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Georgia Tech dipped into the transfer market again for an under-the-radar player who has the look of a potential playmaker. Kenneth Kirby, who was a two-time All-MEAC selection as a left tackle at Norfolk State, announced his decision to play for the Yellow Jackets in the 2021 season as a grad transfer. Kirby, listed at 6-foot-5 and 280 pounds, comes to Tech with experience and size. At Norfolk State, an FCS school, Kirby started all 34 games that he played in, starting from his freshman season. He was named third-team All-MEAC as a sophomore in 2017, redshirted the 2018 season and then was named first-team All-MEAC as a junior in 2019. That season, Kirby graded out at 96%, gave up two half-sacks for the season and led the team in knockdown blocks. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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OG Kenneth Kirby, Georgia Tech
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02/22/21 - Trad Beatty, rJr/2024, Georgia Tech, 6-4, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Trad Beatty didn't want to leave. Temple coach Rod Carey and his staff didn't want to see him leave. Yet Beatty, a redshirt sophomore quarterback, will leave Temple after his graduation this spring with a bachelor's degree in international business. And he won't be looking for greener pastures on the football field. Beatty, who saw his first significant action when then-starter Anthony Russo was injured last season, made the difficult decision to give up the sport.

It is a choice he felt he had to make, and even though his coaches at Temple don't want to see him depart, they have fully supported this decision. Beatty made two starts in three seasons. He suffered a season-ending concussion in the fourth game last season against SMU. Temple won just one of seven games, which included the final game against Cincinnati being postponed because of COVID-19 issues on both teams. Beatty said he had been contemplating giving up football well before his injury. - Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News

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QB Trad Beatty, Georgia Tech
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02/16/21 - Brent Cimaglia, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 219 (DS#999 K) + More +

Georgia Tech has secured a transfer who has the potential to significantly upgrade the kicking game in Tennessee kicker Brent Cimaglia, who announced he will join the Yellow Jackets as a grad transfer. Cimaglia made the announcement Sunday. In four seasons with the Volunteers, Cimaglia made 46 of 62 field-goal tries (74.2%) and was 88-for-89 on point-after tries. In 2019-20, he was 16-for-22 on field-goal tries from 40 yards and out. In the 2019 season, he was 23-for-27 and was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation's top kicker. He took 10 kickoffs as a freshman, recording four touchbacks. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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K Brent Cimaglia, Georgia Tech
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01/30/21 - Brent Cimaglia, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 219 (DS#999 K) + More +

Tennessee kicker Brent Cimaglia will join the stream of Vols departures and head for the NCAA transfer portal, with plans to use his final season of college eligibility elsewhere. Cimaglia, a senior, announced the decision on Friday via Twitter. Cimaglia went 5-for-9 on field-goal attempts in 2020 before opting out of the final two games, citing a need to focus on his physical and mental health. He missed an extra-point attempt in UT's 31-19 loss to Florida on Dec. 5, the final game of his Vols career. He had made all 88 attempts until the fourth-quarter miss. Cimaglia, who played at Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee, was 46 for 62 on field goals during his career. His best season came in 2019, when he converted 23 of 27 attempts, earning the nickname "Automaglia." - Knoxville News Sentinel

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K Brent Cimaglia, Georgia Tech
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01/29/21 - Jahaziel Lee, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-2, 308 (DS#999 DT) + More +

A versatile lineman will spend his final year of eligibility playing football at Utah State. Jahaziel Lee, who competed on both sides of the line of scrimmage for Georgia Tech, has pledged his commitment to the Aggies. Lee was recruited by USU as a defensive tackle and will join the program as a graduate transfer. Lee is the 10th player to commit to the Aggies from the transfer portal since the end of December and the fifth graduate transfer, joining wide receiver Brandon Bowling (Arkansas State), linebacker Justin Rice (ASU), offensive lineman Maisen Knight (Liberty) and cornerback Kyle Mayberry (Kansas). - Herald Journal Tribune

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DT Jahaziel Lee, Georgia Tech
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01/07/21 - Pressley Harvin III, Sr/2021, Georgia Tech, 5-11, 263 (DS#3 P) + More +

2020 RAY GUY AWARD (TOP PUNTER) WINNER: Pressley Harvin Jr., Georgia Tech,...Georgia Tech senior Pressley Harvin III was named the winner of the 2020 Ray Guy Award as the college football's top punter during The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Thursday night. After setting Georgia Tech and Atlantic Coast Conference records with a 48.0-yard punting average in 2020, Harvin became Tech's second Ray Guy Award winner in the 21-year history of the award. Durant Brooks was the Ray Guy Award recipient as a Yellow Jacket in 2007. - Georgia Tech Football

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P Pressley Harvin III, Georgia Tech
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12/31/20 - Pressley Harvin III, Sr/2021, Georgia Tech, 5-11, 263 (DS#3 P) + More +

2020 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): P - Pressley Harvin III, Georgia Tech, 161,...Harvin leads the nation with a 48.0-yard punting average this season. To put his whopping 48.0-yard average into perspective, the margin between Harvin's average and the third-best average in the nation (46.7 - Washington State's Oscar Draguicevich) is the same as the margin between Draguicevich and the nation's ninth-best average (45.4 - San Diego State's Tanner Kuljian).

In addition to the 48.0-yard average, 49% of Harvin's 45 punts this season have traveled 50 or more yards, 47% were fair caught, 40% were downed inside the opponent's 20 yard line and only 17% were returned. Thanks in large part to those gaudy numbers, Georgia Tech ranks second nationally as a team in net punting (44.6-yard average). - Georgia Tech Football

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P Pressley Harvin III, Georgia Tech
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12/31/20 - David Curry, rSr/2021, Georgia Tech, 6-1, 227 (DS#25 ILB) + More +

2020 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES/MEDIA): LB - David Curry, Georgia Tech, 29,...Curry was an honorable-mention all-ACC selection for the second-straight season after leading the team and ranking fifth in the ACC with 8.4 tackles per game (84 total). He also led Georgia Tech with 9.0 tackles for loss (good for 19th in the league) and added 1.5 sacks, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in his final season on The Flats. - Georgia Tech Football

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ILB David Curry, Georgia Tech
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12/29/20 - Ayinde Eley, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 230 (DS#46 ILB) + More +

Georgia Tech has received the commitment of Maryland linebacker Ayinde Eley, who will arrive as a grad transfer. With 11 starts and 111 career tackles to his credit, Eley looks like he can compete for a starting job in 2021. He is expected to arrive in January, meaning he can take part in spring practice. Eley, from Silver Spring, Md., announced his decision to enter the transfer portal last Friday and made public his commitment to Tech on Monday. At 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, he will be a size upgrade for defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker. His two starting linebackers for this season, David Curry and Quez Jackson, were listed at 6-2, 230 and 6-1, 225, respectively. Eley will have two years of eligibility remaining. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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ILB Ayinde Eley, Georgia Tech
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12/27/20 - Ayinde Eley, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 230 (DS#46 ILB) + More +

Maryland linebacker Ayinde "Ace" Eley has entered the transfer portal, he announced Friday. Eley, a junior, played in three of Maryland's five games this season, recording 19 tackles and one tackle for loss. A Silver Spring resident who attended Good Counsel, Eley ranked second on the Terps in total tackles (79) and first in fumble recoveries (2) as a sophomore. - Baltimore Sun

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ILB Ayinde Eley, Georgia Tech
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12/24/20 - Kyric McGowan, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 5-11, 200 (DS#86 WR) + More +

Junior running back Isaiah Bowser, sophomore defensive lineman Eku Leota, senior wide receiver Kyric McGowan, freshman defensive back Gunner Maldonado, sophomore linebacker Jeremiah McDonald and sophomore wide receiver Malik Washington have entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. The players' decisions come on the heels of NU's selection to the Citrus Bowl against Auburn in Orlando on New Year's Day. Each athlete will receive an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

McGowan - who has played some snaps at running back in addition to his usual role as a wide receiver - was a key cog in offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian's scheme. Over eight games, he has a career-high 366 receiving yards, 141 rushing yards and one touchdown. This season, he has increased his yards-per-catch by three yards to 10.8 and averages about seven touches per game. - The Daily Northwestern

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WR Kyric McGowan, Georgia Tech
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12/24/20 - Daniel Carson, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 287 (DS#999 DT) + More +

After entering the NCAA transfer portal 11 days ago, former Texas Longhorns redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Daniel Carson announced on Tuesday that he'll join the Western Illinois Leathernecks program. The 6'4, 276-pounder signed with Texas in the 2018 recruiting class out of the Kansas City area, Carson was a consensus three-star prospect ranked as the No. 23 strong-side defensive end nationally, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Carson redshirted during his first season on the Forty Acres, then appeared in four games last season, making one tackle against Louisiana Tech. When new defensive coordinator Chris Ash arrived at Texas and shifted to a four-down front, Carson moved inside from defensive end to defensive tackle. - Burnt Orange Nation

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DT Daniel Carson, Georgia Tech
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12/18/20 - Jalen Camp, rSr/2021, Georgia Tech, 6-2, 226 (DS#62 WR) + More +

Georgia Tech wide receiver Jalen Camp will forego his extra year of eligibility and seek a career in the NFL. Camp, who played his senior season this year but had an option to return as the NCAA has granted all fall-sports athletes with an additional year of eligibility, made the announcement Thursday on his Twitter account. After an injury and surgery shortened his 2019 season to four games, Camp came back and completed the best season of his career, with 29 catches for 439 yards and four touchdowns, all team highs. He showed strong hands and the ability to use his size (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) effectively to be a target for quarterback Jeff Sims. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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WR Jalen Camp, Georgia Tech
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12/11/20 - Daniel Carson, rSr/2023, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 287 (DS#999 DT) + More +

In a brief statement expressing gratitude for the Texas strength staff, led by Yancy McKnight, and his teammates, redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Daniel Carson announced he had entered the NCAA transfer portal. "First, I would like to thank the strength staff at the University of Texas for giving me the strength and mental toughness I have gained the last three years," Carson wrote Thursday in a note posted to Twitter. "Specifically, coach McKnight for taking me and molding me into the man I've become today." Carson was a two-time all-state selection at William Chrisman (Independence, Mo.) was the state's No. 9 prospect and nation's No. 23 strong-side defensive end as a 2018 senior, per the 247Sports composite. - Houston Chronicle

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DT Daniel Carson, Georgia Tech
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12/10/20 - Bruce Jordan-Swilling, rSr/2022, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 215 (DS#18 FB) + More +

Running back Bruce Jordan-Swilling also is considering using a second senior season, possibly elsewhere. "Our main goal is to graduate and then try to make a decision," said Pat Swilling, Bruce's father and a Tech legend. "We all know that they have a lot of great running backs ahead of Bruce, and Bruce wants to play football. I think a lot of that is going to have to do with what coach Collins tells him."

Jordan-Swilling is on course to graduate in the spring with a degree in business. After switching in the spring from linebacker to running back - a position where he was a four-star prospect in high school - he has played on special teams, but has had few snaps at running back behind Jahmyr Gibbs, Jordan Mason and Jamious Griffin. In any other year, Jordan-Swilling would just be out of luck. This year, he has another chance. Swilling even pointed out that, not having redshirted, Jordan-Swilling could go to another school, play four games in 2021 and redshirt and then play a full season in 2022. "We're going to look at all our options," Swilling said. "That's the best way to put it." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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FB Bruce Jordan-Swilling, Georgia Tech
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