Three names with deep Georgia ties are headed to the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Terrence Edwards, Allen Miller and Richard Seymour were elected Thursday and will be formally inducted in Macon during the weekend of February 19-20, according to the Hall of Fame announcement.
Edwards arrived at Georgia with plenty of attention already on him, coming in as the younger brother of Robert, an NFL first round draft choice. By the time he finished in Athens, he had built a résumé that stood on its own. The wide receiver from Tennille, Ga., was a four-year starter under Jim Donnan from 1999-2000 and Mark Richt from 2001-02, and he led the Bulldogs in receiving in each of his four seasons.
His name is all over the Georgia record book. Edwards still owns the school marks for career receptions with 204, season receiving yards with 1,004 in 2002, career receiving yards with 3,093 and career touchdown catches with 30.
He also ranks fourth in Georgia history in receptions in a season with 59 and second in touchdown receptions in a season with 11 in 2002. His 2002 season earned him consensus All-SEC first-team honors, and he capped his college career with an appearance in the 2003 Senior Bowl.
Edwards played the 2003 season with the Atlanta Falcons before heading to the Canadian Football League. He spent nine seasons with Montreal and then seven more with the Winnepeg Blue Bombers.
After signing with Winnipeg as a free agent in May 2007, he put together a long run of production, finishing fourth all-time in receiving yards as a Bomber with 7,200 and 10th in yards from scrimmage with 7,273. Over seven seasons there, he never had fewer than 500 receiving yards in a year.
By the end of 2013, his CFL totals had reached 508 catches, 7,637 yards and 47 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Winnepeg Football Club Hall of Fame in 2017 and served as Georgia's representative in the 2024 SEC Football Legends class.
Miller’s Georgia story started when he was just 12, after legendary coach Dan Magill first noticed him at the annual summer Crackerland Tennis Championships in Athens. A decade later, he helped deliver one of the signature team achievements in Bulldog tennis history, leading Georgia to the 1985 NCAA Team Championship as a senior.
That same season, Miller and doubles partner Ola Malmqvist also won the NCAA doubles title. In the final, they beat Ken Flach and Robert Seguso, who later became the world’s No. 1-ranked doubles team. The Tucker, Ga., native left a major mark on Georgia tennis, becoming the first male Bulldog in any sport to earn All-America honors all four years in Athens.
The 1985 title run came after Georgia knocked off Stanford, Southern Cal and UCLA, and it finished with the Bulldogs at 31-1. Across Miller’s four seasons, Georgia went 97-12. He was inducted into the UGA Circle of Honor in 1998 and the State of Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004, and he has served as head tennis professional at the Athens Country Club since 1989.
Seymour’s college and pro career made him one of the most decorated defensive linemen to wear red and black. The Gadsden, S.C., native played 41 games for Georgia and started 25 of them, and at 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds he was a constant problem for opposing offenses.
In 1999, Seymour led the Bulldogs with 74 tackles, becoming one of only two defensive linemen in Georgia history to lead the team in tackles for a season. After his junior year, teammates voted him a permanent team captain. He was a two-time All-SEC first-team selection and a first team All-American in 2000, finishing his Georgia career with 233 tackles, 26 tackles-for-loss and 10 sacks.
The New England Patriots took Seymour sixth overall in the 2001 NFL draft, and he went on to win three Super Bowl rings and make seven Pro Bowls. He spent eight seasons with New England and four with the Oakland Raiders, and his career earned him spots on the Patriots' 50th Anniversary Team, All-2000's Team and the NFL 2000's All-Decade Team.
Seymour was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022. He had already been inducted into the Georgia-Florida game Hall of Fame in 2015 and named to the SEC Legends class. In 2018, he entered the State of South Carolina Hall of Fame, and in 2020, the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.
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