The Georgia Tech football program still did not have signed scholarship papers from Josh Petty, its top recruit in the 2025 class, on Thursday.
High school seniors could begin signing with college programs Wednesday and may do so through Friday as part of the early signing period. Tech signed 22 prospects Wednesday, but the program did not announce Petty as part of that class. Petty’s father, James Petty, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the two sides were, “still working through contractual language.”
James Petty reached out to the AJC later Thursday to confirm Petty planned to sign with Tech after Petty was done with Thursday’s practice at Fellowship Christian School practice.
Tech coach Brent Key was asked Thursday on SiriusXM about his 2025 signing class coming together.
“It’s been wild. A lot of things going on, still,” he said. “A lot of deals being worked, and talking, and talking on the phone and all that good stuff.”
Petty is a 6-foot-5, 255-pound offensive lineman and senior at Fellowship Christian School in Roswell who is rated as a four-star recruit by the 247Sports Composite. He’s considered a top-10 prospect in the state of Georgia and a top-10 player at his position of offensive tackle in the nation.
“I’m excited to go in there and work,” Petty told the AJC in November. “I wanna go out there, and I wanna be the best, and I wanna dominate. I wanna prove to y’all (Tech fans) why I should be there, and I want to prove what people have said about me.”
Committed to Tech since August, Petty could become one of the highest-rated recruits ever to sign with the program — Tae Harris, a safety from Cedartown who signed with Tech on Wednesday, can claim that distinction as well. Petty, 17, reportedly has more than 40 scholarship offers, the first one coming from Tech in January 2023.
In August, On3 reported that Petty, represented by Brian Davis of Power Up Sports, had been offered an NIL deal of $800,000 annually for when he enrolls at Tech.
“We’re very proud of the work we’ve done with Georgia Tech,” Jason Belzer, who operates collectives for Tech, told the AJC in September. “Last year they had a good season that went above expectations, and the start of this season has been great. The athletes are happy. (Tech) is being very competitive in recruiting.
“Obviously, there are challenges as with any collective these days. But we’re really happy with the results so far. We haven’t even touched the surface with Georgia Tech.”
Petty and his FCS teammates host Hebron Christian (and defensive lineman Carrington Coombs, a Tech signee) on Friday in the semifinals of the GHSA state football playoffs.
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