OWINGS MILLS, Md — One of Maryland’s top-ranked linebackers has made his school resolution official. Nick Abrams II introduced Wednesday he’ll be taking part in soccer on the University of Georgia, selecting the Bulldogs over different prestigious packages.
WATCH: Top-ranked linebacker Nick Abrams II commits to University of Georgia
Top-ranked linebacker Nick Abrams II commits to University of Georgia
“For the following 3 or 4 years, I’ll be taking part in beneath the lights at Sanford Stadium and coming to the University of Georgia. It would not really feel actual. I really feel like I’m simply going by way of the motions proper now, however you understand, I’m simply blessed on the finish of the day,” Abrams II mentioned.
The announcement got here on Abrams II’s birthday, making the event much more particular. The McDonough School standout fielded provides from school soccer powerhouses together with Alabama, Michigan, and Oregon earlier than deciding on Georgia.
Abrams II cited Georgia’s observe report of creating NFL expertise as a key consider his resolution.
“They put quite a few gamers within the first spherical and within the NFL draft and within the NFL interval,” he mentioned.
The linebacker has already been connecting with Georgia alumni within the execs, together with Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith.
“I’ve been extra speaking to Roquan Smith, so you understand, simply speaking to him. I’m fairly certain he is gonna be actually excited when he sees I commit. He may hear my cellphone. So I’m wanting ahead to that decision and simply choosing his mind on, you understand, Georgia as a complete,” Abrams II mentioned.
Wednesday’s dedication ceremony was emotional for Abrams II’s household, together with his brother, mom, and father. His dad mirrored on the in depth recruitment course of.
“It goes by fast, however there’s a lot concerned in it, you understand, going to completely different colleges. We began touring most likely spring of final 12 months, going to completely different colleges within the South and within the North and out the Midwest, going to camps, going to video games, and simply assembly with completely different coaches,” his father, Nick Abrams, mentioned.
McDonough School head varsity soccer coach Hakeem Sule emphasised the importance of the signing for his or her program.
“To see one of your high gamers showcase himself day in day trip however then additionally get rewarded with the chance to have the ability to decide from some of the perfect colleges on the planet, it’s extremely rewarding,” Sule mentioned.
Both Abrams II and his father acknowledged the depth of school soccer tradition within the southeastern United States.
“Saturdays, it’s the holy day for lots of these locations. It’s greater than life, so he is excited. He wished the massive lights. I says, ‘So son, you bought it,” his father mentioned.
Abrams II embraces the problem forward: “It’s variety of the environment I wished. I wanna go to a spot the place soccer is faith so I may show that I’m the perfect participant within the nation.”
The linebacker will full his senior 12 months at McDonough earlier than graduating early in December to start his school profession.
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