After Georgia football landed college football’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class, head coach Kirby Smart spoke with the media about why he recruited each position group the way that he did.
What Smart said about the quarterback position was interesting.
The coaches were aware that they were at risk of losing Jake Fromm to the NFL Draft, so they knew they’d have to either recruit a high school kid or find a transfer from another school.
The Georgia football staff did both, brining in 4-star QB Carson Beck and Wake Forest graduate transfer Jamie Newman.
On recruiting the quarterback position for this class, Smart said:
“We had researched the entire year with a thought that Jake (Fromm) would have the opportunity to come out early. So we had a pool of 30 to 40 of guys that we thought would be potential – whether they were transfers or whether they were grad transfers, whatever they may be, we knew we could possibly be in the quarterback market. And that included high school kids. And certainly excited about Carson and what he can do for our team. He came in and got to practice with us for the bowl game for a couple practices as well. But once Jamie went into the portal and we knew he was going to be a graduate transfer, we started communication immediately.”