Five players from the Chattanooga area are among the finalists for this year’s Tennessee Titans Mr. Football award in their respective classifications. That group emerged from the original list of semifinalists, which had been announced two weeks ago.
Three finalists in each of the state’s nine classifications, plus three finalists for the overall Kicker of the Year award were announced by the TSSAA during Tuesday evening’s Titans coach’s show.
Among the local players who earned a spot as finalists are Baylor’s Briggs Cherry and David Gabriel Georges in Division II-AAA, Boyd Buchanan’s David Green in DII-AA, South Pittsburg’s Dayon Cooper in Class 1A and Notre Dame’s Owen Maddox for Kicker of the Year.
Three other local athletes — East Hamilton’s Jaden Haywood (5A), Chattanooga Prep’s Marquis Gardner (3A) and South Pittsburg’s Ja’Mychal Buckner (1A) — were semifinalists.
Award winners will be announced during a Dec. 9 ceremony at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL’s Titans.