Dalen Penson

Rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN … Ranked No. 186 in ESPN 300 … Four-year letterwinner and two-year team captain at Sandy Creek H.S. … Named Region 2-3A Player of the Year as a senior in 2024 and earned first-team all-region honors as both a wide receiver and defensive back … Named Region 5-3A Athlete of the Year and second-team all-region QB as a junior in 2023 … Helped lead Sandy Creek to Georgia 3A state championship as a sophomore in 2022 … Coached by Brett Garvin … Two-sport athlete also ran track, winning back-to-back team state championships in 2023 and 2024… Won Georgia AAA state championship in triple jump in back-to-back seasons (2023-24), qualifying for the New Balance Nationals , where he placed fifth … Also a state champion in the 110m hurdles (2024) and 4x200m relay (2023) … Success extends into the classroom as well, where he is a member of the National Honor Society, Governor’s Honors program and A-B Honor Roll … Both his mother, Aisha, and father, Treon, ran track at Georgia … Uncle, Fred Tull, graduated from Georgia Tech in 2014 with a degree in building construction … Plans to major in aerospace engineering.