Plenty of Middle Georgians involved with bowl games
The college football bowl season begins with five games Saturday, and there are many Middle Georgians involved in the bowl games this season.
Interestingly enough, former Peach County standout quarterback Bryan Ellis will be calling the plays for Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday against Memphis.
Ellis is Western Kentucky’s wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. Jeff Brohm, the team’s head coach through this season, recently was hired to take over at Purdue, which shook up the Western Kentucky coaching staff and gave Ellis the chance to call plays.
Here’s a list of former Middle Georgia high school players who are listed on the rosters of teams that made it to bowl games:
Montravius Adams (Dooly County), Sr., Auburn
Lance Austin (Lamar County), Jr., Georgia Tech
Lawrence Austin (Lamar County), Jr., Georgia Tech
Rashaad Bolton (Veterans), Fr., Army
Nigel Bowden (Central), Jr., Vanderbilt
Logan Byrd (Veterans), Fr., North Carolina
Marquez Callaway (Warner Robins), Fr., Tennessee
Tyler Camp (Mary Persons), Fr., Western Kentucky
Quintez Cephus (Stratford), Fr., Wisconsin
Josh Chester (Northside), Sr., Middle Tennessee
Will Cowart (Houston County), Soph., Georgia
Stephen Dolphus (Westside), Fr., Georgia Tech
A.J. Gray (Washington County), Soph., Georgia Tech
William Ham (Stratford), Soph., Georgia
Jalen Lacy (Northside), Sr., Air Force
Tyrique McGhee (Peach County), Fr., Georgia
Ty Mimbs (Brentwood), Fr., Arkansas State
Johnny O’Neal (West Laurens), Sr., Georgia
Wyatt Payne (Trinity Christian), Fr., Georgia
Austin Roberts (Northside), Sr., Oklahoma
Jalen Rountree (Warner Robins), Sr., Troy
D.J. Sanders (Washington County), Jr., Middle Tennessee
Brandon Sandifer (Northside), Fr., Florida
KJ Smith (Perry), Fr., Georgia
Qua Searcy (Lamar County), Soph., Georgia Tech
Roquan Smith (Macon County), Soph., Georgia
Myles Swain (Mount de Sales), Sr., Navy
Rashaad Townes (Howard), Jr., Appalachian State
Darrell Williams Jr. (West Laurens), Sr., Western Kentucky
Shakenneth Williams (Rutland), Jr., Georgia
This story was originally published December 15, 2016 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Plenty of Middle Georgians involved with bowl games."