Georgia’s kickers, punters, long snappers rank among nation’s best

GHSF Daily’s rollout of the Georgia Power 100 concludes today with specialists. The Georgia Power 100 is chosen primarily on high school production, though college potential is considered.

*Leo Attard, Cambridge: Attard was 10-of-11 on field goals with a long of 53 yards last season for a Class 4A quarterfinal team. His only miss was blocked. He put 58 of 75 kickoffs in the end zone. He’s the ninth-rated kicker nationally by Kohl’s Professional Camps, which ranks high school place-kickers, punters and long snappers.

*Carter Allen, Bremen: Allen, a junior, made eight of nine field-goal attempts with a long of 52 yards last season. His only miss was more than 50 yards. He was the GHSF Daily/AJC first-team Class A Division I all-state kicker. He averaged 41.4 yards per punt, putting six inside the 5-yard line. He is Kohl’s No. 9 junior punt prospect nationally. He’s also an outstanding baseball pitcher.

*Jake Collett, Heritage (Ringgold): Collett, a senior committed to Texas, was 5-of-8 on field goals with a long of 56 yards last season. He averaged 41.0 yards per punt. He is the No. 3 senior kicker nationally, per Kohl’s. He was the GHSF Daily/AJC first-team all-state punter in Class 3A.

*Carter Genchi, Hillgrove: Genchi was 8-of-11 on field goals with a long of 45 yards last season. He put 56 of 62 kickoffs into the end zone. He averaged 37.3 yards per punt.  He made a 53-yard field goal during a preseason game Friday. Genchi is Chris Sailer Kicking’s No. 4 senior place-kicker nationally.

*Jonathan Genty, Blessed Trinity: Genty is Kohl’s No. 7 senior punter nationally. He has committed to Georgia Tech. Genty averaged 36.3 yards per punt with 17 of 40 downed inside the 20-yard line last season.

*McCarty Harrelson, Troup: Harrelson, a junior, was 10-of-13 on field goals with a long of 53 yards last season. Two of his misses were from 60 yards and farther. He was the GHSF Daily/AJC first-team all-state kicker in Class 3A. He averaged 38.5 yards per punt.

*Brody Jenkins, Morgan County: Jenkins is the consensus No. 4 long snapper nationally, according to Rubio Long Snapping. Also a top linebacker, he had 81 tackles last season on a Class 2A quarterfinal team. Jenkins is committed to Army and carries a 4.5 GPA.

*Aditya Kaul, Westminster: Kaul is the No. 3 senior punter nationally, according to Kohl’s. He is committed to Army. He averaged 38.6 yards per punt last season, with 17 of 49 punts downed inside the 20-yard line.

*Aaron McWilliams, East Coweta: McWilliams was 12-of-13 on field goals with a long of 44 last season. He punted 44 times for a 39-yard average with 13 inside the 20-yard line. He put 50 of 50 kickoffs into the end zone. McWilliams kicked a 53-yard field goal in a preseason game last week, and he has made a 62-yarder in practice. According to Kohl’s, McWilliams is the No. 3 place-kicker and No. 6 punter nationally among seniors.

*Brooks Moore, Cook: Moore has averaged 38.1 yards per punt over the past two seasons with 19 of 66 downed inside the 20-yard line. He is Kohl’s No. 5 senior punter nationally. He has offers from Georgia State and Georgia Southern. He was the GHSF Daily/AJC first-team all-state punter in Class 2A.

*Matthew Oh, Buford: Oh is the nation’s No. 3 senior long snapper, according to Kohl’s. He has offers from Duke and Air Force. He has been invited to the Under Armour All-America game in Orlando.

*Jake Snyder, Denmark: No Georgia kicking specialist had a better 2024 season. He averaged 45.8 yards on 27 punts with 12 downed inside the 20-yard line and was the GHSF Daily/AJC first-team all-state punter in Class 6A. He made 12 of 13 field-goal attempts with a long of 49 yards. He put 40 of 51 kickoffs in the end zone. He is Kohl’s No. 12 senior kicker nationally. He committed to Memphis in June.

*Balint Vorosmarty, Roswell: Vorosmarty committed to Georgia State in June. As a junior, he was 5-of-6 on field goals with a long of 49, put 60 of 67 kickoffs in the end zone and was 55-of-55 on extra points. He is Kohl’s No. 11 senior place-kicker nationally.