NASHVILLE — A pair of Baylor School football standouts earned recognition as Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award winners on Tuesday afternoon at Nissan Stadium.
Sophomore 6-foot, 190-pound running back David Gabriel-Georges was named Mr. Football in Division II-AAA, while senior kicker Philippe Laforge took home the Kicker of the Year award presented by the Tennessee Titans. The duo helped the Red Raiders go unbeaten in the regular season, achieve a No. 13 national ranking by Sports Illustrated and reach the BlueCross Bowl for a third straight season.
Gabriel-Georges rushed for 1,103 yards on 114 carries with 14 touchdowns in 10 games. In February, he received his first college football offer from Oregon and recently landed his 20th and 21st offers this past month from Texas and Penn State.
“This is a big thing for me and my family,” Gabriel-Georges said. “I have only been at Baylor for five months and I came here to play with the best and against the best. I am extremely grateful for the support system here and I can see that hard work will pay off in the end. This is just the beginning. I have many more goals to achieve.”
Laforge won the esteemed kicking honor over two other finalists from Chattanooga in Boyd Buchanan’s Ethan Lane and McCallie’s Elliott Arnold.