Asked at his press conference today if he wants Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia to be a UK pipeline, a la LaGrange in Georgia, Joker Phillips said absolutely.
Todd Holcomb of MaxPreps.com sheds a little light on why. Stephenson had 29 players sign with colleges today. That’s 29 of 31 seniors. Unbelievable.
Two of those signees were running back Raymond Sanders and athlete Ronnie Shields, who both inked with Kentucky.
Here’s an excerpt:
Stephenson coach Ron Gartrell says he’d rather every player sign a college scholarship than win every football game. He did pretty well at both goals this academic year.
Gartrell’s team went 12-1, losing a 22-21 heartbreaker in the Class AAAAA quarterfinals to Colquitt County. That’s not an unusual finish for a school averaging 10 victories this decade.
But on Wednesday, 29 of 31 seniors signed college scholarships. That’s twice as many signees ever for Stephenson, a DeKalb County school already known as a factory of college football talent.
