22 Former Bulldogs to be Inducted into Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame

ATHENS --- Twenty-two former University of Georgia football players will be inducted into the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame Saturday in Atlanta.

The induction will be held at the College Football Hall of Fame. Georgia's 22 former players are part of the 40-member induction class. The 2022 inaugural class included 36 total inductees, 13 of which were former Bulldogs. Nine more received automatic entry as members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022 including two former Georgia players.

Former Georgia players scheduled for the 2023 induction Saturday:

Pre-1948

Bill Hartman
Georgia Military Prep Graduate
Bill Hartman starred for Georgia Military Prep's 1933 team that was coached by Wallace Butts and declared a state champion. According to the Macon Telegraph, Hartman "was the outstanding star of the game" in a 26-0 victory over Gordon Institute that clinched the mythical title. Hartman played quarterback and running back and was highly regarded prior to Georgia Military when playing at Madison A&M. He played fullback and linebacker at Georgia and made an All-America team in 1937. Hartman became the first Georgia Bulldog ever taken in the NFL Draft as the 69th overall pick in 1938. He played one NFL season, starting four games, though mostly backing up legendary quarterback Sammy Baugh, but he declined to return to the league and joined Georgia's coaching staff full-time under Butts and served until 1956. He later worked as volunteer kicking coach under Vince Dooley for 20 years. Hartman became a legendary figure in the Athens community and Georgia's athletic department. He was president of the university's alumni association and the Georgia Student Educational Fund, which was formed to raise private funds for athletic scholarships. Hartman entered the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1981, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the University of Georgia's Circle of Honor in 1999. Hartman passed away in 2006 at age 90.

Billy Henderson
Lanier (Macon) High School Graduate
Billy Henderson is best known as a GACA Hall of Fame high school coach at Willingham and Clarke Central, but he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1962 purely as an athlete. A Macon newspaper reporting his induction said Henderson was "believed to be the only prep athlete in Georgia to ever earn All-American honors in two sports, being named in football and baseball." Henderson was a two-time All-Southern football player and three-year starter at Macon's Lanier High. According to the Macon News, he scored a GIAA-record 150 points in nine games as a senior (equivalent of 25 touchdowns), breaking Clint Castleberry's record of 138. The GIAA was Georgia's highest level at the time and included only about a dozen of the state's largest schools. Henderson scored 318 points for his career, more than 50 touchdowns, in a low-scoring era. Henderson played football and baseball at Georgia and then two seasons of minor league baseball. Henderson had a long career as a Georgia high school coach and won 285 games and state championships at Clarke Central in 1977, 1979 and 1985. Henderson passed away Feb. 14, 2018, at age 89.

Vernon 'Catfish' Smith
Lanier (Macon) High School Graduate
Vernon "Catfish" Smith earned all-state recognition in football, basketball and baseball at Lanier High in Macon. As a football player, he was a three-time All-GIAA player. The GIAA was the highest brand of Georgia high school football at the time. Smith went on to play college football at Georgia and was a consensus All-American in 1931. His most famous game came as a sophomore in 1929 when Georgia faced a heavily favored Yale team in the first game played at Sanford Stadium. Smith accounted for all of the Bulldogs' points in a 15-0 victory. He recovered a blocked punt in the end zone, kicked the extra point, had a receiving touchdown pass from Spud Chandler for his second touchdown and added two points when he tackled a ball carrier for a safety. Smith was also a multi-sport athlete in college, playing basketball and baseball at Georgia, and was captain of both teams. After his collegiate career, Smith remained involved with football, serving on coaching staffs at Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi. After his playing and coaching careers, he joined the Air Force and rose to the rank of colonel before retiring in 1963. Smith earned the Legion of Merit, Air Force Commendation Medal (twice), World War II Victory Medal and more. In 1956, Smith and Clint Castleberry were the first two athletes inducted into the Georgia Prep Hall of Fame, which evolved into what is now the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. In 1979, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

1960's

Buzy Rosenberg
Northside (Atlanta) High School Graduate
As a three-year starter at Northside of Atlanta in the late 1960s, Buzy Rosenberg played wingback and defensive back under coach Wayman Creel. As a senior against Grady, Rosenberg ran for two touchdowns, returned an interception for a touchdown, returned a punt for a touchdown and passed for a touchdown. He helped lead Northside to a 25-5 record in his years as a starter and was named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore and junior and first-team all-state as a senior. Rosenberg often was compared to an earlier Northside star, quarterback Stan Gann, a 2022 Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame Inductee. Creel, who would become the state's all-time leader in coaching victories, called Gann his greatest quarterback but Rosenberg his best two-way starter. Rosenberg went on to play at Georgia and was Associated Press first-team All-SEC in 1970 and 1971. Rosenberg, listed as 5 feet, 7 inches and 188 pounds as a senior, was a cornerback and one of the Bulldogs' greatest return men in history. Against Oregon State in the 1971 season opener, Rosenberg returned five punts for a still-standing school record of 202 yards with touchdowns of 74 and 66 yards. Rosenberg led the Bulldogs in punt return yards for three seasons, and his career total of 946 yards ranks fourth in school history.

1970's

Ray Donaldson
East Rome High School graduate
Ray Donaldson, a six-time Pro Bowl center and 17-year NFL player, began his historic football career as a two-sport star for East Rome High. He played just two varsity football seasons in addition to earning letters on the basketball team. He starred as a fullback, tight end and linebacker on the gridiron. As a senior in 1975, he was named a first-team AJC all-state player. The University of Georgia recruited Donaldson to play linebacker before he switched to center. He was named first-team All-SEC and third-team All-America in 1979. The Baltimore Colts drafted Donaldson in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft (No. 32 overall). He is believed to be the first African American full-time starting center in NFL history. He made 127 starts in his career and made four straight Pro Bowls (1986-89) for the Indianapolis Colts. In 1988, he helped pave the way for NFL rushing champion Eric Dickerson (1,659 yards). Donaldson made his final two Pro Bowl teams at age 37 and 38 with the Dallas Cowboys and was a member of the Cowboys' Super Bowl winner for the 1995 season. Donaldson was inducted into the Rome Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Anthony Flanagan
Southwest Atlanta High School Graduate
Anthony Flanagan, the first African American quarterback at the University of Georgia, was a historic multi-sport athlete at Atlanta's Southwest High. He was named AJC Class 2A Back of the Year and a Parade All-American in 1973, when he led Southwest's football team to the Class 2A championship. Flanagan was 126-of-233 passing for 2,136 yards and a state-record 31 touchdowns on a 13-0 team. He also scored 12 touchdowns and kicked 56 extra points and two field goals. Additionally, the 1973 team was the first all-Black football team to win a GHSA championship. Flanagan was ambidextrous and could throw a football 70 yards with his throwing arm and nearly 60 with the other. Flanagan was an all-state basketball player who led Southwest to state championships in 1972 and 1973. He also was a baseball player. Flanagan signed with Georgia and played basketball the first two seasons, leading those teams in assists. In the second game of the 1976 football season against Clemson in a backup role, Flanagan became Georgia's first Black quarterback and first athlete to play both football and basketball since Zippy Morocco in the 1950s. After leaving Georgia, Flanagan returned to Atlanta and became a coach. He died Jan. 12, 2001, at age 44 from complications of diabetes. The City of Atlanta named a recreation center after Flanagan in 2016.

Ray Goff
Moultrie High School Graduate
Ray Goff was a standout player at Moultrie High, the SEC Offensive Player of the Year at Georgia and the coach who replaced Vince Dooley as head coach of the Bulldogs in 1989 at age 33. At Moultrie – now Colquitt County – Goff helped the Packers to a 19-3 record in his two seasons as the starting quarterback in 1971 and 1972. He passed for 1,571 yards for the 1972 Moultrie team that won the state's strongest region and lost to Central of Macon in the semifinals of the Class 3A playoffs and finished 11-1. Goff was the first player from Moultrie to pass for more than 300 yards in a game. Before switching to quarterback, Goff played in the defensive backfield and made seven interceptions as a sophomore. He also was an outstanding baseball pitcher who once threw a 19-innning shutout in a 1-0 victory in which he had the winning hit. Goff went on to Georgia, where he would lead the Bulldogs to an SEC title and Sugar Bowl berth in 1976 and finish seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting. Goff transitioned into coaching and was an assistant at South Carolina before returning to Georgia in 1981. He became head coach in 1989 and served for seven seasons. Goff was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. Goff is now a part owner of Zaxby's Chicken franchises and lives in Oconee County.

Guy McIntyre
Thomasville High School Graduate
Guy McIntyre is a three-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Pro Bowl guard. He first starred at Thomasville High and was named All-State by the AJC and All-American by Coach and Athlete Magazine. McIntyre was a tight end in high school, then moved to the defensive line at the University of Georgia before ultimately settling in as an offensive tackle. McIntyre was a member of the Bulldogs' 1980 national championship team and their 1980, 1981 and 1982 SEC championship teams. He made All-SEC in 1982 and 1983 and won the Jacobs Award for the SEC's best blocker in 1983. The San Francisco 49ers drafted him in the third round, and he played 13 NFL seasons as a guard and occasionally as a blocking back/fullback in coach Bill Walsh's innovative offenses. He won Super Bowls in 1984, 1988 and 1989 and made five straight Pro Bowl teams (1989-93). McIntyre has worked the past 20 years in the 49ers' front office and is currently the team's director of alumni relations. McIntyre was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

Scott Woerner
Jonesboro High School Graduate
Scott Woerner, who earned his highest honor in making the College Football Hall of Fame for his career at the University of Georgia, was an all-around athlete at Jonesboro High. He lettered in basketball and track and field and played quarterback and running back for GACA Hall of Fame coach Weyman Sellers. Though his high school teams were not outstanding, Woerner stood out. He was a first-team all-state player as a senior and one of three Georgia players named to the 1976 Coach & Athlete All-America team. At Georgia, he became a starting cornerback and return man as a sophomore in 1978 on the Wonder Dogs team that went 9-2-1. Woerner made first-team All-SEC in 1979 and 1980. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1980. In his final college game, Woerner intercepted two passes in Georgia's 17-10 victory over Notre Dame that clinched the national title in the Sugar Bowl. Woerner gained more than 2,000 return yards in his college career on punts, kickoffs and interceptions. The Atlanta Falcons drafted Woerner in the third round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He played a season with the Falcons and moved on to the new USFL and won championships in 1984 and 1985 with the Baltimore/Philadelphia Stars. Woerner was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2014 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016.

1980's

Keith Henderson
Cartersville High School Graduate
Keith Henderson was a rare three-time first-team all-state running back (1982-84) at Cartersville and was a Parade All-American and the AJC's all-classification player of the year in 1984. As a senior, he rushed for 2,046 yards and 20 touchdowns on 191 carries in only 10 games for a team that ironically didn't make the playoffs in an era when only region champions qualified for state. He rushed for 5,872 yards and scored 60 touchdowns in his career and compiled 6,937 all-purpose yards when including receiving, passing and return yards. Henderson rushed for a single-game state record 432 yards against Cass in 1984. Henderson led the University of Georgia in rushing as a true freshman (731 yards) and finished with 1,648 yards despite missing his junior season with a knee injury. The San Francisco 49ers drafted Henderson in the third round. He was the team's leading rusher (531 yards) in 1991 on a team that featured Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. Henderson played four NFL seasons.

1990's

Mike Bobo
Thomasville High School Graduate
Mike Bobo, best known today as the University of Georgia's offensive coordinator, was the USA Today Georgia player of the year and AJC co-player of the year in 1992, when he passed for 2,477 yards and 23 touchdowns at Thomasville High while playing under head coach George Bobo, his father. For his high school career, Mike Bobo was 329-of-590 passing for 5,167 yards and 42 touchdowns. He led Thomasville to consecutive region championships and 10-3 quarterfinal appearances in Class AAA. "If you could pick the perfect high school quarterback, it would be Mike Bobo," Colquitt County coach Jim Hughes once said. "Like having a coach on the field. ... Maximizes his talent." Bobo went on to play at Georgia. From 1994 to 1997, Bobo passed for 6,334 yards, the seventh-most in program history. In his final game, he was MVP of the Outback Bowl and set Outback records for consecutive completions (19) and completion percentage (92.8%) as he was good on 26 of 28 attempts in Georgia's 33-7 victory over Wisconsin. Bobo began his coaching career as a Georgia graduate assistant in 1999. He was Georgia's quarterbacks coach in 2001-06 and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2007. Bobo was Colorado State's head coach from 2015 to 2019. He became Georgia's offensive coordinator again in 2023 under coach Kirby Smart, his former Georgia teammate.

Reggie Brown
Carrollton High School Graduate
Reggie Brown was a multi-sport athlete at Carrollton High and was the AJC's all-classification state l player of the year, Georgia's consensus No. 1 recruit and a USA Today and Parade All-American in football as a senior. In 1998, he was a two-way starter on Carrollton's first state championship team in 24 years and caught 62 passes for 1,046 yards while also playing in the defensive secondary. In the title game, a 37-18 victory over Early County, Brown had seven receptions for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Carrollton was 50-6 during Brown's four seasons of varsity football. Brown was also a part of three consecutive region championship teams in basketball. In track and field, he set a state record in the long jump as a sophomore, jumping 24 feet, 9 inches. Brown continued his football career at Georgia, where he caught 144 passes for 2,008 yards and 12 touchdowns. Georgia was 50-14 during Brown's four seasons, including a 13-1 mark in 2002, when the Bulldogs won an SEC title and the Sugar Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles selected Brown with the 35th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. Brown led NFL rookies with 571 receiving yards. During his tenure with the Eagles, Brown caught 177 passes for 2,574 yards and 17 touchdowns. After his playing career, Brown transitioned to coaching. He is currently a wide receivers coach for the Cambridge Bears.

Quincy Carter
Southwest DeKalb High School Graduate
Born in Chicago, Carter was raised in Decatur and starred in baseball and football at Southwest DeKalb and led the Panthers to the 1995 Class 4A championship under coach Buck Godfrey. Carter finished his high school career with 4,450 passing yards, 37 passing touchdowns, 1,489 rushing yards and 32 rushing touchdowns. He was the AJC and AP all-classification player of the year and a Parade All-American for the 1995 season. Carter signed originally with Georgia Tech but was taken in the second round of the MLB Draft and played in the minor leagues for two seasons. Carter enrolled at Georgia in 1998 and became the Bulldogs' starter for the opener that season and for a memorable upset at No. 6 LSU in his fourth game. In his Georgia career, Carter passed for 6,447 yards, second in school history at that time behind Eric Zeier. Carter was a second-round NFL Draft pick and played four NFL seasons and started 34 games. Carter is now a private quarterbacks coach locally. This year, he joined Southwest DeKalb's staff as a community coach.

Randall Godfrey
Lowndes High School Graduate
Randall Godfrey was a three-sport athlete (football, basketball, and track) at Lowndes. In football, he started his first varsity snaps at safety as a freshman before moving to linebacker his sophomore season. In his senior season, he finished with 111 tackles, six sacks and two interceptions. He was an AJC Super 11 pick, a USA Today All-American and one of the top 10 recruits nationally. Godfrey went on to Georgia and became the first true freshman in school history to lead the team in tackles (114) and was named SEC Defensive Freshman of the Year. He made all-SEC teams in 1993 and 1994. The Dallas Cowboys selected Godfrey in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played 12 NFL seasons with the Cowboys, Titans, Seahawks, Chargers and Redskins and was second-team All-Pro in 2000. Godfrey, now an Atlanta resident, has established foundations in his name that support youth recreational centers and domestic abuse survivors. His son R.J. is a basketball player at Clemson, and his son Grant is a linebacker at Kentucky.

Charles Grant
Miller County High School Graduate
Charles Grant was a two-way player at Miller County and was best known as the running back who tied Herschel Walker's state-record 45 rushing touchdowns in 1997. Grant scored 101 touchdowns over a three-year career in which Miller County was 29-7. Grant rushed for 2,530 yards and had 102 tackles as a senior for a 12-1 team that averaged 49.5 points per game. Grant was the 1997 GSWA Class A Player of the Year and AJC Class A Offensive Player of the Year. As a junior in 1996, he was the AJC Class A Defensive Player of the Year and the GSWA Class A Player of the Year. After a year at Hargrave Military, Grant moved on to Georgia, where he started across three seasons as a linebacker/defensive end. As a freshman, he recorded 33 tackles and seven sacks while also rushing for 79 yards and three touchdowns at fullback. He ended his college career with 136 tackles, 27 tackles for losses and 15 sacks. The New Orleans Saints took Grant with the 25th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Miller played eight NFL seasons with the Saints as a defensive end. He started 106 of 118 games and recorded 47 career sacks and 66 tackles for losses. In his final NFL season, Grant was a member of the Saints' Super Bowl XLIV champion for the 2009 season.

Adam Meadows
McEachern High School Graduate
Adam Meadows was a four-year starter at McEachern and led the Indians to three region championships, one state semifinal appearance and a 42-8 record in Georgia's highest classification. He made first-team all-state as a senior tight end in 1991. In his junior season, he had 16 receptions for 378 yards and seven touchdowns but was primarily used as a blocker in a powerful wing-T offense at 6 feet, 5 inches and 290 pounds. He was an AJC preseason Super 11 pick and the state's No. 4 recruit. Meadows signed with Georgia and became a four-year starting tackle with the Bulldogs after a redshirt season. Meadows was named All-SEC first team in 1996. The Indianapolis Colts selected Meadows with the No. 48 overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft. Meadows played eight NFL seasons, mostly with the Colts, starting 99 games. He was starter on offensive lines that won two division titles and produced 1,000-yard rushers Marshall Faulk and Edgerrin James. He was the first former McEachern player to appear in the NFL. Meadows has worked in business after football and served as a volunteer assistant high school coach.

Jon Stinchcomb
Parkview High School Graduate
Jon Stinchcomb was a 1997 Parade and USA Today All-American, an AJC Super 11 pick and the Atlanta Touchdown Club's Lineman of the Year during Parkview's Class 4A championship season. He was a four-year starter and the Gwinnett County TD Club's offensive lineman of the year as a sophomore, junior and senior. Then he was a four-year starter at Georgia and a two-time All-SEC selection. He also helped pave the way for the Bulldogs' offense in 2002 that led the SEC in scoring (32.6 points per game) and won the SEC championship. Off the field, he was a three-time Academic All-American and a four-time Academic All-SEC selection. The Saints selected Stinchcomb in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He took over the starting right tackle position in 2006 and started 86 consecutive games. Stinchcomb was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2009 and won a Super Bowl the same season. He retired in 2011. Today, he is the chairman of the board for the Next Generation organization, which promotes the development of character-building and chaplaincy programs in local schools.

Marcus Stroud
Brooks County High School Graduate
Marcus Stroud was a standout defensive lineman on Brooks County's 1994 Class A championship team as a junior and became an AJC Super 11 pick entering his senior year. As a junior, he registered 75 tackles and 13 sacks and followed that with 76 tackles and eight sacks as a senior. He made all-state teams both seasons. At 6 feet, 6 inches and 266 pounds, Stroud was a blue-chip prospect and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated ahead of 1996 National Signing Day. The covered showed Stroud ripping off a University of Florida shirt to reveal a Georgia shirt underneath, making him a bit of a Bulldogs legend. In Athens, Stroud was a three-year starter who helped the program rebuild under coach Jim Donnan. He was an All-SEC defensive tackle in 2000. Stroud entered the NFL Draft in 2001, and the Jacksonville Jaguars took him with the No. 13 overall pick in the first round. Playing defensive tackle at 300 pounds, Stroud played 10 NFL seasons, nine as a starter. He played seven seasons with the Jaguars and three with the Buffalo Bills. He finished with 62 tackles for losses and 29.5 sacks in his career. Stroud made three Pro Bowl teams and three first-team All Pro teams.

2000's

Rennie Curran
Brookwood High School Graduate
Rennie Curran left Brookwood as the Broncos' all-time leading tackler. During his senior season, he tallied 150 total tackles with 13 sacks and 23 tackles for losses. He was the GACA Class 5A defensive player of the year in 2006, when he led Brookwood to a state finals appearance. He was a rare three-time first-team GSWA and GACA all-state pick and back-to-back Gwinnett TD Club defensive player of the year. He was named to GHSF Daily's statewide all-decade team (2000-09). A consensus top-250 national recruit, Curran signed with Georgia and made first-team All-SEC in 2009 and was a Butkus Award finalist. He was a third-round NFL Draft pick in 2010 and played two NFL seasons and three CFL seasons. He was inducted into the Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame and the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame in 2019. Now an author and motivational speaker, Curran continues to inspire individuals with Game Changer LLC and makes regular appearances on local and national TV networks, including those covering Georgia and the Atlanta Falcons.

Charles Johnson
Hawkinsville High School Graduate
Charles Johnson was a three-sport athlete at Hawkinsville High, where he starred as a football defensive end, a basketball forward and a track-and-field sprinter on a state-winning 4x100 meters relay team. He was a defensive lineman with exceptional speed (4.6 seconds over 40 yards) for someone 6 feet, 3 inches and 240 pounds. During his senior football season, Johnson led Hawkinsville to a 15-0 finish and the Class A title. He registered 16 sacks. In the championship game, which Hawkinsville won 18-8 over No. 1-ranked Lincoln County, Johnson returned an interception 83 yards for a touchdown. Johnson was the AJC's Class A Defensive Player of the Year. Georgia High School Football Daily named Johnson one of its four defensive linemen on the 2000-09 All-Decade Team. Johnson was a five-star recruit and the consensus No. 21 prospect when he signed to play at Georgia. He played three seasons for the Bulldogs and made All-SEC as a junior in 2006. The Carolina Panthers selected Johnson in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Johnson played 11 NFL seasons, all with the Panthers, appearing in 143 games with 114 starts. Johnson made an All-Pro team in 2010 and finished with 67.5 career sacks. He was part of the Panthers' Super Bowl 50 team for the 2015 season. In 2012, Johnson established the Charles Johnson Foundation, which supported underprivileged youth and single African American mothers and awarded scholarships to students in Hawkinsville and Charlotte.

Jarvis Jones
Carver (Columbus) High School Graduate
Jarvis Jones, a fast and rugged 6-foot-3, 245-pound outside linebacker, helped Carver to the program's first state championship in 2007, when the Tigers defeated Cairo 16-13 for the Class AAA championship in his junior year. Jones was named the AJC, GSWA and GACA Class AAA Defensive Player of the Year that season after making 157 tackles, 26 tackles for losses, four sacks and two interceptions. He was an AJC Super 11 selection entering his senior season in 2008 and finished as first-team all-state again and a USA Today All-American. Jones was the consensus No. 49 prospect nationally as a senior. After playing in the 2009 All-American Bowl, Jones played one season at Southern Cal before transferring to Georgia. After sitting out a year, he became a two-time first-team All-SEC selection. In 2012, Jones was the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a consensus first-team All-American after setting a school record with 14.5 sacks for a 12-2 team that finished ranked No. 4 in the final coaches poll. The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Jones in the first round with the No. 17 overall pick in 2013. Jones played four NFL seasons with 50 games played and 35 starts with the Steelers and Arizona Cardinals. Jones completed his degree from Georgia in 2019. He now works for his alma mater on the football support staff as a player connection coordinator.

D.J. Shockley
North Clayton High School Graduate
D.J. Shockley was a two-time first-team AJC and GSWA all-state quarterback (1999, 2000) at North Clayton and a 2000 Parade All-American. As a senior, he passed for 1,861 yards and 11 touchdowns while rushing for 864 yards and another eight touchdowns. His junior season, he passed for 1,352 yards and 17 touchdowns while rushing for 733 yards and nine touchdowns. Shockley was the consensus No. 18 recruit nationally and the No. 1 dual-threat prospect in the class of 2001. He was the No. 3 prospect in the state when he took his talents to Georgia, where he played three seasons as a backup before getting his first time to start as a senior. When his chance came, Shockley made the most of it, passing for 2,588 yards and 24 touchdowns, leading Georgia to the SEC title, and was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year. The Falcons drafted Shockley in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He spent seasons in the NFL. Since 2017, Shockley has worked as a color commentator and studio analyst for college football broadcasts, Atlanta Falcons coverage and high school football coverage with GPB. Shockley became a sports anchor for WAGA-TV (Fox 5 Atlanta) in 2021.

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