Former Bulldogs taking to next level
Cedartown products are set to continue their collegiate careers this fall
Multiple former Cedartown Bulldogs will hit the gridiron this fall as college football players.
According to Cedartown High School Athletic Director Todd Tillery, there are 10 Cedartown products participating in football at the NCAA, NJCAA, and NAIA levels. Quan Neal, Trevon Wofford, Zahquan Frazier, Tony Mathis, Cade Smith, Kobe Pace, Taji Hudson, Chadriq Neal, DJ Frazier, and Jayan Kent will all play college football this season.
Quan Neal will be a junior this Fall at Point University in West Point. Neal, a former running back and defensive back at CHS, primarily plays safety for the NAIA Point Skyhawks.
After primarily playing in a backup role as a freshman, Neal burst onto the scene last year with a fantastic sophomore campaign. Neal recorded 36 tackles, three interceptions, and one fumble recovery in 2019.
Last year he was honored with the Mid-South Conference Defensive Player of the Week award after he added two interceptions and three solo tackles in Point’s 24-6 victory over Bluefield College.
In his three years at Point University, Neal has tallied 82 tackles, three interceptions, two fumble recoveries, one sack, and one special teams block. He is expected to be a defensive leader for the Skyhawks,
who are coming off a 5-7 season last year.
Trevon Wofford, a junior quarterback at the University of Pikeville in Pikeville, Kentucky, is expected to be a major contributor for the Bears’ offense in 2020. Wofford played in seven games as a freshman in 2018, rushing for 312 yards and four touchdowns on 40 carries.
He passed for 227 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions as well, compiling a 59% completion percentage in a mostly reserve role. Trevon, who led the Bulldogs during their Region 5-4A runner-up season in 2017, had some slight struggles as a sophomore last year. He passed for 308 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions a season ago while completing only 17 of his 50 pass attempts.
Wofford continued to show strides in the running game, though, rushing for 177 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears. Coming off a 5-5 season as a member of the NAIA’s Mid-South Conference, UPike is expecting Wofford to receive valuable playing time as a junior in 2020.
A long and winding road has sent Zahquan Frazier to Coffeyville Community College, a NJCAA member institution in southeastern Kansas. Frazier was a two-sport phenom at Cedartown High School, and although he was a star basketball player, scouts felt he had the most potential on the football field.