This was looking like a lost year for Georgia Tech and their front line. Gani Lawal turned pro. Derrick Favors turned pro. Zachary Peacock used up his eligibility. There were indications that senior 7-0 player Brad Sheehan was planning on leaving too. Well the Jackets got some recent good news. Former Tulane commit 6-10 Nate Hicks was released from his LOI and will now be going to Georgia Tech. Hicks is from Panama City, Florida, where he averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds a game.
Hicks isn’t the second coming of Derrick Favors. He looks like a project, but the Jackets needed size badly. This is a nice pickup this late in the recruiting season. Hicks is also a likely 3 or 4 year guy. In addition, Brad Sheehan appears to be sticking around. He provided quality minutes last year.
Hicks signing and Sheehan returning doesn’t mean the Jackets are NCAA bound. The frontline has virtually no playing experience. Daniel Miller, Hicks, and Kammeon Holsey have never played a college game. Sheehan has never played more than spot minutes, but you can’t teach size. Let’s face it- if the Jackets are going to have a decent year next season, it will depend on their guards.
The guard play will have to carry the team, but at least now, Hewitt has a little frontline depth to play with.
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