Sunday Morning COMMIT!

by LilBroey700 on Jan 29, 2012 12:46 PM EST in Georgia Tech Recruiting

Great news this morning as ATH Travin Henry committed to Tech to play WR. He measured in at 6'4", 228lbs and played both WR and DE in high school at Cook High School in Adele, GA (if he were to play defense for us, he'd project as an OLB with his size). This guy seems to have the perfect body size and the right amount of physicality for what would suit us best at WR. He'll match up great one-on-one with CBs on the outside, between going up to catch passes and blocking in the run game. He's only a 2 star prospect, but before that discourages you, there was another guy who was considered a 2-star prospect and ended up contributing his share at WR for us by the name of Demariyus Thomas (maybe you've heard of him?). He had offers from Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, UAB, Jacksonville State, and Georgia State...but again, before any of that discourages you, remember how good we've seen our coaching staff evaluate talent, getting offers to guys and commitments from them long before other football factories learn about them and go after them. I look forward to having this young man on the Flats and think that he can bring an awful lot to our team.

Here's the highlight tape for him. The moviemaking skills aren't impressive, but he sure looks like quite the athlete.

Travin Henry WR/DE #2 (via CookHighTV)

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Wonder what his 40 time is

He doesn’t look like a burner, but I really like the way he catches the ball. Also, is this guy taking Crawford’s spot?

by acedarney on Jan 29, 2012 3:06 PM EST reply actions

4.5 according to

The Atlanta Urinal and Constipational,

Reports indicate CPJ thinks Travin is a big dude for a WR, and LB was discussed.

Adel, nice town, he’ll like the ATL, It’s on the same highway as Cook County!

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by DressHerInWhiteAndGold on Jan 29, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions

Adel, so close to hell . . .

you can see Sparks.

by Atlanta's original team on Jan 29, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry, that was a really old one but I still love it.

by Atlanta's original team on Jan 29, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

/drops mic

//feedback

by DressHerInWhiteAndGold on Jan 29, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions

I'm interested

to see how he’ll pan out. He looks like a pretty decent receiver, but I think I’m with CPJ on this one. If he gains 20 pounds over the next few years, that’s pretty big for a receiver.

by acedarney on Jan 29, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions

Same questions . . .

others have commented on the fact that he doesn’t look as fast as our go-to wide receivers were the last four seasons. Of course, if Tech develops its passing game that may not matter. He could be our possession receiver and we could balance him with some speed demons on the other side of the field.

by Atlanta's original team on Jan 29, 2012 3:19 PM EST reply actions

He's certainly no burner

The size doesn’t really provide for that. But I’m not sure he needs the speed of Hill to be an effective receiver, he can still contribute an awful lot in our offense at his size.

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by LilBroey700 on Jan 29, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions