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Georgia Tech Football Recruiting: Updates on several notable targets heading into the early signing period

By Dylan Callaghan-Croley

ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 1: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets car Ramblin' Wreck prepares to drive out of the tunnel prior to their game against the Virginia Cavaliers on November 1, 2014 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 35-10. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 1: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets car Ramblin' Wreck prepares to drive out of the tunnel prior to their game against the Virginia Cavaliers on November 1, 2014 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 35-10. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /
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With the early signing period beginning in just one week, we take a look at three Georgia Tech top targets that are left heading into the early signing period.

DE Jamarcus Chatman – Rome, GA

Chatman decommitted from Tennessee on Tuesday, the second school he’s decommitted from in his recruitment joining LSU. Right now it seems that the Jackets are a team to watch in his recruitment but his recruitment is  also wide open at this point. The Jackets are one of 61 total offers for Chatman, a hefty total for a player ranked just out of the top 400.

On Tuesday night, co-offensive line coach Ron West traveled to Chatman’s home in Rome, Georgia to visit the three-star recruit.

https://twitter.com/ChatmanJamarcus/status/940760956132581376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23940760956132581376

Currently, the Jackets have four defensive line commitments, two at defensive tackle and two at defensive end. If Chatman decided to join the Jackets 2018 recruiting class, he would be their second highest rated recruit only behind Jaylon King.

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WR Jalen Jordan – Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia native and IMG Academy wide receiver Jalen Jordan shut down his recruitment on Wednesday committing to Rutgers. Jordan, a 6-foot-5 receiver and a top 100 receiver in the nation will join his current teammate Artur Sitkowski, a four-star quarterback.

The Jackets were in on Jordan until the very end but playing with his current teammate in Sitkowski and going back closer to home seemed to be two huge deciding factors in Jordan’s commitment.

The Jackets currently hold two receiver commits in Malachi Carter (Lawrenceville, GA) and Patrick Harris (Newnan, GA)

DE/OL Lorenz Metz – Germany

Could the Jackets add another German recruit to their 2017 recruiting class? The simple answer is, yes.

The German defensive lineman/offensive lineman received an offer from the Jackets on Monday, it was his first power five offer. So far, Metz has visited has made four official visits his last coming a week ago at UConn.

https://twitter.com/MetzLorenz/status/940341414558285824

Metz is physically built like an NFL ready player at 6-foot-9 and 280-pounds. Fellow German and current Georgia Tech commitment Julius Welschof stands at 6-foot-6 and 248-pounds. Welschof’s commitment to Tech could play a factor in Metz’s recruitment.

If Metz makes his fifth official visit Georgia Tech, I like the Jackets chances in his recruitment. There’s no doubt he’s had contact with Welschof and the Jackets have a history of turning foreign players into tremendous players.

We’ll have another recruiting article on Thursday, with predictions of how we expect the 2018 recruiting class to look when it’s all said and done.