As it’s proven to be a task every year to find out exactly who are the top returning players at their respective skill positions, Friday Game Night has put together a series of top returning players in 2021.
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Some of these players already have accepted college offers, some have offers on the table, and some are starting to blip on the radar.
The next group of Northeast Georgia talent we will look at is wide receiver and tight ends.
Graduated are guys like Adriel Clark at Rabun County, who led Class 2A in receiving yards and set the state's record for touchdown catches in a season (28) in 2020.
But Clark wasn't the only electrifying pass-catcher last season. Also gone are Connor Larson at Flowery Branch, who led Class 4A in receiving yards and West Hall's Rodrigo Lopez, who led Class 3A in receiving yards after the regular season.
However, plenty of playmakers are still ready to catch passes from the likes of Gunner Stockton (Rabun County), David Renard (Flowery Branch) and East Hall's Clete Cooper.
Below are the top returning wide receivers/tight ends in our coverage area:
Buford — Sr. WR Isaiah Bond (committed to Florida)
Buford — Sr. WR Jake Pope (35 offers, including Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Ohio State)
Chestatee — Jr. WR Hunter Fouche, 22 rec., 494 yards, 7 TD
Gainesville — Sr. WR JQ Drinkard, 27 rec., 404 yards, 3 TD
Jefferson — Sr. TE Spencer Neese, 6 rec., 201 yards, 4 TD
Jefferson — Sr. WR Dawson Crawley, 3 rec, 113 yards, 2 TD
Lakeview Academy — Sr. WR Sam Perrot, 36 rec., 428 yards, 3 TD
Rabun County — Jr. WR Jaden Gibson, 48 rec., 754 yards, 7 TD (with Dawson County)
Rabun County — Sr. TE Baxley O'Brien, 25 rec., 472 yards, 5 TD (with Flowery Branch)
Towns County — Sr. WR Collin Crowder, 36 rec., 364 yards, 2 TD
Union County — Sr. WR Keyton Chitwood, 25 rec., 352 yards, 0 TD
West Hall — Jr. TE Andrew Malin, 18 rec., 229 yards, 2 TD
West Hall — Jr. WR Noah Legault, 10 rec., 170 yards, 0 TD
White County — Jr. WR Darius Cannon, 29 rec., 734, 10 TD
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