Giovanni Tuggle, Casey Barner anchor state’s elite 2028 recruiting class

Those two 5-star recruits are not the only national sophomores emerging this fall. Here are the other Georgia prospects already slotted among the Top 100 national prospects for 2028.

• 4-star IOL Kweli Fielder/Carrollton: The 6-foot-4, 310-pounder turned heads as a freshman last season, starting games when 2026 Georgia commit Zykie Helton missed time. Carrollton coach Joey King says “he’s as good as he wants to be,” and that shows up in the weight room. “As coaches, we just kind of look at each other like this kid is a sophomore that can do this,” King said. He’s got good feet, plays with great physicality and can bend. He’s rated as an OT, but his body type currently projects as an interior IOL. He’s the No. 5 OT and No. 44 overall prospect for his class. Alabama, Georgia, Miami, LSU, Ole Miss, Ohio State and Penn State are the heavyweights among his 21 reported offers.
• 4-star EDGE Elijah Tillman/Grayson: Grayson is no stranger to highly rated prospects, but Tillman’s size blows evaluators away. He’s listed at 6-foot-7 and 210 pounds. He’s been an impact player in key spots with two sacks, four blocked punts and another blocked field goal this fall. Tillman is already ranked as the nation’s No. 7 EDGE and the No. 67 overall prospect in 2028. Alabama, Auburn, Duke, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M and USF are his reported offers up to this point. He’s also a standout AAU basketball player with the Atlanta Celtics. The GPS has already clocked him at over 20 mph in practice this year.
• 4-star DL Jamarcus Johnson/Toombs County: Scouts who went down to Toombs to see 2025 Florida signee Lagonza Hayward filed away his name for future visits. The 6-foot-5, 308-pounder already holds offers from FSU, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Tennessee. The more programs that see him in person, the more offers he will stack up. He’s listed as the nation’s No. 10 sophomore DL and the No. 83 overall recruit. Georgia offered him over the summer, and he recently visited FSU. Those are two schools to watch very early here. He has 16 tackles and five TFLs so far in 2025.
• 4-star DL Dawson Jacobs/Blessed Trinity: The Georgia legacy basically has all the offers that his 5-star older brother does. DJ Jacobs was recently ranked the nation’s No. 1 overall junior prospect for 2027 by 247Sports. Coaches who have seen Blessed Trinity in action this year come away raving about both Jacobs boys. Blessed Trinity DC Chuck Goddard called Dawson “a warrior” for the toughness and tenacity he displays on the field and in the weight room. Jacobs is the nation’s No. 11 DL and the No. 89 overall prospect for the 247Sports Composite.
• 4-star ATH Aiden Opore/Walton/Marietta: The 6-foot-3-plus, 180-pounder is already ranked as the nation’s No. 11 ATH and the No. 100 overall prospect for this class. Opore earned a camp offer from UGA this summer. That staff is talking to him about both sides of the ball. He’s been clocked at 10.9 seconds in the 100 meters. He’s reported offers from FSU, Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina and UCF, among others.