J.D. Bertrand de-committed from UGA on Friday night. The fiery and tough 4-star linebacker had been committed to UGA since July of 2017.
The Blessed Trinity senior LB ranks as the nation’s No. 16 OLB and the No. 312 overall prospect for 2019 on the 247Sports Composite. He had been the lowest-rated 4-star commitment for the Bulldogs this cycle.
Bertrand, who is also an Eagle Scout, shared the news on Friday night from his Twitter account.
Bertrand becomes the third Bulldog in the class of 2019 to de-commit this week. 5-star WR Jadon Haselwood dropped his news on Tuesday night. Jalen Perry, another 4-star CB prospect, made his move known on Thursday evening.
Bertrand’s decision drops the Bulldogs down to 16 commitments for the class of 2019.
He was the lowest-rated 4-star commitment for the Bulldogs in the class of 2019.
That will drop the Bulldogs down to 16 commits for the 2019 cycle. Yet that is still a strong enough score on the 2019 247Sports team composite rankings to keep the Bulldogs at No. 3 nationally.
Georgia still has a total of four prospects with a 5-star rating committed to the program in its 2019 class. The Bulldogs are the only program among the top 9 nationally in those ratings with less than 18 commitment for this cycle.
The move here – much like the one with Perry – does seem very similar to the ones made last year. The Bulldogs suffered a series of de-commitments from their class along the way to signing the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class for 2019.
When the Bulldogs lost a prospect, they went on to sign higher-rated prospects in their stead.
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