MACON, Ga. — 13WMAZ has a continuous, real-time story of Central Georgia athletes participating in National Signing Day.
WHEN DID NATIONAL SIGNING DAY BEGIN?
The modern-day incarnation of this coveted date on the college football calendar launched in February 1982, after the College Football Association (along with high-profile coaches) successfully lobbied for a universal date for all NCAA football institutions.
Since then, National Signing Day has essentially covered the first Tuesday or Wednesday of February; and within this uniformity, the TV networks (read: ESPN) found a way to market the coverage of the even, not unlike how ESPN transformed interest in the NFL Draft in the early 1980s.
LIVE UPDATES
Stay with 13WMAZ for live updates for all of the student athlete signees.
Baldwin County High School
Kesean Parks - Georgia Military College
Bleckley County High School
Willie Harris - Gardner Webb - Football
Ty Cranford- Truett McConnell - Golf
Christa Hall -Central Ga Tech - Cross Country
Central High School
Walter Hawthorne IV - Army West Point
Adam Lamar - Hutchinson Community College
Crawford County High School
Derontae Stewart - University of the Cumberlands
John Milledge Academy
Je’Mazin Roberts - The Citadel
Devin Kitchens - Shorter University
Kevin Kitchens - Shorter University
Jones County High School
Matthew Adams - Georgia Military College
Maleek Wooten - Tusculum University
Andrew Carner - Valdosta State University
Deon Richardson - University of West Georgia
Macon County High School
Davion Clark - Georgia Prep Sports Academy
Jakalan Williams - Georgia Prep Sports Academy
Mary Persons High School
Thomas Warren - Carson Newman
Lamont Jones - Valdosta State
Northside High School
Justin Luke - North Alabama
Jai'dyn Rumph - GMC
Trey Cameron - West Virginia College
Ja'vionne Green - Sterling College
Kayleb Pierce - Erskine College
Peach County High School
Tim Alderman - FVSU
Dorrian Smith - Valdosta State
Tevarious Jones - Phenix City Sports Academy
Southwest High School
Kevin Jones - Clarke University (Iowa)
Keyon Powell - Clarke University (Iowa)
Stratford Academy
Taylor Justice, Softball - Georgia Highlands
Kenna McElmurray, Softball - Gordon College
Harrison Tuck, Lacrosse - Birmingham Southern
Telfair County High School
Jailen Clemons - Faulkner University
Patrick Tukes - Hutchinson Community College
Andrew Yawn - Cumberland University
Veterans High School
Olivia Brown, Softball - Alabama State
Trent Jackson, Cross Country - West Georgia
Kam Smith, Football - Charleston Southern
Jake Rowland, Football - Charleston Southern
Nate Boehm, Football - Mercer University
Kedrek Smith, Football - Air Force
Warner Robins High School
Ryan Young - Tiffin University
Bobby Hutchinson - Georgia Military College
Jahlen Rutherford - Air Force Academy
Jalen Addie - Georgia Military College
Demarcous Robinson - Army West Point
Armon Porter - Georgia Military College
Xavier Hill Jr - Lenoir-Rhyne University
De’Andre King - Fort Valley State University
Wilcox County High School
Martez Thrower - University of Kentucky
Curtis Leflore - Cumberlands
Branson Owens - Army West Point
Key Larkin - Point University
Matt McAdoo - Mars Hill University
Wilkinson County High School
Ashton Grable - Jacksonville State
Marquavious Jones - Friends University (Kansas)
To Mercer University
Fred Payton- Suwanee, Ga. (Parkview HS / Coastal Carolina)
Nakendrick Clark- Statesville, N.C. (Statesville HS / Appalachian State)
Trey Turk- Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS)
Marques Thomas- McCalla, Ala. (McAdory HS)
Justin Coleman- Watkinsville, Ga. (Oconee County HS)
Kenyan Hunter - Richmond Hill, Ga. (Richmond Hill HS)
Jaylin Peterson- Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay HS)