Former Georgia Tech kicker Brenton King has entered his name into the transfer portal, a source confirmed Thursday to the AJC. It was first reported by 247Sports.
King is expected to graduate this summer and can transition to a new school as a grad transfer, enabling him to play immediately. King, from Mill Creek High, has two seasons of eligibility remaining. He played in three seasons but can claim the 2018 season as a redshirt year as he appeared in four games. At the start of spring practice in March, coach Geoff Collins said that King had left the team and had accepted a job.
In a tweet posted Thursday afternoon, King said that “(God) has changed what I thought should be my future” and led him back to football.
Tech’s kickoffs and placekicks this season will be attempted by someone without experience at the college level. The only kickers on the roster are sophomore punter/kicker Cliff Gandis and freshman Steven Verdisco, both walk-ons. Allatoona High grad Jude Kelley is expected to join the team as a walk-on. Kelley was rated the No. 5 kicker in the country by Chris Sailer Kicking and Verdisco 37th. Gandis was named South Carolina specialist of the year as a high-school senior in 2017.
King had mixed results in three seasons with the Yellow Jackets. As a freshman in 2017, King was 5-for-6 on field-goal attempts and 15-for-16 on point-after tries and averaged 59.3 yards on kickoffs.
In his sophomore and junior seasons, he was 4-for-11 on field-goal tries, 27-for-28 on PAT’s and averaged 52.9 yards on kickoffs.
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