Thursday, January 28, 2016
Happy Valentine’s Day!
What better way to celebrate the person you love than to go to a basketball game…to wait for University of Georgia’s new head football coach Kirby Smart to scout a player…eh I tried.
Not quite Valentine’s Day material but Kirby Smart did arrive at Lanier High School in Buford (by helicopter no less) on Thursday to scout a player. Lanier’s Derrick Brown is a 6’3″, 317 powerhouse defensive lineman. Brown has since signed with Auburn but Smart wanted to make a last ditch effort to entice the senior from Sugar Hill to join the Bulldog Nation.
Lanier High School’s Derrick Brown jogs onto the court before their game against Gainesville on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
Lanier High School’s Derrick Brown (32) battles Gainesville’s K.J. Buffen (left) for control of the ball on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
University of Georgia’s new head coach Kirby Smart (center) gives a thumbs up as he joins Derrick Brown’s parents at the Lanier basketball game against Gainesville on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
University of Georgia’s new head coach Kirby Smart (right) talks to Derrick Brown’s mother Martha, father James and UGA defensive line coach Tracy Rocker as they watch him play during the Lanier basketball game against Gainesville on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
Lanier High School’s Derrick Brown (left) tries to shoot for two past Gainesville’s Farris Mance (left) on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
University of Georgia’s new head coach Kirby Smart (right) talks to Derrick Brown’s father James as they watch him play during the Lanier basketball game against Gainesville on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
Lanier High School’s Derrick Brown (left) tries to shoot for two past Gainesville’s Mike White (5) on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
University of Georgia’s new head coach Kirby Smart (right) talks to Derrick Brown’s parents as they watch him play during the Lanier basketball game against Gainesville on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
Lanier High School’s Derrick Brown (32) boxes out Gainesville’s Bailey Minor on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
University of Georgia’s new head coach Kirby Smart (right) talks to Derrick Brown’s mother Martha, father James and UGA defensive line coach Tracy Rocker as they watch him play during the Lanier basketball game against Gainesville on Thursday, January 28, 2016.