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College offers pour in for McMinn County lineman Camden Goforth

Staff photo by Abby White / McMinn County High School junior Camden Goforth does hang clean repetitions during his weight training class Tuesday in Athens, Tenn. Goforth, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound offensive lineman, is a fast-rising college football prospect and one of the Chattanooga area's top recruits in the class of 2026.
Staff photo by Abby White / McMinn County High School junior Camden Goforth does hang clean repetitions during his weight training class Tuesday in Athens, Tenn. Goforth, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound offensive lineman, is a fast-rising college football prospect and one of the Chattanooga area's top recruits in the class of 2026. Staff photo by Abby White / McMinn County High School junior Camden Goforth does hang clean repetitions during his weight training class Tuesday in Athens, Tenn. Goforth, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound offensive lineman, is a fast-rising college football prospect and one of the Chattanooga area's top recruits in the class of 2026.

The pinned tweet — appropriately labeled “Film don’t lie” — at the top of his X social media account has been viewed more than 450,000 times.

It would seem like a ridiculously high number for a high school offensive lineman’s highlights until the 30 seconds of clips begin to roll and Camden Goforth is relentlessly tossing defenders to the ground like rag dolls.

And judging by the significant uptick in his recruitment, many of those views have come from college football coaches, who are drawn to the 6-foot-4, 305-pound McMinn County junior’s ability to violently finish blocks.

“The coaches who have stopped to visit him at school love the fact that they know they won’t have to coax him to be physical,” Cherokees coach Bo Cagle said. “That’s what sets him apart, because you don’t see many guys with his size who have that nasty mentality.

“He doesn’t stop looking for somebody to drive into the ground until the whistle blows. Any time we ran counter away, where he was the kicking guard and had a full head of steam coming around, us coaches would be watching him because we knew somebody was getting blasted. When a guy with his size and strength plays like that, he’s a problem.”