In the sixth game of the season, the Georgia Tech signing class of 2015 may yet place another member on the field in its first fall on campus.
Coach Paul Johnson said that first-year freshman wide receiver Harland Howell will probably travel with the team to face No. 6 Clemson on Saturday and may play as a No. 4 receiver behind Micheal Summers, Ricky Jeune and Brad Stewart. Summers is expected to play Saturday after missing the past two games with a shoulder injury.
Coaches are looking for more production from the spot. Last week against North Carolina, with Summers out, Jeune and Stewart played nearly the entire game. Antonio Messick was the No. 3 receiver behind them.
Messick needs to “be a more consistent player in everything that he does, and when he gets an opportunity, get out there and get it done,” wide receivers coach Buzz Preston said. “Hopefully, that’s going to happen.”
Howell would be the 11th member of the 2015 class, which at 27 members was Johnson’s largest, to play this season. Howell, an early enrollee from Wheeler High, would follow two classmates who played their first games last Saturday against North Carolina, A-back Mikell Lands-Davis and defensive tackle Kyle Cerge-Henderson.
It would tie the 2011 class, which included safety Jamal Golden, guard Shaquille Mason, B-back Zach Laskey and wide receiver Darren Waller, for most members to play as first-year freshmen in Johnson’s tenure.
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