Whitehead to report for start of Tech camp
Georgia Tech signee Kenderius Whitehead will report to the team hotel for preseason training Wednesday, according to a message from his Twitter account.
After leaving N.C. State following his freshman season, Whitehead played last year at Georgia Military College and then fast-tracked his degree work in order to earn his associates degree by the end of the summer and gain eligibility for this coming season.
“He’s put in a ton of work, a ton of effort,” GMC coach Bert Williams said Wednesday. “I’m glad he’s getting home and I’m glad he’s got a place to be in school, practicing and having a chance to play in the ACC. I wish the best for him.”
Whitehead’s arrival is especially good news for Tech. The Jackets are ending an offseason in which a number of players left the team by transfer, dismissal and academic ineligibility. Whitehead, from Martin Luther King High and Milledgeville, will compete for playing time at defensive end. A year ago, he was a junior college All-American, leading GMC to the junior college national championship game with 36 tackles, 7.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.
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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
