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Former Georgia RB takes high school coaching job

Former University of Georgia running back Robert Edwards III is returning home to Washington County High School.

Former University of Georgia running back Robert Edwards III is returning home. Edwards III has been named the head coach at Washington County High School.

Edwards III previously served as the head coach at Riverwood High School. He helped turn around the football program at Riverwood after spending six seasons as the head coach at Greene County High School.

Robert Edwards III finished his Georgia career with 2,488 total yards and 30 total touchdowns. Edwards III played at UGA from 1994-1997. The New England Patriots selected Edwards III with the No. 18 overall pick of the 1998 NFL draft.

Edwards III had an impressive rookie season with 1,115 rushing yards and 12 total touchdowns. Edwards III’s NFL career got flipped upside down when he suffered a severe knee injury in the Rookie Beach Bowl, which was played alongside the Pro Bowl after the 1998 NFL season. Edwards III’s injury is part of the reason why the Rookie Beach Bowl is no longer played and why the NFL Pro Bowl is a couple steps above two-hand-touch these days.

Edwards III was able to return to the NFL in 2002 and then played a few seasons in the CFL.

Robert Edwards III will hope to return Washington County to the glory days of the 1990s when the program won three state championships.

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Georgia high school football produced NFL’s most first round picks

Georgia had the most players high school football players picked in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft out of any state

Georgia had the most high school football players picked in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft. No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence headlines the list of six former Georgia high school stars who went on to be first round selections.

Florida finished second with five former high school players drafted in the first round. Florida and Georgia combine to form one of the best and most densely talented recruiting regions in the country.

Where did all six former Georgia high school players go to school? Where will they be playing in the NFL?

Rush Propst returns to Georgia high school football

Former Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga) High School football coach Rush Propst is taking over as the new head coach of the Valdosta (GA) High School Wildcats, according to the Valdosta High Twitter account. During Tuesday’s Valdosta Board of Education …

Former Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga) High School football coach Rush Propst is taking over as the new head coach of the Valdosta (GA) High School Wildcats, according to the Valdosta High Twitter account.

During Tuesday’s Valdosta Board of Education meeting, the board voted 5 to 4 to bring Propst to Valdosta.

While at Alabama’s Hoover High, he was featured in the MTV series “Two-A-Days.” Propst led Hoover to multiple state championships but an extramarital affair and recruiting allegations ended his time at Hoover.

In 2007, he moved to Colquitt and compiled a 119-35 record with two state titles. Prospt was fired last March after allegations of the misuse of school funds for a hotel and concerns about being verbally abusive to an athlete.

Valdosta is home to the winningest high school football program in the country with a record 911 wins. The Wildcats have won six national championships, 24 state championships, and 42 regional championships. Former Georgia lettermen Buck Belue, John Lastinger, Brice Hunter, Malcolm Mitchell, Todd Peterson, Jay Rome and James Eunice all graduated from Valdosta.

Valdosta plays at Colquitt County September 11 of the upcoming season.