UGA is in top 5 for elite safety

UGA is in top five for one of the nation's top prospects at safety, Marlon Character of Grady High School.

Character is rated as the nation’s No. 14 prospect at safety, along with the state’s No. 21 overall prospect.

His top five schools (in no order) are UGA, South Carolina, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Ole Miss.

We caught up with Character at practice this week, and he talked about his recruiting in the below video:

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