‘I could be comfortable and have fun’: Evans offensive line star Mason Short picks Georgia

Another big fish is heading to Athens.

Class of 2025 offensive lineman Mason Short of Evans announced his commitment to the University of Georgia football team Friday morning.

Short de-committed from Alabama in January following the retirement of legendary coach Nick Saban. That’s when the real work began. Hours later, Georgia football coach Kirby Smart landed on the Evans High School football field in a helicopter. Three months later, it paid off.

Short chose Georgia over Clemson, Ohio State and Kentucky. He plans to graduate early and enroll in January.

Short, a four-star prospect who is ranked No. 77 overall in the ESPN 300 in the Class of 2025 (11th offensive tackle), originally committed to Alabama in April 2023. But the football landscape changed when Saban announced his retirement Jan. 10. The ripple effect went through every part of college football.

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“When he left, I didn’t think it was real,” he said. “I was at Ryan Bowers’ place training some kids for my senior project and one of the parents pulled me over to the side and said, ‘Hey, look at this. Breaking news on ESPN that Saban retired.’ Thirty seconds later, I get a phone call from my momma, and I said, ‘It’s probably real.’ She calls me and I get two calls from offensive linemen from Alabama breaking the news to me.”

His plan was to wait and see what happened before deciding, but that changed when another Southeastern Conference program made a significant hire from the Alabama staff.

“I wasn’t going to de-commit after that….

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Author : The Augusta Chronicle

Publish date : 2024-04-05 15:55:54

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