ESPN and Geico are partnering this August to present the Geico ESPN High School Football Kickoff for the ninth consecutive year. This year’s event will feature seven games across multiple ESPN channels from August 24-26.
The event will feature teams from ten states. Seven of those teams are defending state champions. What is probably more interesting to the larger sports audience is that 21 premier recruits from the ESPN300 will be featured in these games.
ESPN 300 Participants
Rank Pos. Athlete High School College Commitment* 5 OT Pierce Quick Hewitt-Trussville (AL) Alabama 8 OLB Owen Pappoe Grayson (GA) Auburn 9 OT Wanya Morris Grayson (GA) Tennessee 12 WR Jadon Haselwood Cedar Grove (GA) Georgia 52 OLB Mase Funa Mater Dei (CA) Oregon 58 QB Bo Nix Pinson Valley (AL) Auburn 75 ATH Bru McCoy Mater Dei (CA) 87 OLB Anthony Solomon St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) Miami (FL) 94 CB Kenyatta Watson Grayson (GA) Texas 98 DT Rashad Cheney Cedar Grove (GA) Alabama 106 DE Kevin Harris Grayson (GA) Alabama 124 WR George Pickens Hoover (AL) Auburn 135 S Jordan Battle St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 136 WR DeMarcco Hellams DeMatha (MD) Alabama 137 DE Stephen Herron Jr. Trinity (KY) Michigan 157 OT Trente Jones Grayson (GA) Michigan 162 S Nick Cross DeMatha (MD) 172 CB Jaden Davis St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 221 WR David Bell Warren Central (IN) 253 DE Braylen Ingraham St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 292 RB Sean Dollars Mater Dei (CA) Oregon *Please note: No player has signed with a school
All ESPN 300 Rankings and Verbal Commitments are up-to-date as of June 12, 2018
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The game schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY AUGUST 24
- Warren Central (IN) vs Trinity (KY) – 6pm Eastern on ESPNU
- Mater Dei (CA) vs Bishop Gorman (NV) – 9pm Eastern on ESPNU
SATURDAY
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- Pinson Valley (AL) vs Hoover (AL) – Noon Eastern on ESPN
- Cedar Grove (GA) vs Hewitt-Trussville – 3:30pm Eastern on ESPN
- Tucker (GA) vs Grayson (GA) – 6pm Eastern on ESPNU
- DeMatha (MD) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 7pm on ESPN2
SUNDAY
- Phillips (IL) vs Pickerington Central (OH) – 12:30pm Eastern on ESPN
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