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Georgia Tech Football: A Look Back at the Highest Rated Georgia Tech Recruits Since 2000

By Dylan Callaghan-Croley

Oct 17, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets cheerleaders ride the Ramblin Wreck car before a game against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets cheerleaders ride the Ramblin Wreck car before a game against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 11, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets mascot the Ramblin Wreck and cheerleaders lead the team on the field before a game against the Duke Blue Devils at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets mascot the Ramblin Wreck and cheerleaders lead the team on the field before a game against the Duke Blue Devils at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

With the Georgia Tech coaching staff putting it’s finishing touches on the 2017 recruiting class with just two weeks till national signing day, there’s no better way to look at the Yellow Jackets top ten recruits since 2000.

National Signing Day is just two weeks away which means soon 14 young men will sign their letters of intent of playing football at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The following is solely based off the recruiting ratings of Georgia Tech’s recruits since 2000. Therefore players such as Demaryius Thomas will not be featured in this article, but will have their own article in the upcoming days about recent “diamonds in the rough” that the Yellow Jackets have found.

That being said, this article will take a look at the top ten player’s career as Yellow Jackets and decide if they were a HIT or a MISS for the Yellow Jackets coaching staffs.

Before getting started here are Georgia Tech’s 20th to 11th best recruits over the course of the last 17-years.

Tied for the 18th through 20th overall are three recruits. Strong-side defensive end Jason Peters was a 4* in 2007 class and was tied with fellow 2007 recruit offensive tackle Nick Claytor. Also tied with the 2007 prospects was defensive tackle J.C Lanier who was a four star in the 2009 recruiting class.

Tied for 16th and 17th overall are a pair of 2002 recruits. Four-star tight end George Cooper and four-star kicker David Jordan were both highly rated recruits coming out of high school. At 15th overall is 2010 four-star cornerback Ryan Ayers.

The 14th and 13th positions belong to four-stars Shamire DeVine, an offensive tackle in the 2013 class and cornerback Louis Young of the 2010 Yellow Jackets recruiting class. The last two spots for the 12th and 11th spots is another tie.

The tie is between strong-side defensive end Francis Kallon who was part of the Yellow Jacket’s 2012 recruiting class and four-star quarterback Joshua Nesbitt who was a part of the Yellow Jacket’s tremendous 2007 recruiting class.

Now without further adieu, the top ten highest rated recruits for the Yellow Jackets over the last 16 years.