Caleb Downs won a state championship in his native Georgia. Then he won an SEC championship in the state, too.
And Monday, he’ll have the chance to become a national champion here.
Perhaps it’s appropriate that Downs, an All-American safety and maybe the best defender in the sport, will play the most important game of his life in Atlanta. A Hoschton native, Downs is back home with his Buckeyes, four quarters from reaching immortality. The five-star recruit and 2022 AJC Player of the Year who helped Mill Creek to the state crown is now the All-American trying to put Ohio State back atop the collegiate landscape…