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The 2012 Metro PCS Corky Kell Classic will be the biggest edition in the event's history as a fifth game has been added to the schedule. The 21st Metro PCS Corky Kell Classic returns to the Georgia Dome to open the upcoming high school football season on Aug. 25. Kick off another great year of Georgia high school football with 14 hours of intense football action. Gwinnett powerhouses such as Brookwood, Grayson, North Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge will square off with prestigious Cobb programs such as Walton, Kell and McEachern and traditional powers Chattahoochee, Colquitt County and Camden County. The event can also be seen across the state on GPB TV and across the world on gpb.org/sports.
Top Players
Every year some of the top talent in the state takes part in the Metro PCS Corky Kell Classic and this year, the Classic features some of the nation’s best high school players. Grayson’s Robert Nkemdiche has been named by several publications as the top prospect in the nation with one ESPN analyst calling him the best prospect he has seen in 20 years. Nkemdiche is a five-star prospect that has his choice of college destinations. Other players to keep tabs on: Walton’s Tyren Jones, headed to Alabama; Camden County’s Brice Ramsey, headed to Georgia; Colquitt County’s Cole Seagraves; Grayson’s David Kamara; Peachtree Ridge’s Joe Horn Jr.
Every year some of the top talent in the state takes part in the Metro PCS Corky Kell Classic and this year, the Classic features some of the nation’s best high school players. Grayson’s Robert Nkemdiche has been named by several publications as the top prospect in the nation with one ESPN analyst calling him the best prospect he has seen in 20 years. Nkemdiche is a five-star prospect that has his choice of college destinations. Other players to keep tabs on: Walton’s Tyren Jones, headed to Alabama; Camden County’s Brice Ramsey, headed to Georgia; Colquitt County’s Cole Seagraves; Grayson’s David Kamara; Peachtree Ridge’s Joe Horn Jr.
History
Twenty years ago former Wheeler head football coach Corky Kell thought up an idea that forever changed Georgia high school football. Kell was instrumental in creating the High School Football Classic in 1992 that opened up the Georgia Dome to high school football. Over the next two decades, teams have been honored to open their seasons in the Georgia Dome while helping to raise money for the Corky Kell Scholarship Fund. ...read more.
