Quincy Carter

I think I was in the seventh grade then.

And coming into the eighth grade, well, coming into high school, which was eighth grade for us, you know, because we didn't go to middle school.

I wanted to be the QB that got us back there.

We took a tough loss to Val Austin.

in the championship game in 1990.

And I wanted to be the QB besides Eric Johnson to lead us back to premises.

So I started on that journey in eighth grade, man.

And we put our head down and went to work as a team.

Well, you know, it was a big accomplishment.

And one, having pride in being, you know, the only Black school, all-Black school to win at its highest classification.

You know, the Clark Centrals of the world's ruled, the Valdostas, shoot, Camden Counties, you know, Parkview was coming up at that time.

And so we're very proud of that.

You know, what you just mentioned wasn't happening for Black quarterbacks either, you know, as far as going to D1 schools.

But having an idol like Charlie Ward right down the street in Thomasville and seeing him go on the floor of the state to win a national championship and to win a Heisman was everything to me.

You got to think that was my freshman, sophomore, junior season in high school.

And I was watching him.

And then Damian Craig started to make some noise at Auburn.

And ironically, those were the first two or three schools I started looking at.

was Auburn, was Florida State.

And then I, you know, ended up settling with Georgia Tech.