Two two-star-rated linebackers from the Atlanta area, John Law and John Silas, committed to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Sunday after their official visits.
Silas, of Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, was a Class AAAAA first-team all-state selection in 2011 and a two-star prospect according to Scout.com. He joins Hillgrove teammate Nakevion Leslie, a safety, among the Mocs’ 13 commitments.
“I feel like it’s a program that’s headed in the right direction, and it felt like a good fit for me,” the 6-foot, 225-pound Silas said of UTC.
He had numerous scholarship offers but ultimately picked the Mocs over Elon and Georgia State.
“Those were the only other two that I was really considering,” he said. “Elon had the campus life and Georgia State was in a city, but UTC had a city and it had a separate campus. It had everything I wanted.”