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  • .pdf link icon 2011 Final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2011).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2010 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2010).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2009 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2009).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2008 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2008).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2007 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2007).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2006 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2006).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2005 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2005).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2004 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2004).pdf ]
  • .pdf link icon 2003 final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/football/stats/final-(2003).pdf ]

DeKalb County sets record with 132 football signees

photo of Signee CollageDeKalb County Schools had 132 signees on the first
day of the football signing period to set a school
district record. Some of the notables include (from top
left, clockwise) Stone Mountain linebacker Markuss
Oligwe (FSU), 17 football and 3 full academic from
Columbia, 22 from Martin Luther King Jr. and Tucker
defensive end Josh Dawson chose Georgia.

The 2012 National Football Signing Day was a banner one for DeKalb County Schools as a record 132 football players signed athletic scholarships throughout the school district.

It bested the 2010 mark of 120 signing on the opening day and was one away from the best overall mark of 133 set that same year. At least five more are expected to sign in the next couple of days that would put this year over that high in 2010.

It marks the third year in a row for DeKalb to eclipse the century mark in signees set to further their academic and athletic careers after high school.

Stephenson once again led the way in players signing their national letters on Wednesday as 25 put their name to paper. Eleven of the 25 signed with Football Bowl Championship (formerly Division 1-A) schools.

Martin Luther King Jr. High School was next with a record 22 signees of which seven signed with FBS schools.

Columbia High School followed with 17 signees including four with FBS schools and Cedar Grove finishes out the double figures with 13 (1 FBS signee).

Class AAAA state champion Tucker was next with nine (2 FBS) followed by Miller Grove and Dunwoody with eight each.

All in all 31 players signed with FBS teams including 15 in the Southeastern Conference (8 colleges), six in the Atlantic Coast Conference (4 colleges).

Sixty-six colleges are represented in the 132 signees including ones as far away as California (College of the Sequoias) and as far north as Ohio (Ohio University and Miami of Ohio) and Delaware (Delaware State).

Tiger defense dominates Lovejoy on way to Class AAAA State title

photo of Coach Stephens with TrophyTucker Tiger head football coach
Franklin Stephens lifts the 2011
Class AAAA state championship
trophy won by his team in a 22-7
victory over Lovejoy.
(Photo by Mark Brock)

The Tucker Tigers showed the Lovejoy Wildcats why they were the No. 1 ranked team in Class AAAA high school football with a dominating defensive performance in the 22-7 state championship game at the Georgia Dome on Friday night.

The game had been billed as the Tigers No. 1 ranked offense against the Wildcats' No. 1 ranked defense, but the Tigers reminded everyone they had a pretty good defense of their own as they smothered the Lovejoy offense allowing just 22 yards in the first half on the way to a 15-0 halftime lead.

Lovejoy which entered the game as the No. 6 ranked team in Class AAAA and the No. 1 ranked defense allowing just 3.6 points per game found out very quickly that the Tigers were tough on defense as the first three Wildcat possessions combined for just seven plays and seven yards of offense.

The Tigers meanwhile scored on their second possession of the game as senior running back Jordan Landry exploded through an opening and raced untouched on a 35-yard run for the game's opening score with 3:24 to play in the first quarter. The two-point conversion was stopped leaving the Tigers with a 6-0 lead.

The Tiger punt coverage team trapped the Wildcats at their own two with 10:21 to play in the first half and one play later a host of Tiger defenders led by Josh Dawson, Sancharles Zachery and Terrell Simmons brought down Lovejoy running back Travis Custis in the end zone for a safety and an 8-0 lead.

photo of SafetyJosh Dawson (middle) and Tucker Tiger
defensive teammates Sancharles Zacher
(left center in white) and Terrell Simmons (8)
combined to stop Lovejoy running back Travis Custis
for a safety. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Three plays later Tucker's Yusuf Minor found a crease behind his blockers and raced 38 yards with 9:19 left in the first half to increase the lead to 15-0 following Steven Duffy's point after kick.

Lovejoy picked up its only first down of the half on its next series as Custis got loose for 23 yards, but three plays later punted and had just minus six yards on its next two possessions before the half ended.

The Tigers didn't let up to start the second half holding Lovejoy to a minus four yards on the first possession and needed just five plays to cover 50 yards to increase their lead to 22-0. Minor had a 22-yard bouncing left and right run and three plays Dallas Rivers went straight up the middle for a 10-yard touchdown run. Duffy tacked on the extra point with 7:52 to play in the third period.

Lovejoy was getting on track offensively on its next possession with a pair of first downs moving to the Tucker 12-yard line when Terrell Simmons leaped high in the corner of the end zone and came down in bounds with a pass by Alejandro Benefield to turn the Wildcats away.

Juwaan Williams opened the fourth quarter to stop another Lovejoy drive with a diving interception of his own at the Tucker 20.

photo of LandryTucker senior running back Jordan Landy
got the Tigers off to a roaring start
with this first quarter, 35-yard touchdown
run. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Lovejoy spoiled the shutout with 7:44 to play as Benefield threw to the corner of the end zone for six-foot, six inch receiver Arshad Jackson who used his height to pull the ball out of the hands of Tucker defender Jordan Landry for the score. Brandon Pope added the point after to cut the lead to the final of score of 22-7.

The Tigers finished with six tackles for a loss totaling a minus-16 yards and one sack for another six yard loss. They also came away with two interceptions while giving up just 199 yards of offense. Meanwhile the offense rushed for 259 yards led by Jordan Landry with 83 yards and a touchdown. Landry had an 80 touchdown run called back on a holding call in the third quarter.

The state title by Tucker was the Tigers' second in four seasons (defeated Marist 15-3 in 2008) and the 12th state title for the DeKalb County School System. Tucker finished 15-0 for the first time ever joining Dunwoody, the 1993 Class AAAA state champion as the only DeKalb teams to go 15-0.

History of DeKalb County Schools Football

photo of the SafetyTucker senior defensive lineman Josh Dawson
triumphantly holds up the 2011 Class AAAA state
championship trophy he and his teammates won to give
Tucker its second state title in four seasons.
(Photo by Mark Brock)

DeKalb County Schools is renown in the state of Georgia for its football accomplishments. The school system boasts 12 state titles and repeatedly puts out state title contenders and Top 10 ranked football programs from year to year.

Seventeen of the current 19 DeKalb County High Schools have been to the state playoffs at least once. M.L. King Jr., the newest school in the county, made it's first appearance in the state playoffs in 2003 after winning the Region 5-AAA title.

Avondale (1958, 1963, 1976) and Lakeside (1970, 1972, 1991) have both won three state championships to combine for six of the 12 claimed by DeKalb County Schools.

Southwest DeKalb follows right behind with two state titles (1972, 1995) and with its 2011 Class AAAA state title Tucker joins in with two (2008, 2011). Tucker joins Dunwoody (1993) as the only two DeKalb teams to go 15-0 in a season.

Dunwoody (1993) and Redan (1979) each have one title.