4-star Jamir Dean flips commitment to UGA, gives Bulldogs second 2027 WR
Flip season has arrived for the Georgia football program. The Bulldogs are currently crushing recruiting flips the way the Diamond Dawgs treat Omaha fastballs.
Georgia flipped 4-star in-state target Kennedee “KJ” Jackson from rival Florida on Wednesday. The program got another one today.
Jamir Dean, a 4-star wide receiver from Alcoa High School in Tennessee, had only recently committed to Penn State. He’d also taken recent visits to both Penn State and Georgia.
Georgia receivers coach James Coley got his guy to Athens. Dean saw UGA for his official visit on the weekend of May 29, and the Bulldogs gave him a lot to think about.
In a move that’s been in the works for over a week now, he announced that decision via his social media on Monday.
He’s the nation’s No. 36 WR and the No. 257 overall prospect for 2027 on the 247Sports Composite. The Rivals Industry ranking has him as the No. 35 WR and No. 226 overall.
The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder has competed in the Tennessee state championships in the decathlon. He’s a strong high-jumper who also cracked the career 1,000-point mark in basketball. The 4-star even ran a 10.69 in the 100. Now mix that in with 11 touchdown catches for a state championship team.
Dean changed out a scheduled Arkansas official visit to hang out in Athens last month.
He now becomes the 15th commitment in the 2027 class for Georgia. The 4-star also joins 3-star Taurean Rawlins of Mount Vernon as the only receivers in the class. He’s also now the seventh-highest rated commitment in the class.
The decision also moves the Bulldogs up to No. 21 nationally on the 247Sports recruiting rankings. Georgia also ranks No. 13 nationally in Rivals’ rankings.
The full stat line had Dean pulling down 34 receptions for 590 yards and 11 scores as a junior. He averaged 17.4 yards per catch for an Alcoa team that went 14-1 and won its 11th straight state title in Class 4A in Tennessee.