Former Georgia Tech B-back Travis Custis, who transferred to Hutchinson (Kansas) Community College after being declared academically ineligible, has crossed the Yellow Jackets off the list of potential landing spots following his junior-college stay.
The news was first reported by the Clayton News Daily. The decision stems from complications over math classes he would need to take in order to return. “Over here at Hutch, they don’t have what Georgia Tech needs,” he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
It apparently ends a relationship with Tech that never really began. He was to enroll prior to the 2013-14 academic year but was unable due to an NCAA clearinghouse issue. He enrolled in January 2014, took part in spring practice and was expected to be a contributor this season, but then was declared ineligible at the end of the spring term.
He said he was “heartbroken” to leave, “but God did it for a reason.”
Georgia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Miami have made scholarship offers, he said. Georgia, which made an offer in Custis’ recruitment out of Lovejoy High close to signing day well after he had committed to Tech, intrigues him. He said the Bulldogs were among his top five choices in high school.
The possibility of facing his former teammates while playing for the Bulldogs, he said, “would be crazy.”
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