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Top 2027 Ohio State Running Back Target David Gabriel Georges Learning English, How to Love Carlos Lockyn
By Andy Anders on June 18, 2025 at 11:25 am @andyanders55
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English might be David Gabriel Georges’ second language, but nothing about Carlos Locklyn’s coaching intensity was lost in translation on Tuesday.
"That’s something I like, because it pushed me to work my hardest,” Gabriel Georges said after the camp.
It’s an approach that appeals to Gabriel Georges.
The elite 2027 prospect has been coached hard by relatives since he first took up the sport as a child, and though there’s a long way to go in his recruitment, Locklyn will have Ohio State in the thick of a heated battle for his services.
“I’m from a family of football players. My uncle, he is a coach, and the way he coached me was always, ‘Do this, do that.’ Like military kind of (style), like Coach Lock,” Gabriel Georges said with a big smile. “It’s always like, screaming, ‘Cut.’ So it’s something I’m familiar with and I really like that.”
Gabriel Georges is originally from Quebec, Canada, and, as with 22% of Canadians, his first language is French.
He moved to Tennessee to play high school football at Baylor School in Chattanooga. Only then, 11 months ago, did he start learning English, but he’s already absorbed enough to carry on a conversation. He said there are a lot of “really, really nice” teachers and coaches at Baylor School to assist him. Still, there was definitely an adjustment period.
“At first (it was difficult), yeah, because I play in Tennessee, so the first month was pretty hard for me to understand the coaches,” Gabriel Georges said. “School, at the beginning, was pretty hard. And that Baylor team really helped me learn English faster. Right now, sometimes, I can ask questions, repeat it and understand it better. But it’s kind of hard sometimes.”
The choice to pursue his college football ambitions away from home in the United States was difficult, but necessary in Gabriel Georges’ eyes.
“In Canada, you don’t really have good exposure for university and stuff,” Gabriel Georges said. “If I would have stayed in Canada, I would never be able to be here (at Ohio State) or be able to do visits. ... It was (hard), because I’m going to be far from my family and friends. But at some point, it was something I had to do if I wanted to succeed in football and have more exposure and be able to play against good players.”
While Gabriel Georges is new to America, he is not new to American football.
Top 2027 Ohio State Running Back Target David Gabriel Georges Learning English, How to Love Carlos Lockyn
Top-five 2027 running back prospect David Gabriel Georges is learning English and learning to love Carlos Locklyn – who reminds him of his uncle – early in his process.
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