Top-rated tight end signs with Bulldogs

ATHENS, Ga. --- Orson Charles , rated among the nation's top tight ends, signed with Georgia on Friday, one month after the national signing day.

Charles, from Plant High School in Tampa, Fla., picked Georgia over Tennessee and Southern California. He also visited Florida State and Florida.

Charles (6-3, 230) and another Georgia signee, quarterback Aaron Murray , helped Plant High win the Florida Class AAAA state championship.

"We're thrilled to have Orson join our signing class," said Georgia coach Mark Richt , who called Plant High "a team that knows how to win."

"I'm sure Orson will come in and be ready to compete."

Charles was named to the PrepStar Top 100 Dream Team, SuperPrep Elite 50, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100, and Class AAAA Florida Sports Writers Association All-State.

Charles had 75 catches for 1,440 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior, including six catches for 132 yards and two touchdowns in the state championship game.

Even before Friday's announcement from Charles, Georgia's signing class was rated among the top 10 in the nation by Scout.com and Rivals.com.

TENNESSEE: Touted tailback David Oku signed with the Volunteers, becoming the 21st member of coach Lane Kiffin 's first recruiting class.

The Volunteers said the Midwest City, Okla., native, who rushed for 5,802 yards and 72 TDs in his high school career, had finally decided on Tennessee.

The 5-foot-10, 185-pounder committed to the Vols in October, then reopened his recruitment in January.

TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO: Larry Coker is back in college football.

The coach who led Miami to the 2001 national championship was introduced as the first head coach of the Texas-San Antonio football program, which is expected to begin play in the 2011 season. It's the first coaching job for Coker since being fired by Miami in 2006.

UTSA has about 28,000 students in a city that is the nation's largest without an NFL or Division I team.