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4-star WR Evan Stewart decommits from Texas

Four-star recruit Evan Stewart has decommitted from the Texas Longhorns. Georgia was among his top schools.

The Georgia Bulldogs are back in the running for four-star recruit Evan Stewart. Stewart has decommitted to the University of Texas after committing to the Longhorns last month.

Standing 6 feet, Stewart hails from Frisco, Texas. The four-star ranks as the nation’s No. 40 overall player, No. 5 receiver and No. 8 player in the state of Texas in the 2022 class. 247Sports has Stewart ranked quite close to being a five-star prospect.

Stewart’s decommitment is a big loss for Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns. Texas still has the No. 8 rated recruiting class of 2022, which is second best in the Big 12 behind Oklahoma. Sarkisian, the former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator, has recruited well to begin his tenure at Texas.

He plays football for Liberty High School, where he is a rising senior. Throughout 2019, he hauled in 43 passes for 757 yards and seven touchdowns.

Stewart holds more than 25 college football scholarship offers. The four-star wide receiver is considering attending Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, TCU, Florida, Baylor, USC, Penn State or Texas A&M.

Stewart announced his decommitment from the Longhorns via his Twitter account:

Evan Stewart desires to visit college campuses and meet with coaches in person. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to do so thanks to the NCAA’s dead period in recruiting.

Kirby Smart and Georgia will need to land several wide receiver commitments in the class of 2022. The Dawgs have a few targets in mind including Kojo Antwi and Samuel Mbake. Georgia may have to replace George Pickens, Kearis Jackson, Demetris Robertson, and more next offseason.

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Top-100 recruit expands list, includes Georgia football in final eight

Georgia football was included in the top-eight of an elite 4-star recruit.

Kaine Williams, a 4-star safety in the class of 2021, has included Georgia in his top-eight schools.

Williams initially released a final cut of six schools, which included Georgia. In his tweet on Wednesday, Williams mentioned that no school dropped out of his top-six, however, he did add two schools to his list: Florida State and Texas.

His new top-eight includes LSU, Alabama, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Florida State and Georgia.

Williams, out of John Ehret High School in Marrero, Louisiana, ranks as the nation’s No. 95 overall player and the No. 3 safety in the country.

Right now, according to 247Sports, Williams is viewed as an LSU lean. The Tigers will be a tough program to beat out seeing as how they routinely produce some of the nation’s top defensive backs and are located just 45 minutes from his home.

Williams recently told Rivals that he plans to commit either at the end of May or the beginning of August.

Georgia football hosting a number of elite recruits this weekend

Georgia football has a plethora of big time recruits in Athens this weekend.

Though Georgia football currently has the 3rd ranked recruiting class in the 2020 cycle, Kirby Smart and the Dawgs are not done yet.

With February’s National Signing Day just around the corner, Georgia did a good job of getting some of these big time recruits on campus, including two committed, but unsigned prospects.

Here is a list of the official visitors, according to Matt DeBary of DawgPost. 

5-star offensive tackle Broderick Jones is in town. Jones, the nation’s No. 14 overall player and 2nd ranked offensive tackle, is committed to Georgia but has not yet signed. Right now Auburn is Georgia’s threat, and the Lithonia native plans on visiting there next weekend.

Sedrick Van Pran is a 4-star center out of New Orleans and is also currently committed to Georgia but unsigned. Per DawgPost, offensive line coach Matt Luke and wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton visited Van Pran this past week at his home. He is expected to visit Florida next weekend. He is the No. 114 overall player in this class.

4-star offensive tackle Tate Ratledge is a Georgia signee out of Rome, Georgia. The No. 35 overall player in the 2020 class will be doing the best he can to help the Dawgs recruit this weekend.

Another offensive lineman in town is 3-star offensive tackle Austin Blaske, another Georgia signee.

With the Zach Evans recruitment going the way that it is, Georgia is hosting 4-star running back Daijun Edwards‍. Edwards is the No. 254 overall player in the country and comes from Moultrie, Georgia. If Edwards does end up being a Dawg, he would join 5-star back Kendall Milton.

3-star athlete DJ Lundy out of Ocilla, Georgia is in town this weekend as well. Lundy, who plays both linebacker and running back in high school, will likely suit up at linebacker.

Cameron Kinnie is a 3-star defensive tackle out Suwanee, Georgia. The 6-3, 265 pounder is also receiving interest from Iowa State, Syracuse and others.

3-star safety Charles Bell VI  out of Gaithersburg, Maryland is in town and is also receiving strong interest from West Virginia and Syracuse.