Three former Northeast Georgia players will be enshrined in the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame this fall.
Stephens County High School alums and cousins Pat Swilling and Ken Swilling are included in this year’s 40-member class, along with Gainesville High’s Billy Lothridge.
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Former Habersham Central High Raider Tavarres King did not make the cut. His name will remain on the ballot for next year. Other area nominees on this year’s ballot included Jim Bob Harris (Clarke Central, 1977), Everett Strupper (Riverside Military, 1913), and Runt Moon (Commerce, 1973).
This was the first year on the ballot for Ken Swilling and Lothridge and Pat Swilling’s second. Out of the players inducted, 29 were on the inaugural ballot in 2022, while 11 were first-time nominees.
The Class of 2023 will be inducted in a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2023
Julius Adams (Ballard-Hudson, 1965)
Jeff Backus (Norcross, 1995)
Bruce Bennett (Valdosta, 1961)
Mike Bobo (Thomasville, 1992)
Reggie Brown (Carrollton, 1998)
Ronnie Brown (Cartersville, 1999)
Quincy Carter (Southwest DeKalb, 1995)
Rennie Curran (Brookwood, 2006)
John Davis (Gilmer, 1982)
Ray Donaldson (East Rome, 1975)
Anthony Flanagan (Southwest Atlanta, 1973)
Randall Godfrey (Lowndes, 1991)
Ray Goff (Moultrie, 1972)
Charles Grant (Miller County, 1997)
Deon Grant (Josey, 1995)
Ernie Green (Spencer, 1957)
Mackel Harris (Americus, 1975)
Bill Hartman (Georgia Military Prep, 1933)
Billy Henderson (Lanier-Macon, 1945)
Keith Henderson (Cartersville, 1984)
Charles Johnson (Hawkinsville, 2003)
Jarvis Jones (Carver-Columbus, 2008)
Eddie Lee Ivery (Thomson, 1974)
Jamal Lewis (Douglass, 1996)
Billy Lothridge (Gainesville, 1959)
Guy McIntyre (Thomasville, 1978)
Adam Meadows (McEachern, 1991)
Al Pinkins (Mitchell-Baker, 1990)
Dan Reeves (Americus, 1960)
Pepper Rodgers (Brown, 1949)
Buzy Rosenberg (Northside-Atlanta, 1968)
Lucius Sanford (West Fulton, 1973)
Jeff Saturday (Shamrock, 1992)
D.J. Shockley (North Clayton, 2000)
Vernon “Catfish” Smith (Lanier-Macon, 1927)
Jon Stinchcomb (Parkview, 1997)
Marcus Stroud (Brooks County, 1994)
Ken Swilling (Stephens County, 1987)
Pat Swilling (Stephens County, 1981)
Scott Woerner (Jonesboro, 1976)
