This week was National Signing Day for many high school athletes around the country, when they announce where they’ll be attending college to play sports.
At many high schools those events take place on campus, but COVID-19 restrictions in the Cobb County School District have prevented that this year.
So Kevin LaFrance, the father of Kell High School football quarterback Corbin LaFrance, decided to organize a signing day event for his son and another of his Longhorn teammates who will be heading to college together.
Corbin LaFrance and wide receiver Jaylon Brown have signed scholarship offers from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, which plays in the Big South Conference, whose members include Kennesaw State University.
The Big South postponed its football season to the spring because of COVID concerns, and Brown and LaFrance may have an early homecoming game if the schedule holds up.
Robert Morris is scheduled to play at Kennesaw State on April 3, 2021.
The Big South is in the Football Championship Subdivision, which has a national playoff conducted by the NCAA. Georgia and Georgia Tech play in Football Bowl Subdivision.
Kevin LaFrance sent along these photos of the early signing event at the Gameday Fresh Grille in Woodstock, where he set up a banquet room for the boys and Kell coaches.
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