High school football Top 25 Preseason Early Contenders: No. 2 Grayson

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Head coach: Jeff Herron

2015 record (MaxPreps national rank): 13-1, GHSA 6A semifinalist (No. 73)

Last decade: 107-32

Star power: QB Chase Brice (219, Clemson), CBs Deangelo Gibbs (10) and Jamyest Williams (48), OT Tony Gray (107), LB Breon Dixon (212, Georgia), DT Ellison Hubbard (702) and C Will Taylor (804, Duke)

Even more: LB Owen Pappoe was a MaxPreps freshman All-American last season.



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Game to watch: The season opener at home against No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), Aug. 27.

Briefly: Gibbs (6-foot-2, 204) has 33 offers, but Georgia and Tennessee are considered his front runners. … A half-dozen others are featured on recruiting lists. … New coach Herron is a proven winner with four state titles between Camden County and Oconee County. … His last stop was at Prince Avenue Christian, where he planned to stay, "but this was an opportunity I couldn't pass up."

Look for a full preview of the Rams on July 2.