Defensive end recruit Jahaziel Lee from Ponchatoula, La. flipped his commitment from Louisiana-Lafayette to become a Yellow Jacket on Sunday after taking his official visit to Georgia Tech.
Lee, a 6-foot-3, 245 pound senior from Ponchatoula High School, became the 14th player to commit to the Jackets for the 2016 recruiting class.
After originally committing to Louisiana-Lafayette in June, Lee, the two-star recruit, changed his mind as Louisiana-Lafayette suffered consequences of potential NCAA violations in October.
“Now because of the incident, they’re on probation, they got all their bowl games taken away from them the last few years that they won them …,” Lee said. “I’m kind of frustrated with that because I like the coaches at ULL.”
Lee chose Tech over Louisiana-Lafayette, Memphis, Tulane and Southern Mississippi.
Lee was one of the first recruits visited by coach Paul Johnson on Jan. 14 — the first day of the current open contact period.
During Johnson’s visit, Lee said Johnson worked with him toward the possibility of become an offensive lineman.
After Johnson’s visit, Lee said hew was very open to the idea of become an offensive lineman for the Jackets.
“Coach Johnson was so straightforward with me,” Lee said. “(Johnson) told me not to worry too much about positions, but just more about giving effort. Anything could happen. I could go there and love offensive tackle. I’m a defensive lineman but I can go there and love offensive tackle and stay there.”
After Johnson’s visit, Lee said one of the reasons he was drawn to Tech is because of its engineering programs.
“For what I’m going to school for and trying to major in which is civil engineering and management construction, you know, Georgia Tech is a great place to go and major in that field,” Lee said.
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