Lee County running back Ousmane Kromah, five offensive linemen ranked in the top 300 nationally, and a seven-man contingent of Milton players headline GHSF Daily’s Class 5A preseason all-state team. Selected from Milton were QB Luke Nickel, WR C.J. Wiley, TE Ethan Barbour, PK Alex Nover, DL Caleb Bell, DB Dylan Lewis and DB Ty Redmond.

GHSF Daily will be announcing a preseason all-state team for each classification, beginning today with Class 6A. Five-star quarterback Julian Lewis of Carrollton, who reclassified as a senior in the offseason, and four defensive linemen that rank among the state’s top 100 players lead the way.

Five Georgia teams will be nationally televised over 10 days this month during ESPN’s 15th High School Football Kickoff series of six games, the network announced Thursday. The teams are Carrollton, Woodward Academy, Grayson, Milton and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee.

Since the final horn blew on the 2023 high school football season, the GHSA has hired a new executive director, warned athletes about illegal NIL deals and given football teams Thanksgiving week off for the first time in more than 100 years. Seventy-four GHSA teams hired coaches, one after a 300-game winner retired, another when a coach with five state titles unretired.

The Georgia High School Association’s board of trustees is expected to amend its bylaws Thursday to make clear that name, image and likeness collectives that pay athletes are illegal and can cost students their eligibility.