Friday Night Lights Preview: Elite High School Football Showdown Out West
As the Georgia Bulldogs travel to Nashville, TN today to finalize their preparation for Vanderbilt tomorrow, their future players have some elite high school football showdown's in the Peach State and out west with Nate Frazier and Aydin Breland.
Bo Walker is Georgia's newest commit from the 2025 class. A 3-star prospect on certain recruiting services, who will likely receive a boost in the next few days, is an in-state product from Cedar Grove High School. They will take on Douglass (Atlanta) in a Region 5-AAA matchup. Cedar Grove comes in with a 2-5 record, while Douglass has a 5-2 record. Metro-Atlanta always provides some hidden talent, and this game will be no different.
The biggest high school game in the country will be out west in California when Nate Frazier, and 15 other of 247Sports top-250 players in California from the 2024 class will travel/host to play Peyton Woodring and 13 of the 2024 classes top-220 players on 247Sports. Frazier and Mater Dei come in with a 7-0 record while Woodring and St. John Bosco come in with a 6-1 record. One of the biggest games every season is tonight. just hours away from the No. 1 player in Calif., Aydin Breland's commitment.
Dylan Raiola and Jaden Perlotte take on the reigning 7-A Georgia State Champions, Mill Creek. One of the most important 8-AAAAAAA Region games of the 2023 season will feature 19 247Sports top-250 players in the 2024 and 2025 class. This undefeated matchup will likely decide the region champion and a home-field advantage berth for at least two rounds of the playoffs.
Also in Raiola and Perlotte's region is Justin Greene and Mountain View. They will be taking on a 1-5 Collins Hill team to try and stay on the winning side following a win against Dacula, and the final two region games that have them playing Buford and Mill Creek. This week and next, it will be important to try and solidify their playoff spot is they cannot win those final two games.
Elyiss Williams, Ja'Marley Riddle, and DeNigel Cooper take on Ny Carr, Landen Thomas, Tyson Reed Jr., and Colquitt County in the ever-important 1-AAAAAAA Region that will certainly play an impact in the final layout of the playoffs. This tone-setting matchup between a 6-1 Camden County team and a 6-0 Colquitt team will feature some of South Georgia's finest talent and will be worth your time to go watch.
Buford quarterback and Georgia commit Dylan Raiola looks on from the sideline during warm ups before the start of a NCAA college football game against Ball State in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
Dwight Phillips Jr. and Pebblebrook take on 202's No. 1 QB in Julian "Juju" Lewis and a Carrollton team he led to the 7A State Championship game as a freshman. This 2-AAAAAAA Region play will take place at Carrollton and feature other players like Caleb Odom, Montreze Smith, and Kelvin Hill. Pebblebrook comes in with a 2-5 record, while Carrolton has a 6-1 record after defeated East Coweta on Dawgs Daily's Brooks Austin's "Friday Night Mic'd" series last week. Carrolton will likely win the game that features tons of star power.
Though the Georgia-Vanderbilt may not be very entertaining past the first half, fans can get their four-course meal of high school football tonight amongst these future Bulldogs.
Georgia's 2024 recruiting class
- Dylan Raiola, QB
- Ellis Robinson IV, DB
- Dwight Phillips Jr., RB
- NiTareon Tuggle, WR
- Malachi Toliver, OL
- Marcus Harrison, OL
- Demello Jones, S
- Drew Miller, P
- Sacovie White, ATH
- Ryan Puglisi, QB
- Jaden Reddell, TE
- Quintavius Johnson, DL
- Justin Greene, DL
- Chauncey Bowens, RB
- Jordan Thomas, DL
- Nnamdi Ogboko, DL
- Michael Uini, OL
- Daniel Calhoun, OL
- Joseph Jonah-Ajonye, DL
- Nyier Daniels, OL
- Marques Easley, OL
- Justin Williams, LB
- Kristopher Jones, LB
- Luke Raab, LS
- Nate Frazier, RB
Georgia 2025 Recruiting Class
- Elyiss Williams, TE
- Micah Debos, OT
- Justus Terry, DL
- Jadon Perlotte, LB
- Jabree Wallace-Coleman, RB
- Tae Harris, DB
- Ethan Barbour, TE
- Bo Walker, RB
