Week 8 Player of the Week: Brookwood School’s Rodge Waldrop

Brookwood School quarterback Rodge Waldrop is joined by head coach Shane Boggs for the presentation of GHSF Daily’s state Player of the Week award at the school.

In a game of 115 points and 1,303 yards, quarterback Rodge Waldrop stood tall Friday night.

The 6-foot-5 left-hander from Brookwood School in Thomasville passed for a state-record 698 yards and a record-tying nine touchdowns in a 59-56 victory over Deerfield-Windsor.

“Rodge did a tremendous job of getting the ball to the right guy at the right time,” Brookwood coach Shane Boggs said.

Waldrop’s favorite receiver was Rex Schofill, who caught 25 passes for 369 yards, both totals also believed to be state records.

The Georgia High School Football Historians Association does not track GIAA records, but the highest single-game passing total it has for a GHSA player is 595 from Lee County’s Justin Walker in 2010. Ed Staten of North Whitfield passed for nine touchdowns in a 1962 game.

The most receiving yards on record is 360 by North Murray’s Judson Petty set earlier this season.

Waldrop is GHSF Daily’s Player of the Week. The award is sponsored by Sports Turf.