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Georgia Basketball loses Claxton to Draft, gets Big Man over Bees

Georgia basketball continues to add to its already talented 2019 recruiting class, this time with Rodney Howard who picked Georgia over Georgia Tech.

After finding out that Claxton won’t return to wear the red and black, head coach Tom Crean and his staff wasted no time finding another player.

Howard is from Greenville, South Carolina and was considered by 247Sports as one of the best available centers in the 2019 class. He was a former Ole Miss signee that asked and was granted his release earlier this month.

He is 6-11 and according to 247Sports pushing 240 pounds and isn’t even 18 yet.