THE FLATS – Georgia Tech (Jesup, Ga./Wayne County HS) senior Weston Franklin is one of 40 student-athletes on the official preseason watch list for the 2024 Rimington Trophy. The Rimington Trophy has partnered with Pro Football Focus to select 40 preseason candidates for the award, which recognizes the best center in college football.
Franklin has started 25 consecutive games at center for the Yellow Jackets over the past two seasons and has played 884 offensive snaps in 2023. He has anchored an offensive front that helped pave the way for Tech to top the Atlantic Coast Conference and qualify. among the top 15 teams nationally in rushing offense (203.8 ypg – 12th nationally) and fewest sacks allowed (1.15 pg – 15th) in 2023.
Franklin is one of four starting offensive linemen and eight overall offensive starters returning for Georgia Tech in 2024. Last season, Tech ranked third in the ACC and top 35 nationally in total offense (424.6 ypg).
Last month, he was tabbed as one of 14 centers on the preseason watch list for the 2024 Outland Trophy.
King is one of seven Yellow Jackets on watch lists for national awards this preseason. He is joined by QB Haynes King on the watch lists for the Maxwell Award (national player of the year) and Davey O’Brien (quarterback), RB Jamal Haynes for the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Doak Walker Award (running back) and Paul Hornung Award watchlists (most versatile player), PK Aidan Birr on Lou Groza Award watchlist (spot taker), WR Leo Blackburn and DL Sylvain Yondjouen on Comeback Player of the Year watchlist, and DB Clayton Powell-Lee as named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and on the Wuerffel Trophy (community service) watch list.
The 2024 Rimington Trophy winner will be announced during The Home Depot College Football Awards Show, which airs live on ESPN on December 12.
Georgia Tech opens the 2024 season on August 24 against Florida State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Kickoff is set for noon ET and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
GEORGIA TECH 2024 FOOTBALL TICKETS
Season tickets
Georgia Tech 2024 football season tickets are on sale now and include the best seats for the Yellow Jackets’ six-game home slate, which includes Atlantic Coast Conference matchups against Duke, NC State and Miami (Florida). at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field and Tech’s highly anticipated showdown with Notre Dame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Season ticket packages start at just $225. Click HERE to become a season ticket member today.
Three-Game Mini-Plans
Three-game mini-ticket plans to watch exciting Georgia Tech football action in 2024 are on sale now. Mini-plans include a ticket to the Yellow Jackets’ highly anticipated matchup against Notre Dame on October 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the September 14 Military Appreciation Day home game against VMI and the pick of the ACC matchup of Oct. 5 vs. Duke or the Nov. 21 primetime ACC battle vs. NC State. Click HERE to purchase a three-game mini plan.
Single game tickets
Single-game tickets for Georgia Tech’s five home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field in 2024 – Aug. 31 vs. Georgia State, Sept. 14 vs. VMI, Oct. 5 vs. Duke, Nov. 9 vs. Miami (Florida) .) and Nov. 21 vs. NC State – and a limited number of single-game tickets for the Notre Dame game on Oct. 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium are now on sale and can be purchased by clicking HERE.
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