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School Spotlight: Noxubee County, Ms
Noxubee County High School is found the small town of Macon, Mississippi. Noxubee is a pollinial power house football team. Since 2007, the Tigers have won 5 state titles in 4A football, and been state runner-up 3 times. This squad has had two undefeated season in 2008 and 2012. In 2008, the Tigers went 14-0 and was ranked number 28 football team in the nation. Again in 2012, this team was undefeated going 16-0 and was the number 1 football team in the state. The Tigers also won state titles in 2014, 2015, and 2017 under former head coach Tyrone Shorter. The current Head Coach Teddy Young is the current leader of this team who has lead this team to back-to-back state runner-up in 2019-2020.
This program has produced numerous NFL and College Football prospects. Nate Wayne, former Denver Bronco Super Bowl Champion and Green Bay Packer is a graduate of Noxubee County High before attending Ole Miss. Current NFL superstar Defensive End Jeffery Simmons, plays for the Tennessee Titans played for the Tiger before attending Mississippi State and becoming the #19 overall pick in the 2019 Draft.
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Who will be the next big time prospect from Macon? I spoke to QB coach Deangelo Ballard about the current prospects and he said that this is a very talented program and proud to be apart of the success. Deangelo played for Noxubee in the 2012 State Championship.
