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Cobb/Cherokee Quarterbacks in Division I
Year Name, High School, College
2024 Chase McCravy, Hillgrove**
2024 Jeremy Hecklinski, Walton**
2023 Malachi Singleton, North Cobb**
2022 Bryce Archie, McEachern, Coastal Carolina*
2022 Tyler Hughes, Marietta, Southern*
2022 Zak Rozsman, Walton, Appalachian State*
2022 AJ Swann, Cherokee, Maryland*
2021 Corbin LaFrance, Kell, Robert Morris
2021 Brody Rhodes, Creekview, Georgia Tech
2020 Harrison Bailey, Marietta, Tennessee
2020 Gavin Hall, Harrison, Toledo
2020 Ethan Dirrim, Creekview, Mercer
2019 Evan Conley, Kell, Louisville
2019 Austin Kirksey, Walton, Nevada
2018 Justin Fields, Harrison, Georgia
2018 Will Hudson, Sprayberry, Samford
2017 John Lampley, Kell, Southern
2017 Addison Shoup, Walton, Lehigh
2015 Bailey Hockman, McEachern, Florida State
2015 Elijah Staley, Wheeler, Mississippi State
2015 Lorenzo Nunez, Harrison, South Carolina
2014 Tyler Queen, North Cobb, Auburn
2014 John Oliver, Etowah, Air Force
2012 Anthony Jennings, Marietta, LSU
2012 Stephon Masha, South Cobb, Liberty
2012 Parker McLeod, Walton, Alabama
2012 Eddie Printz, Lassiter, Missouri
2010 Hutson Mason, Lassiter, Georgia
College listed is where player signed national letter
of intent
** Potential/Uncommitted
* Committed not signed
the spread, and it’s changed the
game a little bit.”
Mason said the spread offense
changed college football from a
run-first game to pass-first, estimating
that over 80% of Georgia
high school offenses have adapted
the spread following the system’s
success at the college level.
Not only has Mason lost both high
school passing records, he does
not even have the single-season
yardage record for Cobb County
anymore. That title now belongs
to Tennessee quarterback Harrison
Bailey, formerly of Marietta,
who took second place in the state
record books with a 4,674 yard
season in 2019.
After replacing Bailey as the
starter, Marietta’s Hughes led the
county in passing last season with
2,703 yards and 28 touchdowns.
They are both talented passers,
but Bailey is a traditional pocket
passer, while Hughes is a newer
breed of passer that has thrived in
spread systems: the dual-threat.
“With the proliferation of the
passing game over the years, football
has become more and more
attractive to the skill players and to
the quarterbacks,” Marietta coach
Richard Morgan said. “A lot of really
good athletes are going to the
quarterback position so that they
can showcase their ability to run
and their ability to throw.”
The development of the spread
system and the proliferation of dual
threat quarterbacks in modern
football go hand-in-hand, as the
spread forces defenders to line up
outside the tackle box and opens
up running lanes that mobile quarterbacks
can take advantage of.
North Cobb’s Singleton, who led
Cobb quarterbacks in rushing last
season with 1,091 yards and 17
touchdowns, said he did not even
know if he would play quarterback
in the pro-style or option offenses
of yesteryear if he could not be a
dual-threat. Singleton is likely not
alone in that sentiment, as Mason
said even hyper-athletic NFL players
as talented as Lamar Jackson
or Kyler Murray may have never
played the position before the days
of the rushing quarterback.
“Kyler Murray was a two sport
guy, got drafted to play baseball
and decided to go pursue the NFL.
Lamar Jackson is extremely athletic,
really wasn’t known as the
best passer coming out of Louisville
but has developed his game in
those areas,” Mason said. “Those
guys might have even been playing
different sports or different
positions just because the type of
systems now that fit those certain
quarterback skill sets just weren’t
around. It’s allowed different types
of quarterbacks other than just
the typical pro-style pocket quarterbacks
to have a lot of success.”
With athletic quarterbacks now
competing with traditional passers,
there is more competition for
starting spots than ever. However,
Cobb and Cherokee have still
excelled in the age of the mobile
quarterback, putting more than
two dozen total quarterbacks in
Division I programs since 2010.
“I think quarterback is probably
the hardest spot to get recruited
because most times (colleges) only
take one at that position,” Swann
said. “More people are trying to
become quarterbacks. If you’re
a dual-threat guy then you love
to run the ball and make plays.”
Dual-threat quarterbacks have
made the position more competitive,
but so have modern passheavy
offenses, which have made
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