Kai Roberts: A Dream Come True for Fitzgerald Sophomore

The passions of high school football throughout South Georgia are well known. Families grow up to love the local high school football team, and those loyalties run deep from one generation to the next, and so on. Fathers talk about their fathers that played, and sons talk about their grandfathers, and the stories never end. The Roberts family in Fitzgerald is one of the greatest examples of this passion. Kai Roberts is a sophomore at Fitzgerald High School, and his story certainly underscores and exemplifies what that passion is all about.

Kai is the son of Alexander Kane and Jamie Nichols. His step mom is Brittany Roberts.

Kai’s family has deep roots in the Fitzgerald football community, with his dad having played sports at Fitzgerald High School, as well as his uncle, Jimmy Alexander. Jimmy was the QB for the Hurricanes for the 1964 state runner-up purple hurricane football team. He played for legendary coach Joe Compton in the ‘Canes vaunted “Notre Dame Box” offense.

Then you have Kai’s Granddad, Leo Roberts, who played on the 1972 Fitzgerald football squad. They too, finished as state runner-up that season.

Those family members that weren’t on the field as players were in the stands showing their support for the ‘Canes.

Kai was born in 2005, and when his parents split two years later, Kai lived with his mother in California. He would come to Fitzgerald and visit with his father over the summer and during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, maybe for a total of 50 days or so, give or take. While his time spent in Fitzgerald was relatively brief, Kai would spend a lot of his time talking about Fitzgerald High School football.

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