Tech lands South Paulding CB Ayers
By DARRYL MAXIE / dmaxie@ajc.com
South Paulding cornerback Ryan Ayers committed to Georgia Tech today, his high school coach Tim Glanton confirmed moments ago. It gives the Yellow Jackets their second pledge from a high-profile prospect in as many weeks.
Ayers, a speedy 5-foot-10, 175-pound rising senior, is considered the consensus top cornerback in the state. He liked Georgia Tech from the start, and even while he was receiving offers from the Georgias, Alabamas and Auburns of the college football world, had to constantly downplay the notion that the Jackets were clearly in the lead.
In the end, however, his first love won out.
Attempts to reach Ayers were not immediately successful, but Glanton, asked if his cornerback had made the commitment, e-mailed simply, “Yes.”
For the Jackets, Ayers’ commitment strengthens a 2010 class that last week was bolstered by the commitment of Jefferson County quarterback Barry Bostic, who figures to play in the secondary in college.
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GTFizziks2011
June 19th, 2009
5:14 pm
Welcome to the Tech family, Ryan!
This is a huge pickup for us. We have now gotten commits from a full secondary, and all from Georgia.
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June 19th, 2009
5:24 pm
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CPJ can recruit!
June 19th, 2009
5:24 pm
Another quality recruit for the Jackets. Welcome Ryan. You made the right choice!
Tide Rising
June 19th, 2009
5:24 pm
Huge pickup for the jackets! Congrats! Bama had the guy rated really high and we wanted another top caliber corner to go with the one we already picked up. Looks like Tech is really picking up the recruiting with CPJ.
Al
June 19th, 2009
5:25 pm
Let’s see McCoy, Bostic, Ayers and Bailey. I’d say Coach Johnson has first dibs on all of the state’s QUALIFIED prospects.
ed
June 19th, 2009
5:30 pm
georgia tech is actually getting a blue chipper from the state of georgia
Whats going on in this state???
June 19th, 2009
5:32 pm
That`s ANOTHER ONE Georgia wanted that tech stole!!!! That makes three!
Tom
June 19th, 2009
5:34 pm
Al, don’t forget Safety Isaiah Johnson (Sandy Creek) who had the red carpet rolled out for him by the UGA staff just days before committing to Tech. He also had offers from the likes of Miami, Ole Miss, Ok State, NCSU, S Carolina, Stanford.
That’s two of the top DB’s in-state that have chosen CPJ and Tech over UGA in the last week.
jacketbacker
June 19th, 2009
5:37 pm
way to go CPJ!!…..welcome ryan…..
Guys, please don't tell my mom I'm blogging and not studying for my Tech exam; she won't cut the crust off my sandwich
June 19th, 2009
5:39 pm
He’ll washout when UGA QB’s throw all over his stupid arse.
sswinfordawg
June 19th, 2009
5:40 pm
Let me first say, this kid has lost his mind.
I would then like to say congrats to Tech for picking up a good secondary in recruiting and would like to say congrats and good luck to the kid.
Tech always lands one or two recruits Georgia is going after so this doesn’t come as that much of a shock to me.
DoubleDawg
June 19th, 2009
5:41 pm
As a Dawg Fan, I have to admit this is a huge pick-up for GT. I have seen Ayers play in person, and quite frankly there was not nearly enough hype around this guy going into this commit IMO. He’s definitely legit. I begrudgingly congratulate you!
The Grinch
June 19th, 2009
5:42 pm
To Al
All the “qualified” athletes?? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Derrick Favors has yet to qualify so why was he offered? Oh yeah, because he can play hoops.
Yellow Fever
June 19th, 2009
5:42 pm
But can he do calculus?
Dawgtime
June 19th, 2009
5:43 pm
Congrats GT. I hear this young man is a great kid and player.
Maddog
June 19th, 2009
5:43 pm
I’ve heard nothing but good things about him as well. Nice pickup, GT.
jacketbacker
June 19th, 2009
5:43 pm
looks like all ugag is getting is gator discards!!…..keep the local players coming!!…. the mutt bandwagon will start to fall apart after they lose a couple of more to CPJ and the Jackets!!
45-42!!!!
THWG
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5:47 pm
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SEC
June 19th, 2009
5:49 pm
As a UGA fan, congrats on the pick up. Thats a good one. I would of loved to see him play for UGA but oh well.
Ogeechee Dawg
June 19th, 2009
5:55 pm
great pickup for the golden tornados. Would have liked to seen him play between the hedges. Wish him best success.
Voice of Reason
June 19th, 2009
5:59 pm
congrats Tech. Looks like you guys are getting a great player here.
GTGrad
June 19th, 2009
5:59 pm
Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.
Saint Simons
June 19th, 2009
6:00 pm
45-42!!!!!Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
m
June 19th, 2009
6:01 pm
thank God and greyhound that Ayers is coming to tech.
RAMBLE ON!!
June 19th, 2009
6:01 pm
Enter your comments here
UGA fan
June 19th, 2009
6:01 pm
Great pickup for the Jackets. Glad to see him stay in Georgia. Jacketbacker, if you will notice, the guys coming to Tech say they can play sooner at Tech. Even to a Nerd, you should know that these guys know they cannot start at UGA anytime soon. Good decision by Ayers for all concerned but wish he had chosen UGA. Good job bugs.
RAMBLE ON!!
June 19th, 2009
6:02 pm
That was my imposter previously.
RAMBLE ON!!
June 19th, 2009
6:04 pm
looks like all ugag is getting is gator discards!!…..keep the local players coming!!…. the mutt bandwagon will start to fall apart after they lose a couple of more to CPJ and the Jackets!!
45-42!!!!
THWG
m
June 19th, 2009
6:05 pm
Let’s see McCoy, Bostic, Ayers and Bailey. I’d say Coach Johnson has first dibs on all of the state’s QUALIFIED prospects.
Al
June 19th, 2009
6:06 pm
Huge pickup for the jackets! Congrats! Bama had the guy rated really high and we wanted another top caliber corner to go with the one we already picked up. Looks like Tech is really picking up the recruiting with CPJ.
RAMBLE ON!!
June 19th, 2009
6:07 pm
Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.
m
June 19th, 2009
6:08 pm
way to go CPJ!!…..welcome ryan…..
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 19th, 2009
6:08 pm
Damn we’re going to be good.
jacketbacker
June 19th, 2009
6:11 pm
Wow. Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.
Calculus
June 19th, 2009
6:12 pm
Holy cow. Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.
QUALIFIED Prospects
June 19th, 2009
6:13 pm
Man oh man. Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.
db
June 19th, 2009
6:13 pm
Great news! We are lucky to get such a fine young man. Go Jackets!
chad
June 19th, 2009
6:15 pm
i can’t wait. Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.
m
June 19th, 2009
6:16 pm
i tell you, looks like all ugag is getting is gator discards!!…..keep the local players coming!!…. the mutt bandwagon will start to fall apart after they lose a couple of more to CPJ and the Jackets!!
45-42!!!!
THWG
Native Atlantan
June 19th, 2009
6:17 pm
Ok…a 5′10″ guy to cover people like AJ Green and Marlon Brown who are both 6′4″? I’ll take the match up on Thanksgiving Saturday.
I’m sure Ayers is and will be a fine player. I’m pretty confident UGA will find some guys who can play corner.
Frank
June 19th, 2009
6:18 pm
Ramble On, thanks for the laugh on this post
“Just a matter of time before we begin to DOMINATE the ACC and the mutts. A NC is not out of the question by 2010.”
You are truly as delusional as any south carolina fan ever.
This blog is about a young man agreeing to play football at georgia tick and to him I say congratualtions on your decision, and I wish you the best in every game you play except the last regular season game each year. If things hold true to form, you will exit tech having never tasted victory against your instate rival.
THWGT!!!!
jdawg
June 19th, 2009
6:28 pm
Main thing is..not Ala or Auburn…we had a good kid out of Hiram (Paulding Co.) that played or is still..Lindley playing for Kentucky…but UGA does have a walk on from Paulding Co. that is on the depth chart…good kid….Ayers High School coach is one of the state’s best.
Surprised
June 19th, 2009
6:40 pm
18 out of the 20 dog posts on here have been incredibly humble and classy. Thanks guys.
SEC
June 19th, 2009
6:48 pm
If only the same could be said for the Tech fans
buzz is wiser
June 19th, 2009
7:39 pm
Best news I’ve gotten all day. Welcome to the flats Ryan. Coach said we we’re going to focus on the state and it seems like we’re doing just that. 75 days and counting til toe meets leather
GOJACKET5
June 19th, 2009
7:41 pm
ha i dont care if uga fans are nice or not i stil hate there a** and i know deep down inside that CPJ we be successful here! Hey dawg fans get use to loosing at least 3-4 games every year because you will not beat florida and you will not beat alabama when you play them and lsu is gonna stomp a mudd hole in your ass oh and by the way Tech is back
Lisa
June 19th, 2009
7:41 pm
Wow! I thought Paul Johnson would win 3 games his first year and not be able to recruit. Glad all the “experts” are stupid. Go Jackets!
GT Dog
June 19th, 2009
7:44 pm
Hmmm, proud of my fellow dogs. Nice posts. It will be interesting to see if M, RAMBLE ON, etc. have the ability to post mature comments on the UGA blog in the future?
Also, no surprise on CPJ getting good recruits. A quality coach all around. I’m glad we got him back in-state.
LSU fan
June 19th, 2009
7:50 pm
Never seen such a bunch of punk a++ smartalecs. You guys beat UGA once in 7 years and you simply cannot handle it with any class at all. You think you are world beaters. You embarass your school, the State of Georgia, and the ACC in the bowl game you were lucky enough to play in and now you think you have a right to shoot your mouths off. Just remember 38-3 on national TV and you were lucky to get 3. I truly hope we don’t meet you guys again in a bowl game. Our 3rd team is much more competition. We don’t even feel good about beating you in the
LSU fan
June 19th, 2009
7:51 pm
Chick Bowl. You are simply nothing to brag about.
Dawg 1
June 19th, 2009
7:57 pm
Congrats. Nice pick up.
JMar
June 19th, 2009
7:57 pm
I’d say Ayers would have been the #1 recruit of GT’s 2009 class. Big pickup.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 19th, 2009
8:11 pm
Frank and GT Dog…that was one of your fellow fleabags pretending to be me.
I did say we were going to be damn good though.
JK8Fan
June 19th, 2009
8:51 pm
As a GT fan, I believe we definitely need to
1)dominate the ACC (very realistic goal). There is no school in the ACC that has taken that step forward. GT should have a huge advantage over all the teams being that we are located in the biggest metro area in the southeast. Miami and FSU have taken steps backwards. Time for GT to assert itself.
2)become more on an even keel year in and year out with the likes of UGA, LSU, and UF – the SEC folks. We need to be competitive year in and year out with these folks. This will be a much harder goal to attain, but as long as we can keep snatching up players from our home state that are up to the challenge, like Mr. Ayers, and build relationships with in state HS teams, we can do it.
Georgia
June 19th, 2009
8:54 pm
be ready to pump gas after graduation! what a pathetic choice, Georgia’s back ups have better chance to make it to the NFL than GT starters!!!and most probably you will graduate or go to prison/transfer without a win against Georgia
James T
June 19th, 2009
9:27 pm
Congrats Mr. Ayers. Wish you picked Bama but wish you the best at GTech. Good school and coach.
MilitaryDawgInDC
June 19th, 2009
9:38 pm
all that, and PJ will still finish around 30-40 in recruiting. Not bad for Ga tech…About what I expect. FSU recruits much better and so does miami. You will never dominate the ACC as long as Va tech, FSU, and Miami are there.
South Paulding
June 19th, 2009
9:40 pm
Huge for GT. I’ve seen this guy play. He might be the best football in GA this year. He’s absolutely legit and I’m glad he is staying in state.
alum
June 19th, 2009
9:43 pm
You’re right Military Dawg, Tech’s class will be ranked low because we’re only taking about 12 guys this year because we’re so young. Not a single Senior starter this year. But you dawgs keep worrying about recruiting rankings and we’ll keep stealing your recruits. Three in one week from the bums up in Athens.
Joe Schmoe
June 19th, 2009
9:44 pm
I am suprised at the low amount of negative comments, but I expect UGA menstural cycles such as HUH?, WTF, YELLOWBLOOD, ECT to show up an blow up the board.
Joe Schmoe
June 19th, 2009
9:47 pm
Alum, you are wrong. Cedric Griffin I belive is a Senior this year, but he is a head hunter and will be the defensive leader.
uga can suck ma balllls!
June 19th, 2009
9:48 pm
pump gas?…lol. I thought ex uga football players had the market coverd in that profession..oh wait I forgot…thats on the inmate market.
Braves Fan
June 19th, 2009
9:49 pm
Enter your comments here
fortebuna
June 19th, 2009
10:02 pm
The jackets are gona rock and let the dawgs keep shoveling manure ie dog poo. Bobby Dodd 8 victories over the dogs now JP is starting his run Sorry Dawgs. THWG
NORRIS
June 19th, 2009
10:07 pm
it doesnt matter. georgia will wipe their plate this year.
tech has won one game against georgia since win????1920 hahahaha
Gtech
June 19th, 2009
10:10 pm
Congrats to a fine young man, and to my beloved alma mater, GT!
Also, interesting to see less than the usual amount of Dawg smack talk trolling on our board; maybe they’re showing a little more respect these days as they realize we are on the upswing.
Sweet Home Alabama
June 19th, 2009
10:15 pm
SOMETHING A LITTLE STincy about this story.nobody in threre right mind would pick the nerds over the TIDE.i WILL BE doing a little investigating on this one…as least he didn goe to georgia.
FalconUGAFan
June 19th, 2009
10:18 pm
Congrats Tech. Good pickup.
What??
June 19th, 2009
10:28 pm
all that, and PJ will still finish around 30-40 in recruiting. Not bad for Ga tech…About what I expect. FSU recruits much better and so does miami. You will never dominate the ACC as long as Va tech, FSU, and Miami are there
Military dawg, you are an idiot! How many times does tech have to beat miami in row for you to take notice, and who cares about recruiting rankings. I didn’t see notre dame do shi* with that #1 class they had last year or top 5 from the year before. We destroyed miami last year and 3 straight. We lost to vt by 4 points on the road and thanks only to a terrible helmet to helmet call on 4th and 12 at the end of the game. We beat them by 30 the last time we were in blacksburg when johnson went off! We beat fsu last year and will do so again. They are nothing to be scared of, and we have more starters coming back than any team in the acc!! We have unc,clemson,vt and ugay at home. We should handle miami,fsu and miss st on the road, and the vandy game up there is one that i worry about. vt and unc will be solid no doubt, but if we win those home games, we will win 10 games without question! No way we lose to ugay and it may be awhile before the leghumpers see another win in this series, we are mostly sophmores and juniors! This offense will explode this season! GO JACKETS!!!!
THWG
BS Patrol
June 19th, 2009
10:28 pm
LSU fan is a steaming little pile of doggie poo & a Tech/LSU wannabee. Get ready for your 2nd straight trampling in November, cretin. And get off your mommy’s computer. You are an embarrassment to real UGA fans.
Big Bee
June 19th, 2009
10:47 pm
Hey Grinch, Favors don’t play football, that is what we are talking about here, huh?
RAMBLE ON!!!!!
June 19th, 2009
10:55 pm
when is the Darth Vader dress up party at Helluva Engineer’s parent’s house? Anybody heard?
chad
June 19th, 2009
11:00 pm
You have to excuse grinch, he is a little slow and is not sure what blog he is on. He just got from vacation and still confused as to what day it is. He is having a hard time getting over his joyous time in Vietnam exploring the privates of the little boys there.
nerdhater
June 19th, 2009
11:00 pm
You guys are going to need all the DBs you can get because UGA is loaded at WR for the next few years.
chad
June 19th, 2009
11:04 pm
To Georgia
I think you are getting the two degrees mixed up between Ugay and Tech. I know you are pissed because again Tech stole another recruit from the dawg nation. Pretty soon ya’ll will not even have the recruiting banner to hold your hat on. What will they do then? Poor pups life is a bit*h isn’t it.
DONZADAWG
June 19th, 2009
11:11 pm
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO TECH RECRUITS, PREPARE FOR ANOTHER 1 WIN 7 LOSS RUN VS. GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. DEFEND THAT……ANY TIME ANY PLACE BUG.
George P. Burdell
June 19th, 2009
11:12 pm
You need to load up on people who can tackle A-backs and B-backs. You already passed all over the field on us, you need some players who can show up for 3 downs, not 1 or 2.
Interesting
June 19th, 2009
11:18 pm
From an objective standpoint, I find it interesting, if a bit odd that UGA fans have been fairly classy in their comments herein (excluding one or two, of course); and that GT fans have been, in the majority though not all of the posts, asinine toward UGA overall in their displays instead of more congratulatory towards their own team and new commitment. Really, go back and read them over as objectively as possible and see if I’m not correct.
bhawk4
June 19th, 2009
11:41 pm
dont get to excited tech fans he is not that good. i mean he didnt do anything special against us last year. us meaning HIRAM HIGH SCHOOL
Zdawg
June 19th, 2009
11:47 pm
Congrats Yech fans. This indeed is a good pickup for you guys. We’ll be okay though with Branden Smith, Jordan Love, and the kid we picked up from Jax today. Wish Mr. Ayers the very best except when we play in November. Congrats again!
wiley
June 20th, 2009
12:27 am
bhawk…I went to hiram( class of 2008, now GT class of 2012) small world. My names wiley, you may know me?
wiley
June 20th, 2009
12:31 am
anyway…this is a good pick up, and this kid will probably get a shot to return punts with the speed he has, good pick up regardless. bhawk4 he is obviously good if programs like UGA, Alabama, GT, and others are offering him….he is a D1 talent no doubt…Go Jackets!
dandydawg
June 20th, 2009
12:40 am
LOL! These comments are funny as Hell! No one knows what’s going to happen this football season.. Let the kids play the game. One thing that will be “a for sure” is that Georgia and Georgia Tech should be better come this fall!
I am hoping for both teams to go undefeated and the last game of the season…will finally count for something! Gooooo Dawgs and SEC!
dawgfan1911
June 20th, 2009
3:42 am
Look the state of Georgia is full of high school football talent. GTech got a darn good football player and they should be excited, but everyone who follows Georgia footbll knows that when on player from Georgia commit, they all start rolling in. In fact it wouldnt suprise me if coach Rict alredy have secret verbals from a lot of the kids in state including Mack Brown. I like the recruiting in other places like talent rich Florida and North Carolina, Texas, Ohio etc. Thats what the emphasis was two years ago to recruit nationally. Remember when all we signed was Georgia players? From same good sources of mine Georgia is closing in on two five star d lineman one from Warner Robins Georgia and the other from Texas. They are also looking at several more offensive lineman. Both Georgia schools will be ok as far as recruiting.
UGASUX
June 20th, 2009
7:41 am
Hey Nerdhater…it doesn’t matter how loaded UGA is at WR because there there is not a decent QB to get the ball to them.
By the way…how serious is Roddy Jones’ injury? I’m just concerned for him…we are loaded at RB.
richtfan
June 20th, 2009
7:43 am
hey, a blind geek finds a pocket protector in the forest every once in a while.
lol
June 20th, 2009
7:50 am
worst. “recruiting analyst.” ever. just steal all the quotes (and rankings) from other services, offer zero real insight. and how’d he do at the recent camp BTW?? not very well by all accounts, that best corner in GA huh.
Top Dawg
June 20th, 2009
8:09 am
Can’t wait for that 5′10″ guy to try to cover our 6′5″ receivers.
UGASlobberknocker
June 20th, 2009
8:13 am
Ive heard this guy plays with a lot of heart and I would have been glad for the Dawgs to sign him..On the other hand, UGA has enough short DBs, we need some speed.
There is no denying it Dawg fans, and we really already knew it based on his Ga Sou days, but CPJ is gonna be a big pain in the butt.
The Grinch
June 20th, 2009
8:25 am
To poor little all-lowercase chad
You regularly post about “little boys”. Geez, you must be a pedophile. I won’t even do the BWAHA stuff. You’re one sick dude.
gtfanfrom1951
June 20th, 2009
8:32 am
To UGA fans… be afraid… be very afraid…. we have a football coach
Meatlake
June 20th, 2009
8:45 am
Congrats…I guess flag boy and the half full stadium will be very happy come fall. Way to represent your state kid even if it isn’t at the State’s flagship institution. Woof
JT
June 20th, 2009
8:45 am
Good to see CPJ recruiting well. There’s so much talent in this state. Glad we finally have someone recruiting that talent.
Paddy
June 20th, 2009
9:08 am
MILITARYDAWGiNdc… agree with all you say about top schools recruiting ability, except, Miami. They are having a difficult time attracting real good players. Their recruiting base of S. Fla has been invaded and eroded. IMHO they will soon fall off the radar as a serious contender as they have in the past. Something is wrong down there, not quite sure what it is?
eBuzz
June 20th, 2009
9:21 am
Kudos to an amazing number of UGA fans who have shown tremendous class about this recruit. As for the others, both UGA and Tech, the banter continues, which frankly is not a bad thing either. After all, what’s a rivalry for? And, maybe, just maybe, one is finally arising again. Time will tell, but Tech is getting back into the hunt, for football and perhaps UGA for basketball, where Tech is sorely lagging and where the hype for recruits only masks the true issue of lack of coaching.
chad
June 20th, 2009
9:30 am
To pervert Grinch
Sorry I called you out like that. I know it is hard when someone knows your darkest secretes. I am just trying to help you by pointing out your problems. Get help please, you need it sick O.
Skydawg
June 20th, 2009
9:42 am
HEY UGASUX…yeah, the Dawgs only have 4..count that 4..former Elite 11 QBs on the team with 2 of them winning the competition. And one of them just happens to be penciled in as the current #1 in Joe Cox.
You North Avenue Trade school geeks crack me up. You win one game against the Dawgs in nearly 10 years (a 3 pt win nonetheless on a team decimated by injuries)…make that nearly 20 if you count the forfeited wins by NCAA infractions and now you think the sky is falling on the Dawg program. Hilarious!!!!
I just love how everyone is overlooking UGA this year. The cupboard is not even remotely close to being bare. So just keep up the smack talk because you have a serious reality check coming in December.
BS Patrol
June 20th, 2009
9:45 am
I seem to remember a short doggie DB shutting down Calvin Johnson a couple of years ago. Of course, Gailey & Ball may have been party to that.
Dawg
June 20th, 2009
10:06 am
1 out of 8 isnt that bad and if you havent noticed we got the best player in GA to commit this past week as well as the top lineman from FL. UGA will ALWAYS be better than the insects its just part of life!
richard cranium
June 20th, 2009
10:07 am
Haven’t you guys heard – The Clarke County Correctional Institute is going to win the Pre-Season National Championship again for the 29th consecutive year….
But they will still lose to GT.