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Georgia Tech running back Bruce Jordan-Swilling and defensive lineman Grey Carroll are expected to rejoin the team when the fall semester begins on Aug. 23. Neither has been practicing with the team during the preseason. "That's what we're anticipating," coach Geoff Collins said Monday, following the team's ninth preseason practice. "I think Monday, class will start, so they'll be back." By NCAA rule, teams are limited to 110 players that can take part in preseason practice before the start of class. An early-enrollee freshman, Carroll has been recovering from a physical ailment. Jordan-Swilling, going into his senior year, has had an academic obligation, according to his father Pat Swilling. "I don't want to put a date on it, but he's progressing really well," Collins said of Carroll. "Our athletics training staff is amazing and he works really, really hared to get himself back in a good spot." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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FB Bruce Jordan-Swilling, Georgia Tech
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08/21/21 - Brent Cimaglia, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 219 (DS#999 K) + More +

When Brent Cimaglia was seeking a transfer destination after graduating from Tennessee, the kicker had a salesman on the inside at Georgia Tech. The testimony of punter and kickoff specialist Austin Kent, himself a grad transfer from UCLA, helped convince Cimaglia to transfer to Tech. "I've known him since eighth grade," Cimaglia said Thursday. "And really just hearing his stories about how fun Georgia Tech was, it was an easy decision." Cimaglia entered the transfer portal in late January, announced his decision to enroll at Tech in February and arrived in the summer. Using the extra season of eligibility provided by the NCAA because of COVID-19, he has one season remaining.

His experience and accuracy over four seasons with the Volunteers (he made 46 of 62 field-goal tries) figure to be a boost for Tech, which has been 3-for-8 each of the past two seasons. He was 4-for-4, with a long of 48 yards, in the team's scrimmage Saturday. "From Austin being my holder to Cade Long being the snapper to coach (Brent) Key setting up the line and the protection, I think we have a very good unit this year," Cimaglia said. "Can't wait to go out there first game and put some points on the board." Cimaglia spoke highly of the team environment at Tech, which guard Ryan Johnson, also a former Volunteer, had told him about. Cimaglia was skeptical before visiting. "So I came down, and it was just amazing," he said. "From the coaches to the players to the school to academics, everybody was just amazing. Really friendly." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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K Brent Cimaglia, Georgia Tech
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08/21/21 - Dylan Leonard, rSr/2024, Georgia Tech, 6-5, 242 (DS#46 TE) + More +

Georgia Tech tight end Dylan Leonard packed on the pounds as a freshman in an attempt to handle the rigors of college football. Weighing about 210 pounds upon his arrival in 2019, he expanded by about 35 pounds in less than a year, a commitment that helped him earn a scholarship from coach Geoff Collins. He spent the offseason making those 245 pounds work better for him. "Last year, I kind of felt a little awkward sometimes with my body just because I wasn't used to carrying 245," he said Thursday. "But now I've gotten a lot stronger, and I've kind of redistributed that weight to more muscle, so I feel a lot more powerful, a lot faster in my body now."

Now in his third season, Leonard is competing with classmate Dylan Deveney for the starting job. Last year, Leonard played in seven games and started two as he split time with Deveney. Just as Leonard's increased strength has served him thus far in the preseason, so has his experience. "Just as we get older, the way I approach the game has really changed," he said. "It's kind of come from, 'How can I not mess up this play?' to 'How can I maximize this play?' And I feel like that mindset, especially in blocking, has helped me be more confident, more comfortable." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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TE Dylan Leonard, Georgia Tech
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08/19/21 - Kenneth Kirby, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-4, 305 (DS#93 OG) + More +

After six days of preseason practice, Georgia Tech defensive end Jordan Domineck has had chances to spar with new offensive tackle Kenneth "K.J." Kirby. Tech's leading returning sack producer gave his approval Thursday of the graduate transfer from Norfolk State. "K.J.'s a good offensive lineman," Domineck said Thursday. "He has strong hands, a good set. It's nice to be able to go against that level of competition." Kirby transferred after playing three seasons at the FCS school, twice earning all-conference honors at offensive tackle. It's possible he could pair with Devin Cochran, with the Vanderbilt grad transfer playing left tackle and Kirby on the right. Jordan Williams, who started at right tackle last season as a freshman, could move to guard. Domineck said that it's "always iron sharpening iron" when competing against those three. Domineck said he and Kirby have traded practices where each got the better of the other. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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OG Kenneth Kirby, Georgia Tech
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08/18/21 - E.J. Jenkins, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-6, 245 (DS#26 TE) + More +

Wide receiver or tight end? That's a question South Carolina's E.J. Jenkins gets asked a lot these days. At 6-foot-7 and 243 pounds, Jenkins has a simple answer to the question. "I'm an athlete. I do both. I play offense so I do whatever they need me to do," Jenkins said last week at USC's on-campus media day. Jenkins played both receiver and tight end in the spring and summer since arriving to the Gamecock football program from St. Francis (Pennsylvania) in January along with teammate Jason Brown. Jenkins had 39 catches for 779 yards and a school-record 13 touchdowns in 2019 for St. Francis. The Red Flash didn't have a fall 2020 or spring 2021 season because of COVID-19. This spring, Jenkins said he rotated between receivers and tight ends and bounced back and forth between both positions' meeting rooms. During the media viewing portion at two of USC's fall practices, Jenkins was working strictly as a tight end with the second team. With offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield's desire for more two tight-end sets, Jenkins could see plenty of time at that spot.

Brown still views his childhood friend as more of a receiver but acknowledges that he could play both. Jenkins said he hasn't played a whole lot of tight end in live games except for a select handful of formations at St. Francis. "I look at him more as a receiver because I have been with him for 10 or 11 years," said Brown, who played with Jenkins at Chancellor High School in Virginia and at St. Francis.."He is built for tight end, but he can play receiver. He can play anywhere. He can put his hand in the dirt and can block. He can run short intermediate routes or take the top off the coverage if he has to. "He is a special athlete. They don't breed them like that everywhere, that is for sure." - Rock Hill Herald

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TE E.J. Jenkins, Georgia Tech
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08/07/21 - Jordan Huff, rSo/2024, Georgia Tech, 6-1, 194 (DS#999 CB) + More +

A backup for the past two seasons, Georgia Tech defensive back Jordan Huff entered the transfer portal Thursday, a day before the Yellow Jackets were to begin their preseason training. Huff's decision to put his name in the transfer database was confirmed by a person familiar with the decision. The news was first reported by On3. Huff, from Morgan County High, played in a total of eight games in two seasons for Tech, totaling one tackle. Huff has four seasons of eligibility remaining. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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CB Jordan Huff, Georgia Tech
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08/02/21 - Azende Rey, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 5-11, 215 (DS#284 WR) + More +

Georgia Tech safety Juanyeh Thomas and his brother Azende Rey talked, laughed and prayed about it. And now, it has finally come to pass. Thomas and his older brother, previously a wide receiver at Florida A&M, will be Yellow Jackets teammates this fall as Rey has joined the roster as a graduate transfer. "I'm very excited," Rey told the AJC on Saturday, after he announced his decision from his Twitter account Friday evening. "Me and him have been talking about it for a long time. We've spoken it into existence." Rey played three seasons at Florida A&M, one at running back and then two at wide receiver. In June, he said, he put his name into the transfer portal. He last played in 2019, when he caught 30 passes for 304 yards and five touchdowns. The Rattlers did not play this past academic year, opting out because of COVID-19.

Rey said that leaving Florida A&M was best for his future. "I just feel like it was my time to leave," he said. "I did what I could, left it on the field. I hope they would be appreciative of me like I would be of them." Rey said that while he heard from other schools after going in the portal, Tech was his preferred destination. Rey graduated from Florida A&M in 2020 with a degree in criminal justice. He had been there several times to visit his brother and had seen his enjoyment at Tech. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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WR Azende Rey, Georgia Tech
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07/28/21 - Keion White, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-5, 281 (DS#4 DT) + More +

The media projection for Georgia Tech's season is a bit dismal. In a survey of 147 media voters, the Yellow Jackets were picked to finish sixth in the seven-team ACC Coastal Division. The poll was released Monday. North Carolina was an overwhelming favorite to win the Coastal, with 109 first-place votes, while Clemson was picked by all but one voter to win the Atlantic Division and by 125 voters to win the conference championship. The Tigers have won the ACC for six consecutive seasons. Tech was picked by four voters to win the Coastal and by one voter to win the conference title. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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DT Keion White, Georgia Tech
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07/23/21 - Devin Ellison, rSo/2024, Georgia Tech, 5-09, 200 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Two Georgia Tech scholarship players, running back Devin Ellison and offensive lineman Michael Rankins, were not on the roster in the new team media guide that was released Wednesday. Ellison, who was a member of the 2019 signing class, was placed on medical scholarship and will remain at Tech. After appearing in one game in his freshman season in 2019, Ellison did not play in the 2020 season after he underwent a procedure to repair his knee. He made his decision to retire after the procedure did not alleviate the pain in the knee as much as hoped, Ellison told the AJC on Wednesday. Ellison said that he will try to help the team however he can and plans to graduate from Tech. "It was a tough decision, but the injuries hindered me from ever being able to perform 100%, which is critical at this level of play," Ellison wrote in a private Twitter message to the AJC. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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RB Devin Ellison, Georgia Tech
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05/14/21 - Malachi Carter, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-2, 191 (DS#125 WR) + More +

To advance upon their play from 2020, Carter did his part in offseason work and spring practice, making strength and speed gains and developing as a pass catcher. "I definitely think I've stepped up my game, just because I'm focused a lot more on the little things at my position," Carter said in April during spring practice. Coming out of spring practice, the rising senior from Mountain View High was positioned to take a leading role in the offense. With the graduation of wide receiver Jalen Camp, a sixth-round draft pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Carter is Tech's leading returner among receivers, with 20 catches for 290 yards and three touchdowns.

(Freshman running back Jahmyr Gibbs caught 24 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns.) Wide receivers coach Kerry Dixon said that after last season ended, he and Carter watched every play that he was targeted. (While making 20 catches, Carter was targeted 44 times.) "We just talked about the little things, as far as mechanically what he can do on the outside, just with his body posture and creating separation," Dixon said. "A lot of those things, we've taken head-on this offseason to make sure he can create separation and be that dynamic receiver on the outside." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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WR Malachi Carter, Georgia Tech
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04/30/21 - Bruce Jordan-Swilling, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 215 (DS#18 FB) + More +

With one final year of eligibility remaining, Bruce Jordan-Swilling faces a tough climb up the Georgia Tech running back depth chart. In the same position group, there's no less than four Yellow Jackets backs who have proven their productivity - Jahmyr Gibbs, Jordan Mason, Jamious Griffin and Dontae Smith. But he's willing to give it a shot. In the Yellow Jackets' spring game last Friday, Jordan-Swilling received the bulk of the chances and showed what he could do. "I think it helped his confidence," Jordan-Swilling's father, Tech great Pat Swilling, told the AJC. "I'll be honest with you, he had a great spring practice. (Running-backs coach Tashard Choice) called us raving about the things he was doing. I'm excited for him, I really am."

Jordan-Swilling's time at Tech has been a challenge. After starring as a running back at Brother Martin High in New Orleans and earning four-star status, Jordan-Swilling chose Tech over offers from Alabama, USC and Georgia, among others. He began his Jackets career at linebacker and played a backup role for his first three seasons. His third season was cut short by a season-ending foot injury. He switched to running back in the spring of 2020, but his development time was limited as the quarantine ended spring practice early. "It just seemed like the timing hasn't been right for him," Swilling said. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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FB Bruce Jordan-Swilling, Georgia Tech
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04/22/21 - Tre Swilling, Sr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-1, 196 (DS#56 CB) + More +

What was expected to be a strength for Georgia Tech last season - the veteran-filled secondary - was not. Cornerback Tre Swilling expects that to change. "We have a lot of experience in playing from me, Zamari (Walton), Tariq (Carpenter), Juanyeh (Thomas), specifically," Swilling said Tuesday. "We've all started and played the last two or three years or more. I expect us to look like that. I expect us to look like we've been out there starting and playing, and we understand." Despite the fact that those four defensive backs - Swilling and Walton at cornerback, Carpenter and Thomas at the safety spots - were all returning starters last year, the Yellow Jackets did not always look like it in the secondary last season.

While statistics can be a crude measurement tool - an interception or incomplete pass can be as much the product of an effective pass rush as solid secondary play, and likewise a touchdown pass or completion can be the result of a slow pass rush or an ill-advised play call - the numbers don't paint a rosy picture for Tech's secondary play in 2020. Opponents had a 22/6 touchdown pass/interception ratio, poorest in the ACC. Tech had one pass defended (a breakup or an interception) for every 9.1 passes by the opposition, the second highest rate in the ACC. (Louisville had the lowest rate at 6.1.) - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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CB Tre Swilling, Georgia Tech
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04/22/21 - Peje Harris, rSr/2024, Georgia Tech, 6-2, 226 (DS#999 FB) + More +

In his media availability last Thursday, Georgia Tech wide receivers coach Kerry Dixon singled out two of his players, one for being the most improved and the other for having a superior attitude and effort in his work. That would be Kalani Norris and PeJe Harris, respectively. Norris played in seven games as a freshman in 2019, but only two last season as a sophomore. He has yet to record a catch in those two seasons. Still, Dixon called him the most improved since his arrival at Tech. He caught the notice of teammates in last year's spring practice, as well. "He's come a long way just from when he got here up till now," Dixon said. "He's a guy that constantly makes plays on the field."

Dixon said that his unselfishness has enabled him to have "a lot of success right now" during the spring. Harris, a sophomore last season, moved into the No. 1 slot receiver position after Ahmarean Brown did not play in the team's final three games before transferring to South Carolina. Harris caught 11 passes for 138 yards with one touchdown pass. Seven of the catches were in the final three games of the season. This spring, with the arrival of grad-transfer receiver Kyric McGowan from Northwestern, Harris moved from slot to an outside receiver spot. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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FB Peje Harris, Georgia Tech
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04/21/21 - Braelen Oliver, rSr/2024, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 227 (DS#66 OLB) + More +

After struggling in 2020, the Gophers linebacker corps has been bolstered with the transfer addition of Jack Gibbens and the return of Braelin Oliver, who is coming back from a serious knee injury that cost him all of 2020. Fleck said Oliver was hesitant in his first few spring practices, but he's improved and appeared to be fully cleared on Saturday. "Is he back to where he was? Not yet," Fleck said. "But do I expect him to be back to where he was, if not better, by camp? Yes." - Pioneer Press

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OLB Braelen Oliver, Georgia Tech
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04/16/21 - Kevin Harris II, Sr/2025, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 245 (DS#67 DE) + More +

Kevin Harris, a defensive end who transferred from Alabama after two years with the Crimson Tide, has been conspicuous in his ability to use his speed and power to create pass-rush pressure around the edge. Harris, from Grayson High, has the potential to be a difference-maker for the Jackets, who need to do better at pressuring quarterbacks with a four-man pass rush. Collins said that Harris has been "just relentlessly working every single day" and shared his excitement about another newcomer at end, early-enrollee freshman Josh Robinson from Douglas County High. Both fit into the physical mold that Collins has established for the position. All of Tech's scholarship defensive ends are between 6-foot-3 and 6-6, starting at 235 pounds and going up to 270. Harris is 6-4 and 240 pounds. Robinson is 6-4 and 235 pounds. "We've talked about ever since we got here - the length and the speed that we want, especially coming off the edge - and really on the whole football team, and you see that in display every single day," Collins said. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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DE Kevin Harris II, Georgia Tech
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