Eric Geter

An excellent athlete who received All-America awards on both sides of the ball ... SuperPrep Magazine named him to their All-Dixie and All-America teams ... that publication rated him as the nation's top defensive back and number-one player in the Dixie region ... a member of Joe Terranova's Super 22 team ... Emfinger named him a first-team All-American in the fall and the fifth best player in the south ... Emfinger current-ly rates him as the nation's third best free safety ... a second-team USA Today All-American and a USA Today Super 25 pick ... also a Street & Smith All-American ... a member of Athlon's Atlantic Coast Blue Chippers Elite Eleven ... Don Heinich's magazine named him to the second-team All-American ... led his team to 9-2 mark as a senior ... Lindy's magazine named him to the Georgia Blue Chips, All-Georgia, and All-South teams, and a member of their top 88 ... the nation's seventh best defensive back according to Joe Terranova ... had 1,281 yards rushing for 16 TDs, 23 receptions with 371 yards and two TDs as a senior ... averaged 6.4 yards per carry ... also had 49 tackles and two interceptions in 1988 ... rushed for 995 yards and 11 TDs while picking off five passes as junior ... played in Florida-Georgia All-Star game ... an all-state selection according to The Atlanta Constitution ... that same publication named him to their preseason top 11 team and ranked him the fifth best player in Georgia ... had 12 pet dogs at one time in his youth ... an All-Southeast selection at running back and considered the top running back and defensive back in Georgia, according to Tom Lemming ... an excellent baseball player who batted .512 as a junior ... earned nine letters in high school, four in football and baseball, and one in track ... played centerfield and runs down everything with his 4.4 speed ... patterns his play after Delon Sanders (on field play) and Steve Largent (his attitude) ... attends Newnan High School where he was coached by Max Bass.