The Georgia Bulldogs will host their first G-Day spring scrimmage in two years on Saturday
The Georgia Bulldogs will host their first G-Day spring scrimmage in two years on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.
Over the years, players like Eric Stokes, Jake Fromm, Jacob Eason, and more have performed well in the G-Day game. Will Georgia have any breakout performances?
This season, the focus will be on one positional battle: defensive backs versus wide receivers. Georgia was set at wide receiver this offseason before the Dawgs lost their No. 1 receiver in George Pickens.
Defensively, Georgia is replacing almost the entire secondary. Christopher Smith and Lewis Cine will give the Dawgs some continuity at safety, but there will be a lot of fresh faces at cornerback.
Who will be the most interesting and important players to watch on G-Day?
Bleacher Report recently released a list ranking all of the five-star recruits in the 2021 recruiting class.
Bleacher Report recently released a list ranking all of the five-star recruits in the 2021 recruiting class.
Of course, one of those talented recruits is 2021 Georgia quarterback signee Brock Vandagriff, the most highly-touted recruit to choose Athens since Justin Fields.
Watch his 2019 highlights here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNH671Bnxk
Vandagriff is rated as the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback in the country and the No. 16 player overall, according to 247sports.
So, where does Vandagriff rank among the top athletes in the nation? According to the list, Vandagriff is rated as the No. 12 five-star recruit in the country.
A little high if you ask me. Those ranked ahead of Vandagriff include Georgia offensive tackle signee Amarius Mims at No. 5 and more importantly Oklahoma signee Caleb Williams, the only other quarterback ranked ahead of Vandagriff on the list, at No. 4.
Williams is ranked as the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in the nation ahead of Vandagriff.
How fun would a matchup between Oklahoma and Georgia be with Vandagriff and Williams battling it out in the future?
Other Bulldog signees on the list include linebackers Xavian Sorey and Smael Mondon at No. 19 and No. 30.
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Five-star quarterback Brock Vandagriff signed with Georgia football on early signing day, the No. 2 QB in the 2021 recruiting class.
Georgia has had drama in the quarterback room ever since a bright-eyed Jake Fromm took over for an injured Jacob Eason in the first game of the 2017 season.
Fromm would go on to lead Georgia to an SEC Championship, Rose Bowl win and National Championship appearance in his freshman season, prompting former 5-star recruit Eason to transfer.
Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm (11) runs off the field following the SEC Football Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Dec. 2, 2017, in Atlanta. Georgia defeated Auburn 28-7. (Photo by Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS/Sipa USA)
Georgia coach Kirby Smart had a decision to make that offseason. Start Fromm, the guy who just led the Bulldogs to the College Football Playoff, or give true freshman Justin Fields, the most highly touted recruit in Georgia football history, a chance to prove his skill as the starter.
Smart chose Fromm, as most would under the circumstances, and Fields transferred to Ohio State, leaving the Bulldogs with limited options after Fromm left early for the NFL Draft after his junior season of 2019.
To fill the gap, Smart and staff turned to the transfer portal and signed Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman and USC quarterback JT Daniels in spring of 2020.
Daniels was set to be a backup as he was nursing an ACL tear, pinning Newman as the perceived starter headed into this fall until the COVID-19 pandemic prompted him to opt-out of the season.
Georgia began the season with redshirt freshman D’Wan Mathis at quarterback and quickly turned to former walk-on Stetson Bennett in an attempt to find some cohesion in a new offense brought over with newly hired offensive coordinator Todd Monken.
Mathis and Bennett played valiantly, but their experience and intangibles were not at the level of USC transfer Daniels, who took over as the Bulldogs’ signal caller in game 7 vs. Mississippi State.
His knee was in question, but Daniels put the doubters to bed with a 400 yard performance that gave us a glimpse of where Georgia’s offense can be with a gunslinger under center.
That’s what the Bulldogs have brought in with the signing of five-star quarterback Brock Vandagriff.
The Prince Avenue Christian School star is rated as the No. 2 quarterback, the No. 2 recruit in the state of Georgia and the No. 14 overall recruit in the country, according to 247Sports.
Vandagriff’s poise as a young quarterback is almost as impressive as his athleticism.
Vandagriff (6-3, 205 pounds) threw for 9, 566 yards and ran for another 1,783 in his career at Prince Avenue Christian.
Check out his junior highlights here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNH671Bnxk
Looking ahead, we will most likely see Daniels return as Georgia’s starter when the Bulldogs travel to Clemson to start the 2021 season and right behind the arm of Daniels will be Vandagriff, who will be studying how to be an SEC caliber starter.
DawgNation, you have every right to be excited for the future of Georgia football in the hands of Daniels and Vandagriff moving forward.
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5-star Georgia Bulldogs QB commit Brock Vandagriff tallied more passing yards and touchdowns in a half than UGA football has in 6 quarters
Five-star Georgia Bulldogs football commitment Brock Vandagriff is putting up some gaudy passing stats at the high school level. In fact, with his first half performance alone against Athens Christian, Brock Vandagriff threw for more passing yards than the entire team of Georgia has thrown for since halftime against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Oct. 17.
Prince Avenue quarterback Brock Vandagriff threw for 346 yards and five touchdowns in the first half alone against Athens Christian. Comparatively, Georgia has thrown for only 335 total yards since halftime of the Alabama game and the Bulldogs have five total touchdown passes since Jalen Carter hauled in a touchdown catch in the fourth quarter against Tennessee.
Vandagriff and JT Daniels, who is expected to start versus Mississippi State, give Georgia Bulldogs fans hope for the future of the quarterback position in Athens. It’s been a tough season for quarterbacks Stetson Bennett and D’Wan Mathis. The duo didn’t get too much support from the defense in key games against Florida and Alabama.
Regardless of the defensive performances, in the era of high-flying passing attacks Georgia must improve on offense. The Bulldogs saw both Mac Jones and Kyle Trask throw for over 400 yards on them. The University of Georgia threw for 112 passing yards against Florida, 131 passing yards against Kentucky, and 92 passing yards in the second half against Alabama. That’s not going to get the job done versus SEC competition.
A game-changing quarterback like Brock Vandagriff will help the UGA offense become more potent. For now, Georgia fans should sit tight and see how JT Daniels does in his first career start. Georgia has a lot of talent coming in with the class of 2021 and should be able to reload once again.
JT Daniels, Stetson Bennett, and D’Wan Mathis still need to prove themselves in the upcoming weeks. Which one of them will be the biggest competitor for Vandagriff next year?
5-star Georgia football QB commit Brock Vandagriff continues his recruiting efforts, reaching out to 4-star DE.
5-star Georgia quarterback commit Brock Vandagriff has been leading the charge of heavily recruiting the top players of the 2021 class to Athens.
Vandagriff has been tweeting at uncommitted recruits that are at the very top of teams’ lists for the past couple of weeks in hopes to sway them to UGA. Now Vandagriff is making a push at convincing 4-star defensive end Dallas Turner to put pen to paper with Kirby Smart and the Dawgs.
Turner is the No. 2 weak-side defensive end recruit in the 2021 class, standing at 6-foot-4, 235 pounds. According to the 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions, Turner is expected to sign with the Dawgs, having four Crystal Balls for UGA and one for Alabama.
Turner ranks as the nation’s No. 33 overall player.
Joining Vandagriff in recruiting Turner is Georgia running back commit Lovasea Carroll. Carroll, a 4-star back out of IMG Academy, agreed that’s UGA’s “gotta get him (Turner)”.
Carroll has been committed to Georgia since April and ranks as the nation’s 117 overall player.
Another Georgia commit, 4-star defensive back David Daniel, reached out to Turner earlier in the week, telling the Fort Lauderdale, Florida native to make the trip up to Athens.
Vandagriff’s enthusiasm in the whole recruits-recruiting-recruits is just the leadership you want to see out of your 5-star quarterback commit.
Georgia’s 2021 class
Georgia’s 2021 class is as follows (all rankings via 247Sports)
Georgia football’s 5-star QB commit Brock Vandagriff tweets at No. 2 TE in 2021 class in an effort to recruit the top players in the country
Georgia’s 5-star 2021 quarterback commit Brock Vandagriff has been playing a big role in recruiting members of UGA’s 2021 recruiting class.
Vandagriff, from Bogart, Georgia, plays for Prince Avenue Christian School and is actively recruiting some of the most talented players in the 2021 class to play along side him at UGA.
Since flipping from Oklahoma to Georgia within a three-week span, the QB quickly turned the tables on recruiters by becoming one himself.
Consensus five-star quarterback prospect Brock Vandagriff thrilled Dawg Nation in January when he announced his commitment to play for his local university.
The top-ranked pocket passer of the 2021 recruiting cycle attends Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart, exactly 10.63 miles from Sanford Stadium as the crow flies, or 13.71 miles away as the human drives (usually on Monroe Highway).
Since flipping from Oklahoma to Georgia within a three-week span, Vandagriff has quickly turned the tables on past recruiters by becoming one himself.
To cover some passing play basics:
Quarterbacks like having time to throw, so quarterbacks like their offensive line. These quarterbacks, nearly as much as they like pass protection, dislike enduring blindside tackles from opposing defenders.
With that in mind, the right-handed Vandagriff went out shopping for a potential left tackle.
And that’s where Amarius Mims comes in. Mims is a huge target, and that is meant (almost) more literally than figuratively.
At nearly six-foot-eight and 320 pounds, the junior out of Cochran, GA is already considered to be a Georgia lean. As per 247Sports, 100 percent of recruiting experts predict he will enroll at the University of Georgia.
Mims recently released a top-12 that included Georgia and a plethora of other SEC powerhouses.
The fellow consensus five-star, who plays his ball for Bleckley County high school, seems to be a perfect fit in the Bulldogs’ trenches.
Vandagriff would become just the third #UGA signee from the Athens area since 2002, joining Zach Mettenberger (2009) and Jaleel Laguins (2016). pic.twitter.com/OmQv5yIVXi
The Georgia Bulldogs landed the crown jewel for its 2021 class on Tuesday when five-star quarterback Brock Vandagriff committed to the Dawgs.
Vandagriff, the consensus top quarterback prospect in the nation, made his announcement via social media. The pro-style passer from Prince Avenue Christian School, the No. 1 player in Georgia and No. 8 nationally, decommitted from Oklahoma on January 1. He was on campus this past weekend and visited with new UGA offensive coordinator Todd Monken.
The 6′-3″, 200-pound prospect led his Wolverines to more than 50 points six times last season. He is the third commit to the 2021 UGA class, joining four-star athlete David Daniel and three-star guard Jared Wilson.
Could Georgia football be back in the mix with 2021 5-star QB Brock Vandagriff?
2021 5-star quarterback Brock Vandagriff (Prince Avenue School in Bogart, Georgia) committed to Oklahoma over the summer, choosing the Sooners over the in-state Georgia Bulldogs and nearby Florida Gators.
On Wednesday, though, Vandagriff announced on Twitter that he has decommitted from Oklahoma and will be reopening his recruitment.
Georgia was one of his finalists when he committed to Oklahoma, and told SI that Sooners’ head coach Lincoln Riley was the main factor in choosing Oklahoma. Additionally, he said that Georgia was “right there” with the Sooners and it sounds like Kirby Smart came close to pulling it off the first time around.
Vandagriff, who stands at 6’2″ and weighs 200 pounds, is the nation’s No. 8 prospect in the class of 2021 and ranks as the top pro-style quarterback. But don’t be fooled by the “pro-style” title next to his name on recruiting websites; Vandagriff ran a 4.69 40 time and rushed for over 1,000 yards as a sophomore.
Another name to keep an eye on in the 2021 class is dual-threat quarterback Caleb Williams (Washington DC), who 247Sports sees as a Georgia lean at the moment. He is the No. 15 overall player and top ranked dual-threat quarterback.
