This week’s state title games feature three five-star recruits and 34 Power-4 signees, including 15 SEC signees.
Benedictine linebacker LaDamion Guyton walks out of the locker room against Westminster at Fritz Orr Field in Atlanta, Ga., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. He is the highest-rated prospect in action this week at the GHSA State Football Championships. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
Buford will face Carrollton for the state championship Tuesday in the Georgia High School Association’s top ranking. This will decide which 6A power becomes the team to beat for the legendary national high school championship.
You don’t need to play 60 minutes to decide which game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium will attract the most attention from scouts.
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GHSA State Championships: Recruiting Snapshot by the Numbers
- 5-star prospects (all services): 3
- Top 100 overall prospects (any class): 7
- AJC Super 11 selections: 3 (Tyriq Green, Xavier Griffin, Kaiden Prothro)
- Power Signers 4:34
- SEC signatories: 15
- Teams with five or more ranked recruits: 6A Buford (19); 5A Gainesville (11); 2A Carver-Columbus (9); 5A Central Thomas County (9); 6A Carrollton (8); 4A Benedictine (7); 5A Ruisseau-Sable (5)
10 Top-Rated Prospects in Action This Week
- LaDamion Guyton, 4A Benedictine (5-star EDGE/No. 12 overall in 2026)
- Xavier Griffin, 5A Gainesville (5-star LB/No. 20 overall in 2026)
- Kaiden Prothro, a division. 2 Bowdon (5-star TE/No. 30 overall in 2026)
- Jamarion Matthews, 5A Gainesville (4-star EDGE/No. 55 overall in 2026)
- Bryce Perry-Wright, 6A Buford (4-star EDGE/No. 66 overall in 2026)
- Corey Hadley, 3A Sandy Creek (4-star S/No. 71 overall in 2027)
- Jamarcus Johnson, Division A. 1 Toombs (4-star DL/No. 91 overall in 2028)
- Tristan Givens, 2A Carver-Columbus (4-star EDGE/No. 107 overall in 2026)
- Kharim Hughley, 5A Gainesville (4-star QB/No. 176 overall in 2027)
- Tyriq Green, 6A Buford (4-star S/No. 193 overall in 2026)
Gainesville linebacker Xavier Griffin (8) pressures Rome quarterback Aidan McPherson (3) during the first half of the GHSA 5A semifinal playoff game at Barron Stadium, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (Jason Getz/AJC)
5-star Kaiden Prothro chose Georgia this summer due to strong interest from Auburn, Florida and Texas. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Jeff Sentell covers UGA football and recruiting. He is a graduate of UGA’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and has been an editor at media outlets in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia. Before joining the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he worked for The Birmingham News and AL.com. He was named the 2005 Sports Writer of the Year by the Georgia Press Association.
