College Football

Some High 5 Sports alumni are being left with difficult choices as schools and conferences postpone or cancel their football seasons because of COVID-19. Among those is linebacker Chinedu Ogbonna, a former Wheeler High School star, now a standout defensive player at the University of Massachusetts.

College football players all across the country are coming together to speak out against the cancellation of the 2020 season, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. One of the players leading the way as a voice for his fellow athletes is former Harrison High School quarterback Justin Fields.

The Southeastern Conference announced additional opponents for the conference's football teams. The Georgia Bulldogs added a home game against Mississippi State and a road trip to Arkansas in the SEC's new plan.

The Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2020 football schedule on Thursday, with the season set to start on Sept. 10.

If a picture really is worth a thousand words, a Newnan couple wants to hear just two of them out loud: "I’m sorry."

The Southeastern Conference will play only league games in 2020, a decision that pushes major college football closer to a siloed regular season in which none of the power conferences cross paths.  

Quincy Carter was a three-sport star at Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur. After initially signing a letter of intent to play football at Georgia Tech, he opted to try his hand at professional baseball. Drafted by the Cubs, he spent three years in the organization,, but eventually made his way back to football.

The Atlantic Coast Conference reworked its football schedule Wednesday to allow each team to play 11 games and to incorporate Notre Dame, which is giving up its cherished independence in a year turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic.

Southeastern Conference student-athletes who opt out of the fall 2020 season due to health and/or safety concerns related to the coronavirus will have their scholarships honored by their universities, the conference announced Friday afternoon.

The Georgia Bulldogs' football program changed their logo on their Twitter account to a Dawg in Mask Tuesday. The move underscores recent discussions among sports officials about the upcoming fall season and if it will progress despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Three Georgia Tech student athletes and three staff members in the athletic department tested positive for COVID-19, according to a school spokesman. The sports the athletes play are not being released, nor are the specific jobs held be the staff members. 

After a turbulent few months during which it was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic and then suffered damage following protests in downtown Atlanta, the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame is back open to the general public.

Kaleb Edwards, a three-star rising Dacula senior, announced he is committing to Georgia Tech on Wednesday.

In an email sent to the Morehouse community, school president David Thomas said Morehouse fall sports have been cancelled for 2020.

Prince Avenue Christian quarterback Brock Vandagriff is one of the highest rated high school quarterbacks in the nation and has a bright future ahead at the University of Georgia, but is looking forward to his senior season playing for his dad.

Two Georgia Bulldogs football players did what they do best: scored big! The pair called a play to help a mother in dire need last week.