Tag: georgia 2020 recruiting class

Barrett Sallee picks Florida to win SEC East, projects Georgia record

CBS college football writer picks the Florida Gators to win the SEC East over Georgia football, as well as SEC records.

College football experts have already begun to submit their predictions for the 2020 season.

CBS Sport’s college football writer and analyst Barrett Sallee posted his SEC win total predictions for 2020 on Friday, via Twitter.

Sallee has Georgia as the 2nd team in the SEC East, with Florida as No. 1.  He also predicts the Dawgs to drop two games on the season, both being to SEC teams.

UGA has a rather tough schedule this season, playing Alabama away in Tuscaloosa. Georgia also has tough matchups against Auburn, Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky, all of which could be ranked meetings.

The Dawgs have won the past three matchups against the Florida Gators, and have a massive wave of new talent coming in with the No.1 recruiting class in the country for 2020.  Florida had the No. 9 2020 recruiting class.

The Gators and Bulldogs face off on Halloween (Oct. 31) this year in Jacksonville.

Georgia football: 5-star CB signee Kelee Ringo training with NFL’s best

 On Saturday, Georgia football CB signee Kelee Ringo trained with 49ers CB Richard Sherman and Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf. 

Perhaps the most notable prospect from Georgia’s 2020 No. 1 recruiting class is cornerback Kelee Ringo out of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Ringo (6-2, 205) was rated as the No. 1 CB, No. 1 player in Arizona and the No. 4 player in the country in 2020. In his senior season, Ringo had 31 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 INTs, and even scored 13 touchdowns on offense.

On Saturday Ringo put his young talent to the test against some of the best players in the NFL in a training session with 49ers CB Richard Sherman, WR Josh Gordon and Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf.

We can only imagine how much information Sherman, Gordon and Metcalf were able to pass on to the young CB. If Ringo was able to cover Gordon and Metcalf, he should have no problem with SEC receivers. Other than maybe George Pickens in practice.

With Ringo’s combination of size, speed and a knack for the ball, he could possibly be one of the best Georgia defensive backs ever.

Georgia football: This George Pickens stat will get you excited about 2020

This stat about Georgia WR George Pickens will get you excited about the UGA football offense in 2020.

According to Pro Football Focus (PFF) Georgia wide receiver George Pickens is the only returning receiver with 75 plus targets and zero drops in all of college football.

Pickens was a freshman phenom for the Bulldogs last year. In a run dominant offense, he caught 49 passes for 727 yards and 8 touchdowns, which earned him Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team honors.

A former 5-star recruit from Hoover, Alabama, in the 2019 recruiting class, Pickens was originally committed to the Auburn Tigers until flipping to the Bulldogs on signing day. He was tabbed as the No. 4 receiver in the country and the No. 1 player in Alabama, which helped make the 2019 Georgia class the No. 1 class in the country for the second year in a row.

The sky is the limit for Pickens in 2020. Georgia made two huge off-season moves for the Bulldogs’ passing game with the singing of Wake Forest transfer quarterback Jamie Newman, who is known for a great deep ball and the hiring of offensive coordinator Todd Monken, known for his air-raid passing attack.

DawgNation should be excited for what is to come for this young offense. Injuries and drops plagued the Georgia receiving group in 2019, but Pickens should have some more help around him in 2020. Sophomore receiver Dominick Blaylock looks to return from an ACL tear and Kirby Smart and staff added four 4-star receivers in this year’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class. Not to mention 5-star 2020 TE signee Darnell Washington (6-8, 261).

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