Archive for March, 2012

[Posted at 4:01 p.m. Friday]

Another SEC school has entered the sweepstakes for the best friend of Robert Nkemdiche, who is the first-ever Georgian to be ranked as the nation’s No. 1 overall college football prospect.

Nkemdiche’s teammate at Grayson High School, DB David Kamara, told the AJC he was offered by Mississippi State on Friday afternoon.

It was the second football scholarship offer this week for Kamara, who was offered by Ole Miss on Wednesday. Nkemdiche’s older brother also plays at Ole Miss.

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“Mississippi State contacted me on Facebook, and told me to call them to talk about an offer,” Kamara told the AJC. “They think I can come there and play. They’re graduating two cornerbacks this year and stuff. They told me that I should think about where I can play the fastest, and talked to me about how I can play early there.

“I …

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Mythical national champions in recruiting AGAIN in 2013? It's looking that way. Nick Saban is off to a fast start for next year, including commitments from two of Georgia top juniors (AP)

Alabama’s Nick Saban is the greatest combination of head coach, chief recruiter and defensive coordinator in college football.

He’s lifted two BCS crystal balls over his head within the last four years, while also capturing four out of the last five mythical national championships in Rivals.com’s team recruiting rankings.

Recruiting? There hasn’t been somebody as powerful and mighty parade throughout the Southeast (to round up blue-chippers) since General Sherman’s march.

And Nick Saban makes the chaos of recruiting look so controlled. On last month’s signing day, while many of his SEC contemporaries were sweating bullets sitting next to fax machines, Saban was telling reporters how the day was drama-free. He also chatted a little bit about that No. 1-ranked class, which was …

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Who will be Georgia Tech’s first commitment for its 2013 recruiting class?

How soon will happen?

It could happen as early as this weekend for the Yellow Jackets, which are entertaining top prospects from across the state and Southeast for a Junior Day this weekend.

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Some of the state’s top prospects that are scheduled to tour Georgia Tech are North Gwinnett OL Alex Stoehr and a couple of Lovejoy teammates, TE AJ Jackson and WR-DB Jumichael Ramos. They both already have several D1 offers from other schools.

Two highly-regarded teammates from Camden County will also be there – WR-DB JJ Green and OL JP Vonashek. Green was offered a football scholarship earlier this week by UGA, his second offer after Duke. He is expected to add Georgia Tech to his list this weekend.

The 6-foot-6, 270-pound Vonashek has sparked the curiosity of nearly every team in the SEC and ACC. He is a transfer from Glynn Academy, and recently got his first offer from North …

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RB Peyton Barber is still popular with college scouts despite playing only four games last season

Even though RB Peyton Barber missed most of last season, the colleges haven’t missed out on him.

Georgia Tech was the latest offer for the 5-foot-11, 220-pound tailback from Milton High School. Barber said he got the news over the phone on Thursday, and will go meet with Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson on Friday.

“I feel really excited and blessed about Georgia Tech,” Barber said. “I was hurt for most of the season. I only played in four games. I really didn’t think I’d get more offers after Clemson. Then they started rolling in. I feel blessed and excited.”

Barber, who sports a 2.9 GPA and wants to major in Business Management or Liberal Arts, also has early offers from Clemson, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Central Florida, Kentucky and Louisville.

Had Barber not suffered a severe high ankle sprain in a preseason scrimmage last summer, he would likely be one of the …

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UGA signee Charles Mann (AJC)

One of UGA’s top basketball recruits won’t get a chance to help his team try to win a state championship because he was ejected from the team’s last playoff game.

Charles Mann signed with UGA in the early period and is the point guard at Milton High School, which plays Harrison at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Class AAAAA  semifinals.

Mann is ineligible to play in Milton’s next two games because he was ejected after being assessed two technical fouls in last Saturday’s quarterfinals win against North Gwinnett. Milton’s coach told the AJC on Wednesday night that he tried to get the severe penalty overturned this week by the Georgia High School Association.

“There’s not really a process to appeal to judgment,” Milton coach David Boyd told the AJC on Wednesday night. “We thought it was a bad call but there’s not really an avenue to appeal. You can’t bring up a video to someone, show it and have them change anything.