Tag: Tyler Atkinson

Four-star linebacker set to visit Ohio State

Four-star linebacker set to visit Ohio State #GoBucks

The Buckeyes are burning up the recruiting trail and another heavy hitting recruiting weekend is coming up. One of the bigger fish to capture in Columbus this weekend is Tyler Atkinson. He is currently ranked as a four-star prospect from the state of Georgia in the class of 2026.

The consensus top 20 player in the country has visited a number of schools including southern powers such as Florida State and Auburn, but Ohio State is hopeful that it ranks among the highest after his unofficial visit this weekend.

Standing at 6-foot, 5-inches and 205 pounds, Atkinson has the ideal build to grow into a dominating Big Ten linebacker. As a sophomore last season, he tallied 197 tackles with 25 registered behind the line of scrimmage. He also sacked the quarterback 10.5 times.

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UNC football cracks four-star recruit’s top 10

The UNC football program cracks the top 10 for a four-star recruit linebacker.

The UNC football program has had a great season so far, becoming a threat on both sides of the ball. Well, that threat should continue for the next few years, with the Tar Heels cracking the top 10 for top-ranked national recruits.

The most recent recruit, four-star linebacker Tyler Atkinson of the 2026 class, released his top 10, featuring UNC. Along with the Tar Heels are two other ACC schools, Florida State and Clemson. The other schools in the top 10 are Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Texas, Tennessee, Auburn, and Ohio State.

UNC’s best chance at landing Atkinson is to continue to dominate and bring in NIL dollars to the student-athletes. Many top talent are not lining up to sit on the bench at Alabama anymore, giving the Tar Heels a fighting chance.

It would be a huge snag for UNC if they can get Atkinson to lace up in the Carolina blue threads.

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Five-star LB Tyler Atkinson puts Auburn in top 10 school

Auburn is in the mix for one of the top linebackers in the country.

[autotag]Tyler Atkinson[/autotag] is one of the top players in the 2026 recruiting class and has nearly every school in the country recruiting him. On Wednesday he trimmed his list of schools to 10 and Auburn made the cut for the five-star linebacker.

They are battling FSU, Georgia, Alabama, Clemson, North Carolina, LSU, Texas, Ohio State and Tennessee for the Loganville, Georgia product.

Aktinson’s recruitment blew up as after a dominant freshman season at Grayson High School where he made 112 tackles, 22.0 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, 24 quarterback hurries and broke up four passes.

He is the No. 12 overall player and No. 2 linebacker in the 247Sports composite ranking. He is also the No. 3 player from Georgia in the 2026 recruiting class.

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Five-star LB Tyler Atkinson names top 10 schools

Five-star Grayson High School linebacker Tyler Atkinson names his top 10 schools

Five-star class of 2026 linebacker prospect Tyler Atkinson named Georgia football among his top 10 schools.

Atkinson’s top schools are Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Texas, Tennessee, Auburn, Clemson, North Carolina, Florida State and Ohio State.

The Grayson High School (Loganville, Georgia) star is rated as the No. 2 linebacker, the No. 3 player in the state of Georgia and the No. 12 recruit overall in the 2026 class, per 247Sports composite.

Atkinson (6-foot-2, 190 pounds) holds 37 scholarship offers as only a sophomore. In 2021, he became the first eighth-grader to earn an invite to the All-American Bowl.

Georgia football has the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class in both the 2024 and 2025 recruiting cycles. Head coach Kirby Smart and Georgia are placing more and more attention on the class of 2026 as time goes on.

Georgia is always looking for elite linebackers. Will Tyler Atkinson be the next great linebacker to play for the Bulldogs?

5-star linebacker names Clemson in his top 10 schools

Clemson makes the cut for one of the top recruits in the 2026 class.

After a visit to Clemson for the Tigers matchup against Florida State, a 5-star 2026 linebacker has named Clemson among his top choices. 

Grayson High School (Loganville, Ga.) linebacker Tyler Atkinson took to social media to announce his top 10 schools, with Clemson competing with Florida State, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, LSU, Texas, Auburn, Tennessee, and Ohio State for the highly touted linebackers commitment. Top competition for a top player in the 2026 class.

According to 247Sports composite rankings, Atkinson is the No.2 linebacker and No.12 overall player in the class. Though he has yet to receive an offer from the Tigers, it will come when they start sending out offers to the 2026 class. 

It’s a big name to keep an eye on.

Nation’s No. 2 linebacker includes Vols in top 10 schools

Tennessee is a top school for the nation’s No. 2 linebacker.

Five-star linebacker Tyler Atkinson announced his top 10 schools on Wednesday.

Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida State, North Carolina, Clemson, LSU, Texas, Auburn and Ohio State are Atkinson’s top schools.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound linebacker is from Grayson High School in Loganville, Georgia.

Atkinson is the No. 12 overall prospect and No. 2 linebacker in the class of 2026. He ranks as the No. 1 linebacker and No. 3 player in Georgia, according to 247Sports composite rankings.

He finished his freshman season with 112 tackles, 22 tackles for a loss, 24 quarterback hurries, eight sacks and four pass breakups. Atkinson earned MaxPreps Freshman All-American honors.

The 2026 prospect was also the first player in eighth grade to earn an invite to the All-American Bowl. He unofficially visited Tennessee on Oct. 15, 2022.

LSU offers rising sophomore EDGE from Georgia

Tyler Atkinson is just a 2026 prospect, but he impressed playing as a freshman.

[autotag]Tyler Atkinson[/autotag] is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound EDGE rusher from the class of 2026. He is from Loganville, Georgia, where he plays for Grayson High School. The Grayson Rams finished the 2022 season 10-3 with a loss to Milton in the third round of the Georgia 7A state playoffs.

Atkinson currently has no Crystal Ball projections, but Georgia is a 33% favorite to land him per On3.

Film Analysis: Atkinson is just going to be a sophomore in high school next season but he is already compiling a long list of college offers. He shows why with his speed and power off the edge. He exhibits traits as a freshman that some players don’t have as seniors.

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Georgia eighth grader Tyler Atkinson talks Rutgers football offer

Rutgers football offers a bigtime recruit from Georgia.

Tyler Atkinson isn’t even a freshman in high school yet and he is already one of the most coveted recruits in the nation. Earlier this week, he pulled in his ninth Power Five offer, this one from Rutgers football.

A 6-foot-3, 190-pound edge rusher at Grayson (Loganville, GA), Atkinson already holds Power Five offers from Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas, and Texas A&M.

He has 22 scholarship offers total.

The offer from the Big Ten program came just days after the staff saw him up close at a Florida State football camp. Rutgers head coach [autotag]Greg Schiano[/autotag], cornerbacks coach [autotag]Mark Orphey[/autotag] (recently named to a prestigious coaching watch list) and defensive line coach [autotag]Marquise Watson[/autotag] attended the camp in Tallahassee and walked away impressed with the eighth-grader.

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Impressed enough to make an offer.

“I was able to meet coach Schiano, coach Mark and coach Watson during camp over the weekend. They felt I had a great day at camp. I was able to speak with coach Schiano again [on Wednesday] and I earned my offer from him personally,” Atkinson told RutgersWire.

“I think what makes me the most excited about my offer from Rutgers is that the coach Schiano was able to see me work in person and tell me things I can fix.”

It is certainly early in the process for Atkinson – in fact, extremely early – but he did say that “I have made some really good relationships with Georgia, Ohio State, LSU, Florida State, Texas, Michigan State, and Michigan coaches.”

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Because it is so early in the process for Atkinson, his focus isn’t as much on the recruiting component as he is on getting ready for the fall.

“Just working and getting ready for high school. We just finished our first week of summer workouts at Grayson,” Atkinson said.

“I am just focusing on being at my best all-around so I can help our team win [the] state.”

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Tyler Atkinson, an eighth grader from Georgia, gets a Rutgers football offer

Rutgers football offered Georgia eighth-grader Tyler Atkinson.

Tyler Atkinson is set to enter the ninth grade this fall, but already the Georgia linebacker is one of the most recruited underclassmen in the nation. On Wednesday night, Atkinson was offered by Rutgers football.

The class of 2026 standout already has offers from Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Michigan State, Ohio State and Texas A&M to go along with his third Big Ten offer from Rutgers football.

All offers are per 247Sports.

Last Friday, Rutgers offered Connecticut athlete Kharon Craig.

Already 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, Atkinson currently is a linebacker who may well grow into a defensive end. He recently attended the Florida State football camp.

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On Wednesday night, Atkinson tweeted about the offer from Rutgers:

 

Georgia is not the usual recruiting turf for Rutgers football. Historically, the ‘State of Rutgers’ has been New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and parts of New York State as well as into Connecticut and Maryland.

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In recent years with their addition to the Big Ten, the Scarlet Knights have founded increased success in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois as well as continuing to develop their pipeline in Florida.

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Michigan State football offers 2026 Georgia DE Tyler Atkinson

Michigan State football is trying to get in early on what appears to be an elite edge rusher in the 2026 class

Michigan State football is trying to get in early on what appears to be an elite edge rusher in the 2026 class.

Tyler Atkinson of Loganville, Ga. announced on Tuesday that he’s received a scholarship offer from the Spartans. Atkinson is a edge rusher in the 2026 class.

Atkinson is yet to be ranked by 247Sports, but that has more to do with him being in the class of 2026. When rankings do eventually come out, it appears he’ll be a highly-rated prospect based on who already is showing interest in his talents.

Michigan State is the eighth school to already offer him a scholarship. The Spartans are joined by Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Akron.

Atkinson plays for Grayson High, and is listed at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds. He was the first-ever eighth-grader invited to the All-American Bowl and participated in the UA Next All-America Game.

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