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MEET THE NEWCOMERS
PLAYER PROF I LES
carnell
HOPSON
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HIGH SCHOOL:
First-team all-region (5-AAAAA) for
South Paulding High School ... All-Paulding County ... Chosen
for the GACA North-South All-Star Game, played in December in
Columbus ... Three-year letterwinner for coach Tim Glanton.
PERSONAL: Full name is
Carnell Hopson ... Born March 18,
1994 ... Son of Kelly Hopson and Maxine Kindall.
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JONES
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HIGH SCHOOL:
First-team all-region (2-AAAAAA) for
Luella High School in state’s largest classification ... All-Southern
Crescent by the Henry Daily Herald ... Played in D.L. Scott Coali-
tion Bowl East-West All-Star Game ... Made 72 tackles, with six
sacks, four pass breakups three fumble recoveries, and one forced
fumble ... Blocked two kicks ... Earned team’s Blue Collar Award ...
Four-year letterman for Nick Vasilcheck ... Also played basketball.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Tevin Latrell Jones ... Born Jan. 7,
1995 ... Son of Tony and Coretta Jones.
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JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL:
Played two seasons
for coach Joe Early at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. ...
Second-team all-conference (Southern California Football Associ-
ation) selection in 2011 ... Three-year letterman at Faith Lutheran
High School in Las Vegas, Nev., where he played for coach Jake
Kothe.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Aaron Jacob Kaplan ... Son of Susan
McNeely and Warren Kaplan ... Born Jan. 22, 1993.
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LAWRENCE
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HIGH SCHOOL:
First team all-state in Class AAAA by the
Associated Press ... First-team All-Middle Georgia by the Macon
Telegraph ... First-team all-region (2-AAAA) ... Finished his senior
season at Westside High School with 85 tackles, 10 tackles for loss
and 10 sacks.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Jalen Markes Lawrence ... Born July
30, 1995 ... Son of Jeff and Sheryl Lawrence.
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LAWRENCE
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HIGH SCHOOL:
Two-time All-Southern Crescent by the
Henry Daily Herald ... All-region in 2012 ... Played for coach Joe
Teknipp at Eagle’s Landing High School ... State champion (Class
AAA) in the shot put as a senior after a runner-up finish as a junior
... Also placed third in the state in the discus as a senior.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Shawayne Steven McDaniel
Lawrence ... First name pronounced shu-WAN-yuh ... Born Nov.
24, 1995 ... Son of Cazzie Combs and Sharon Lawrence.
