i just heard he is considering transferring to Tech from some Fitzgerald folks. Anyone hear that?

Do you think this year will be like Pastner’s first year? Not expecting to be successful and end up in the NIT championship...

Depends on if they stay healthy and can make shots. I think that they have a chance to finish between 10-12 on the higher end and that would put them in the NIT. James Banks is saw raw and AD isn't significantly better so that will be a problem against some ACC teams.

What is your take on how the new defensive football staff is being received by recruits? Do you think they will be successful recruiters?

Really CSW and CJR are the only new ones, CNW isn't specifically recruiting an area. Both are well-liked by kids and are working hard. I think they will get better and better, both are determined people. I know the recruits have been very positive about both.

*On the A-back rocket tosses is there different variations (some wider, some quicker, some deeper, some closer to the line) from time to time they look different but I didn't know if it was my imagination or if they really were different variations.

There are depth variations depending on the call. It is a lot of inside baseball type discussion, but yeah there are different ways to call it for CPJ.

*In your opinion what is the difference between the team we seen the first 4 games of the season and the one we've seen the last 6 games?

The defense is a little better and I think the offensive line has played better. Those are the two keys, I think GT struggled a lot at RG and at times at C early in the season. Defensively the OLB production is night and day from the opening part of the season. Jalen Johnson really suffered from not getting those spring reps at Stinger and Charlie Thomas was learning on the job. I think they also struggled figuring out the CB rotation and that still isn't perfect.

*With the turnaround of the last 6 games is this CPJ's best coaching in his tenure at Georgia Tech, if not what season would you say was his best while facing adversity like earlier this year?

I thought the turnaround in 2012 was a little more impressive because he was coaching both sides of the ball every week and in every meeting for both sides of the ball after he fired Groh. CPJ worked with CCK and CAM on coming up with a dead simple defense and at the same time he was mixing in Vad Lee at QB for Tevin Washington. It was crazy.

I hate to lose Brad Stewart after this year but who do you think will be the guys starting in our WR core,starting WR's next year?

Hard to say, Jalen Camp has pretty much locked up one spot. Steve Dolphus has been playing hurt most of the season and so it is hard to judge how much progress he made. Malachi Carter shows flashes of a big-time player. I'd expect those two.

Are there any discussions taking place outside of AI2020 to add additional staff to FB recruiting after this season?

They've added one during the season, Zach Laskey. I'm sure there are additional hires coming, whether they are recruiting or other areas like analysts? I'm not sure.

With the new rules, can you list the scholarship players who are on track to redshirt this season?

QB- James Graham 2gms
BB- Christian Malloy 1gm
AB- Tijai Whatley
AB- Dontae Smith
WR- Peje Harris
WR- Jaylen Jackson
OL- Harrison Jump
OL- Zakk McKeehan
OL- Austin Smith
OL- Mike Maye
DL- Quon Griffin 2 gms
DL- TK Chimedza 3 gms
DE- Justice Dingle 4 gms
DE- Luke Johns
LB- Jordan Domineck 3 gms
CB- Jaylon King 3 gms
CB- Zamari Walton 4 gms

How do you feel about Dowdy & Black as OLine prospects? Do they have a high ceiling in our system?

They love Dowdy, I think he is a good fit. I honestly haven't spent a lot of time watching Black's film but I'll try to check him out later.

How has Wesley Walker performed this season coming back from a knee injury? Is he trending back towards 4 star based on performance?

My understanding is he has had a great SR year, that will be up to Woody if he gets that fourth star back or not. I didn't see him in-person so I don't get a say in that.

Why is Askew no longer getting reps at CB? We are a disaster at boundary corner. If Askew is sitting due to injury, can we continue to keep the redshirt on Walton?

Askew got four snaps behind Tre Swilling on Saturday. Ajani Kerr is backing up Lamont Simmons and played very well against UVA. They want to redshirt King and Walton.

In the Recruifing Buzz you said six spots left. In the list of those walking Saturday you said that provided 19 available. What changed.

I explained that in the buzz, they are factoring in some attrition.

You also indicated earlier CJ would probably take 3 more as early signees and keep open any others until the late signing period. Giving the current list of possibilities would CJ now take the full amount in the early period.

I think you mean PJ, things change and they can take five total in December if they want. There may be a little more space after the season when attrition creeps up. There are a few guys who may opt to leave who aren't going to play and there is always a surprise either academic casualty or a goofball who wants to go JUCO.

How well do CPJ and CJP know each other and what’s their relationship like?

I don't know the answer to that. I know they both respect each other. I think CPJ has embraced CJP more since MBob left because CJP was sort of the golden boy when he first got hired and I think that may have not played well with the veteran coaches at GT across the sports especially since MBob spent so much time with Josh which was more than any other coach ever saw him probably in total. LOL.

Any chance Searcy could get a medical redshirt since he nearly missed the whole 2015 season so that he could play next year?

I suppose there is a chance. I can ask and see if that is something they are looking into. Qua is also probably wanting to get his life started. He may not want to play another year of college ball.

Seriously, how many shady bags are being dropped on CJP and hoops recruiting? Two Top-100 guys destined for GT and flip in the last 24 hours.

I always felt bad about Chandler Lawson. Marcus Watson was a kick in the balls because who wants to live in Stillwater.

I'm glad we're not shady - we get caught when we even try (W. Carter / D-Lab), but it has to be very frustrating for CJP and staff. Gonna have to go the Banks / Transfer route and 3-4 year recruits until we hopefully get it rolling.

I think it is a smart way to cover up some recruiting shortcomings in the short term. I'm saying taking a guy who has to sit and has more than one year to play, not the crap BG was doing.

Follow up question from previous mailbag....Did they send a clip of the CJ interview to all recruits? If not, wonder why. I’m not in marketing but he said damn near everything you’d want your most popular and accomplished player ever to say.

No idea, I'd have to ask recruits.

The QB competition is probably on most people's minds.

http://www.macon.com/sports/college/acc/georgia-tech/article141115523.html

“Any time the quarterback leaves, especially when you have a three-year starter, it’s going to be fun,” Johnson said. “I’m looking forward to it.”

The four contenders are Matthew Jordan, TaQuon Marshall, Lucas Johnson and Jay Jones.

“It’s going to be a good competition at quarterback,” Johnson said.

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There will be a great deal of pressure to follow Thomas. He had 2 excellent seasons around a rather disappointing injury filled campaign in 2015.

Why don't we have a commitment yet today? Is something going on I don't know about? C'mon, we are running out of time. The deal is a commitment a day to keep bad seasons away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SMOKING CIGS

Monday, September 4
Tennessee at Georgia Tech

Saturday, September 9
Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech

Saturday, September 16
Georgia Tech at UCF

Saturday, September 23
Pitt at Georgia Tech

September 30
North Carolina at Georgia Tech

Thursday, October 12
Georgia Tech at Miami

Saturday, October 21
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 28
Georgia Tech at Clemson

Saturday, November 4
Georgia Tech at Virginia

Saturday, November 11
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 18
Georgia Tech at Duke

Saturday, November 25
Georgia at Georgia Tech

I'm not doing a war room yet. There are too many moving parts to this thing to get caught up in that, but maybe later in the week. I do have a prediction at the end of this.

The biggest thing right now is keeping the class intact, that is what the staff will be working very hard on, keeping off poachers.

Coaches out today. CPJ and CLO on the road visited Tariq Carpenter today. GT still wants him and Kaleb Oliver badly as big DB.

Coach Roof was up in Gwinnett today checking on commits and 2018 kids. He will be down to check on the Swilling boys later this week and down in Mobile to check on Marlon Williams. LSU where he visited last weekend doesn't have a spot for him right now. Tennessee who was trying to get a visit, but got bumped by GT picked up another WR today who is the same type of player as Williams so that should eliminate them. UCF may be the only real competition right now for Williams.

Coach Preston is headed back from Hawaii. He was working on Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa and Aliki Vimahi as well as checking on Michael Minihan. Spots are thinning for both the Hawaiian DTs, USC has just two spots left on their DL and six targets, only one of which is a long shot. It would be a big deal if they can get one of them to sign with GT. Those kids are probably the hardest for any of the recruiting people or coaches to get a read on. Washington jumped in with an offer tonight to Myron so that is interesting. I think it is too late for them though.

Coach McCollum was down in South Georgia, Tift County and that area working on 2018 targets. I expect he will be up in Tenn later in the week to check on Oliver and Jordan Ponchez-Mason .

On Jaquan Henderson I was told he shut down Tennessee and they've moved on. Butch was trying to get a visit out of him for the 27th.

Coach Pelton went to see Jamal Woods today. Woods was trying to do a mid-week visit and GT wasn't interested, they don't want to be bumped for Illinois. Woods will have to commit to a weekend visit or GT will move on.

How things could finish

20 as of today

I expect GT to land
Kaleb Oliver
Tariq Carpenter
Marlon Williams

I'm unsure if Adonicas Sanders or Woods take their OVs as of today. Checking on their statuses, they may want two WRs.

Supposedly there is another OL target who could get offered this week and visit. That would make 24, they are shooting for 26 so that leaves guys like Vimahi, Myron or inbound transfers.

I was also told Leonard Warner told UGA they are full and now FSU is back in the game along with Stanford. LOL

Be an interesting finish, expect some new names and/or new offers like OLs over the next 48 hours.

CAM and CMP are in Tallahassee today, did an in-home with Connor Hansen this morning and Antwan Owens let me know they are at his school now. Owens has his final OV scheduled to UCF where he is committed this weekend, GT is aiming to cancel that trip.

CBP is in Hawaii to check on Michael Minihan, Aliki Vimahi and Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa. Myron is doing an insane set of OVs starting with a trip to Navy, then to Notre Dame and on to Vandy all this week. Buzz had to go out yesterday to make sure he caught him before he left. Minihan recruited both players heavily during the Poly Bowl week

Robert Porcher has cancelled his GT official visit, he is a silent commit to VaTech and he spoke with CMS about it

Tariq Carpenter is set to come up on his official visit this weekend and he has been actively recruiting Owens for GT much to the displeasure of UCF where both are technically committed.

Kaleb Oliver is also very much in play, I expect CAM to go see him later this week and Gentry Bonds is recruiting him very heavily for GT.

Expected Visitors as of today:
Tariq Carpenter
Kaleb Oliver
Adonicas Sanders
Marlon Williams

Still waiting on Cody Shear, but Oregon has jumped in VERY HARD on him and he lives there, so that is an interesting subplot. It does not sound like he will be visiting GT. GT working on some quiet OL targets, stay tuned for that. CRW is doing a final check on Shear, but unless he schedules an OV that is over and they will move on to one or two other targets.

Quinton Miller is out for right now, Oliver has taken his space.

CMP will go see Jamal Woods later this week and I expect GT will get that final visit. His family wants him closer to home. Woods hinted there may be one more school trying to come in late, perhaps a SEC school.

They will end up with between 6 and 8 OVs this weekend with a high probability of committing all of them.

Could take both Sanders and Williams and move Mikell Lands-Davis back to A-back. Swillings are very confident that GT will get Williams.

I expect Brenton King to visit to take the spot vacated by Joseph Bulovas.

Seventy seven percent (77%) of the starters for the AFC and NFC Championships were rated 2 or 3 Stars, or not rated at all.

68 of the 88 starters NOT being 4 or 5 Star recruits seems pretty substantial.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...ionship-games-nfl-recruit-star-rating-ranking

- A team can have no more than 13 players on scholarship.

CURRENT STATUS
Georgia Tech has 12 players on scholarship who count against the 13 and 2 seniors. This means they can take 6 players in the Class of 2025 without going over the scholarship limit. This does not account for future attrition that will take place due to early graduation, NBA, transfers, etc.

ROSTER BY GRADUATION SEASON

2024-25
Javian McCollum- CG
Ryan Mutombo- C
Luke O'Brien- G/F
Kowacie Reeves Jr.- F/G
Lance Terry- CG

2025-26
Duncan Powell- F

2026-27
Nait George- PG
Baye Ndongo- F/C

2027-28
Jaeden Mustaf- CG
Doryan Onwuchekwa- C
Ibrahim Souare- F/C
Darrion Sutton- F



ATTRITION BY CALENDAR YEAR
(G- graduation; M- medical; P- Early entry for NBA; T- transfer; GT- graduate transfer; Q- quit, no basketball; A- academics; V- violation of team rules)
2024- 6- Amaree Abram(T), Ebenezer Dowuona(T), Deebo Coleman(T), Tafara Gapare(T), Ibrahima Sacko(T), Miles Kelly(T).
2023- 7- Freds Pauls Bagatskis(T), Rodney Howard(GT), Cyril Martynov(T), Jordan Meka(T), Tristan Maxwell(T), Deivon Smith(T), Jalon Moore(T)
2022- 1- Saba Gigiberia(T)
2021- 1-David Didenko(T)
2020- 3- Asanti Price(T), Kristian Sjolund(T), Evan Cole (T)
2019- 2- Curtis Haywood (T), Sylvester Ogbonda(GT)
2018- 1- Justin Moore (A)
2017- 1- Christian Matthews (T)
2016- 1- Travis Jorgenson (M)
2015- 1- Chris Bolden (V)
2014- 3- Robert Carter Jr. (T), Solomon Poole (V), Stacey Poole Jr. (Q)
2013- 2- Brandon Reed (G), Julian Royal (T)
2012- 2- Nate Hicks (T), Glen Rice Jr. (V)
2011- 3- Brian Oliver (T), Brad Sheehan (Q), Iman Shumpert (P)
2010- 2- Derrick Favors (P), Gani Lawal (P)
2009- NONE
2008- 2- Ra'Shaun Dickey (A), Mouhammad Faye (T)
2007- 3- Javaris Crittenton (P), Paco Diaw (G), Thaddeus Young (P)
2006- 1- Zam Frederick (T)

of something very special not seen on the Flats in a very long time. The next 6-8 months will be important as the 2015 team gets ready to reload, compete and play next season. As we all know, next season's schedule will be more difficult but we have a good core coming back and what appears to be a very good class of new guys. If we take care of business on and off the field, we hopefully will be successful in terms of wins. In turn, this will lead to greater respect, attention to the program and the 2016 class of recruits which may end being one of the best ever on the flats and which moves the program a step closer to becoming a perennial top college program. Go Jackets

some hoops today.

- A team can have no more than 85 players on scholarship.
- A team cannot sign more than 25 players to a scholarship during a class year. Teams can count early enrollee's to the prior year's class if they did not hit the 25 number the year prior.

CURRENT STATUS
Georgia Tech has 73 scholarship players scheduled to be on the roster as of 12/15/24 who count against the 85 scholarship cap, plus nine freshmen who will join this summer. Tech needs to be at 85 scholarship players by the start of school in August. GT has 18 seniors this season, which means there are currently 25+ available scholarships for the Class of 2025, including incoming transfers prior to that season. This does not account for future attrition that will take place due to early graduation, medical hardship, NFL, transfers, etc. However the NCAA is lifting the 85 cap in the future to a 105 roster cap.

GRADUATION TOTALS BY SEASON
2024- 8 offense, 8 defense, 2 special teams, 18 total
2025- 8 offense, 8 defense, 0 special teams, 16 total
2026- 3 offense, 4 defense, 1 special teams, 8 total
2027- 16 offense, 14 defense, 0 special teams, 30 total
TOTALS- 36 offense, 34 defense, 3 special teams, 73 total

ROSTER BY GRADUATION SEASON

2024 SENIORS
Offense
Avery Boyd - WR
Trey Cooley- RB
Weston Franklin- OL
Ryland Goede- TE
Jackson Hawes- TE
Abdul Janneh- WR
Chase Lane- WR
Jordan Williams - OT

Defense
Zeek Biggers- DT
LaMiles Brooks - S
Warren Burrell- CB
Kevin Harris- RUSH
Joshua Robinson- DE
Makius Scott- DT
Trenilyas Tatum- LB
Sylvain Yondjouen - DE

Specialist
Henry Freer- LS
David Shanahan- P


2025 JUNIORS
Offense
Jordan Brown- OL
Joe Fusile- OG
Jamal Haynes- RB
Haynes King- QB
Brody Rhodes- QB
Keylan Rutledge- OG
Malik Rutherford- SLT
Brett Seither- TE (seeking a medical redshirt for 2024)

Defense
Omar Daniels- NB
Jackson Hamilton- LB
Ahmari Harvey- CB
Romello Height- RUSH
Clayton Powell-Lee- DB
Rodney Shelley- CB
Jordan van den Berg- DT

2026 SOPHOMORES

Offense
Brandon Best- OC
Jackson Long- TE
Ethan Mackenny- OT

Defense
Jacob Cruz- RUSH
Kyle Efford- LB
Syeed Gibbs- NB
E.J. Lightsey- LB
DJ Moore- S
Zachary Tobe- CB

Specialist
Aidan Birr- PK


2026 FRESHMEN
Offense
Tana Alo-Tupuola- OL
Isaiah Canion- WR
Anthony Carrie- RB
Jordan Floyd- OL
Benjamin Galloway- OG
Kai Greer- OL
Luke Harpring- TE
Trey Horne- WR
Graham Knowles- QB
Trelain Maddox- RB
Harrison Moore- OL
Aaron Phlo- QB
David Prince- TE
Jameson Riggs- OL
Patrick Screws Jr.- OT
Zion Taylor- WR

Defense
Amontrae Bradford- DE
Jordan Boyd- RUSH
Tah'j Butler- LB
Nehemiah Chandler- CB
Jayden Davis- S
Nico Dowdell- CB
Caleb Dozier- LB
Cedric Franklin- CB
Uche Iloh- DE
Shymeik Jones- DT
Landen Marshall- DT
Christian Prichett- S
Troy Stevenson- DB


ATTRITION BY CALENDAR YEAR
(G- graduation; M- medical; N- NFL; T- transfer; Q- quit, no football; A- academics; V- violation of team rules; D-passed away)
2024- 21; T.Meiguez(GT), J.Leftwich(GT), J.BlackStrain(T), S.Jones(T), J.Brown(T), G.Stewart(GT), A.Tifase(T), J.Barton(T), E.Kelly(T), G. Fortson(T), K.Gee(GT), J.FelixQ), E.Dickens(QT), Nacari Ashley(M), C.Leary(QT), Leo Blackburn(GT), Z.Pyron(GT), H.Lockett(GT), Corey Robinson II(GT), E.Singleton(T), T.Seymore(T).
2023- 34; Quick(M), Walton(GT), C. Kootsouradis(G), J.Huff(GT), G.Carroll(T), A.Martin(T), K.Edwards(M), B.Postma(T), K.Franks(T), K.Miles(T), A.Stone(T), C.Burkhalter(?), M.Maye(G),B.Mooney(?), J.Marshall(?), W. Green(T), E. Reed(?), K.Johnson(GT) K.Kennard(GT), J.Lewis(T), T.Gibson(T), B.Dixon(T), J.Moore(GT), E.Cloy(T), E.Odinjor(T), A.Heflin(T), M.Pugh (T), Z.Gibson(GT), P.Tchio, E.Reuben(GT), N.Collins(T), K.Watson(GT), K.Wallace(GT), D.Douse(GT), S.Bryant(T).
2022- 19; A.Sanders(GT), Minihan(G), Ivey(T), Domineck(T), W. Walker(T), Lockhart(T), Jam.Griffin(T), Spiers(M), Pendley(M), Casey(M), Deveney(GT), Carson(Q), Knight(GT), Norris(T), J. Sims(GT), R. King(T), RJ Adams(T), Phommachanh(GT), D. Allen(GT), P. Vaipulu(T), McCollum(T). McDuffie(GT).
2021- 20; E.Johnson(T), J. Howard(GT), K. Oliver(GT), Ryans(T), Quinney(G), Ellison(M), Rankins(?),Jo.Huff(T), Ezzard(Q), K. Wright(T), J. Gibbs (T), J. Yates(GT), T. Amerson(T), J. Camp(GT),J. Thomas(N), J. Mason(N), Q. Griffin(GT), T. Oliver(N), C. Peery(T), Z.Owens(Q)
2020- 22; L.Johnson(GT), Hawkins-Anderson(G), Hansen(G), B.King(G), Wells(Q), Kerr(T), Malloy(T), Dawson(T), Dolphus(G), Johns(Q), Jump(Q), Henderson(GT), J.Smith(M), Martin(G), Lee(T), Evans(T), Graham(T), Dingle(T), Showell(T), A.Brown(T), Gleason(T), Bennett(T).
2019- 15; Braun(GT), Adams(D), D. Williams(T), J. Jackson(T), Benson(T), Mckeehan(T), Brashear(M), Cole(T), Tufele (M), Gantt (T), Bonds (T), B. Morgan (M), Whatley(M), Burnett (T), K. Young (A).
2018- 4; Weimerskirch(G), Alston(T), Stickler(M), Gray(M)
2017- 11; Sellers(T), Dotson(T), Howell(T), Klock(G), Lands-Davis(Q), J.Woods(Q), Mills(V), Jordan(G), Wilson(G), J.Jones(A), Roof(T)
2016- 15; Stargel(G), Wigley(T), G.Brown(Q), Ratlifffe(M), Marvin(V), Whitehead(M), Leggett(V), Whitley(M), C.Griffin(M), LGriffin(Q), Fromoyan(G), M.Marshall(T), Walker(T), Bridges(T), Philpott(T)
2015- 8; O'Reilly(G), Cheeks(G), Preddy(Q), Brigham(M), Andrews(V), Harrell(G), Hankins(Q), Summers(Q)
2014- 13; Lee(T), A. Williams(G), Bailey(G), Akins(T), Robbins(T), Griffin (T), Custis(A), Kitchen(A), Roberts(M), Autry(V), Commissiong(V), Henry(V), Wilson(T)
2013- 6; Kidney(G), Moore(V), Lanier(G), Moore(T), C. Alford(Q), Holton(V)
2012- 9; Lockhart(G), Hill(N), Machen(G), P. Smith(G), J. Burnett(M), Watson(G), McKayhan(T), Richardson(T), Greene(T)
2011- 8; Miles(V), Claytor(N), Tarrant(N), K. Jackson(G), Rocker(G), Ayers(T), McCoy(M), Wright(T)
2010- 16; M. Burnett(N), Dwyer(N), Jasper(T), Leslie(M), D. Morgan(N), D. Thomas(N), Wilson(M), Yandell(G), Shaw(T), Gilbert(G), Tongo(G), Foster(A), Luallen(T), Taylor, C(T). Jackson(G), Sims(T)
2009- 7 (Blackwood, Bowen, Evans, Q. Kelly, Riley, G. Smith, White)
2008- 9 (Bennett, Bray, Donley, Dunmon, J. Evans, J. Johnson, Lonowski, Manley, Peek)
2007- 10 (Garner, Gause, Ingram, C. Johnson, Marius, W. Miller, Newberry, Riles. Threet, Tucker)
2006- 8 (Cox, Fleuridor, Guadagni, D. Jordan, T. Kelly, Morrison, E. Parker, E. Williams)
2005- 8 (Belcher, Brezina, Carter, Delaney, I. Harris, Ivery, T. Parker, Usher)
2004- 5 (Dorsey, Gilliam, B. Johnson, Pupello, M. Sampson- 2nd time)
2003- 15 (Bridges, Green, Hargrove, Hartley, Hollings, Koon, Lawston, Lee, Malone, McHargue, McNair, Pena, Phillips, Pullen, M. Sampson- 1st time)
2002- 9 (Bennett, T. Brown, Burns, Hall, Holiday, R. Johnson, Kuale, Poree, Wolf)
2001- 10 (W. Brown, Crenshaw, Echols, Kryzson, Lumar, Meagher, R. Middleton, M. Miller, Newman, Price)
2000- 15 (Graviet, Ja. Hamilton, Harrison, Henderson, Hughley, Kitchen, Lavette, D. Mitchell, Moody, S. Scott, Sumner, D. Thomas, Uremovich, Vaitekunas, D. White)