Dalvin Tomlinson: Got scholarship papers from Georgia Tech, Alabama and UGA in mail
Dalvin Tomlinson has the paperwork from Georgia Tech, Alabama and UGA, says his coach. Where will he sign? (AJC)
Georgia Tech, Alabama, and UGA must all feel like they have a shot on Dalvin Tomlinson, the AJC Super 11 defensive end from Henry County High School.
The 6-foot-3, 270-pounder has gotten a letter-of-intent in the mail from each of his three finalists, his coach told the AJC. On Wednesday morning, Tomlinson will sign a football scholarship with Georgia Tech, Alabama or UGA.
“There’s nothing new … well, I mean, Dalvin hasn’t told anybody anything,” Henry County coach Mike Rozier told the AJC. “He knows where he’s going but he’s not telling anybody. That guy is tight-lipped and poker-faced. His own family members, his aunt and uncle, they don’t know.”
Georgia Tech and Alabama have been rumored to Tomlinson’s frontrunners since last summer. The Yellow Jackets dispatched coaches to see Tomlinson the past two weeks, according to Rozier. Georgia Tech supporters point out that Tomlinson attended nearly every Yellow Jackets’ home game this past season and that he may want to stay relatively close to home after last summer’s unexpected death of his mother due to a longtime illness.
What about Alabama? If you read the Alabama message boards, you’d think that Tomlinson has “secretly committed” to the Crimson Tide. There’s also a popular conspiracy theory that that’s why Tomlinson finally was smiling last week – that he got the green light that a scholarship spot had opened up for him. Who knows? I do know I talked to a few Alabama commits about Tomlinson and they said “definitely Alabama” for whatever that is worth.
Then there’s that darkhorse, UGA. Tomlinson didn’t make his official visit with the Bulldogs last week because of “family reasons” and wrestling. His coach said Tomlinson has been to UGA a dozen times since he was a sophomore for one reason or another. It appears to be a super-duper longshot, validated only by the never-ending rumors about UGA “mystery” recruits – kids publicly committed to other schools that will flip to the Bulldogs on signing day. Then again, UGA obviously feels they’ve got a some kind of chance because they sent Tomlinson an LOI.
What’s your prediction? Please post below.
RELATED: As expected, Henry County QB-DB Chris Moody switched his commitment from Vanderbilt to South Carolina on Monday. Moody pledged to Vanderbilt a couple of weekends ago, but was talked into taking a last-minute official visit to South Carolina. Gamecocks defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward might’ve recruited the state of Georgia better than any other college coach this year. At least 11 Georgia players will sign with South Carolina. “Chris will play DB but they also like him as a Wildcat QB,” Rozier said.
SINCE YOU LAST REFRESHED THIS PAGE …
- My day with JaQuay Williams
- Will Justin Taylor sign with SEC rivals or wait to play for Nick Saban in 2013?
- Dalvin Tomlinson got his LOI from Alabama, Georgia Tech and UGA
- Grant Radakovich, son of Georgia Tech AD, makes college decision
- SHOCKER: UGA LB target Markuss Eligwe postpones signing with anyone until Feb. 6
- Memphis DB commits to UGA
- UPDATE! Josh Harvey-Clemons: Miami moves into tie with UGA, FSU and Florida but …
- Mark Richt is making last-ditch effort to flip top Alabama recruit; Will it work?
- Georga QB commits to Mississippi State
- Chester Brown: Will ex-UGA OL recruit sign with Central Florida? (UPDATED)
- Mark Richt can’t make visit with top recruit and sends UGA assistants; Will it hurt Bulldogs’ chances?
- Guess where UGA WR target JaQuay Williams made a “surprise” appearance? Good news or bad news for the Bulldogs?
BUSY SUNDAY FOR GEORGIA TECH: GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
- DB Antonio Crawford flips from Georgia Tech to Miami
- WR Travin Henry commits to Georgia Tech
- Will OL Will Adams stick with Georgia Tech OR switch to Auburn? The plot thickens after media report
- Ex-Georgia Tech commit Junior Gnonkonde picks UNC and test scores “not an issue”
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OVER THE WEEKEND …
- RB Justin Taylor may sign with SEC rival rather than wait on 2013 with Nick Saban
- Vol fans can relax because Derek Dooley has finally met Eric Berry’s twin brothers
- Dalvin Tomlinson has made the decision: Is it Alabama, Georgia Tech or UGA?
- Mark Richt and his entourage of UGA assistants visit Alabama and Auburn commits
- UGA makes last-minute offer to OL who was lifelong UGA fan until he committed to … Georgia Tech last summer
IT’S RAINING RECRUITING STORIES
- The recruiting trail leads Mark Richt to “jail” visit
- Is JaQuay Williams on the verge of flipping from Auburn to UGA?
- How will Paul Johnson react? Georgia Tech recruit declares last-minute visit to Miami
- Josh Harvey-Clemons: Wins award for inviting most guests to church
- Nick Saban meets with Justin Taylor, promises “to stand by his word”
- Josh Harvey-Clemons: Is there new competition for UGA?
- UPDATE!!! Now we KNOW why OL Chester Brown de-committed from UGA
- Guess who is waiting on state’s No. 1 WR after finishing his UGA visit? Yes, Gene Chizik
- Josh Dawson says it’s “50/50″ between UGA and Vanderbilt
– By Michael Carvell, AJC Recruiting Blog
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Nothing Could Be Finer
January 31st, 2012
4:13 pm
Go Cocks!
Joshua Barlowe
January 31st, 2012
4:27 pm
He can go to Alabama and hope he’s not one of the 12 players they’ve got to CUT before August. Oversigning.com – Alabama is a disgusting program.
5150 UOAD
January 31st, 2012
4:31 pm
Wreckmaniac
January 31st, 2012
4:03 pm
As smart as Tomlinson is he may want to go to GA or Alabama because he could probably finish his degree requirements in one year and have a doctorate before his four years are up. Just sayin’.
WRONG..at the rate Bama players are making the Honor Roll Tomlinson could finish a doctorate there easier.
Stinger2
January 31st, 2012
4:46 pm
Does anyone know the time frame tomorrow in which Tomlinson will make his announcement?
Cdpridg
January 31st, 2012
5:13 pm
I really dont see this young man going to Tech. He is too smart to willingly accept being a loser for the next 4yrs. It’s as simple as that fellas….
Dmitri
January 31st, 2012
5:26 pm
Cdpridg, you don’t really see though…
FL Jacket
January 31st, 2012
5:29 pm
Stinger2…8:30 AM on Good Day Atlanta along with dozens of other recruits
Cdpridg
January 31st, 2012
5:31 pm
Dmitri…find a hockey blog son..
stan h
January 31st, 2012
5:35 pm
READ HIS CREDENTIALS…….SMART…….WHY WOULD HE GO ANYWHERE BUT GEORGIA TECH????……THE BEST ACADEMIC SCHOOL THAT PLAYS FOR ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS MOST YEARS……AL GROH WILL SEND HIM TO THE NFL!!!!!
Old Gold Britches
January 31st, 2012
6:04 pm
Dalvin Tomlinson: Stingum my man! Be a leader at the Flats!
Brown Dog
January 31st, 2012
6:05 pm
He and Kirven will be comitting to Alabama tomorrow.
The numbers? Sorry that’s for the more advanced students.
Touch Dat Thang Fo
January 31st, 2012
6:18 pm
@Joshua Barlowe – your a bitter loser Joshy
Douglas
January 31st, 2012
6:50 pm
Wow…I know there are some Alabama fans that have some class. But some of these guys posting on behalf of Alabama must be related to the same baba fan who killed the trees at Auburn. For one, I would rather have Richt as a coach who has integrity with recruits than with Saban who cheats and lies to recruits. Sorry you 2 or 3 clueless bama fans on here…we do not have Saban envy like you do. Secondly, the only way Bryant, USC, and Oklahoma won the number of Championships they did is because the NCAA did not place a scholarship limit on schools back then. Since that time, how many national championships have USC, Bama, and Oklahoma won? Right, you only win when you have an advantage over teams in the level and number of athletes you recruit. Put your teams on an equal footing with the other NCAA football schools, and lets see where you stand. As an SEC fan, I think Alabama is a disgrace to the SEC and NCAA because you act like you win games playing according to everyone else’s rules but Saban bends the rules or lies to win games. And you think that is fine. What I call that is: classless. so go ahead…joke about all the other schools who play Bama and criticize Saban for the way he recruits and lies…you are still Classless.
1 4 GT
January 31st, 2012
7:08 pm
5:32 pm
First, readers need to recognize that ESPN has a VESTED INTEREST in all things SEC.
Thats the only way ESPN will ever be able to afford to pay the Billion contract it signed with
the SEC.
Second, see this AJC article: http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2008/12/28/acadmain_1228_3DOT.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab
Here’s the important part:
“Georgia Tech’s football players had the nation’s best average SAT score, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0 in the core curriculum. But Tech’s football players still scored 315 SAT points lower on average than their classmates.”
“At the University of Georgia, the average football SAT was 949, which is 239 points behind the average for an undergraduate student at Georgia — and 79 points behind Tech’s football average. The Bulldogs’ average high school GPA was 2.77, or 45th out of 53 teams for which football GPAs were available. Their SAT average ranked them 22nd.”
What this article makes clear it that The Hill at GT is very selective on who it allows the GTAA to offer scholarships to. More selective than what the GTAA might prefer. It also proves that the average GT undergrad is VERY academically accomplished.
The fact that UGA ranks 45th out 53 only serves to CONFIRM how illiterate UGA recruits are, and that UGA will and does offer scholarships to any of this state’s illiterate high school “graduates”
that the admin at GT will not allow.
Need an example: try Lonnie Outlaw. Outlaw was recruited by UGA, and is required to attend Georgia Military for 2 FULL YEARS…before…UGA can even accept him. Outlaw must be seriously illiterate if he needs 2 full years at remedial-stupid school just to be eligible at UGA.
Third, lets face facts: The Athletic Association at UGA is a plantation system.
There’s no other way to describe an organization that takes illiterates kids, puts them in remedial education for the purpose of getting them qualified to play football so that can generate revenue for the Athletic Association. Do i jest? UGA’s very own infamous Dr. Leroy Ervin said EXACTLY those words in US Federal Court.
Fourth, this state is turning out legions of barely literate high school graduates. GT will always have a tough time recruiting, if this state’s high schoolers are graduating…dumber and dumber each year.
Fifth, Over-signing. The SEC has perfected it.
Sixth: $$$$$. Bama, Auburn, and SEC schools pay BIG $$$$ to recruits.
Just ask Herschel, or Cam.
Way too many examples to list, but you get the idea.
North Campus Trash
January 31st, 2012
7:28 pm
Hey Michael, I loved your original headline this morning implying that D Tomlinson’s recruitment was UGA/Tech battle. It’s all about the “hits” on today’s AJC.
Augusta dawg
January 31st, 2012
7:32 pm
Atlanta might as well be a Midwest town. He isn’t going to tech.
Fall ball
January 31st, 2012
7:35 pm
Yeah Athens is the place to be for a college kid Atlanta isn’t the south
The Bear
January 31st, 2012
7:36 pm
@Douglas go cry somewhere else please!
Roll Tide
bAMA wOMACK
January 31st, 2012
8:05 pm
Oh we have room for him, just not Justin Taylor though……..
Kim
January 31st, 2012
8:12 pm
SABAN is the real Honey Badger….HE TAKES WHAT HE WANTS. RTR!!
bAMA fan oh yeah
January 31st, 2012
8:33 pm
We love Saban, i mean really think about it for a minute here.
1. i can over sign kids every year and if they get hurt…screw um, but they still want to come play for me.
2. i can lose during the season, not win the conference, and still get a chance to play for the National championship.
3. kids are dumb!
4. Espn likes me!
SLAWDAWG
January 31st, 2012
9:32 pm
14 GT……This must be your IQ…..As long as Dawg players CONTINUE to beat Techs A**, who cares about their GPA?…GPA to Dawg fans means—–GOT PAULS A**—–AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 31st, 2012
9:34 pm
And THAT, slawdwag, is the definition of a football factory
Lakedawg
January 31st, 2012
9:45 pm
Dawgs have 64 scholarship players as of 1/01/12. With 17 committments/early enrolees. believe that totals 81, so do not see but 4 left unless the 2 HS already enrolled qualify as last year, so maybe 6 new names max tomorrow. Believe we get 5 and have another solid class as last year.
wes
January 31st, 2012
10:27 pm
1 4 GT is spot on.
SLAWDOG has a funny name.
GT GRAD
January 31st, 2012
10:30 pm
GT offers a superb college education and I am certain that Dalvin would play from day one for the Jackets. Also, look at all of the recent DL and DE players that have played at GT and are now having huge success in the NFL. Add the fact that Al Groh runs a 3-4 scheme and he is more than well respected by NFL coaches with regard to his ability to teach the 3-4. I do not have any inside info, but I will publically admit that I hope Dalvin decides to attend and play football at GT!!!
Crudmudgeon
January 31st, 2012
10:39 pm
Now why in the world would some kid from Georgia consider going somewhere else other than UGA or Tech? I’m always mystified because if they stayed in-state. either Tech or UGA would have a national champion every couple of years. Makes no sense that South Carolina (of all places) would out recruit UGA in this state. Who talks to these kids? Makes you wonder what kind of ‘juice’ is being passed under the table doesn’t it?
1 4 GT
January 31st, 2012
10:55 pm
I must to admit to doing a cut & paste from the blog on MB’s ESPN hatchet job less than 24 hours b/4 NSD. I was hoping Dalvin might see it and give him added reason to accept GT’s offer.
Crimson Crush
January 31st, 2012
10:55 pm
Always good for big LOLs … the biggest being the people claiming they aren’t envious of the Crimson Tide program … then they spend hours a day … every day .. on a college football blog … trying to run down Bama in any conceivable way they can . When they run out of silliness on football they move on to any other third grade insult they can cut and paste from each other
By the way Mudgeon … back when kids were basically forced to stay for the most part in Georgia because of how recruiting worked .. the two schools you mentioned weren’t winning national championships “every couple of years” back then . What makes you think it would suddenly start to happen in 2012 … or beyond ? Let me guess …. more “magical thinking” .
Let’s let the kiddies get back to proving how disinterested they are in Alabama football . Surely they have a couple of puerile momma jokes left in them
Supersize that order, mutt
January 31st, 2012
11:15 pm
There is a BIG difference between “envying” or admiring the results and envying the program. Sure we would all like to have the results that Bama has had, but I guarantee you no school in the country admires or envies the methods you use to get those results. It is TOTALLY UNETHICAL!!!!
1 4 GT
January 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Supersize, you were flattered on the MB hatchet job blog earlier.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 31st, 2012
11:20 pm
1 4 GT, are you referring to what gt4ever posted?
Supersize that order, mutt
January 31st, 2012
11:20 pm
or are you serious? was I really flattered? gt4ever and I “get along,” but we totally disagree on most things
1 4 GT
January 31st, 2012
11:26 pm
Flattered as in imitation.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 31st, 2012
11:28 pm
1 4 GT, I just went to that blog and saw what you are talking about. The REAL flattery was by you and ole yeller in defending my name and standing up for me. OBVIOUSLY I did not make those 3 or 4 posts in question. I am thankful to have friends who know me and my ways and who will stand up for me. BIG THANKS !!!!!
Crimson Crush
January 31st, 2012
11:49 pm
Supersize … when people have to create the excuses or fabricate out of whole cloth the “unethical” before they can live with the results of their own programs . … it is envy … pure and simple .
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
12:06 am
Crimson Crush, there is nothing fabricated about a sleazeball coach who makes commitments to sign players and then pulls the offers when he decides later that he doesn’t need them after all, or that he has too many other commitments already and has to drop a few Or “promises” to hold a scholarship open next year for an injured kid, knowing full well he might decide next year that the injury was so bad that the kid just doesn’t have it anymore. Hopefully, somebody will (or has) knocked some sense into the kid’s head that if he doesn’t get the hell out of there, he may end up never playing football for anybody. What about any of that do you think is fabricated or in the least bit ethical? I guarantee you you wouldn’t work for a boss who operated like that.
Crimson Crush
February 1st, 2012
12:23 am
Actually … I’ve worked under otugh bosses before . It didn’t kill me . And just a small ( but not insignifcant ) correction … unlike what Paul Johnson or Mark Richt did in the last week … Saban never pulled Taylors offer of a scholarship … EVER … not even in the fantasy manufactured pages of the AJC articles about the kid . So you are indeed stretching long and hard to fabricate . You are starting to look sort of green there Supa ..
Kool like that
February 1st, 2012
12:34 am
why is that they have not instituted “midnight” madness with signing day. I would think the ratings in the southeast would be high.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
12:34 am
No, he didn’t pull it; he just made a promise he knew he didn’t have to keep and probably wouldn’t. And Paul only pulled the scholarhip offer for a kid who couldn’t qualify academically. And then he turned around and helped the kid get in touch with coaches at other schools. I don’t recall Saban ever offering to help anybody like that
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
12:37 am
Crimson, working under a tough boss, and working under a boss who will fire you so he can hire somebody else he thinks might be better are two different things. And Saban is the latter.
Crimson Crush
February 1st, 2012
12:44 am
This isn’t Burger King people are trying to be part of . You have obviously never been part of any sort of elite team in any profession Supersize . If you had … you would know … in the real world … it happens every day .
Crimson Crush
February 1st, 2012
12:52 am
So I I want everybody to think here for a second . How much does this game mean to you ? Because if it means something to you … you can’t stand still !
You understand ?
You play fast ! … you play strong ! …
You go out there and dominate the guy you are playing against and MAKE HIS A** QUIT !!!
That’s our trademark ! ..
That’s our M.O. as a team !…
That’s what people know us as ! .. .
You understand ? …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3u7SNsAE6E
Wreckmaniac
February 1st, 2012
12:58 am
Sad day for Tomlinson. I think he would rather be pursued than committ. Blog “coverage” has made him look bad.
Wreckmaniac
February 1st, 2012
1:01 am
We blog dimwits will spend hours contemplating a decision that these kids take 5 minutes to make.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 1st, 2012
1:50 am
Everybody, including you, Crimson, should read the article about Denzel McCoy and Antonio Wilson. There is much wisdom to be gained from those two kids. THAT is what the college experience really SHOULD be about. They may have never played football, but they are probably better men for what they went through, and I bet that both are great successes in life.
Crimson Crush
February 1st, 2012
2:19 am
Hrmmm … after looking .. I see what you mean by “wisodm” … according to the AJC article
“Wilson, a defensive end from Columbia High, committed to Vanderbilt in late January 2008, but switched to Tech at the last minute. The surprise prompted an irate call from a Vanderbilt assistant on signing day.
“He was like, ‘How could you do this to us?’” Wilson said.”
So … basically …. the kid was great to you … because he committed to Vandy one week and shafted them for Georgia Tech then next ? How about YOU go back and read “what it is all about ”
If you are trying to play up the whole “they got injured and couldn’t play worth a damn” bit as evidence of “what it is all about ” .. I offer you Tide player Zeke Knight . A kid who had trials every bit as hard as the two you mentioned … and STILL kept pushing through to keep trying to pursue his dreams . To the point that after Saban offered him a cushy out in the form of a medical redshirt where all he had to do was go to class …. he took the hard road and left Bama to do it . The kid appllied to sveral schools before he found one willing to take a chance with him . Even after he finally found a new college that would take him … he had to sign a release saying if he dropped dead on the field … it wasn’t their fault ( I am sure it must have been Saban’s fault all that happened . That is what OverWhining.com tells me anyway )
http://blog.al.com/kevin-scarbinsky/2010/01/scarbinsky_zeke_knights_heart.html
Struggling with tough breaks in college football programs isn’t anything unique to Ga Tech . Quitting or taking the easy (aka Bobby Dodd) way out might be though
68-56
February 1st, 2012
3:00 am
Well you can count the rednecks out… That leaves bama or GT
BigDaddyDawg
February 1st, 2012
4:57 am
Satan will “oversign” him.
Touch Dat Thang Fo
February 1st, 2012
6:26 am
Lets all give “Douglas” a break. His team has done NOTHING since 1980. Poor guy I kinda feel sorry for him….. ahhhhh maybe not!!! S_cks to be you buddy!!! RMFT