Tampa linebacker pledges to Georgia

By David Paschall January 11, 2011 1 min read

The Georgia Bulldogs are up to 18 football commitments for the 2011 signing class after receiving a nonbinding pledge from linebacker Ramik Wilson of Tampa. The 6-foot-3, 218-pounder is rated by Rivals.com as the nation’s No. 16 inside linebacker.

Wilson is among five out-of-state commitments for the Bulldogs and among three from Florida, joining offensive linemen Zach DeBell (Tarpon Springs) and Nathan Theus (Jacksonville).

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

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