Daniels gets his guy, landing Winton Woods (OH) RB Trey Cornist

First-year Georgia Tech RB coach Mike Daniels has known new GT commit Trey Cornist since he was in middle school.

Then the head coach at Princeton High School in Cincinnati, Daniels has made several other moves since.

A priority for him, at all of his stops, has been recruiting the running back who had been at Mt. Healthy until this off-season.

Daniels was Cornist's first offer, and though several other schools continue to show interest (Penn State, Boston College, Cincinnati, among others) Cornist is ready to commit his future to Georgia Tech.

"Georgia Tech coaches, the players and really everybody there made me feel like it was home and I just love the program and I love what they've been building up too," Cornist told JOL on Sunday after his visit. "I was ready to commit because of my close relationship with coach Daniels. The type of person he is and our relationship made me not want to wait to commit. He was ecstatic when I told him I was committing."

Cornist's junior season, his last at Mt. Healthy he, finished with nearly 1400 yards rushing and 14 TD.

Now at defending state champion Winton Woods, Cornist will fight with his teammates to repeat with his recruitment in the rear-view.

Cornist had a different visit experience than many other commits being on an official visit with two other running backs AJ Newberry and Durell Robinson with only two spots available in the class at this time.

"All the running backs that were there, we are cool for sure,": he said. "It was a little weird at first, but then we got to talking and wanted to work together and if they decide to come here too, we are all good."

Current Tech running backs Dontae Smith and Dylan McDuffie played host for Cornist and the other running backs and his favorite part of the visit was going to one of their favorite hangouts.

"My favorite part of the visit was the place that Dontae and Dylan took me. They took me to some very fun places," Cornist said. "I am going to be knocked out on the plane ride home."

Getting his commitment in the books brought a huge sense of relief to Cornist as well.

"I'm happy, I know where I am going to go to school and I can just focus on my senior season and have a good year," he said.