CHATSWORTH, Ga. — For the past two years, the University of Georgia has been where North Murray High School junior football standout Luke Griffin wanted to continue his football career.

Up until Sunday that held true, but citing what he said was a “lack of communication” with the Bulldogs coaching staff, the 6-foot-5, 275-pound, 4-star offensive tackle decided to decommit from Georgia and reopen his recruitment, tweeting his decision early Sunday morning.

“There was a lack of communication between me and the coaches and the university,” Griffin said in an interview. “Things like that go into consideration, and I felt like it was what’s best for me and my family that I go ahead and decommit and look other places and find the best place for me.”

Griffin was the first 2019 commitment of the Kirby Smart era back in 2016 when he was a freshman. Since then, he has suffered a torn ACL in each knee, missing his entire junior season. He said Georgia expressed concerns about his health and added that the Bulldogs have considerable depth at his position and may not value him as much as they did when Smart first took over from former coach and current University of Miami coach Mark Richt.

Since he opened up his recruitment, Griffin said he has been hearing from SEC and ACC schools. He said he has offers from Alabama and Florida and has been contacted by several other schools.

“As soon as I opened up, it probably wasn’t an hour or two that I got contacted by Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn, Clemson, Tennessee and a ton of other schools,” Griffin said. “As soon as I decommitted, they started texting me, ‘Hey, you need to come visit us.’ So as soon as I opened up, it really went crazy.”

He is still waiting on offers from those schools, but expects them to come soon, with one possibly this Saturday when he attends Clemson’s spring game. Griffin said he has also heard from other ACC schools such as Florida State, Miami and N.C. State.

Though Georgia had concerns, Griffin said no other school has expressed doubts about his knees. He said he expects to be back to full strength in the coming months.

“Florida offered after my second knee surgery and Alabama did, too,” Griffin said. “I don’t think they’re really too concerned about my knees because they’re coming along strong and healthy, so I don’t think they have a problem with that. They should be good now.”

Though he said he has gotten some backlash from his social media followers — most notably the Bulldogs faithful — he said his decision has been well-received for the most part.

“Georgia fans weren’t happy, but other fans loved it,” Griffin said. “I knew there was gonna be some mad Georgia fans, but they don’t know what’s going on on the inside of the process.”

His schedule includes upcoming visits to Clemson, LSU and Alabama. Right now he said he isn’t leaning any particular way. He’s simply seeing what’s available.

Though Georgia isn’t completely off the table, he said it would be tough for the Bulldogs to get back in the mix.

“I wouldn’t say they’re totally written off,” Griffin said. “They said they might come back around after my senior year, but I don’t think anything would change as of now. We’ll just have to wait and see.”