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Five-star UGA football target re-confirms his commitment

Five-star Georgia Bulldogs football commit Broderick Jones has re-confirmed his commitment to UGA. Jones has visited the Auburn Tigers.

Five-star Georgia Bulldogs football commit Broderick Jones has re-confirmed his commitment to UGA. Jones has visited the Auburn Tigers, Illinois, and Arkansas in recent weeks.

This past weekend Jones visited Athens. The trip prompted him to re-confirm his commitment to Georgia via Twitter:

Jones is Georgia’s most important remaining target in the class of 2020. Jones played high school football in Lithonia, Georgia and is 6-5. He is rated as a top five offensive tackle in his class according to nearly every recruiting website.

Jones would be an important addition for Kirby Smart and his staff, who lost a boatload of offensive line talent to the NFL and to a transfer. UGA’s offensive line has gotten some more good injury news in recent weeks as well. Jones has the potential to start as a freshman.

The Dawgs have lost four of their previous five starting offensive lineman from the 2019 season: LT Andrew Thomas (NFL), LG Solomon Kindley, RG Cade Mays (transfer to Tennessee), and RT Isaiah Wilson (NFL). UGA need all the help they can get at offensive line with the line only returning starting center Trey Hill.

Ben Cleveland, Justin Shaffer, Trey Hill, and Jamaree Salyer are expected to start next season, but would will hold down the fifth spot? Jones will make a run at the left tackle job if he ends up in Athens.

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Interesting development on Georgia 5-star commit Broderick Jones

Something to keep in mind with Georgia football OT commit Broderick Jones

Five-star offensive tackle Broderick Jones, the 2nd ranked offensive tackle and 19th ranked player in the 2020 recruiting class, has been committed to Georgia since April 2018. He didn’t sign with the Bulldogs during the December early signing period, but officially has not wavered from his commitment.

The Auburn Tigers have recently been in hot pursuit of the Lithonia High (GA) standout. Jones has visited Auburn on several occasions this fall. This week, Auburn’s secondary recruiter of Jones and position coach, J.B. Grimes, has resigned his position as offensive line coach. Grimes was at Auburn from 2013 – 2015 and then again from 2018 – 2019.

With National Signing Day less than a month away, Grimes’ departure adds more uncertainties to the equation for Jones. From DawgNation’s point of view, it’s a favorable development.

Georgia experienced the same situation when offensive line coach Sam Pittman left for the head job at Arkansas. The Dawgs lost the commitment of Joshua Braun and no doubt his departure effected Jones’ decision to delay his signing. However, Matt Luke stepped into the void and has done a fantastic job with helping Georgia sign its offensive linemen commits and bring a lot of energy to the offensive line room.

Most of the national recruiting services still have the 6’5″, 277-pound Jones firmly in the Georgia camp and the UGA staff remains confident. With the early departure of starting tackles Isaiah Wilson and Andrew Thomas and the graduation of backup tackle D’Marcus Hayes, there will be plenty of opportunity for Jones to see the field in 2020.

Georgia signed four offensive tackles during the recent early signing period. The Dawgs currently have 19 signees, 1 transfer and 2 commits for the 2020 class. The class ranks 3rd in the nation.