Georgia Close Signings welcoming $98,362.8 Ex-Alabama 4-Star OL For 2024 Season…
Four-star offensive lineman Mason Short announced his commitment to Georgia. The 6-foot-5.5, 300-pound offensive lineman is from Evans, Georgia.
He committed to the Bulldogs over Kentucky, Clemson, and Ohio State. He decommitted from Alabama on Jan. 16 after Nick Saban’s retirement.
Short is the No. 224 overall prospect and No. 13 interior offensive lineman in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. 5 interior offensive lineman and No. 30 player in Georgia, according to the On3 industry rankings.
He earned second-team MaxPreps Sophomore All-American honors and was named the Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2022. Short also earned Preseason MaxPreps Junior All-American honors this season.
Following Short’s commitment, Georgia’s 2025 recruiting class ranks No. 8 nationally and No. 3 in the SEC.
2025 Arkansas safety Omarion Robinson focused on five programs as summer decision looms
Omarion Robinson is getting closer to a decision. The three-star safety from Little Rock (Ark.) Parkview Magnet recently cut his list to five finalists with Oregon, Oklahoma, LSU, Arkansas and Georgia forming the group. At 6-feet, 171 pounds, Robinson is ranked as the No. 36 safety in the country and No. 2 overall prospect in Arkansas, according to 247Sports.
Damien Martinez intends to enter transfer portal
Multiple sources have indicated to BeaverBlitz that star Oregon State All-American running back Damien Martinez intends to enter the transfer portal when it opens next week.
A 3-star recruit out of Lewisville (TX) Lewisville, Martinez experienced immediate success at OSU, shining in both spring and fall camps. Martinez had a slow start to his freshman season before exploding at the mid-way point of the season, rushing for 100 yards in six consecutive games on his way to winning the Pac-12 Freshman on the Year award and winning multiple All-American honorees. Martinez rushed for 982 yards and seven scores for a 10-win season.
The 6-foot 237-pound back was dominant as a sophomore, earning multiple all Pac-12 honors. He rushed for 1,185 yards on only 194 carries while also adding nine touchdowns for the Beavers.
Martinez had previously told 247Sports he would be all-in with Oregon State despite transfer portal interest. In an interview with 247Sports’ Mike Roach in November, Martinez said he was not interested in playing elsewhere even with coach Jonathan Smith leaving for Michigan State.
“Obviously, yeah schools were hitting me up,” Martinez said. “I have an (NIL) agent, so schools will talk to him, but we are always on the same page. I’m not interested in leaving or going anywhere. He knows that, so I’m here.”
The anticipated loss of Martinez is without a doubt the biggest Oregon State has seen this offseason.
OSU now only has three scholarship backs on campus for Spring Ball, as Jam Griffin, Anthony Hankerson and Isaiah Newell remain.
College football transfer portal rankings: Latest on 2024’s top 10 uncommitted players as spring window looms
The college football spring transfer portal window is set to open a week from Tuesday. It’s expected to be a hectic time in college football, with hundreds of players entering across 15-day window as spring ball comes to a close across the country.
But just because the portal opens a week from today doesn’t mean that there aren’t already players to talk about. Many players remain in the transfer portal entering the spring, including a bunch who will help Power Five teams in 2024.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Amid the dejected locker room following North Carolina’s season-ending loss to Alabama in the NCAA Tournament, guard Seth Trimble attempted to hold back tears, wiping them away with tissues as he met with reporters.
“Everybody wanted last year to be done,” he said that night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, after the Tar Heels fell 89-87 in the Sweet 16. “And now, nobody wanted this year to end. It says a lot.
“Heartbreak, it’s the last time this group plays together. … We really jelled this year. We really became Carolina basketball again. You know, we set the standard for these next couple of years, but sad this group will never get to play again.”
And that will be his last Tar Heel team. Trimble announced on Tuesday that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal, leaving Chapel Hill after two seasons. He met with Hubert Davis multiple times for postseason meetings in the last week, according to sources close to the situation. “… I feel this is the best step for me moving forward,” Trimble said in a social media statement. “Tar Heel family, I will love you for the rest of my life.”
In his second season at Carolina, the high-flyer appeared in 35 games and made one start in November against Northern Iowa. He was the Tar Heels’ most consistent contributor off the bench, serving as a steady sixth man, trusted defender on the perimeter, and valuable energy source for coach Hubert Davis to call on.
Trimble averaged 5.2 points per game this season, up nearly 3½ points from his freshman year. He knocked down 41.9 percent of his limited 3-point attempts, connecting on 13 successful shots from beyond the arc. He set a career-high in scoring with 12 points in a defeat of Arkansas in late November, knocking down both of his 3-point tries in that game. He went on to match that scoring mark in a blowout of Charleston Southern and later a sprint past Florida State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.