Ben Lammers, a 6-foot-10 center from San Antonio, with Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory (Note: Photo is courtesy of the Lammers family. It was not arranged, publicized or submitted by Georgia Tech)
After conducting a nationwide search, Georgia Tech has landed a big man for this year’s recruiting class.
Ben Lammers, 6-foot-10 senior from San Antonio, committed to Georgia Tech over Miami, while also considering Marquette. He took visits to all three schools.
“Georgia Tech has a great coaching staff, and I really enjoyed myself there on my visit,” Lammers told the AJC. “I’m looking to be an engineer, and it’s really hard to beat a Georgia Tech engineering degree.”
Lammers is 225-pounder who can play both the power forward and center positions in college. He is a 3-star prospect who is rated as the nation's No. 19 center and the No. 15 overall prospect out of the state of Texas, according to the 247sports composite rankings.
It was a close recruiting battle between Georgia Tech and Miami. “Both coaching staffs are great,” Lammers said.
“One of the main things that separated the two was education. Because like I said, it’s hard to beat a Georgia Tech education. Also, I felt like I fit in a little bit better at Georgia Tech than I did other places.”
Lammers, whose father played football for Texas A&M for a couple of years, averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks last year as a junior at Alamo Heights High School.
Georgia Tech now has two commitments for its 2014 class, including Tift County High School shooting guard Tadric Jackson. The Yellow Jackets have one more scholarship available for this year’s class if they want to use it.
#GaTech's newest commit Ben Lammers is a high-level back-to-the basket post player. A lot like Daniel Miller out of HS, big frame can add wt
Tailback J.J. Green said he can’t say for sure how many times he has heard “you’re one play away from playing” from Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo and running backs coach Bryan McClendon.
Here is a clue that your trip to sunny south Florida may not be a carefree vacation: You’re a football team, and you lose one of your starters during warm-ups.
If nothing else, Georgia has ensured at least one thing about its season. Regardless of where the rest of the schedule takes them, whether its to an SEC championship, a BCS bowl bid or a national title, there will be no claims from outsiders that this team received too many breaks and escaped health issues, no suggestions that the road to success was lined with lollipops and unicorns.
Having been at Georgia four seasons now, soccer coach Steve Holeman doesn’t weird out nearly as much as he once did about playing Ole Miss, where he coached for 15 years.
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