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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Fort Lauderdale’s Longo 13th to commit to UGA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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With eight months to go until national signing day, Georgia’s recruiting work is more than half finished.
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Cardinal Gibbons defensive end Jeremy Longo on Wednesday became the 13th rising senior to commit to Bulldogs coach Mark Richt.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Longo said he picked UGA over Wisconsin, Alabama and LSU.
“If I didn’t find the right school, I wasn’t going to commit [early]. But I found the right school,” Longo said Wednesday night while on his way to the Atlanta airport following his two-day tour of Athens.
Longo is the second Cardinal Gibbons star to pick the Bulldogs for the class of 2008, joining teammate Blair Walsh, a kicker. Longo said Walsh’s commitment didn’t impact his decision.
What did?
“The coaching staff, the atmosphere, the facilities,” he said. “And Athens is a great town.”
UGA now has commitments from four defensive linemen: Longo, Toby Jackson, an end from Griffin; DeAngelo Tyson, a tackle from Statesboro; and Cornelius Washington, an end from Burke County.
