We tell you everything you need to know about the 2022 Colquitt County football team in this preview. We take a look at roster changes and what fans can expect from the team this season.
2021 Stats
- Overall Record: 8-3
- Points Scored: 403
- Points Against: 272
Key Losses
The Packers’ biggest losses are on the offensive line and with their linebacker corps, while they also lose a key defensive back. Offensive guard/tackle Isaiah Palmore and center Cam Strange will be missed for the body-moving skills they possessed in opening up the running game and in pass protection for the Packers last season. Palmore signed to play for Shaw University in North Carolina.
Safety Alex Florence graduated and is headed to Georgia Military College to play for the Bulldogs for the next two years. The entire starting group of linebackers has graduated, and this will be one of the hardest units to replace.
Pershaun Fann leaves Colquitt with an impressive resume of 131 tackles and 7.5 sacks during his Packer career. He signed with the University at Buffalo during last year’s early signing period. His LB mates Rickie Yates and Hayden Moore are also gone. Yates, who totaled 142 tackles and 3.5 sacks during his career at Colquitt, will attend and play football at Point University in West Point, Georgia.
Who’s Back
Probably the top returning Packer that has everyone excited isn’t even a player; it’s former Packers assistant coach Sean Calhoun, who is returning to lead the Packers as its new head football coach heading into 2022. Fans are excited to have a coach like Calhoun coming back to run the football program.
Calhoun was a major part of the process that built Colquitt County into a statewide power. He was an assistant under Rush Propst for just two seasons in 2014 and 2015, but Colquitt was unbeaten, and the offense was one of the most prolific offenses ever at Colquitt during his time.
Colquitt’s starting QB and top RB are both back, with Charlie Pace ready to run wild again and Neko Fann rolling right back into his familiar position under center. Both Fann and Pace will have a couple of big bodies returning along the O-line to provide blocking protection with Keshaun Palmore and Ja’Quavian “Turk” Daniels back this season.
TE Landen Thomas will be back to serve as a blocker and a pass catching target. WR Ny Carr is also back andwill serve as a primary weapon for Fann. Defensively, Kamal Bonner and Daveon Hunt are back at LB.
Calhoun tells us that a couple of younger guys could make an impact this year. They are Kicker/punter Brett Fitzgerald and Khalil Collins, who can play on both offensive and defensive line.
What To Expect
There are a lot of pieces for a great offensive mind like Calhoun to work with, and that should have Packer fans excited heading into this season. The new head coach is trying not to make things too complicated for his troops as he gets them ready.
“We will see if we can tackle and block better than our opponents,” Calhoun said.
He added that he is impressed with the talent and the work ethic of his team with what he has seen so far.
“The team has been working hard to give themselves an opportunity to seize, but we have to continue to work hard off the field as we do on the field,” Calhoun said.
What are the main goals for Calhoun and his team heading into his first year? “We have two football goals: Win the region and win state.”
Sounds pretty straightforward, right? With so many skill position players returning for Colquitt, combined with one of the best offensive minds in high school football, the Packers may be poised for that magical season fans have been waiting for.
Prediction
A solid first season with Calhoun at the controls: 11-3 overall record and a trip to the class 7A semifinals.
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