Tomorrow is going to be a big day for five star offensive tackle Josh Petty.
He will be deciding where he is going to be committing and his five finalists are Georgia Tech, Florida State, Ohio State, Tennessee, and Stanford, but one school has emerged over the past couple of weeks and that is Brent Key and Georgia Tech.
While it seemed like Florida State had the momentum for several months, things have slowly been trending in Georgia Tech’s direction. On Monday, On3 Sports director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong said that he thought it was coming down to Georgia Tech and Ohio State, not Florida State.
There has been a lot of buzz that Ohio State is making a late charge here, I am certainly seeing the Buckeyes as one school that he is giving deep thought here at the end of this process. Florida State got the last visit, but I am not feeling as good about that one as I am working this one with Chad Simmons, On3 Colleague. Georgia Tech is trending up as well and this could be shaping up to be a Georgia Tech/Ohio State battle unless that last visit to Florida State helped get Florida State back around. Ohio State and Georgia Tech are the programs with the momentum right now. Georiga Tech is making a push for a top 25 class right now as Brent Key and company are doing a good job. This has been a guy that Ohio State has gone all in on here at the end of the summer and the Petty family is feeling it.”
Then on Thursday, Wiltfong and fellow On3 recruiting expert Chad Simmons placed two predictions in for Petty to land at Georgia Tech. Soon after, four 247 Sports Crystal Ball Predictions were put in for Petty to pick Georgia Tech. It is fair to say that Georgia Tech is now the heavy favorite to win their biggest recruiting battle of the modern recruiting era. Predictions can be wrong, but everything seems to point towards Georgia Tech heading into tomorrow.
It is hard to understate how massive of a win this would be for Georgia Tech. Petty is one of the best prospects in the state of Georgia and in the country. Georgia Tech already has an impressive offensive line class and getting Petty would give them one of the best in the ACC and the country. It would be a huge statement from Brent Key and the program if they pull this off. Petty would be the third blue chip (four or five-star) offensive lineman in the Yellow Jackets class.
