A high school football team can be good with average quarterback play, but reaching the next level requires a difference maker at the sport’s most important position.
Some teams can improve through acquiring transfers, others get fortunate when talented first-year starters step right in and take off, but the great majority of programs have to develop their own quarterbacks to move forward.
In Northwest Georgia this season, a pair of teams likely headed to the GHSA state playoffs have raised their stock by doing just that.
At Ringgold, Garrett Edgar spent his first season as a starter as more of a game manager. This season, the senior is a game changer for the Tigers (5-2, 3-2 Region 7-AA).
Despite missing nearly two full games due to an early injury, he has passed for 756 yards and nine touchdowns with just one interception. Tigers head coach and offensive coordinator Austin Crisp said trust and decision making have made the difference in Edgar’s case.