OTF Premium 5-star LB Tyler Atkinson visit note (Monday 5:20pm CST)

[Gerry Hamilton]

5-star LB Tyler Atkinson visit note

OnTexasFootball exchanged messages with a source very close to 5-star linebacker Tyler Atkinson (Loganville, Ga./Grayson). 

The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder is currently planning to make a visit to Texas again prior to making a decision. When will that visit happen, OTF is waiting to hear exactly. 

Texas has been by the school this month. 

Georgia is considered the favorite with Ohio State, Clemson, Auburn and Alabama also mentioned frequently. 

OTF considers this recruitment a long shot, as of today. 

[Blackshan]

Anything can happen if he gets back on campus. 

[ElCafetero]

time to bring out the brinks💵

[Blackshan]

We need Ant Hill replacements!!

[Tuco Ramirez]

None of us expected Justus Terry this time last year.

[qaertyisthatdude]

Gut feeling is with some NIL support they either get Griffin or Atkinson.  Either one would be an amazing pickup for Texas.  Pair one of them with Brayden Rouse or Kosi Okpala and you’re cooking with gas.

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Seems like all of the resources to recruitment him should be focused on Xavier Griffin. 

[GoHorns1]

Trust the Recruiting Process!

[Ace Recruiter]

Sounds like the LB class is going to be good regardless, but it has a chance to be special. 

[TexasFanatic]

Texas will get one of Griffin or this kid. 
 

We may get other Georgia LB too 👀 (Rouse)

[HookemDTX]

1 hour ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

Seems like all of the resources to recruitment him should be focused on Xavier Griffin. 

Griffin may become an edge, so this is completely different.

[NothinButDaHorns34]

34 minutes ago, HookemDTX said:

Griffin may become an edge, so this is completely different.

Some people were saying the same thing about Anthony Hill coming out to high school yet here we are with him getting first round mocks as a linebacker. 

[Joe Zura]

[HookemDTX]

11 minutes ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

Some people were saying the same thing about Anthony Hill coming out to high school yet here we are with him getting first round mocks as a linebacker. 

Either way you recruit both guys., but Clark being the guy with Griffin says something.

Edited May 20 by HookemDTX

[hookemholds]

Atkinson would be amazing, let’s hope he does come back and enjoys it

[Ace Recruiter]

Get him on campus and worry about where he plays later

[Santiago Agudelo]

Nothing against Atkinson, he’s a sideline to sideline LB but I like Griffin more because he can do the same things with more length. He’s definitely a 6’5 LB

Edited May 20 by Santiago Agudelo

[HookemDTX]

This is from an IT article with a quote from Griffin so you get it from the player himself.
 

Griffin said Texas envisions him in the mold of pass a rusher like Colin Simmons. “They told me they see me in a similar role to Colin Simmons—a guy who wreaks havoc off the edge, and has the flexibility to drop and play in space when needed. With Coach Clark’s development track record, that’s been a major selling point.”