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Recruiting News: Local WR commits to Tennessee

Local wide receiver Josh Smith has committed to the University of Tennessee, GoVolsXtra.com has reported. The article says that the Vols leadership were impressed by Christian Academy of Knoxville receiver at a camp on Tuesday. But Smith had impressed other schools, because Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Kentucky had all invited him to camps later in the summer, the report said. The decision follows last week’s decision by offensive linesman Brett Kendrick – one of the Smith’s classmates at Christian Academy – to go to UT.

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Sunday recruiting news: Dawgs grab new WRs

It’s been widely reported but this is the news out of Florida – the Georgia Bulldogs have gone down south and grabbed wide receiver Reggie Davis. Tallahassee-based Davis, ranked the 17th wide receiver in the nation, was recruited far and wide by schools, including Alabama, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee out of the SEC and Clemson, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, NC State, and Oregon – amongst others – outside of the conference. The 6ft tall Davis – a four-star receiver according to Yahoo Rivals – has a 4.55 40, and weighs 158-lbs. The news comes hot on the heels of Georgia’s signing of Uriah LeMay (brother of Christian LeMay, who was recruited by Mark Richt

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UGA star recruit fails ACT, can’t enrol

Giant Georgia recruit John Atkins will not be able to report to his first UGA training camp after failing to get the required score on his ACT, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution has reported. The 6 ft 4, 325-lb defensive linesman, who signed for the Bulldogs in February told the paper that he failed the test by “just one point”, and will therefore have to be redshirted for his first season. He said: “I’m going to get it [the test score], and I feel like I can get it. I’m going to tutoring all week on how to take it. I’ll be ready for it.” He will be working out at his high school, Thomson, until July, and he hopes to

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