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Top recruits attend Georgia Tech scrimmage
Some of the state’s top college football prospects attended Georgia Tech’s scrimmage on Friday. And the Yellow Jackets are in really good shape with at least two of the recruits – Brooks County High School QB/DB Malkom Parrish and Callaway High School DE KeShun Freeman. Other big names at the ...
UGA picks up basketball commit
UGA’s basketball team picked up a commitment on Sunday. Cameron Forte, a 6-foot-7 forward, announced on Twitter that he has pledged to the Bulldogs. He’s from Howard junior college in Texas, and averaged 22.5 points and 8 rebounds this past season. He originally signed with Texas Tech out of high ...
In recruiting, players look for ‘insurance policy’
There’s a troubling trend in college football recruiting: More than one-fourth of the state’s 190 high school seniors who signed with Division I schools in February switched their commitment at least once. And a few changed their minds multiple times. It’s a trend that many predict will increase as colleges ...
Sony Michel: UGA a finalist for 5-star RB
It’s looking really good for UGA to land one of the nation’s top running backs on Friday. Sony Michel, a 5-star from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will announce after 4:30 p.m. on ESPNU between his finalists of UGA, Miami, Notre Dame, Florida State and Florida. Many recruiting analysts have been predicting ...
Whirlwind journey of UGA's Davin Bellamy
(Check out the video above. Bellamy talks about “Negative Recruiting” tactics that colleges used against UGA. And did UGA ever say any bad things about the competition to gain an advantage? Did it go both ways? We asked) Dalvin Bellamy salvaged signing day for UGA. After UGA watched every other ...
Sneak peek at UGA's recruiting board
You want to know who is really on UGA’s recruiting board? All you have to do is look at the college football prospects that UGA coach Mark Richt is now following on Twitter. Click HERE to see. Since Mark Richt’s Twitter account was created in 2009 until a few weeks ...
Why do colleges send recruits 100 letters in a day?
One of the hottest trends in college football recruiting is for a college to mail a stack of letters to a kid in one day. Last month, Tennessee sent 102 letters in a day to Monroe Area High School quarterback Stanton Tuitt, one of the state’s top prospects for 2014. ...
Basketball signings roundup
The Georgia men’s basketball team moved quickly to fill the scholarship that became available when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope declared for the NBA draft Monday.Kenny Paul Geno, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward from Booneville, Miss., committed Wednesday, the first day of college basketball’s late signing period.“Georgia had been recruiting me for a while,” ...
Commit! UGA closes the deal in a hurry on recruit
UGA moved quickly to fill the scholarship spot that opened up when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope declared for the NBA Draft on Monday. Kenny Paul Geno, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward from Booneville, Miss., committed to UGA on Wednesday. “Georgia had been recruiting me for a while,” Geno told the AJC. “They had ...
Recruiting Rewind: OL George Adeosun on picking UVA over UGA, others
George Adeosun was one of state’s feel-good stories of the year in recruiting. The Alpharetta High School offensive lineman was a “late bloomer.” He barely played as a junior, then came into his own as a senior and committed early to William & Mary. Then things went bonkers after his ...
Georgia Tech to hire new football recruiter
The man who guided Georgia Tech’s recruiting efforts behind the scenes has left for another job. Liam Klein, who was Georgia Tech’s Director of Player Personnel and a member of the team’s staff since 2003, has been hired as an assistant coach at Kennesaw State. “Liam wanted to get on ...
Recruiting Rewind with Auburn-bound DE Carl Lawson
The state's best football prospect not named Nkemdiche this past year was Carl Lawson, the 5-star defensive end from Milton High School. Lawson's father played for Georgia Tech, and he was a childhood fan of UGA. But he ended up committing early to Auburn, and stuck with the Tigers after ...
Steve Spurrier edges UGA and Alabama for LB
One of UGA’s top in-state targets at linebacker is off the board. To almost nobody’s surprise, Cedar Grove High School’s Bryson Allen-Williams committed to South Carolina over Alabama, UGA and UCLA on Monday. South Carolina was the longtime frontrunner for Allen-Williams after the Gamecocks offered him an early scholarship before ...
Vanderbilt strikes again in Georgia
Vanderbilt is having another strong year with recruiting the state of Georgia. The Commodores have seven commitments for 2014, including three from Georgia. The latest addition was Wheeler High School quarterback Elijah Staley, who pledged to Vanderbilt over the weekend. The 6-foot-7, 210-pounder picked Vanderbilt over Mississippi State, Boston College ...
State's No. 1 RB to choose between UGA, Fla., Aub. (UPDATED)
The success of UGA’s 2014 football recruiting class could be determined within the next few weeks. UGA’s top priority for next year is at running back, and both of the Bulldogs’ top targets at the position are expected to reveal their college decision within the next month: Sony Michel, the ...
Recruiting Rewind, Montravius Adams: If Rodney Garner had stayed at UGA ...
If former UGA recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner had stayed with the Bulldogs, would 5-star defensive tackle Montravius Adams have signed with UGA? That’s a popular theory in recruiting circles. If you remember, less than a week before signing day, Adams wasn’t even sure he was going to take his fifth ...
5 Georgia football recruits headed to elite Nike camp
Bryson Allen-Williams is one of five Georgia prospects who has earned an invitation to The Opening. If you’re invited to The Opening -- the Nike all-star camp held at Nike headquarters later this summer -- you’re considered to be the cream of the crop among the state’s top college football ...
Football recruit has advice for other prospects
Tre Jackson, the Lowndes High School linebacker who is committed to Georgia Tech, has some advice for fellow recruits: If you have a scholarship offer from your “dream school,” then consider accepting it -- as soon as possible. “To me, if there’s a school you’ve always really wanted to go ...
Georgia Tech's recruiting class for 2014
Georgia Tech has offered more college football prospects at an earlier rate this year because it plans to sign the largest class since Paul Johnson was hired as coach in 2007. The Yellow Jackets project to sign a full class of 25 recruits in February 2014. Georgia Tech needs depth ...
Krenwick Sanders: UGA WR from Wayne County
Prospect: Krenwick Sanders, wide receiver, Wayne County (Ga.) High School, Class of 2014 Colleges: Surprisingly committed to UGA on Nov. 29, 2012, a few days before the Bulldogs played in the SEC Championship game. He picked UGA over Vanderbilt, South Florida and UNC. Why UGA? “I’ve been a Dawg since I could walk.” ...
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