Georgia Tech’s Hall, Smith on Doak Walker Watch List

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech senior Hassan Corridor (Atlanta, Ga./Maynard Jackson H.S.) and redshirt junior Dontae Smith (Spring Hill, Tenn./Spring Hill H.S.) are amongst 73 candidates on the official preseason watch listing for the 2022 Doak Walker Award, the PwC SMU Athletic Discussion board introduced on Wednesday. The Doak Walker Award is introduced yearly to school soccer’s high operating again.

Corridor enrolled at Georgia Tech in January after amassing 3,843 all-purpose yards (1,299 dashing) and 13 touchdowns (11 dashing) in 4 seasons at Louisville, the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in communication in December 2021.

Smith has been a house run menace from the operating again place for the Yellow Jackets for every of the previous three seasons, as he has run for seven touchdowns in simply 121 profession carries, good for a rating each 17.3 rushes. He has led the Yellow Jackets in yards per rush every of the previous two seasons – 6.9 in 2020 and 5.6 in 2021.

Georgia Tech is one among solely 5 Energy 5 convention applications – becoming a member of Mississippi State, Southern California, Texas and Wisconsin – and one among 12 groups general with a number of candidates on this season’s preliminary Doak Walker Award watch listing.

A nationwide choice committee consisting of previous recipients, former Nationwide Soccer League All-Professional and collegiate All-America operating backs, media members and chosen particular representatives will named 10 semifinalists, adopted by three finalists, for the 2022 Doak Walker Award in November. The winner will likely be introduced throughout The Residence Depot School Soccer Awards present on Dec. 8, which airs stay on ESPN.

The Doak Walker Award is known as in honor of SMU’s Doak Walker, a three-time consensus All-America operating again from 1947-49.

Smith will be a part of tight finish Dylan Leonard, defensive again Zamari Walton and head coach Geoff Collins in representing Georgia Tech on the 2022 Atlantic Coast Convention Soccer Kickoff on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. Dwell protection will likely be obtainable starting at 9 a.m. on ACC Community and ACC Community Further.

2022 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS

With lower than 50 days to go earlier than Georgia Tech soccer’s extremely anticipated season opener versus Clemson at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 2022 season tickets are on sale now. The Yellow Jackets’ engaging 2022 house slate contains the Jackets’ Sept. 5 opener versus Clemson within the second version of Tech’s “Mayhem at Mercedes-Benz Stadium” sequence, in addition to showdowns with Ole Miss (Sept. 17), Virginia (Oct. 20) and Miami (Nov. 12) at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Season tickets, which embrace all six video games on the Jackets’ house schedule and unique perks comparable to unique concessions and merchandise reductions at Bobby Dodd Stadium, precedence entry to parking and tickets for away video games and reductions on admission to the School Soccer Corridor of Fame and Illuminarium Atlanta, start at simply $299.

Three-game mini-season packs are additionally obtainable, giving followers the chance to decide on tickets for 3 of the Yellow Jackets’ six house video games in 2022, starting at simply $175.

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