Signing Day, Feb. 2021: Central Georgia signings
By Michael A. Lough
The Sports Report
centralgasports@gmail.com
Most signing ceremonies are done, and it was a calm National Signing Day II.
The biggest question mark in the area involved Warner Robins quarterback Jaylen Addie.
A post by the team states that Addie signed Wednesday afternoon with GMC, which has a nice Central Georgia haul coming.
Coaches/teams/schools: Send all signing information, including stats/resume info, to @centralgasports@gmail.com. This will be updated this evening with some of that information and pictures from some signings
There has been speculation for months on Addie’s future as he recorded a monster senior year, earning statewide player fo the year honors while leading the Demons to the GHSA Class 5A title, and to the final for the third straight year, second with him at quarterback.
The dual threat QB’s recruitment has been hampered by a number of things out of his control:
1. He didn’t have much of a summer of camp activity between his sophomore and junior years, and hadn’t started yet, so he didn’t get in front of many eyes;
2. COVID-19 prevented him from any summer camp attendance between his junior and senior years, thus preventing colleges from getting a closer look at him;
3. The NCAA allowing for another year of eligibility put college rosters in major flux, with coaches unsure of who was returning, graduating, or transferring, and forcing even more roster management.
4. The Demons were more of a passing team in 2019 and more of a running team in 2020, so Addie threw fewer passes as a senior, averaging only 20 pass attempts a game as a junior and 15.4 as a senior. Those are lower-than-average attempts, and may have cooled some attention from some colleges.
Addie has qualified academically for a four-year NCAA scholarship, which means he is eligible to leave a junior college after one season. NCAA rules are a non-qualifier must graduate from a junior college to become immediately eligible at an NCAA program.
So far, Stratford, Crawford County, and Upson-Lee are the only schools to list non-football signings.
Central Georgia high school signings
All sports, football unless otherwise noted.
Baldwin
WR Kesean Parks, GMC
Bleckley County
DL Willie Harris, Gardner-Webb
Cross Country: Christa Hall, Central Georgia Tech
Central
DE Walter Hawthorne, Army
DL Adam Lamar, Hutchinson CC
QB/DB Jalik Thomas, Hutchinson CC (in January)
Crawford County
Derontae Stewart, University of the Cumberland (also baseball)
Dodge County
DB Mikhail Carr, Valdosta State
John Milledge
OL/DL Devin Kitchens, Shorter
OL/DL Kevin Kitchens, Shorter
DE Je’Mazin Roberts, The Citadel
Jones County
OL Matt Adams, GMC
RB Andrew Carner, Valdosta State
LB Deon Richardson, West Georgia
WR Maleek Wooten, Tusculum
Mary Persons
DL Lamont Jones, Valdosta State
LB Thomas Warren, Carson-Newman
Northside
OL Trey Cameron, West Virginia Wesleyan
DB Zahjuan Dennis, Army
DL Jai’Vionne Green, Sterling
WR Justin Luke, North Alabama
LB Kayleb Pierce, Erskine
DL Dai’dyn Rumph, GMC
Peach County
LB Tim Alderman, Fort Valley State
WR Dorrian Smith, Valdosta State
Putnam County
OL Kameron Butler, GMC
Stratford
Lacrosse: Harrison Tuck, Birmingham Southern: 4-year letterman, 3-year starter, 35 goals as a sophomore, team captain
Softball: Taylor Justice, Georgia Highlands: .494 average and 13 doubles as a senior, 99 career RBI and 115 hits
Softball: Kenna McElmurray, Gordon College: career record of 55-34 and 2.4 ERA with 481 strikeouts
Upson-Lee
DE Wesley Bentley, Mars Hill
QB Jake Davis, Presbyterian
LB Maddox Jackson, Pikeville
Baseball: Austin Hendricks, East Georgia State
Baseball: Logan Spivey, Erskine
Baseball: Jake Willis, Kennesaw State
Softball: Madison Murphy, Covenant
Veterans
DB Kamron Smith, Charleston Southern
DB Kedric Smith, Air Force
Warner Robins
QB Jalen Addie, GMC
DB Xavier Hill, Lenoir-Rhyne
OL Bobby Hutchinson, GMC
LB Demarcious Robinson, Army
WR Armon Porter, GMC
LS Ryan Young, Tiffin (Ohio)
TE De’Andre King, Fort Valley State
Washington County
RB Malyk Walker, Savannah State
Westside
LB Kennedy Parker, GMC
Wilkinson County
OL Ashton Grable, Jacksonville State
LB Marquavious Jones, Friends (Kansas)