ROME, Ga--On February 3^rd, 2021, Coach Morrison and his staff signed a star-studded recruiting class. While the recruiting process was different this year compared to years past, the goal for the Morrison and his staff was the same; get the best guys.

So without further ado, here is the #HawkVi21on class.

Ty Vanhassel

3 year starter 

2 playoff appearances

First Team All Region, First team all state academic team

Offensive Line Captain

Price Campbell

2 year starter

2 playoff appearances, final 4 appearance

All region, All state honorable mention 

Team Captain 

National Honor Society

Carson Simmons

2 Straight State Playoff Appearances

Offensive Line Captain

2020 First Team All Big Bend 

Trey McCoy 

7a division 

2 year starter 

4 playoff appearances 

2x state runner up 

First team all Region 

All state honorable mention 

All region honorable mention junior year 

2x GACA all star

Chris McLain

All State Honorable Mention 

All Region 

49 Tackles 

18 TFL

10 Sacks

Demarius Jackson

47 Total Tackles

15 TFL

5.5 Sacks

2 Fumbles Forced

Multi-Year Varsity Starter

2x 1st Team All-Region & All-County

All-State Honorable Mention 

4 Playoff Appearances

3x Region Champions

2x GHSA State Champion

Trey Thomas

Two playoff appearances 

2020 Stats:

66 tackles 

4 Interceptions 

3 Forced Fumbles 

1 Touchdown 

1st Team All-Conference 

2nd Team All-State


Zach Brown

4 playoff appearances

106 tackles

82 solo

13 TFl

1 int

3 blocked kicks

GHSA Region 6AAAA DPOY

2x Region 1^st Team Linebacker

Best of Preps 1^st Team

Best of Preps 2nd Team

GACA All State LB

 RecruitGeorgia All-State LB

Scenic City Georgia DPOY

3x Catoosa Walker DreamTeam LB

1x Catoosa Walker DreamTeam DPOY

Jaxon Horne

Career Stats

1451 Rush Yards

19 Rush Tds 

790 Rec Yards

8 Rec Tds

5 INTs

107 Total Tackles

Devon Lewis

1x State Champion

3 Consecutive Playoff Appearances

1x District Championship 

822 yards 48 catches 6 touchdowns 

2020 Offensive POY

Nick Bailey

4 year starter

2 year captain

Junior-second team all region defense 

Senior- Second team all region defense, first team all region offense, All State Offense

Coaches award

Team Most valuable offensive linemen 

GACA Allstar Game starter 

Georgia Elite All star game starter

Kaleb Speights

Special Teams Player of the Year Region 7 - AAAAA

1st Team Offense Region 7 - AAAAA 

10/12 FG Long 48

Bryce Farmer

1st Team All Region

1st Team All Area

60 tackles

11 PBU

Ben Williamson

1st Team All Region

1st Team All Area

'Recruit GA' All State

4 yr starter

73 tackles

7TFL

2 Int

All Time Leading Tackler (350)

Trey Kruse

1st Team All Region

1st Team All Area

4 yr starter

58 tackles 

9 TFL

7 Sacks

12 QB Pressures

Chris Ridling

43 Pancakes

2^nd Team All-Region

2^nd Team All-Area

Owen Henderson

2 State Playoff Appearances

One Sweet 16 Appearance

1x All-State Honorable Mention

2x First Team All Region

2x First Team All Area

Team Captian

Martin Gordon

42 tackles

3 TFL

2 sacks

2 Fr

1 FF

4 QBP

2 PBU.

All-County Honorable Mention

Reed Randall

2020 All-Region

2020 NwGa Football OL of The Year

2020 Rome Elite OL of The Year Runner-Up

2x Region Champion

2017 State Champion

Connor Elrod

Defensive stats:

110 tackles 

2 int 

1ff

1fr

Offensive stats: 

4 rec td 

2x all region

Evan Smith 

3 Playoff Appearances

Region runner ups

Multiple head hunters 

Defensive MVP this year

1st team all region defense

Scott Clinton

GHSA Playoff Appearances 2017 and 2018 (Started in Both Games), All Region Honorable Mention 2018 and 2019, 2nd Team All-Region 2020, 1st Team Catoosa-Walker County Dream Team, Georgia High School Football Student-Athlete of the Week, Most Valuable Lineman for RHS 2019 and 2020, 4-Year Starter, Captain 2019 and 2020

Jeremiah Turner

Playoffs 2017,2018,2019

Defesnsive POY- Walker county 2019

All Region DL 2018,2019,2020

All Region RB 2020

2020 PreSeason All State 

2020 Honorable Mention All State

2019,2020 Team Leadership Committee 

2019 2nd Team Best of Prep

2021 Vonn Bell Leadership Award Finalist Athlete of the Year

Devin Kitchens 

2 time all state

3 time all region 

3 time all county

2019 & 2020 O linemen of the year

2020 AAA State Championship

2019 AAA State Championship

2018 AAA State Runner Up

2020 Team Captain

Four year record 46-3

Kevin Kitchens 

2020 AAA State Championship 

2019 AAA State championship 

2018 AAA State Runner up

2020 All State, All Region, All County

2019 All County

2018 All region, All County

2020 best defensive lineman, Team captain

Four year record 46-3.

Gavin Geros

2x Third Round of Playoffs

2x State Championship

Junior year:All County, All Region

Senior year: All County, All Region

Team Captain 

Most Outstanding Linebacker Award 

Phillip Massengale

3x State Champion

4x Region Champion

4x Playoff Apperances

2379 yards total

1689 total punting yards

42.2 average punting yards

7th ranked punter in the State

1st team all region QB senior

1st team all region WR junior

1st team all region punter senior

Terrence Vandiver

3x playoff games played

3x All-state wide receiver

3x All-region corner

3x All-area corner

Played in the SCISA all-star game

Nominated for the border bowl

School's all-time leader in rec yards and catches, second all time in rec tds

John Dickerson IV
1^st Team All-Region WR
SportsCenter Week 10 #1 play

Grant Taylor

1^st Team All-Region

Blake Smith

2x All West Alabama Team 

129 Total Tackles, 1 INT, 1 FF, 4 Pass Breakups.

391 total career tackles. Team Captain, Senior Defensive MVP, Christian Leadership Award



Noah Warren

3 playoff appearances 

Senior stats- 82 tackles

2 ints 

1 tfl 

5 pbu 

All area 

Runner up state