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04/14/2012
Jackets Conclude Final Scrimmage Before Spring Game
Friday Night on the Flats, presented by PNC Bank, is shaping up to be quite an event
A powerful redshirt freshman who could step in and make an immediate contribution on Moves over to offensive line in 2011 after spending two seasons on the defensive line... redshirted as a true freshman and played very sparingly in 2010... has good size and strength.
2010 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in the Middle Tennessee State game (Oct. 16).
2009
Redshirted as a true freshman... suffered a shoulder injury in practice in the preseason and spent most of the fall rehabilitating.
High School
Emmanuel County Institute... Scout.com 4-star recruit... No. 25 DT in the nation
(Scout.com), No. 24 DT in the nation (ESPN.com)... 2008 Class A first team all-state
selection (GHSA and AJC) and a three-time first team all-region selection... played in the 2008 Georgia North-South All-Star Game...ECI won the state title and regional crown in 2007 while going 15-0... the 2006 ECI team won a regional championship... 2007 Class A All-State selection as a junior... coached by Milan Turner... earned four letters in football and served two years as team captain... won the Dar Good Citizenship Award... also played three seasons of basketball, playing the center position.
Personal
Chose Georgia Tech because of the prestige of the school, the location and the opportunity to play under Paul Johnson... son of Jerry and Jennifer Lanier... full name is Jerry Carnell Lanier... born Nov. 11, 1989 in Statesboro, Ga... has three older siblings, Sakelia Smith, Katina Starks and Orlondo Kirkland...began playing football at age 12...majoring in Sociology.
