ATLANTA -- There were 17 student athletes from around the country who signed their national letter of intent to play for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Wednesday marked the first day of the Early Signing Period which runs through Friday.
“It’s always exciting any time you’re able to welcome new members of the team in. Certainly, in this early signing period, we’ve gotten a large part of our class committed and signed,” head coach Paul Johnson said. “All in all, I think that we’ve fulfilled some needs. We’ve added a lot of outstanding young men and really good players.”
Here's a look at the 2018 class:
Name |
Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School |
Malachi Carter WR 6-3 185 Lawrenceville, Ga. Mountain View T.K. Chimedza DL 6-3 300 Dacula, Ga. IMG Academy (Fla.) Justice Dingle LB 6-3 245 Bowling Green, Ky. Bowling Green PeJe’ Harris WR 6-3 210 Newnan, Ga. Newnan Jaylen Jackson ATH 6-0 195 Brunswick, Ga. Brunswick Quez Jackson LB 6-1 220 Fort Valley, Ga. Peach County Luke Johns DL 6-5 250 Dalton, Ga. Southeast Whitfield Harrison Jump OL 6-5 260 Statham, Ga. Prince Avenue Christian School Jaylon King DB 6-1 180 La Vergne, Tenn. Ensworth Michael Maye OL 6-3 295 Hoover, Ala. Hoover Zakk Mckeehan OL 6-4 285 St. Francisville, La. West Feliciana Austin Smith DL 6-4 295 McDonough, Ga. Ola Dontae Smith AB 5-11 185 Spring Hill, Tenn. Spring Hill Charlie Thomas DB 6-2 190 Thomasville, Ga. Thomasville Juanyeh Thomas DB 6-3 205 Niceville, Fla. Niceville Zamari Walton DB 6-3 175 Melbourne, Fla. Melbourne Central Catholic Tijai Whatley AB 6-2 195 Rome, Ga. Darlington School |