December 3, 2025 – National Signing Day (NSD) has become a major event in college recruiting, with university sports programs showcasing each athlete they have secured to join their teams. This year, December 3 is the opening of the early period for college football signings, and, as is so often the case, Cobb student-athletes are in the spotlight.
Sprayberry High School held an event in the early morning hours before school began to kick off their group of NSD players.
Head Football Coach Dr. Pete Fominaya made it clear that this was a big day.
“This is a summation of 18 years of really hard work for these young men,” he said. “Not only do you have to be great on the field, but you have to be great in the classroom and be a great leader to have an opportunity to sign in December. This is a really special group of young men. They're high-character kids. They do the right thing, and I am proud to have been able to coach them.”
School administrators feel similarly.
“It is a true joy to watch these student athletes grow not just as athletes,” Athletic Director Dr. Nathan Autry said to the crowd in attendance, “but also as people, as they go on to represent Sprayberry in the real world.”
Seven Yellow Jacket seniors sat at the table, one by one, and made announcements regarding where they would be going soon in “the real world”—universities that would be the next steps in their football careers. Lineman Taylen Swinney (Georgia Military College), defensive end Gabe Clarke (University of West Georgia), defensive back Noah Voltaire (Austin Peay University), Cash Barowsky (Berry College), and quarterback Jaden Duckett (The Citadel) kicked off the celebration.
Some of the biggest cheers, however, were for the two Sprayberry stars who officially signed with Division I college teams in Power 5 conferences. Do-everything four-star defensive back Kealan Jones had been committed to the University of Georgia since April. However, a few days before the early signing period arrived, Jones had a change of heart and announced his next playing days would be seen at Georgia Tech. Sprayberry’s other outstanding defensive back, 5-star Jorden Edmonds, has been committed to the University of Alabama since March, and he made it official with his signature this morning.
“I couldn't be prouder of those two and their families,” Coach Fominaya said after the ceremony. “Kealan is just an outstanding human being. He’s a young man who sits in the front of the classroom and wants to be the example for others. If you could clone him and make ten more of him, you'd have an elite program. I know that young man's going to be successful in whatever he takes on, whether it's football, the classroom, or after football. He’s a very, very special young man.
“And Jordan Edmonds is a five-star recruit, but he's a five-star person,” the proud coach continued. “He’s very easy to coach. He is a great team player and a great teammate, and always has time to support people. He’s a silent leader, leads by example, and is a young man who comes to work and does everything that's asked of him.”
Congratulations to these student-athletes on their future collegiate athletic decisions!
Others around Cobb Schools who have signed include:
From Allatoona High School: LK LaMonica (Lafayette College) for volleyball, Aubrey Moore (Texas A&M) for softball, and Jack Rogers (Flagler) for lacrosse
From Campbell High School: athlete Nick Buggs (Mississippi Valley State), defensive back Maddox West (Charlotte), Charlotte Keib (Kennesaw State) for softball, Charlie McQuade (Berry College) for baseball, Ava Riley Roberts (Young Harris) for softball, Christina Shelton (North Carolina State) for gymnastics, and Rajat Shirur (Northwestern) for tennis
From Hillgrove High School: defensive lineman Chris Carbin (Florida State), offensive lineman Anthony Cater, Jr. (Kennesaw State), and linebacker Jameson McCollough (Jacksonville State)
From Kell High School: tight end Nathan Agyemang (Georgia Tech), defensive back Jowell Combay (Tennessee), linebacker Michael Domanik (Charlotte), defensive back Tony Forney (Pittsburgh), quarterback Kaleb Narcisse (East Tennessee State), linebacker Brayden Rouse (Tennessee), athlete Bryce Shelton (William & Mary), and defensive back Jalen Williams (Arizona State)
From Kennesaw Mountain High School: wide receiver Dylan Green (Kennesaw State)
From McEachern High School: defensive lineman Zakir Abdul-Salaam (Kennesaw State), running back Jayreon Campbell (Indiana), defensive back Kiyante Ingram (Florida International), linebacker Brayden Matthews (Jacksonville State), offensive lineman Jourdin Pettaway (West Georgia), defensive lineman Darryl Rivers (Tennessee), and wide receiver Nalin Scott (Nebraska)
From North Cobb High School: offensive lineman Brandon Anderson (Missouri), kicker Michael Hill (Charleson Southern), Leah Byrd (Auburn) for softball, Mia Goldbach (Life University) for volleyball, Amaia Hardy (Lees-McRae) for flag football, Novel Howell (Curry College) for volleyball, Jenesys Moctezuma (Alfred University) for volleyball, Hannah Nicholson (Radford) for volleyball, Jasmine Robinson (Georgia) for track, Alyssa Russell (Delaware State) for softball, and Skylar Starks (Georgia State) for softball
From Pebblebrook High School: Zyree Brown (Kennesaw State) for basketball
From Pope High School: Drew Abney (Jacksonville State) for baseball, Nick Bobrowski (Georgia Southern) for baseball, Ashley Anne Braun (Delaware) for lacrosse, Colby Brennan (Mars Hill) for lacrosse, Kayden Campbell (Ohio State) for baseball, Addison Clark (Florida Atlantic) for swimming, Lauren Ebersole (Pittsburgh) for lacrosse, Cooper Heintzelman (Lincoln Memorial) for lacrosse, Ben Hill (LaGrange) for baseball, Jahan Lalli (Rhode Island) for volleyball, Talia Olshansky (Bonaventure) for lacrosse, Joshua Riggins (Ohio State) for fencing, Emma Santamaria (GCSU) for softball, and Daniel Wahn (NJIT) for lacrosse
From Walton High School: tight end Jude Cascone (Alabama) and linebacker Noah LaVallee (Florida State)
From Wheeler High School: defensive back Brock Adams (Austin Peay), defensive back Landon Harper (Point University), Caroline Hughes (North Florida) for swimming, and Rhea Karmacharya (Augusta) for softball
