The state title video games this week function three five-star recruits and 34 Energy-4 signees, 15 of that are SEC signees.
Benedictine linebacker LaDamion Guyton walks out of the locker rooms in opposition to Westminster at Fritz Orr Subject in Atlanta, GA, on Friday, Sept. nineteenth, 2025. He is the highest-rated prospect in motion this week on the GHSA State Soccer Championships. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
Buford faces Carrollton for the state championship on Tuesday within the Georgia Excessive Faculty Affiliation’s largest classification. That can determine which 6A powerhouse turns into the staff to beat for the legendary highschool nationwide championship.
There’s no have to play 60 minutes to determine which recreation at Mercedes-Benz Stadium will draw essentially the most recruiting consideration.
htiw lliw ohw smaet etats srats sretsor gnitiurcer gnitiurcer deknar stcepsorp stcepsorp seliforp sreyalp ro eno no sti rehgih evah og .emag morf rof gnirutaef neve detnemucod ,repeed egelloc pihsnoipmahc yb htob ,kramhcneb eb ta rehtona dna a ehT s’tahT .slaviR slaviR .gniknaR yrtsudnI notllorraC-drofuB 44 3 72 71
,tey htiw yrev kcart ot eseht .taht ,taht citsitats rats seromohpos .secivres ,es sdrocer erar gniknar kcabretrauq rep .srehto laiciffo sreffo sreffo fo on lanoitan ekil ti ti si si si woh eh evah sah doog nevig morf nemhserf namhserf rof rof elpmaxe ysae t’nseod syad tub tub period dna dna gnoma ydaerla ,ria a a a erehT hceT ,imaiM eH ,aigroeG aigroeG ,USF rehpyC notllorraC JC ,nrubuA
htiw ediw rats-eerht )noitceles ytefas reviecer evisneffo evisneffo namenil namenil sah erutuf rats-ruof rats-ruof rats-ruof ruof serutaef retnuoc dna dna osla eikyZ sevloW qiryT ehT repuS nayR .yelsoM .notsuoH notleH neerG maharG aigroeG notllorraC .sgodlluB notllorraC-drofuB CJA 11 na(
htiw lliw ohw siht eht dengis tes sroines smargorp .m.p no .htnom retal ni evah rof erutaef thgie ,tsetnoc gnitepmoc osla ydaerla ,yadseuT tahT ffoyalP llabtooF egelloC 8 maet-21
htiw ,keew nwot eltit eerht siht thgiarts etats tuodnats eengis noitceles .tiurcer deknar eno no fo rekcabenil si ni sih htruof srats-evif rats-evif demialc yb sa dna dna gnola a reivaX ehT repuS slaviR orhtorP .yadnoM noimaDaL nediaK s’eH .notyuG niffirG aigroeG ellivseniaG ASHG EGDE ssalC nodwoB enitcideneB CJA A 11
raey siht eht eht eht ,eengis deifissalcer detar tcepsorp llarevo si si detar-tsehgih morf rof .slanif reilrae elcyc ta dna a saxeT hceT .oN eH ,notyuG ASHG 7202 .6202 21
htiw hctaw ot rats-eerht rats-eerht eht ydeeps eengis eengis dengis stiurcer kcabretrauq .srehto no tsom enil sah dah rats-ruof evisnefed dna gnoma osla RW saxeT ,)hceT nehpetS ertoN .yadnoM noremaK siH reizarF emaD ,ydoC nosmelC nonnaC stedaC abbuB enitcideneB osla(
htiw ohw noticed pu snwodhcuot eltit nworht siht eht deillat gnittes-drocer-etats etats rats tes roines serocs loohcs gnihsur ,gniknar .kcabretrauq esneffo ton detsil puenil del gnitseretni ni hgih s’eh evah dah .emag rof rof rof llaf seod dluoc hsalc yb tub tub erofeb ta ksa enoyna rehtona dna na lla a a ehT tahT BQ s’eH .ediskeerC nedaC ,nosneB ,11-toof-5 73 01
ohw deknar sreyalp evah ruof yb period selonimeS .slaviR siH
htiw htiw lliw lliw yrev maet deludehcs ,stiurcer detiurcer deknar .stcepsorp .m.p .nwo no no fo enin sti sti og rof ,lanif ecaf peed osla a ,yadsendeW samohT ehT ,ellivseniaG ytnuoC ssalC lartneC 03:7 A5 11
sdray nworht eht eht eht eht seengis serocs sknar riap eno fo fo s’noitan del sroinuj roinuj si otni ni ni detar-tsehgih gnidaeh .emag rats-ruof rof rof .slanif timmoc yb sa period dna dna a ehT ehT deR BQ BQ .oN .swehttaM mirahK noiramaJ yelhguH s’eH niffirG rats-ruoF stnahpelE LD nosmelC amabalA 33 .7202 764,2 51
htiw lliw rats-eerht rats-eerht rats-eerht rats-eerht gninnur .retsor evisneffo namenil roinuj sti morf rats-ruof retnuoc ,)timmoc kcab dna sniktaW RW RW samohT ecnerwaL nodyaJ irabaJ ellivseniaG )tseroF EGDE rabnuD sivatnoeD ytnuoC repooC naitsirhC lartneC maC skoorB ekaW( )enaluT( ,)ttiP( aksarbeN( ,)USF(
GHSA state championships: Recruiting snapshot by the numbers
- 5-star prospects (any service): 3
- High 100 total prospects (any class): 7
- AJC Tremendous 11 alternatives: 3 (Tyriq Inexperienced, Xavier Griffin, Kaiden Prothro)
- Energy 4 signees: 34
- SEC signees: 15
- Groups with no less than 5 ranked recruits: 6A Buford (19); 5A Gainesville (11); 2A Carver-Columbus (9); 5A Thomas County Central (9); 6A Carrollton (8); 4A Benedictine (7); 5A Sandy Creek (5)
10 highest-rated prospects in motion this week
- LaDamion Guyton, 4A Benedictine (5-star EDGE/No. 12 total in 2026)
- Xavier Griffin, 5A Gainesville (5-star LB/No. 20 total in 2026)
- Kaiden Prothro, A Div. 2 Bowdon (5-star TE/No. 30 total in 2026)
- Jamarion Matthews, 5A Gainesville (4-star EDGE/No. 55 total in 2026)
- Bryce Perry-Wright, 6A Buford (4-star EDGE/No. 66 total in 2026)
- Corey Hadley, 3A Sandy Creek (4-star S/No. 71 total in 2027)
- Jamarcus Johnson, A Div. 1 Toombs (4-star DL/No. 91 total in 2028)
- Tristan Givens, 2A Carver-Columbus (4-star EDGE/No. 107 total in 2026)
- Kharim Hughley, 5A Gainesville (4-star QB/No. 176 total in 2027)
- Tyriq Inexperienced, 6A Buford (4-star S/No. 193 total in 2026)
Gainesville linebacker Xavier Griffin (8) pressures Rome quarterback Aidan McPherson (3) throughout the first half within the GHSA 5A semi-final playoff recreation at Barron Stadium, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (Jason Getz / AJC)
5-star Kaiden Prothro selected Georgia this summer time over robust curiosity in Auburn, Florida and Texas. (Jeff Sentell/ DawgNation)
Jeff Sentell covers UGA soccer and recruiting. He’s a graduate of UGA’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and has been a workers author at information shops in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia. Previous to the Atlanta Journal-Structure, he was at The Birmingham Information and AL.com.
He was named the 2005 Georgia Press Affiliation Sportswriter of the 12 months.
Leave a Reply