Let’s just keep it real—this isn’t your average recruiting tug-of-war. Five-star linebacker Tyler Atkinson ? Yeah, he’s him. The type of linebacker that makes offensive coordinators wake up at 3 a.m. in a cold sweat. What started as a Georgia vs. Ohio State chess match just took a wild left turn — two Big Ten powerhouses crashed the party, and they didn’t even knock. They came swinging. And now, the No. 1 linebacker in the nation might just flip the whole script this summer.

Oregon Ducks hit the gas early. Back in March, Atkinson slid through Eugene for an unofficial visit and apparently, the Ducks rolled out the green carpet like he was Marcus Mariota 2.0: “Oregon was everything I imagined it would be,” Atkinson told On3. “Coach Lanning and the entire staff showed me exactly how much

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