Georgia Tech loses Texas QB

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Worth pursuing? I found this at JacketsOnline.com:


Peña leaves Georgia Tech
By Brandon Helwig
JacketsOnline.com

Freshman quarterback Al Peña has decided to leave Georgia Tech, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Peña, a member of the 2003 recruiting class who graduated high school early in order to enroll at Tech this spring, is reportedly back home in Leander, Tex. Factors surrounding his decision to leave are unknown.

The loss of Peña comes at an unfortunate time as Tech also received news late last week that 10 additional football players are academically ineligible for the 2003 season, including starting running back Tony Hollings and defensive end Tony Hargrove. It should be noted however that Peña's departure has nothing to do with academic issues.

Peña had committed early to Tech, doing so last July.

"I pretty much had narrowed it down to three schools and I told my dad I just wanted to go to three camps," Peña explained to JacketsOnline last fall. "The three were Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech. I just wanted to see which ones I'd like better after I narrowed it down to three. When I went to Georgia Tech I liked it better than the other schools. It was this one-day recruiting camp that I went to and they offered me there."∂

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Looks like we weren't really in the running when he was in high school, so I doubt we would be this time around. Besides, is he really going to unseat Richard Bartel, Tate Wallis, Ashton Nixon, Ricky Joe Meeks and Chris Phillips? With such a limited supply of scholarships available, and with all 5 QBs coming back next year, I'd say we should spend those 'ships elsewhere.