Decatur carries a five-year playoff streak into the 2024 season and will enter its fifth season under head coach William Felton. The Bulldogs are in the midst of one of the most successful stretches in the program’s over 100-year history and will see their second former star get inducted into the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame this October with Class of 1941 grad Frank Broyles. In 2024, Decatur has the opportunity to match its all-time record with a sixth-straight playoff appearance and will compete in Region 4-AAAAA — which will present Woodward Academy, Dunwoody, Tri-Cities, Lakeside-DeKalb and Shiloh as new region challengers — replacing Tucker, ML King and Lithonia and maintaining Chamblee and Arabia Mountain to form an eight-team region instead of last year’s six-team size.
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This year’s team will return Class of 2025 quarterback Barron Scott and 3-star athlete Kaleb Lanier. Defensively, Ethan Johnson is back after leading the way with a team high 86 tackles last season and can handle edge and outside line backer duties as a disruptive force that produced 15 tackles for loss. At receiver, Rahmad Elmahdi, Kaleb Lanier, Jersharius Lawrence, and Christian Jamison are returning seniors who all hauled in double digit receptions last season. In the backfield, Darius White is a Class of 2027 prospect who finished his freshman season and varsity debut last year with a team-high 105 carries for 647 yards and eight touchdowns with a 6.2 yards per carry average. Rising seniors Barron Scott, Tim Britt, and Lawrence each rushed for multiple touchdowns last season and added to the major potential of this year’s rushing attack.
Head Coach: William Felton
Coach Record: 27-16
2023 Record: 5-6
2023 Region Record: 3-2
2023 Region: 4-5A
2024 Region: 4-5A
Stadium Name: Bulldog Stadium
2024 Schedule:
8/23 vs. Greater Atlanta Christian
8/29 @ Carver-Atlanta (Henderson)
9/6 vs. Stephenson
9/13 vs. Chamblee
9/20 @ Arabia Mountain (Hallford)
9/27 @ Dunwoody (North DeKalb)
10/4 @ Shiloh
10/18 vs. Lakeside-DeKalb
10/25 vs. Woodward Academy
11/01 @ Tri-Cities
