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5-star Sammy Brown visiting Georgia football

Five-star linebacker Sammy Brown is visiting the Georgia Bulldogs on April 1.

Five-star linebacker Sammy Brown is visiting the Georgia Bulldogs on April 1. Brown received a scholarship offer from Georgia football back in March 2021.

The five-star linebacker is a member of the class of 2024. Brown is a special talent. There simply aren’t many athletes as fast and strong as Sammy Brown.

Sammy Brown plays high school football for Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Georgia. Georgia Bulldogs star safety Malaki Starks also played high school football for Jefferson.

Jefferson High School’s Sammy Brown is one of the best recruits in the class of 2024. Joshua L. Jones/ Online Athens

Sammy Brown is ranked as the No. 13 player in the class of 2024. Brown is the top-ranked linebacker and the fourth-ranked player in Georgia. Georgia football has done an excellent job of recruiting the linebacker position recently, but Brown may be the Dawgs’ most talented linebacker prospect in recent memory.

Sammy Brown is a versatile three-sport athlete that runs track and wrestles in addition to playing football. Brown’s versatility is displayed on the football field as well. He compiled 1,459 rushing yards on 181 carries and scored 21 rushing touchdowns in his junior season. The five-star also racked up 113 total tackles and added a sack.

The 6-foot-2, 225-pound linebacker plays high school football about an hour outside of Athens, Georgia. Kirby Smart and Georgia football would love for Sammy Brown to stay home.

The Jefferson standout has recently visited the Clemson Tigers.

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5-star TE Duce Robinson sets commitment date

Five-star tight end recruit Duce Robinson, one of the best recruits in the class of 2023, is ready to commit

Five-star class of 2023 tight end recruit Duce Robinson is one of the final unsigned recruits in the senior class. Robinson is the top-ranked tight end and the top-ranked player in Arizona. Robinson is the No. 17 recruit in the country, per 247Sports.

The five-star tight end has had many swings throughout his recruitment, but he is ready to make a decision. Robinson plans to announce on March 30.

Robinson played high school football for Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Robinson is favored to sign with the USC Trojans, but the Georgia Bulldogs are in the mix.

The 6-foot-6, 225-pound tight end is also an excellent baseball athlete. Robinson played basketball in high school, too, but he is also being recruiting as a baseball prospect and could be selected in the MLB draft.

Georgia football tight ends coach Todd Hartley is an elite recruiter. He already signed two four-star tight ends in the class of 2023.

What team’s recruiting class will get a late boost from Robinson?

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5-star WR Mike Matthews names his top schools

Georgia football has made Mike Matthews’ top 12 schools. Who else is in the mix?

Five-star wide receiver recruit Mike Matthews is one of the top recruits in the class of 2024. The five-star plays high school football for Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia.

Mike Matthews is the sixth-ranked player in the junior class and the second-ranked wide receiver. Matthews is the second-ranked recruit in Georgia, per 247Sports. He plays both defensive back and wide receiver for Parkview High School.

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound receiver also plays basketball. Matthews is a versatile athlete with excellent explosiveness.

Matthews visited Athens for the Georgia versus Kent State game in the fall of 2022. He plans to play in the 2024 Under Armour All-America Game.

Impressively, the five-star sports a dual scholarship offer from the Auburn Tigers for both football and basketball. Not many recruits earn dual scholarship offers.

As a wide receiver, Matthews shows great speed and acceleration. He is a good route runner and gets a lot of separation.

The five-star recruit puts Georgia, Arkansas, Ohio State, Alabama, Tennessee, LSU, Michigan, Clemson, Auburn, Colorado, USC, and Texas A&M in his top schools.

The Parkview superstar named his top 12 schools via Twitter:

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UGA football in top schools for dual-sport standout

In-state athlete BJ Gibson was previously committed to play baseball at Tennessee. Now he has reopened his recruitment.

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for in-state athlete BJ Gibson. Gibson decommitted from the Tennessee Volunteers baseball program on Jan. 23.

Gibson stars in football and baseball for Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Georgia.

He is a four-star athlete. He is the No. 301 player in the country and the No. 26 athlete. Gibson is the No. 39 football recruit in Georgia.

The 6-foot, 170-pound recruit has great speed and acceleration. Gibson primarily plays wide receiver for Wilcox County. He shows good body control.

Gibson is a smooth athlete. He times the snap count to get fast releases off the line of scrimmage. He is a deep threat and does a lot of damage on screen plays.

Will Gibson pick football or baseball? He could play both sports in college. He is a highly rated baseball recruit. Gibson has gone on recent visits to Florida and Florida State.

BJ Gibson’s top schools are Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, FSU, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Stanford, Kentucky, USF, Northwestern, Georgia Southern, LSU and South Carolina.

Georgia offered the talented two-sport star in February 2022. Gibson named his top 13 schools via Twitter:

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UGA football offers Idaho’s top recruit

The Georgia Bulldogs are the latest college football program to offer a scholarship to four-star wide receiver Gatlin Bair.

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to the best recruit in Idaho, Gatlin Bair. Kirby Smart and Georgia football recruit the entire country every year and the 2024 recruiting cycle is no exception.

The four-star wide receiver received a scholarship offer from Georgia on March 27. Bair is the top-ranked recruit in Idaho and the No. 129 recruit nationally. He is the No. 22 player at his position, per 247Sports.

Bair plays football, runs track and plays basketball. The three-sport athlete has excellent speed and has posted 100-meter dash times under 10.5 seconds.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound recruit is a member of the class of 2024. Bair plays high school football for Burley Senior High School in Burley, Idaho.

The Burley Senior standout has received recent scholarship offers from Florida, Wisconsin, UCLA and Miami. Bair is generating a lot more national recruiting attention in recent months.

Bair is an explosive athlete. He can do a between-the-legs dunk. Check out the vertical on this dunk:

The four-star wide receiver announced his scholarship offer from Georgia football via Twitter:

Georgia football has 11 players committed in the class of 2024. So far, Georgia’s 2024 class is the best in the country. The Bulldogs have a commitment from four-star wide receiver Ny Carr, but that is all at the wide receiver position.

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2024’s No. 1 QB Dylan Raiola plans official visit with Georgia

Five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola is visiting UGA football again this summer

Five-star quarterback recruit Dylan Raiola is planning to take an official visit to Georgia on the first weekend of June. Raiola is the country’s No. 1 player in the class of 2024.

The elite quarterback recruit recently visited Georgia, the latest in a series of visits to Athens.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound quarterback plays high school football for Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Raiola is the No. 1 quarterback in the class of 2024 and the top player in Arizona.

The USC Trojans and Nebraska Cornhuskers are in the mix to land a commitment from Raiola. USC is trending the strongest for the five-star quarterback. USC coach Lincoln Riley has coached multiple No. 1 overall draft picks and Heisman winners, so he has a great recruiting pitch for top quarterback recruits.

However, Kirby Smart and Georgia should not be counted out. The Bulldogs’ strongest pitch is brotherhood and winning. Georgia has won back-to-back national championships and is showing no signs of slowing down on the recruiting trail.

Former Chandler quarterback Dylan Raiola is transferring to Pinnacle High School. Syndication: Arizona Republic

Raiola has strong ties to Georgia via former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford, who is Raiola’s godfather. Raiola’s father, Dominic, is a former Nebraska center. Dominic Raiola spent several years of his NFL career playing alongside Matthew Stafford for the Detroit Lions.

Raiola attended Georgia’s dominant national championship victory over TCU this past season. The Pinnacle superstar decommitted from the Ohio State Buckeyes in December 2022.

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4-star OL fired up to receive offer from Georgia football

Four-star offensive guard recruit Chauncey Gooden was pumped to receive a scholarship offer from the University of Georgia. Gooden, who is ranked as the No. 64 player in the class of 2025, is a state champion. Gooden plays high school football for …

Four-star offensive guard recruit Chauncey Gooden was pumped to receive a scholarship offer from the University of Georgia. Gooden, who is ranked as the No. 64 player in the class of 2025, is a state champion.

Gooden plays high school football for Lipscomb Academy High School in Nashville, Tennessee. The 6-foot-4, 320-pound offensive guard recruit is the third-best interior offensive lineman and the third-ranked recruit in Tennessee.

The four-star offensive lineman has spring visits planned with Auburn, Clemson, and South Carolina.

Each time Gooden receives a scholarship offer, he notes how blessed he is to receive the offer. Gooden uses excellent vocabulary for every offer, but the word he used after earning an offer from Georgia is not one you hear recruits use everyday.

Here’s how Gooden reacted to receiving a scholarship offer from Georgia football:

Head coach Kirby Smart and Georgia football have four total commitments in the class of 2025 including verbal pledges from two five-star recruits.

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Four-star Josiah Thompson sets commitment date

Four-star offensive tackle recruit Josiah Thompson has Georgia in his top schools. Where is he favored to commit?

Talented offensive tackle recruit Josiah Thompson is ready to decide where he will play college football. Thompson intends to decide from among his top six schools. Thompson is the second-ranked recruit in South Carolina and the No. 5 offensive tackle in the country.

Thompson, who is ranked as a four-star recruit in the class of 2024, considers South Carolina, Miami, Clemson, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee to be his top schools. He already knows where he will commit and plans to make his decision on April 11.

The Georgia Bulldogs football program extended a scholarship offer to Thompson in June 2022. Georgia has won back-to-back national championships thanks in large part to excellent offensive line play.

Thompson plays high school football for Dillon High School in Dillon, South Carolina. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive tackle is favored to commit to the South Carolina Gamecocks, according to 247Sports.

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Shane Beamer and South Carolina are off to a strong start recruiting in the class of 2024. The Gamecocks have the No. 6 recruiting class in the country and have commitments from five four-star recruits. However, South Carolina trails Georgia, which has the nation’s top class of 2024.

Georgia recently signed four-star offensive tackle Monroe Freeling, who is considered the top class of 2023 recruit in South Carolina.

Thompson is a great student. He holds scholarship offers from top college football programs Tennessee, Oklahoma, Clemson, Texas A&M, North Carolina and many more. Josiah Thompson has committed to playing in the 2024 All-American Bowl on NBC.

On tape, Thompson exhibits impressive mobility and quickness. In Thompson’s sophomore film, he really does a good job of blocking in space. The left tackle shows great flexibility and bend. He projects as an excellent pass blocker at the next level.

Josiah Thompson announced his top schools via Twitter on Jan. 10:

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UGA football offers 4-star FSU target Jason Zandamela

Georgia football extends scholarship offer to four-star offensive line recruit Jason Zandamela.

The Georgia Bulldogs have extended a scholarship offer to four-star offensive line recruit Jason Zandamela.

Jason Zandamela is presently favored to commit to the Florida State Seminoles, per 247Sports. The four-star interior offensive lineman plays high school football for Clearwater Academy International in Clearwater, Florida.

Zandamela is the No. 218 recruit in the class of 2024. The Clearwater native is the No. 13 interior offensive line prospect and the No. 36 player in Florida.

The 6-foot-3, 285-pound offensive lineman has a massive 6-foot-11 wingspan according to his Twitter. Zandamela plans to play in the 2024 Under Armour All-American Game.

Interestingly, Zandamela is a former rugby player who spent his youth in Mozambique before moving to the United States.

Zandamela was excited to receive an offer from the back-to-back national champions. He announced his offer from the University of Georgia via Twitter:

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4-star WR Rico Scott names his top six schools

Talented class of 2024 wide receiver recruit Rico Scott has named his top six schools including Georgia football

Four-star Georgia Bulldogs recruiting target Rico Scott has named his top six schools. Scott is a member of the class of 2024.

The talented wide receiver plays high school football for Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The standout receiver is rated as the No. 12 recruit in Pennsylvania and the No. 390 prospect nationally. Scott is the No. 55 wide receiver in the junior class.

Who are Scott’s top six schools?