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Georgia football in top schools for hometown WR Deion Colzie

Four-star 2021 wide receiver Deion Colzie decommitted from Notre Dame in March. The Georgia Bulldogs are now favorites to land him.

In March, four-star 2021 wide receiver Deion Colzie decommitted from Notre Dame and reopened his recruitment. Colzie plays for Athens Academy in Athens, Georgia and is the best hometown recruit for the Georgia Bulldogs in sometime.

Per 247Sports, Georgia has become the crystal ball favorite to land Colzie. Five out of the six favor of the Bulldogs on Colzie’s 247Sports profile page. Notre Dame has the other prediction, but that prediction was back in September.

Colzie ranks as the nation’s No. 45 overall prospect and as the No. 5 wide receiver in the 2021 class. The Athens recruit released his top ten schools via Twitter:

Colzie puts Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Oregon, Ole Miss, Penn State, Virginia, Florida, and Alabama in his top ten. Where will Colzie end up? Notre Dame has a chance at him, but at the moment it seems more likely that he’ll stay at home in Athens.

Kirby Smart and Georgia football currently have nine commitments in the class of 2021. The Dawgs are still looking for their first commitment from a receiver in the class.

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Notre Dame: April’s Top Ten Stories on FIW

April has come and gone. Which Notre Dame stories were the biggest the last month? Count down the top ten right here.

And just like that April has come and come.  Amazing how fast (or slow) a month goes by when you’re stuck inside the confides of your home unless you’ve got an essential job you have to punch into still.

What all happened during the month of April at Fighting Irish Wire?  Well it was an interesting month that saw the retirement of a legendary coach at Notre Dame, six players get drafted in the NFL Draft and a 2021 football recruit give a verbal to Notre Dame.

If you missed anything this month or are just curious to look back, here are your ten most popular stories from Fighting Irish Wire during the month of April.

10.  Niele Ivey wasn’t even on the job a week when she saw two prime-time recruits commit to the Notre Dame Women’s basketball program.

9.  Deion Colzie, prized wide reciever in the 2021 recruiting class de-commited from Notre Dame in March.  Could he still re-commit though?

8.  Brian Kelly gave an early-April update on the latest on Notre Dame/Navy in Ireland, something we’re still left wondering about as we say goodbye to the month.

7.  Christian McCaffrey never played for Notre Dame but the Fighting Irish coaching staff continues to promote the highest paid running back in the NFL as one of their own.

6.  We found out more information on Will Shipley’s recruitment in the early parts of the month.  We’re still without any absolutes but Notre Dame clearly has a spot at the table with Clemson and North Carolina.

5.  We don’t have an answer yet on if Notre Dame and Navy will play in Ireland but a recent mandate by Ireland’s government has me scratching my head trying to figure out how this game gets played overseas.

4.  Notre Dame quarterback commit Tyler Buchner, the prized jewel so far of the 2021 cycle, received a fifth star by 247Sports. 

3.  Brian Kelly had strong words he offered up for Kirk Herbstreit’s prediction that college football wouldn’t be played in 2020. That was this month?  Seriously it feels like eight weeks ago at least.

2.  The latest news of Notre Dame being a finalist to land former Stanford running back Trevor Speights got a lot of attention the last few days.  Stay tuned as we could get an announcement there before much longer.

April’s Most Viewed Story:  Notre Dame made a scholarship offer to one of the nation’s top defensive recruits in the 2022 class, Denver Harris as they’re trying to hit one out of the park with the prized defensive back.

Thank you everyone for making April great and can’t wait for an even better May.  Hopefully we’ll all be able to get back to a little more normalcy this month compared to in the last but I hope you’re saying safe, sane and healthy.

 

Georgia football the favorite to land 4-star Athens WR Deion Colzie?

Georgia Bulldogs appear to be the leader for 4-star Athens WR Deion Colzie.

In March, four-star 2021 wide receiver Deion Colzie, out of Athens Academy in Athens, Georgia, decommitted from Notre Dame and reopened his recruitment.

Though Kirby Smart and the UGA coaching staff cannot recruit Colzie in person for the time being, it sounds as though Georgia is doing everything right in order to land the 6-foot-4-inch local prospect.

Per 247Sports, Georgia has become the crystal ball favorite to land Colzie. Four out of the six favor of the Bulldogs on Colzie’s 247Sports profile page. Notre Dame has the other two.

Colzie ranks as the nation’s No. 46 overall prospect and as the No. 3 wide receiver in the 2021 class.

I would be shocked if Georgia was unable to secure a commitment from a local kid with that much talent.

 

 

4-star WR from Athens, Georgia decommits from Notre Dame

Deion Colzie, a 4-star WR from Athens, Georgia, has decommitted from Notre Dame. Is he going to give UGA football a closer look?

Are Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs about to flip a local prospect?

On Friday, 2021 4-star wide receiver Deion Colzie, out of Athens Academy in Athens, Georgia, announced on Twitter that he is decommitting from Notre Dame and reopening his recruitment.

Colzie, who ranks as the nation’s No. 46 overall prospect and the No. 5 ranked receiver, stands 6-4 and weighs 195 pounds.

Colzie tweeted on Friday:

“I want to take the time and thank the University of Notre Dame for trusting in me and giving me an opportunity to continue my academic and athletic career. Secondly, I want to thank God and my family for the unbelievable support in this process. This was not an easy decision, and there were lots of thoughts and prayers that went into this decision. With that being said, I will be decommitting from the University of Notre Dame and re-opening my recruitment. No interviews please!”

In addition to Notre Dame, Colzie has received scholarship offers from Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Duke and Georgia Tech.

On Thursday night, Colzie called Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly to tell him that he is decommitting from the program.

“This has been weighing on me for about three weeks, so I called coach Kelly and decommitted, Colzie told recruiting analyst Chad Simmons of Rivals. “It was not easy to do, but it was something I needed to do. It is the best decision for me.

Colzie visited Georgia just a few weeks ago, and according to Simmons the Dawgs have not taken their foot off the gas when it comes to his recruitment.

Shocker – Star ’21 Receiver De-Commits from Notre Dame

Four stars or five, who cares?  Colzie is one of the very best receivers in the nation in this 2021 recruiting class. This loss is a massive one as talents like it simply don’t come around.   

This one stings, Notre Dame fans.

Top-100 recruit and one of the stars of the 2021 recruiting class has de-committed from Notre Dame as Deion Colzie of Athens, Georgia has reopened his recruiting.

Colzie, a four-star recruit per 247Sports rankings was also slotted as the third-best receiver in the 2021 class, nationally.  He made the announcement Friday afternoon on his Twitter page.

Colzie doesn’t say that he won’t consider Notre Dame as he re-opens things but obviously the chances of that are low.

Four stars or five, who cares?  Colzie is one of the very best receivers in the nation in this 2021 recruiting class. This loss is a massive one as talents like it simply don’t come around.

Notre Dame’s 2021 class is seen as one of the best nationally, at least in the early stages.  This de-commit brings the total commitments down to six for Brian Kelly and the Fighting Irish.

If there is good news it’s that there is time to put efforts into a replacement, the bad news is obvious, that they’re simply aren’t many talents quite like his to pursue.

What was supposed to be a massive recruiting weekend for Notre Dame before cancellations in recruiting due to Coronavirus has instead gotten off to a brutal start with the Colzie news.