MustangGT
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I have received a couple of inquiries regarding committable offers. Therefore I am going to start a post just to clarify what exactly a committable offer is and why I will be more focused on committable prospects this season.
If we find a guy we like, that is a good football player, we have a need for his position, we have evaluated him in film and in person, and he has met the admissions requirements of the admissions office or “The Hill,” as some call it, then we will offer this young man a scholarship. As our staff has shown of late, they are not affraid to go after any player that meets our needs. Therefore, more often than not, if a player meets all the physical and positional requirements and still has not received an offer, it is due to some work that needs to be done in the classroom.
An example of this would be someone like Avis Commack, a very talented Wide Receiver out of Jacksonville, Florida, who has had Tech at the top of list for a couple of months now. He has all the physical and performance characters to receive an offer immediately. However, we have yet to offer him. This is most likely due to some classroom performance issues. It may not be as bad as it sounds, he may just need to pick up an extra foreign language class or get his SAT scores up a little. Now if you look at his bio on Scout, it says that he has received an offer from us. I am not sure why that is, but all sources say that he has not received an offer, though we are in constant contact with him.
In the past, especially last season, we received a little bit of leniency from “The Hill.” I am guessing due to the lack of available scholarships. This was great, as it contributed to one of the best recruiting classes in Georgia Tech history. However, academics will be a bigger factor this year, especially in getting an early offer.
Basically, we our granted X amount of exemptions per football year. These are student athletes that are allowed to join our football team, even though their academics may be a little borderline. Last year, our staff lobbied and received extra exemptions from The Hill, at the cost of having significantly less exemptions this year. As a matter of fact, I have been told that The Hill is only allowing us one exemption this year. So, we will have to be extra certain that all the grades, scores, and credits requirements are in order for all our prospects before we can even think of offering.
Hope this helps…
If we find a guy we like, that is a good football player, we have a need for his position, we have evaluated him in film and in person, and he has met the admissions requirements of the admissions office or “The Hill,” as some call it, then we will offer this young man a scholarship. As our staff has shown of late, they are not affraid to go after any player that meets our needs. Therefore, more often than not, if a player meets all the physical and positional requirements and still has not received an offer, it is due to some work that needs to be done in the classroom.
An example of this would be someone like Avis Commack, a very talented Wide Receiver out of Jacksonville, Florida, who has had Tech at the top of list for a couple of months now. He has all the physical and performance characters to receive an offer immediately. However, we have yet to offer him. This is most likely due to some classroom performance issues. It may not be as bad as it sounds, he may just need to pick up an extra foreign language class or get his SAT scores up a little. Now if you look at his bio on Scout, it says that he has received an offer from us. I am not sure why that is, but all sources say that he has not received an offer, though we are in constant contact with him.
In the past, especially last season, we received a little bit of leniency from “The Hill.” I am guessing due to the lack of available scholarships. This was great, as it contributed to one of the best recruiting classes in Georgia Tech history. However, academics will be a bigger factor this year, especially in getting an early offer.
Basically, we our granted X amount of exemptions per football year. These are student athletes that are allowed to join our football team, even though their academics may be a little borderline. Last year, our staff lobbied and received extra exemptions from The Hill, at the cost of having significantly less exemptions this year. As a matter of fact, I have been told that The Hill is only allowing us one exemption this year. So, we will have to be extra certain that all the grades, scores, and credits requirements are in order for all our prospects before we can even think of offering.
Hope this helps…