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1BearJACKET

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Not just a running back. He was 4A player of the year, first team all-state, and rushed for over 1500 yards and 22 TDs. We were in on him, along with the academies, when he was a junior.

Got this from the official site, btw.

Bonus points if you can name the QB of the team that beat Laskey's Starrs Mill team for the State Championship that season.
 

takethepoints

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Bonus points if you can name the QB of the team that beat Laskey's Starrs Mill team for the State Championship that season.
I'm guessing it was … Tim Byerly. Am I right?

The weird thing here is that, despite their absolutely unbelievable senior seasons (Tim was national high school player of the year), neither of them got a lot of recruiting attention. Tech and the academies were the only offers at major schools that Laskey got (we look for the same thing to this day) and Tim's ended up at MTSU, of all places. I nearly went down to Coach's office to bless him out for that. Tim may not have been fast or particularly big or have a strong arm or any of the rest of the "measurables", but there was never a QB in Georgia history who could rough up an opponent like he did. He never looked like he was doing much. Then you'd look at his stats and realize that he had cut the other side up like sausage and won the game almost by himself. If Tech had taken him after his senior year, JT would never have come here; Tim would have been winning, as usual.
 

1BearJACKET

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I'm guessing it was … Tim Byerly. Am I right?

The weird thing here is that, despite their absolutely unbelievable senior seasons (Tim was national high school player of the year), neither of them got a lot of recruiting attention. Tech and the academies were the only offers at major schools that Laskey got (we look for the same thing to this day) and Tim's ended up at MTSU, of all places. I nearly went down to Coach's office to bless him out for that. Tim may not have been fast or particularly big or have a strong arm or any of the rest of the "measurables", but there was never a QB in Georgia history who could rough up an opponent like he did. He never looked like he was doing much. Then you'd look at his stats and realize that he had cut the other side up like sausage and won the game almost by himself. If Tech had taken him after his senior year, JT would never have come here; Tim would have been winning, as usual.

WINNER WINNER........CHICKEN DINNER
 
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