UGA football among top schools for elite DT recruit

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for three-star defensive tackle recruit Felix Hixon.

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for three-star defensive tackle recruit Felix Hixon, who plays high school football in Jackson, Georgia. Jackson is located south of Atlanta and is not far from Athens.

Felix Hixon is 6 feet, 3 inches and weighs 285 pounds. He’s ranked as the No. 40 defensive tackle recruit in the class of 2022. The rising senior named his top 10 schools via his Twitter account:

The three-star defensive tackle recruit puts Georgia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Louisville, Illinois, Georgia Tech, FSU, Arkansas, South Carolina and Florida in his top 10 schools.

Dan Lanning and the Georgia Bulldogs defense already have two defensive tackle commitments in the class of 2022, Tyre West and Bear Alexander. How many defensive tackles will Georgia land commitments from in the class of 2022?

Georgia has 12 commitments in the class of 2022. Kirby Smart’s class is rated as the second best class in the nation behind Ohio State.

Based on his size, Felix Hixon would project as a 3-4 defensive end in Georgia’s defensive scheme.

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