The NCAA may have extended the college football recruiting dead period into May, but the Virginia Cavaliers won’t have to wait to start the class of 2022. Tennessee tight end Karson Gay announced that he chose UVA as his destination for college ball.
Gay is a 6-foot-7, 230-pound prospect out of the Boyd-Buchanan School in Chattanooga. Rivals and 247 both rate him as a three-star, with a 247 Composite of 86.28. In addition to Virginia, he holds offers from Virginia Tech, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Southern Cal, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee, Purdue, Indiana, and BYU.