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Georgia offers 4-star Langston Hughes RB

UGA football a scholarship to four-star running back recruit Carsyn Baker, who had an impressive Georgia state championship performance

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star running back recruit Carsyn Baker.

Baker, who is a member of the class of 2026, plays high school football for Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn, Georgia. Langston Hughes  advanced to the state championship game this season before falling to Milton High School, 56-35.

Baker showed his elite speed on a 70-yard touchdown run in the state championship game. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound running back is ranked the No. 328 player in the class of 2026 and the No. 26 running back, per 247Sports. Baker is the No. 40 recruit in Georgia in the junior class.

The Langston Hughes standout also runs track. Baker has scholarship offers from Florida, Wisconsin, Georgia Tech, Kansas and USC among others.

Coach Kirby Smart and Georgia just signed one of the top recruiting classes in the country. Now, the 2026 cycle is starting to heat up. UGA has four commitments in the class of 2026, but none at running back.

Georgia football among top schools for in-state DT

Three-star defensive tackle recruit Joshua Horton has named his top 10 schools and indicates that a commitment is coming soon.

Three-star defensive tackle recruit Joshua Horton has named his top 10 schools and indicates that a commitment is coming soon. Horton, a member of the class of 2023, plays football for Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn, Georgia.

The 6-foot-5, 290-pound defensive lineman has recently visited UCF, Florida, and Nebraska. Horton is the No. 724 overall recruit in the country and the No. 86 defensive lineman.

Horton ranks Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, UCF, Tennessee, Nebraska, Michigan State, UNC, Mississippi State, and West Virginia as his top 10 schools. The Langston Hughes star is favored to commit to the Auburn Tigers.

Horton is a rising senior and has good grades. He visited Athens for the Georgia-South Carolina game in 2021. The Bulldogs offer Hughes back in June 2021.

Here is one of his top highlights from this past season:

Hughes could play 4-3 defensive tackle or 3-4 defensive end at the next level. The three-star defensive tackle named his top 10 schools via Twitter:

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