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DEL.ICIO.USHonor for UGA recruit, early catch for Tech
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Green named first-team all-stater
A.J. Green, the Summerville (S.C.) High junior wide receiver who says he’ll sign with Georgia in 2008, on Tuesday was named a first-team South Carolina all-stater by The Associated Press. Green finished his junior season with 60 catches for 1,203 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Threet set to enroll at Tech
Steven Threet went south for the holidays, but the soon-to-be Georgia Tech freshman quarterback will not be in Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl. He’ll be with the Yellow Jackets next week, though.
Threet and his family returned to Adrian, Mich., Tuesday from Key West, Fla., where he, father Jewel, mother Pam and older brother Jay “played a lot of tennis.” Now, they’re preparing to drive to Atlanta on Jan. 4. The recent Adrian High graduate will begin classes at Tech on Jan. 8.
“Right now, I’m listed as a management major, but I’m not sure if that will be changing,” Threet told the AJC’s Matt Winkeljohn on Tuesday.
Threet knows one of his two roommates, fellow early enrollee Derrick Morgan, the defensive end from Coatesville, Pa., and has stayed in touch with several future teammates. He spoke with Kell running back Jonathan Dwyer and Union Grove linebacker Kyle Jackson — who also have committed to Tech — on Christmas day. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Threet, who passed for more than 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns this past fall, stays in touch with Tech offensive coordinator Patrick Nix.
“[Coaches] can only call me once a week [as per NCAA rules],” Threet said. “I talk to Coach Nix twice a week, once when he calls and once when I call him.”
Big catch for Vols
This just in Tuesday afternoon: Rolando Melancon, a 6-foot-2, 260-pound defensive tackle from Louisiana’s Lutcher High, has picked Tennessee over Arkansas, LSU, Michigan and Ole Miss, among others. Rivals.com ranks Melancon No. 20 at his position nationally and No. 4 overall in the state of Louisiana.
Who’s No. 1? Southlake Carroll
Southlake Carroll, which won Texas’ Class 5A, Division I title, finished No. 1 in USA Today’s final Super 25 high school football rankings Tuesday. Rounding out the top five: River Ridge (La.) John Curtis; Lakeland (Fla.) High; Indianapolis Warren Central and Miami Northwestern. No Georgia team made the newspaper’s top 25, nor did any make USA Today’s final Southern top 10.
Line of the day
When asked by the AJC to finish the sentence “My style on the football field reminds some people of …” Tech offensive line recruit Joseph Gilbert of Cartersville said, “A bulldozer plowing over trees. The trees put up a fight but the final result is always the same.”
Mississippi State lands Wright
Sylvester Croom had a happy holiday after getting word that Olive Branch (Miss.) linebacker K.J. Wright selected Mississippi State over Auburn and South Carolina, among others. “MSU is a place that I think I can go in and make an impact and play early,” Wright told Scout.com. “My family was real high on Mississippi State, so that helped. It was just the best thing for me and family.” Mississippi State has a whopping 33 commitments, including one from a Georgian — East Hall defensive tackle Korentheus Bailey.
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