– Georgia State Senator, 2015–present Brian Jack (2006) – White House Political Director, 2018–2021 Walter E. Johnston, III (1953) – former U.S. Representative, North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, 1981–1983 Burt Jones (1998) – Georgia State Senator, 2013–present David Knight – Georgia State Representative, 2005–present Thomas J. Pearsall (1923) – former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1947–1949; author of the Pearsall Plan, a school integration initiative Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr. (1952) – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 8th Congressional District, 1967–1977; Chairman of Stuckey’s Corporation, 1985–2019 Randolph W. Thrower (1930) – former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1969–1971 Andy Welch (1990) – Georgia State Representative, 2011–present Damian Williams (1998)- United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Bruce Williamson (1972) – Georgia State Representative, 2011–present Fred Wood – Idaho State Representative, 2006–present Athletics Andrew Adams (2011) – NFL player, 2016–present Henry Anderson (2010) – NFL player, 2015–present; 93rd pick of the 2015 NFL Draft Kiesha Brown (1996) – former WNBA player, 2002–2010 A. J. Cole III (2014) – NFL player, 2019–present Delino DeShields, Jr. (2010) – MLB player, 2015–present; 8th overall pick of the 2010 MLB Draft Elijah Holyfield (2016) – NFL player, 2019–present; son of Evander Holyfield Julian Jenkins (2002) – former NFL player, 2006; 156th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft Dan Lyle (1988) - United States national rugby union team player, 1994–2003 Tommy Lyons (1966) – former NFL player, 1971–1976; 350th pick of the 1971 NFL Draft Spider Maxwell (1983), former collegiate gymnast; 1987 Nissen Award Winner Erskine Mayer (1907) – former MLB player, 1912–1919 Tim Simpson (1974) – former PGA Tour golfer, 1977–1998; former PGA Tour Champions golfer, 2006–2011 Reed Sorenson (2004) – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver, 2005–present Juwan Thompson (2010) – former NFL player, 2014–2016 Walker Kessler (2020) – NBA player, 2022–present Military Julien J. LeBourgeois – former Vice Admiral, United States Navy; President of the U.S. Naval War College, 1974–1977 Stephen W. Pless (1957) – former Major, United States Marine Corps; Medal of Honor recipient Business Michael C. Carlos (1944) – former Chairman and CEO of the National Distributing Company; philanthropist Edwin W. Pauley (1919) – oil company executive; philanthropist Robert W. Woodruff (1908) – former President of The Coca–Cola Company, 1923–1955; philanthropist Academia James D. Bales- bible professor at Harding University Phillip Griffiths – mathematician James F. Jones, Jr. (1965) – President of the Sweet Briar College, 2014–present;