Kelly Lyell

kellylyell@coloradoan.com

E.J. Scott, a defensive back from Georgia with offers from two Southeastern Conference schools, said Friday he had committed to CSU’s football program.

Scott, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, announced his decision on Twitter, posting photos of himself with Colorado State University coach Mike Bobo, on the field at Hughes Stadium during a night game and a graphic with the word “committed” and his name and school displayed across the front. CSU’s football recruiting staff provides prospects with those graphics to use on social media sites when they make their verbal commitments.

Scott also posted a note on Twitter thanking God for his talent and his parents, coaches, family and friends for their help and support over the years.

Scott, who also had offers from Mississippi State and Vanderbilt and was drawing interest from California, Tennessee, Iowa, and Duke, according to Rivals.com, could not immediately be reached for comment. He’s rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports and a two-star recruit by Rivals.

Bobo, taking advantage of new NCAA rules that allow him to do so, retweeted news of Scott’s commitment and followed it up with a tweet of his own: “Another Georgia boy is going to be joining us in Fort Collins & we couldn’t be happier about this commitment! #RAMPAGE17.”

Three of the 11 players known to have given the Rams verbal commitments for the 2017 signing class are from Georgia, Bobo's home state. The second-year CSU coach was a quarterback at the University of Georgia and spent 14 years there as an assistant coach before coming to Fort Collins for his first head coaching job.

NCAA rules still prohibit college coaches and other school officials from verbally discussing recruits who have not yet signed financial-aid agreements with the school. Scott will be able to sign with the Rams on Feb. 1, 2017, national signing day.

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