RANDALL GODFREY

Randall Godfrey was a three-sport athlete, playing football, basketball and track at Lowndes High in Valdosta. In football, he started his first varsity snaps as a freshman safety before moving to linebacker as a sophomore, the position that would make him famous. As a senior in 1991, he finished with 111 tackles, six sacks and two interceptions and made First-Team All-State for the first time. He was an AJC Super 11 pick and a USA Today All-American. His size at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and speed, having run the 100-meter dash in 10.89 seconds, helped make him a top-10 recruit nationally. Godfrey went on to play at Georgia and became the first true freshman in school history to lead the team in tackles (114) and was named SEC Defensive Freshman of the Year. He made All-SEC teams in 1993 and 1994. The Dallas Cowboys selected Godfrey in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played 12 NFL seasons with the Cowboys, Titans, Seahawks, Chargers and Redskins and was Second-Team All-Pro in 2000. Godfrey, now an Atlanta resident, has established foundations in his name that support youth recreational centers and domestic abuse survivors. His son R.J. is a basketball player at Clemson, and his son Grant is a linebacker at Kentucky.