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Georgia football offers elite DB Jahlil Hurley

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to defensive back Jahlil Hurley, who plays high school football for Florence.

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The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to defensive back Jahlil Hurley very early in the recruiting process. Hurley is a member of the class of 2023, so he’s only a sophomore in high school. Kirby Smart and the University of Georgia aren’t afraid to offer players who are quite young.

That hasn’t stopped Hurley from getting scholarship offers from all around the country. Elite college programs like FSU, Auburn, Florida, and South Carolina have already offered the standout cornerback.

Hurley stars for Florence High School in Florence, Alabama. He possesses rare length at the cornerback position at six-foot-three. Based on early interest from some of college football’s top programs, Hurley will be a three or four-star recruit one day.

The lengthy defensive back showcased his ball skills on this interception:

Hurley has a long way to go in the recruiting process before he can reach a decision. We will let you know if he releases a list of top schools or makes a commitment.

Jahlil Hurley announced his UGA scholarship offer via his Twitter account:

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Georgia football recruiting: 2021 4-star DB Terrion Arnold set to release top schools Friday

Georgia football target, 2021 4-star DB Terrion Arnold set to release top schools this Friday. Details here

2021 4-star safety Terrion Arnold ( John Paul II Catholic High School) from Tallahassee, Florida has confirmed that he will be releasing his top schools this Friday, per his Twitter account.

The Under Armor All-American prospect is rated as the No. 10 player in Florida, the No. 2 safety and the No. 85 prospect overall in the 2021 recruiting class, according to 247Sports.

247Sports wrote:

“One of the more complete defensive back prospects in a loaded 2021 class for the Sunshine State. Should sign with a Top 25 program and develop into an all-conference type player. Potential is there to play on Sundays.”

As one of the elite defensive back prospects for 2021, Arnold has plenty of interest from some of the top programs in the country.

He holds 44 offers, including ones from Alabama, Florida State and Florida – who are rumored to be in the lead to sign Arnold as of now.

We’ve seen Georgia coach Kirby Smart pull talented guys from Florida before, so check back in Friday to see if Georgia makes Arnold’s top schools.

 

 

Georgia football No. 4 in AP Top 25 Preseason poll

The Associated Press has released its AP Top 25 Preseason poll. Georgia football is No. 4, where is the rest of the SEC? Details here.

The Associated Press has released its annual college football preseason top 25 rankings.

Georgia comes in at No. 4 with Alabama at No. 3, Ohio State at No. 2 and Clemson at the No. 1 spot.

The SEC leads all conferences with seven teams ranked in the top 25, followed by the Big Ten with six.

The Big 12 is next with four, followed by both the ACC and Pac-12 with three and the American with two.

In regards to the Bulldog’s opponent rankings for the 2020 season:

  • Alabama (3)
  • Florida (8)
  • Auburn (11)
  • Tennessee (25)

See the full preseason AP Top 25 here with SEC programs in bold:

1. Clemson (38)
2. Ohio State (21)
3. Alabama (2)
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. LSU (1)
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. Oregon
10. Notre Dame
11. Auburn
12. Wisconsin
13. Texas A&M
14. Texas
15. Oklahoma State
16. Michigan
17. USC
18. North Carolina
19. Minnesota
20. Cincinnati
21. UCF
22. Utah
23. Iowa State
24. Iowa
25. Tennessee

 

Georgia low, Florida even lower in Phil Steele’s preseason CFB top-25

Georgia football checked in lower than expected, but not as low as Florida, in Phil Steele’s preseason CFB top-25.

Phil Steele has released his annual preseason college football top-25, and this year he is not terribly high on Georgia.

Steele has the Dawgs sitting at No. 7 in America, by no means a bad a ranking. It’s just not necessarily where DawgNation would like to see their guys start the season — Most outlets have placed the Bulldogs anywhere from 4-6.

In these rankings, Steele has Georgia as the fourth best team in the SEC. Conference teams ranked ahead of the Bulldogs include Alabama, LSU and, surprisingly, Texas A&M.

You’ll have to scroll allll the way down to No. 13 to find the Florida Gators, a team that is receiving a ton of preseason hype by practically every analyst other than Steele.

Georgia returns 8 defenders from last year’s No. 1 ranked defense, added two elite quarterbacks, signed the nation’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class and got an upgrade at offensive coordinator.

We’ll see.

Here’s Steele’s full rankings:

  1. Ohio State
  2. Clemson
  3. Alabama
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Texas A&M
  6. LSU
  7. Georgia
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Oregon
  10. Penn State
  11. USC
  12. Texas
  13. Florida
  14. Wisconsin
  15. Michigan
  16. North Carolina
  17. Miami
  18. Virginia Tech
  19. Auburn
  20. Tennessee
  21. Kentucky
  22. UCF
  23. Iowa
  24. Oklahoma State
  25. Memphis

College Football News ranks SEC head coaches: Where’s Kirby Smart?

College Football News ranked the top SEC head coaches. Where is Georgia football’s Kirby Smart?

Pete Fiutak of College Football News recently released a list ranking the SEC head coaches heading into the 2020 season.

Checking in at No. 3 on the list is Georgia’s Kirby Smart, who trails only Nick Saban (1) and Ed Orgeron (2).

At No. 4 is Dan Mullen and at No. 5 is Gus Malzahn.

As much as I’d love for Smart to be in that No. 2 spot, I do not disagree with Fiutak here.

Smart’s time will come, and within the next five years he may very well occupy that No. 1 spot.

For now, he’s sitting at No. 3 on Fiutak’s list, likely right on the verge of taking over that No. 2 ranking. As long as he keeps winning the SEC East, beating rivals and putting his team in striking distance for the College Football Playoff
he’ll be considered a top-five coach in America.

Orgeron or Smart at No. 2 was likely a somewhat difficult decision. Fiutak went with Coach O since he accomplished something Kirby hasn’t yet, a national championship.

I’ve heard it all – “Anyone could win with that roster.”

Sure, Smart probably would have won it with that roster LSU had last year. But, at the end of the day, he didn’t have that roster. No other way around it.

Also, how can you not love Coach O?

As for Saban, there’s no arguing that one.

Georgia football play of the day

Watch the Georgia football play of the day here.

It’s Monday, July 13 and today’s play of the day comes from Georgia versus Florida in 2017.

Georgia already held a 14-0 lead in the first quarter when star running back Sony Michel took a Jake Fromm inside hand off 74 yards to the end zone.

Watch it here:

The Bulldogs would go on 42-7 in one of the most lob-sided UGA vs UF games in recent memory. Georgia’s Michel totaled 137 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries.

College Football News makes game-by-game predictions for Georgia in 2020

College Football News recently released its game-by-game predictions for each SEC team for the 2020 season, including Georgia football.

Pete Fiutak of College Football News recently released his game-by-game predictions for each SEC team for the 2020 season.

Fiutak also predicted which teams would be playing in the SEC Championship Game on December 5th in Atlanta.

Fiutak has Georgia playing Alabama in the conference championship, with both teams going into the game at 11-1. In this scenario, the SEC Championship would basically be a College Football Playoff play-in game.

Fiutak sees Georgia’s only loss being on September 19th to Alabama in Tuscaloosa. If so, Georgia would be hungry for revenge when the two meet again in Atlanta.

As for the Crimson Tide, Fiutak has Alabama dropping just one game in the regular season – that being at LSU in early November.

In these predictions, Florida finishes the regular season 10-2.

To see each teams’ game-by-game predictions, click here.

Here are his full UGA predictions:

2020 Georgia Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 11-1
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 7-1
2019 Preseason Prediction: 10-2
2019: 12-2, 2018: 11-2
2020 Georgia Preview

Sept. 7 Virginia (in Atlanta) W
Sept. 12 East Tennessee State W
Sept. 19 at Alabama L
Sept. 26 ULM W
Oct. 3 Vanderbilt W
Oct. 10 Auburn W
Oct. 17 at Missouri W
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 31 Florida (in Jacksonville) W
Nov. 7 at South Carolina W
Nov. 14 Tennessee W
Nov. 21 at Kentucky W
Nov. 28 Georgia Tech W

247Sports places 2020 CFB contenders into tiers

247Sports placed the top 2020 CFB contenders into tiers, and created a tier specifically for Georgia.

247Sports recently placed their top playoff contenders for the 2020 college football season into tiers.

In tier one, considered the teams with the best shot of reaching the College Football Playoff, was Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State.

It looks like 247 added a tier specifically for Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs, as UGA is the only team listed in tier 1.5.

From 247:

Tier 1.5: Georgia Bulldogs

Georgia is a weird team to place. The Bulldogs’ talent stacks up player-to-player with Alabama and Ohio State. Its history, three straight seasons with at least 11 wins, does too. But there are a few big-picture reservations with Georgia that the programs above it lack.

247Sports proceeded to discuss experience as a possible weakness on the 2020 UGA roster, noting the introductions of new quarterback Jamie Newman and offensive coordinator Todd Monken, plus the departures of four offensive linemen and Lawrence Cager.

The departure of James Coley, who has been replaced by Monken, is good news for Georgia in the long run, as 247’s Chris Hummer wrote. He mentioned, however, that given the nature of this restricted offseason, it may not yield immediate success. On that one, we’ll just have to wait and see. It can’t get much worse, though.

Oklahoma was alone in tier two.

You’ll have to scroll to tier three to find Florida, which is accompanied by LSU, Notre Dame and Penn State.

Georgia football play of the day

We are choosing our favorite plays in Georgia football history in celebration of the upcoming 2020 college football season. Watch it here.

One of my favorite times of the year is upon us. Players have arrived on campus and are beginning workouts, while the college football world starts slowly building excitement and expectation for the 2020 season.

To celebrate, we are picking one of our favorite plays in Georgia football history day-by-day.

Today’s play is one of the most exciting moments in Bulldog history…

Georgia vs. Florida (2012) – Georgia star outside linebacker Jarvis Jones forces a fumble on a potential game-changing catch by Florida tight end Jordan Reed late in the fourth quarter.

Watch it here:

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2020 CFB season countdown: 82 days until Georgia football

There are 82 days before Georgia kicks-off versus Virginia in Atlanta on Sept. 7. 

There are 82 days before Georgia kicks-off versus Virginia in Atlanta on Sept. 7.

Former Georgia wide receiver Michael Bennett (2010-2014) is most remembered for his critical catch versus Florida in 2011. Bennett caught a second quarter lob pass in the back of the endzone from Aaron Murray to bring the Bulldogs back into the game – which eventually ended with a Georgia win 24-20.

Bennett hauled in 134 passes for 1,607 yards and 17 touchdowns in his Georgia career.