Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame

• • Played six major league seasons, five with Detroit
  • Career .308 hitter; hit .370 in 1925
• • Member of only outfield in major league history to have all three members hit .370 or higher in one season
  • Fellow Detroit outfielder in 1925 with Ty Cobb

• • Collins Hill High won 9 individual state titles
  • Member of 2 state championship track teams
  • Member of 3 state championship cross country teams
  • Graduated with GPA of 3.95
  • All-Ivy League honors in both cross country and track at Columbia University
• • Holds the school record there in the mile (4:42)
  • Ivy and ECAC champion at 1500m in 2010
  • Finished third in Ivy League cross country championship in fall of 2010
  • Multiple recipient of Ivy League All-Academic and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

• • Georgia PGA: Play-of-the-Year 1997,1998,2000
  • Georgia PGA Championship 1997,1999,2000,2015
  • Atlanta open 2000
  • Georgia Senior Open 2001,2015,2017
  • Polo Golf Classic 1997

• James Mason tops younger players to win Georgia PGA Section tournament
• Duluth native James Mason wins Yamaha Atlanta Open
• Two Gwinnett golfers qualify for Senior PGA Professional National Championship

• Graduate of North Gwinnett (Ga.) High School, where he played receiver and free safety. As senior, caught 32 passes for 800 yards and 10 touchdowns.
• Named first-team All-Conference, All-State and Super 11 Team selection by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Rated 24th-best player in Georgia and 40th-best wide receiver in country by Rivals.com.
• Also played basketball and earned All-Conference and All-State honors.
• During high school, his AAU basketball team, the Georgia Stars, won 2 national championships.
• University of South Carolina Team Captain
• 2008 led the South Carolina Football program with an avg. of 15.5 yds reception avg.
• 2008 All-SEC First Team Honors
• 2008 2nd Team All AP and Rivals.com
• 2008 John Mackey Award Semi Finalists
• 2009 Combine Placed First in the 40 (4.49)
• 1st in the Vertical Jump 41’ inches
• 1st in Broad Jump 10’3.
• 2012 Titans Community Man of The Year award winner.
• Over 200 NFL games over
  • 13 seasons in the NFL
  • Titans, St. Louis Rams, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Chargers
  • 2x Pro Bowl Selection
  • 553 catches for 7,237 yards 13.1 yds per catch which is 13th all time.
  • Scored 45 touchdowns Top 20 All-Time
• 2017 Divisional playoff Offensive player of the game.
• NFC North Champion
• 2x NFC South Champion
• 2017 Sunday Night Football Offensive player of the game.
• 2021 Sunday Night Football Offensive player of the game.
• 2017 espy award winner (Catch of The Year)
• 2018 Ed Block Courage award winner
• 2017 Point of Light Award winner
• Receiving record for 3 separate franchises Titans, Rams, Raiders
• Named the most significant non-QB Journeyman in NFL History.

Jared Cook's long NFL career nets Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame induction

• • Letterman – Football, Swimming, Track
  • First-team All-County (football)
  • Second-team All-State (football)
  • Brookwood record - 52-yard field goal, 73-yard punt
  • All American at The University of Hawaii
  • Kodak All-American
  • Drafted to NFL Denver Broncos – 1993
  • No player in NFL history has scored more points for one team
  • Three-time Pro Bowler
• • NFL record for consecutive Points after Touchdown
  • Longest NFL career in Gwinnett, 17 seasons
  • Pro Bowl Selection – 1995, 1998, 2001
  • Leads NFL in points scored and field goals as Broncos all-time leading scorer
  • 436 of 540 career field goals (80.7 percent)
  • Cleats on display in Pro Football Hall of Fame, tied Tom Dempsey‘s record for longest field goal in NFL history – 63 yards
  • Member of Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
  • Two-time Super Bowl Champion with the Broncos – 1995,1996
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame Nominee

Brookwood grad, former NFL kicker Jason Elam on 2021 ballot for College Football Hall of Fame