{"id":681058,"date":"2026-06-03T02:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681058\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:49:12","slug":"yellow-jackets-win-out-for-in-state-ol-jordan-dillon-georgia-tech-is-a-very-unique-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681058\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Jackets win out for in-state OL Jordan Dillon: ‘Georgia Tech is a very unique place’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia Tech<\/a> has been a constant in Jordan Dillon<\/a>\u2018s recruitment for a couple of years. The Yellow Jackets offered the 6-foot-4, 305-pound offensive lineman from Springfield (Ga.) Effingham County<\/a> during his freshman year, and after countless trips to Atlanta, Dillon knew exactly where he wanted to play his college football.<\/p>\n

Following his official visit this weekend, Dillon committed to Brent Key<\/a> and Georgia Tech, choosing the Yellow Jackets over a list of over 30 offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorgia Tech started recruiting me back in 2023,\u201d Dillon told Rivals. \u201cI\u2019ve been to Tech more times than I can count on my fingers, but every time I went I had a very good time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe location and atmosphere always stood out. I love how Tech has its own side of the city, but it\u2019s right there in downtown Atlanta. I love that about Tech. The vibes are great.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The relationship built over time proved difficult to beat.<\/p>\n

Dillon said Virginia Tech<\/a> emerged as Georgia Tech\u2019s biggest competition late in the process, while NC State<\/a> also made a strong push. But as the official visit came to a close, the decision became clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thought of committing came toward the end of the visit over the weekend,\u201d he said. \u201cI was like, this is the place where I want to be and what I want to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillon is excited about playing for Brent Key<\/p>\n

Several factors ultimately pushed the Yellow Jackets over the top.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorgia Tech is a very unique place,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cOne of the things I love is being in the city and surrounded by a lot of culture. The offensive line culture inside the program also played a major role too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech has multiple former offensive linemen on staff, including Key himself, something that resonated with Dillon throughout the recruiting process.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach Key shows how serious he takes the offensive line,\u201d he said. \u201cHe treats it like his baby, and I like that about him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an O-line guy, and that played a big role in committing to Tech.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who could be next? Georgia Tech is heating up and are trending for other major targets. New predictions here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georgia Tech has been a constant in Jordan Dillon\u2018s recruitment for a couple of years. The Yellow Jackets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[296632,399,5282,296633,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-681058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-effingham-county-rebels-springfield","tag-football","tag-ga","tag-jordan-dillon-27-effingham-county","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}