Troup County High wide receiver Kobe Hudson is committed to Auburn, a decision that the four-star prospect made in April 2018. But the rising senior has interest in Georgia Tech.
Hudson, a four-star prospect rated the No. 64 prospect nationally in the 2020 class (247 Sports composite), visited Tech this past Thursday and liked it so much that he has another visit planned for this coming week.
“I think he’s still committed to Auburn, there’s no doubt about that, because (Hudson and Auburn coach Gus Malzahn) just have a great relationship,” Troup County coach Tanner Glisson told the AJC. “But I think (Hudson) just kind of wanted to make sure he’s doing the right thing. I know that Georgia Tech made a really good impression on him.”
Glisson described Hudson as having been “blown away by the energy that they have going there. it’s really good.” If coach Geoff Collins were able to convince Hudson to switch his commitment, it would likely represent the most significant recruiting victory of his young tenure.
Hudson is the No. 8 player in the state in the class and has reported offers from Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Florida, Miami and others. (Former coach Paul Johnson’s staff made its scholarship offer in March 2017, in the spring of Hudson’s freshman year.) He is of such importance to Auburn, Glisson said, that Malzahn himself has been personally recruiting him.
Blessed To Receive Another official Offer From GA Tech . 🙏🏾🐝 pic.twitter.com/fNzn2DGvjW
— K🖐🏾 (@GoLiveK5) March 29, 2017
Tech has not signed a player ranked in the top 100 nationally since the famed 2007 signing class (which Collins helped put together as director of player personnel), when Derrick Morgan, Morgan Burnett and Jonathan Dwyer were all top-100 signees. That was also the last time the Jackets signed a prospect rated in the top 10 in the state of Georgia (Burnett and Dwyer).
Hudson made the visit to Tech with Glisson and Troup County teammates Royce White, Trey Williams, Jarell Smith and Jace Godwin, taking a day off from school to make the trip. (White is a sophomore defensive tackle who has already received an offer from Nebraska. Glisson said that White “really fits the Georgia Tech mold.”) Collins has let it be known that “they’re going to recruit (Hudson) really hard, so we’ll kind of see how it plays out and see how it goes,” Glisson said.
From Tech’s perspective, there may be a lot more work to do to swing Hudson’s decision. But the fact that he saw enough to want to make another visit, this time likely with Glisson and teammate Zy Varner (a 2021 linebacker with offers from Texas A&M and Nebraska) would seem telling. (For whatever it’s worth, Hudson tweeted a video from his visit and also changed the photo atop his Twitter page to one of him outfitted in a Tech uniform.)
Big Dawg When I Look In Da Mirror ... 🐍 pic.twitter.com/ZEcWqDyA3h
— K🖐🏾 (@GoLiveK5) February 21, 2019
“It was surprising,” Glisson said of Hudson’s decision to return for a second visit. “Georgia Tech has not really been mentioned on his radar, and he’s been so loyal to Auburn and coach Malzahn. It was very, very impressive from Georgia Tech’s standpoint that they could even get him thinking in that direction at all. And I don’t know what will come of it. His relationship with coach Malzahn is really good and those guys at Auburn have been great to him as well.”
Hudson has good size for the position (6-foot-2 and 205 pounds) and can power clean 330 pounds, Glisson said. Beyond that, he has good body control and Glisson said that he is the best player he has coached at winning 50/50 balls in the air. This season, needing a quarterback, Glisson moved Hudson to that position, where he became the AJC’s Class AAAA state offensive player of the year.
“There’s just not a whole lot that he can’t do,” Glisson said. “Speed-wise, he was much improved this year.”
