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The spring semester of classes began on the Flats on Monday, and among those Yellow Jackets beginning a new set of classes were a pair of freshman football players. Defensive backs Jaytlin Askew and Gentry Bonds are now enrolled on the Flats after graduating from their respective high schools in December.
The two players join the Swilling brothers as the top four recruits in the Yellow Jackets’ 2017 recruiting class, according to both Rivals and the 247Sports Composite. Bonds is a 4-star (5.8) recruit according to Rivals, while Askew is a high 3-star (5.7) recruit by the same service. For Georgia Tech, a major benefit of these players enrolling early is that they’re officially locked in to playing for the Yellow Jackets, and unable to be recruited by other schools in the lead-up to February’s National Signing Day. At this point it would take something extremely unusual for these two top recruits to not end up playing on the Flats in white and gold.
With their enrollment, Georgia Tech’s 2017 recruiting class now stands as follows:
Georgia Tech’s 2017 Recruiting Class
| Position | Name | Ht | Wt | Hometown | Rivals | 247Sports Composite | Commit Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Name | Ht | Wt | Hometown | Rivals | 247Sports Composite | Commit Date | Status |
| DB | Jaytlin Askew | 5-9 | 170 | Powder Springs, GA | 3-star (5.7) | 3-star (0.8646) | 6/16/2016 | Enrolled (1/9/2017) |
| DB | Gentry Bonds | 6-1 | 190 | Murfreesboro, TN | 4-star (5.8) | 3-star (0.8545) | 8/18/2016 | Enrolled (1/9/2017) |
| P | Pressley Harvin III | 6-0 | 230 | Sumter, SC | 3-star (5.5) | 3-star (0.8145) | 3/7/2016 | Committed (3/7/2016) |
| OL | Connor Hansen | 6-2 | 320 | Tallahassee, FL | 3-star (5.5) | 3-star (0.8154) | 6/5/2016 | Committed (6/5/2016) |
| LB | TD Roof | 5-11 | 202 | Buford, GA | 3-star (5.5) | 3-star (0.8347) | 6/6/2016 | Committed (6/6/2016) |
| K | Joseph Bulovas | 6-0 | 205 | Mandeville, LA | 3-star (5.5) | 3-star (0.8099) | 6/10/2016 | Committed (6/10/2016) |
| DB | Dameon Williams | 5-10 | 170 | Norcross, GA | 3-star (5.5) | 3-star (0.8472) | 6/11/2016 | Committed (6/11/2016) |
| OL | Zach Quinney | 6-6 | 260 | Savannah, GA | 3-star (5.6) | 3-star (0.8396) | 7/19/2016 | Committed (7/19/2016) |
| OL | Michael Minihan | 6-3 | 285 | Honolulu, HI | 3-star (5.5) | 3-star (0.8403) | 7/24/2016 | Committed (7/24/2016) |
| DB | Tre' Swilling | 6-0 | 180 | New Orleans, LA | 4-star (5.8) | 3-star (0.8752) | 8/22/2016 | Committed (8/22/2016) |
| LB | Bruce Jordan-Swilling | 6-0 | 215 | New Orleans, LA | 4-star (5.8) | 4-star (0.9230) | 8/23/2016 | Committed (8/23/2016) |
| RB | Jerry Howard, Jr. | 6-0 | 210 | Rock Hill, SC | 2-star (5.4) | 3-star (0.8092) | 11/21/2016 | Committed (11/21/2016) |
| QB | Tobias Oliver | 6-2 | 180 | Warner Robins, GA | 2-star (5.4) | 3-star (0.8374) | 11/27/2016 | Committed (11/27/2016) |
| DL | Cortez Alston | 6-3 | 250 | Atlanta, GA | 3-star (5.6) | 3-star (0.8534) | 12/21/2016 | Committed (12/21/2016) |
| OL | Charlie Clark | 6-4 | 270 | Atlanta, GA | 2-star (5.3) | 2-star (0.7951) | 1/9/2017 | Committed (1/9/2017) |