RB Darius Jackson, So., Washington County; DL Travon Walker, Fr., Upson-Lee; DL David Marshall, Sr., Upson-Lee; OL Trey Hill, So., Houston County; DL Antonio Poole, Sr., Baldwin; DL Tyler Malakius, Fr., Westfield.
Tennessee’s Central Georgians: WR Marquez Callaway, Sr., Warner Robins (preseason All-SEC second team, two-year starter and three-year regular); OL Dawson Stephens, Jr., Veterans (transferred from Stetson, graduated from Veterans in 2016).
Fromm remains stunningly underrated
Smart not much about the California bill
Fort Valley State (2-2) at Florida Tech (3-1)
7 p.m
FVSU’s Central Georgians: WR Dequavious Walker, Sr., QB Garrel Quainton, Sr., West Laurens; DB Delvin Webb, Jr., Dooly County; DB Camron Young, Sr., Dodge County; WR Brandon Davis, Jr., Hancock Central; RB Jaylen Lowder, Jr., Veterans; OL Octavius Hall, Jr., Peach County; DB Brian Williams, Sr., Dublin; LB Larry Dumas, Jr., Lamar County; PK Eli Mashburn, So., Warner Robins; DL Zaquan Baldwin, So., Southwest; DL Demarquez Carter, Fr., Upson-Lee; OL Emanuel Boone, So., Westside; WR Aiden Stewart, Fr., Howard; WR Jhi-Marre Brown, Jr., Perry; DL Albert Sharpe, Jr., Southwest; DL Chris Carson, Fr., Warner Robins; DL Nathaniel Freene, Jr., Twiggs County; RB DJ Brazil, So., Taylor County.
Florida Tech’s Central Georgians: None, and a few from Georgia.
GMC (4-2) at Hocking (3-1)
Sunday, 1 p.m.
GMC’s Central Georgians: WR Trey Brown, So., Macon County; WR Torenio Davis, So., Bleckley County; DB Branden Smith, Houston County; RB Tyler Jordan, Fr., Stratford; OL Cameron Brown, So., John Milledge; WR Will Clardy, Fr., West Laurens.
Hocking’s Central Georgians: Online roster doesn’t list hometowns.