Record-breaking ’26 football signing class for GMC

Milledgeville, Ga. — Georgia Military College turned National Signing Day into a historic celebration Wednesday, announcing the largest football signing class the school has ever produced. Forty members of the 2025 Bulldog roster inked with four-year programs, eclipsing every previous GMC class and reinforcing the junior-college powerhouse’s reputation for developing talent that thrives on and off the field.

The marquee name among the 40 signees is redshirt freshman Adrian Lamb. The 6-3, 245-pound defensive end from Beaufort, South Carolina, spurned a stack of Power-Four offers—Alabama, Auburn, South Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri—before committing to Louisiana State University. Lamb’s decision marks the highest-profile recruitment in program history and spotlights GMC’s growing footprint on the national scene.

“With this signing class, we are celebrating not only the incredible talent of these young men but also the hard work and dedication they have shown to reach this point,” head football coach and athletic director Rob Manchester said. “Having Adrian Lamb commit to LSU is a testament to the caliber of athletes we are developing here at GMC.”

Joining Lamb in the 2026 class is Emmanuel Gyamfi, who will continue his career at Middle Tennessee State University. The signings stretch from the SEC to Conference USA and beyond, illustrating the geographic and competitive range of GMC’s recruiting pipeline.

The milestone continues a proud tradition for the Bulldogs: GMC has now sent more than 200 players to four-year schools over the past decade, but never in a single-year wave as large as this 40-man cohort. For a program that prides itself on discipline in the classroom and dominance on the field, Wednesday’s ceremony inside the Goldstein Center felt like validation.

“This isn’t just about numbers,” Manchester told the packed auditorium. “It’s about young men who came here with a plan, trusted the process, and are leaving with an opportunity to keep playing—and keep earning degrees—at the next level.”

As the final letter of intent was faxed Wednesday afternoon, the Bulldogs’ 2026 class officially etched its place in school lore: the biggest, most decorated group ever to graduate from Georgia Military College to the four-year ranks.