Two of Georgia’s receivers are about to hit the transfer trail.
Dawgs247 has learned that a pair of Georgia wideouts are seeking a transfer. Trey Blount, a redshirt junior from Atlanta, and Makiya Tongue, a redshirt freshman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, both intend to transfer according to persons with knowledge of the situation. As of early Monday afternoon, neither have entered their name into the NCAA’s Student-Athlete Transfer portal but it’s expected to happen in the near future.
Baton Rouge, you say? Ummm… what a coincidence that this news made a buzz on social media last night.
LSU tight end Arik Gilbert is considering leaving LSU and missed Monday’s practice, sources told Geaux247. Head coach Ed Orgeron and his staff are fighting to keep the talented five-star prospect from the 2020 class, but Gilbert is homesick and is likely returning home to the state of Georgia for the remainder of the semester, sources said.
The true freshman is LSU’s leading active pass catcher with Terrace Marshall Jr. forgoing his eligibility to prepare for the 2021 NFL Draft. On the season, the Marietta, Ga. native and 2020 National High School Gatorade Player of the Year has caught 35 balls for 368 yards and two scores.
Tongue for Gilbert, and everybody gets to go home. Sounds like a fair swap, if you ask me, but I’m not getting my hopes up. Which isn’t to say Kirby ain’t on the mother…
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UPDATE: Potential glee aside, this is very good stuff from LSU’s punter.
He’s a teenager, hundreds of miles away from his parents and high school buddies, with no way to reach them because of a pandemic. How well would you handle that?