Top defensive players, specialists in Georgia High School semifinals Playoffs Defensive linemen *Titus Davis, Stockbridge: Committed to Central Florida, Davis is Stockbridge’s most highly rated prospect, although Stockbridge’s other defensive end, junior Charles Wiley, is just as productive. *William Evans, Aquinas: He’s not a major recruit yet, but this smallish defensive end has 21.5 sacks. He had seven tackles for losses in the first round against St. Francis. *Natrez Patrick, Mays: Committed to Georgia, Patrick is the highest-rated defensive prospect still in the playoffs. He has 19 sacks. *Tyrone Riley, Calvary Day: Committed to Kentucky, Riley had a monster game in the quarterfinals. *Julian Rochester, McEachern: Rochester is rated Georgia’s No. 1 defensive prospect for the class of 2016. Linebackers *Bull Barge, Colquitt County: Rush Propst, his coach, calls him the best defensive player in Class AAAAAA. Barge has 91 solo tackles, 160 overall. *Paul Carothers, Greater Atlanta Christian: No team still playing has a better pair of linebackers than Carothers (committed to Navy) and Tyler Cooksey (Georgia Tech). Both are 220-pound beasts. Carothers is the Spartans’ leading tackler. *Will Conley, Calhoun: Conley is not that big (6-0, 190), but he’s the leader of Calhoun’s defense. He has 20 tackles for losses. *Pat Jasinski, Blessed Trinity: Jasinski is Region 4-AAA’s defensive player of the year. He has 88 tackles and five interceptions. He also has five TD receptions at tight end. *Austin Smith, Buford: Smith is Buford’s second-leading tackler, and No. 1 in stops behind the line with eight. He is committed to Tennessee. Defensive backs *David Curry, Buford: Curry is the team’s leading tackler and had 13 stops against Marist last week. He also has one punt-return touchdown. Curry is a safety committed to Virginia. *Arrington Farrar, Woodward Academy: Farrar, who is committed to Stanford, has more than 90 tackles. *Dylan Singleton, Archer: A free safety, Singleton has more than 100 tackles and scored 11 touchdowns on offense and special teams. *Lorenzo Smothers, Marion County: Nobody still playing affects the game in so many ways. Smothers’ touchdown count: 16 rushing, 13 receiving, three returning punts, and one returning an interception. He has 45 tackles in the secondary. *Jakyron Young, Irwin County: Young is a two-way starter who never leaves the field. He has rushed for 1,314 yards and scored 21 touchdowns, made 44 tackles, five for losses, and blocked a kick. Specialists *Matt Bonadies, Buford: He has made five of six field goals and put more than 50 percent of kickoffs in the end zone. *Cole Fisher, Archer: Fisher made a 55-yard field goal this season against Grayson. *Blake Gillikin, Westminster: His 40.0-yard punting average is deceiving. He has put 14 of 29 inside the 20 and given up only 53 yards in returns. *Luis Martinez, Colquitt County: He has put 56 of 100 kickoffs into the end zone and made 10 of 17 field-goal attempts, one a 50-yarder. *Justin Thompson, Aquinas: Thompson is averaging 42.9 yards per punt and has 59 touchbacks out of 81 kickoffs. He has made seven of 12 field-goal attempts, one a 50-yarder. Best of the rest *Devin Adams, Hawkinsville: Adams is a 5-foot-11, 235-pound noseguard with 24 tackles for losses. He occupies blockers for Hawkinsville’s great pair of defensive ends, Royce Owens and Keshun Wright. *Robert Heyward, Calvary Day: Heyward has more than 3,000 yards rushing and 200 tackles for his career as a two-way starting running back and linebacker. *Isaiah Malcome, Westminster: Malcome has rushed for 1,583 yards and scored 20 touchdowns, three returning kicks. He also has thrown a TD pass. *Isaac Nauta, Buford: He is rated the No. 1 junior tight end in the country, but Buford doesn’t pass much. He still leads the team with 13 catches for 247 yards and six touchdowns. He also has five sacks and three forced fumbles on defense. *Dorian Walker, Mount Paran Christian: Walker has rushed for 1,783 yards and 27 THA TRUTH
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:11:09 +0000
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