2024 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

[Carolina Speed]

Since 2006 the Yellow Jackets have started 7, 5, 6, 3, 7, 6, 4, 6, 5, 4, 7, 9, 8, 5, 4, 4, 4, and 5 white athletes. In 2024 Georgia Tech adds one and is projected to start 6.
Not much has changed in Atlanta other than adding LT Ethan McKenny. The QB position looks like a battle between Haynes King and Zach Pyron. Although the Yellow Jackets have no WR's on the first or second teams, there two white WR's on the third teams. RSFR Bailey Stockton and RSFR Chris Elko may be two to watch if not this season, maybe in 2025.
There are no white athletes projected to start on defense and sadly there are none in sight.
Very disappointing as GA. Tech is consistently another state supported/public college ranked in the top 10 nationally, academically!! You'd think there would be more white players on this team.

Offense
QB-Haynes King
TE-Jackson Hawes-Yale Transfer
LT-Ethan McKenny
LG-Joe Fusile
C- Weston Franklin
RG- Keylan Rutledge

Defense
none!

 

[Leonardfan]

Haynes King played well last year at qb, certainly an exciting dual threat.

As far as Ga Tech being a highly touted academic school it’s probably safe to say that there really are no academic standards anymore. I’d argue in the past 12-14 years the lack of academic requirements have been watered down to essentially nothing. NIL will only reinforce the notion that college football is a minor league system for the NFL. It’s certainly one obvious culprit in the increasing blackness that is overtaking division 1 rosters.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Haynes King played well last year at qb, certainly an exciting dual threat.

As far as Ga Tech being a highly touted academic school it’s probably safe to say that there really are no academic standards anymore. I’d argue in the past 12-14 years the lack of academic requirements have been watered down to essentially nothing. NIL will only reinforce the notion that college football is a minor league system for the NFL. It’s certainly one obvious culprit in the increasing blackness that is overtaking division 1 rosters.

The academic standards are different for athletes and regular students. I went through the recruiting process with my son and when we visited NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Clemson etc, we were told what you had to have GPA wise to play for these schools. My daughter graduated from Wake Forest, and I can tell you the academic requirements/standards for her as a regular student were way higher than the athletes. My son had fantastic grades, but I'm not sure he would have been accepted at Wake Forest as it is highly competitive, but he was recruited by them and would have easily gotten in as an athlete. He also visited some Ivy League schools and the requirements for Columbia, Dartmouth and Yale were a little higher for athletes than at a school like Clemson. Also, we were told at one Ivy League school that black athlete requirements were lower than for white athletes. As we know now that Asian students have to perform better than whites and whites have to perform better than blacks to get accepted to Ivy League schools.
So, as far as the requirements for regular students are concerned, getting accepted to some schools are more stringent than others. As I said about Wake Forest, my daughter had to have way better grades and GPA than my son did as an athlete.
There are academic standards regular students must meet to get in D-1 schools. At least there are here.

 

[Leonardfan]

The academic standards are different for athletes and regular students. I went through the recruiting process with my son and when we visited NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Clemson etc, we were told what you had to have GPA wise to play for these schools. My daughter graduated from Wake Forest, and I can tell you the academic requirements/standards for her as a regular student were way higher than the athletes. My son had fantastic grades, but I'm not sure he would have been accepted at Wake Forest as it is highly competitive, but he was recruited by them and would have easily gotten in as an athlete. He also visited some Ivy League schools and the requirements for Columbia, Dartmouth and Yale were a little higher for athletes than at a school like Clemson. Also, we were told at one Ivy League school that black athlete requirements were lower than for white athletes. As we know now that Asian students have to perform better than whites and whites have to perform better than blacks to get accepted to Ivy League schools.
So, as far as the requirements for regular students are concerned, getting accepted to some schools are more stringent than others. As I said about Wake Forest, my daughter had to have way better grades and GPA than my son did as an athlete.
There are academic standards regular students must meet to get in D-1 schools. At least there are here.

Oh yea I agree. I was only talking about academic standards for athletes and honestly the standards for black athletes. I certainly think their are still academic requirements for standard college admissions. In sports though it's completely dissolved and the institutions/ NIL/Boosters/Coaching staffs/blacks with their hood dreams of playing professional sports are all to blame.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Oh yea I agree. I was only talking about academic standards for athletes and honestly the standards for black athletes. I certainly think their are still academic requirements for standard college admissions. In sports though it's completely dissolved and the institutions/ NIL/Boosters/Coaching staffs/blacks with their hood dreams of playing professional sports are all to blame.

Agreed. This may sound too harsh, but I believe if you can't get accepted to Ivy League schools, better private schools like Duke, Wake Forest, etc. and even general public colleges like UNC-Chapel Hill, Ga. Tech, etc. on your grades and test scores, then you shouldn't be allowed to attend just because you're an exceptional athlete.
To me requirements should be the same for everyone. JMO.

 

[Leonardfan]

Agreed. This may sound too harsh, but I believe if you can't get accepted to Ivy League schools, better private schools like Duke, Wake Forest, etc. and even general public colleges like UNC-Chapel Hill, Ga. Tech, etc. on your grades and test scores, then you shouldn't be allowed to attend just because you're an exceptional athlete.
To me requirements should be the same for everyone. JMO.

I agree. There are no standards anymore though.

 

[SneakyQuick]

I used to agree with that but the money in college sports has essentially ended the notion of the old student athlete.

I don’t see it changing anytime soon. These football programs are huge money makers for the schools and the college towns alike.

It’s not as it was, and frankly I don’t see how it ever could go back. I’d like to be wrong but don’t think I will be

 

[Leonardfan]

I used to agree with that but the money in college sports has essentially ended the notion of the old student athlete.

I don’t see it changing anytime soon. These football programs are huge money makers for the schools and the college towns alike.

It’s not as it was, and frankly I don’t see how it ever could go back. I’d like to be wrong but don’t think I will be

I agree. The notion of the student athlete started to die off once the media and enablers stopped recognizing an athletic scholarship as fair compensation for playing a sport. Now their is no mention of scholarships or any sort of academic pursuit. Just look at 90% of the player interviews and tell me if these affletes are literate, have any grasp of the English language or the ability not to give canned cliche responses. Another absurd side effect of the transfer portal is that their are actually players on their 4th or 5th team that are penciled in as starters. I give players a pass with one transfer but after that it really does seem to get absurd. Immediate player eligibility out of the transfer portal and NIL are terrible.

 

[SneakyQuick]

I agree. The notion of the student athlete started to die off once the media and enablers stopped recognizing an athletic scholarship as fair compensation for playing a sport. Now there is no mention of scholarships or any sort of academic pursuit. Just look at 90% of the player interviews and tell me if these affletes are literate, have any grasp of the English language or the ability not to give canned cliche responses. Another absurd side effect of the transfer portal is that there are actually players on their 4th or 5th team that are penciled in as starters. I give players a pass with one transfer but after that it really does seem to get absurd. Immediate player eligibility out of the transfer portal and NIL are terrible.

And when you couple that with the decimation of regional rivalries that the power conferences have done, and it’s not a very compelling watch for me, at least.

I can see why people will root for their Alma maters in some cases, but in my case I wouldn’t.

I just think the changes that the monetary influx has made on the game are not going to go away anytime soon, and so I won’t follow it. In the same way the US can’t return to what it was even in the mid 1980s, I don’t think college sports (football in particular) can be the same. It’s simply a different sport now.

I will however read what you guys write just to keep in touch with the reality of our situation so I appreciate what you do. It’s like clerics documenting the decline of our civilization.

Sorry that was such a downer post.