ZACH LASKEY: ‘I never considered going anywhere else'

For most recruits, the number of phone calls and text messages dies significantly after they announce a commitment to a school. But the opposite was true for Starr’s Mill running back Zach Laskey.

And most of those calls and texts were coming from Georgia Tech. Even though he had committed to the Yellow Jackets back in December, Tech coaches were still calling him constantly even last week. After a number of players previously committed to the Yellow Jackets switched to other schools over the last few weeks, they wanted to make sure Laskey was remaining true.

“It was crazy,” said Laskey, a 6-foot-1, 185-pounder who will line up at the B-back position in head coach Paul Johnson’s offense. “They were calling so much, just to make sure I was still coming.”

But Laskey said Tech had nothing to worry about. He had offers from Middle Tennessee, all three service academies and several Football Championship Series (FCS, formerly Division I-AA). But Tech was always his top choice.

“We moved here [from Pennsylvania] when I was seven, and I saw my first Tech-Georgia game,” Laskey said. “I liked how Tech played, how physical they were and I became a Tech fan from then on.

“Then when they starting recruiting me and I visited, it really felt like home,” said Laskey, who will be joined at Tech by his teammate at Starr’s Mill, receiver Jeff Greene. “And the fact that Jeff was committed to going there really sold me as well. Once they offered, that was it. I never considered going anywhere else.”