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UGA DB commit David Daniel recruiting top players to Georgia

4-star 2021 Georgia football DB commit David Daniel recruits players in the 2021 class to join him at UGA.

4-star 2021 Georgia defensive back commit David Daniel has joined Brock Vandagriff in the efforts to recruit the top talent of the 2021 class to Athens.

On Thursday, Daniel tweeted at 4-star defensive end Dallas Turner and 4-star outside linebacker Xavian Sorey to come ‘eat’ with him.

Turner and Sorey are both from Florida, and Daniel, the Woodstock, Georgia native, is making a push for the Floridians to come team up with him in Athens.

Turner is the No. 3 weak-side defensive end recruit in the 2021 class, standing at 6-foot-4, 235 pounds. According to the 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions, Turner is expected to sign with the Dawgs.

Sorey stands at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and is the No. 1 outside linebacker in the 2021 class, per 247Sports. 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions currently have Sorey going to Alabama.

Recruits recruiting recruits has been a theme with the Dawgs’ incoming 2021 class, helping Kirby Smart and his coaching staff reel in more of the nation’s top players.

 

Georgia football offers scholarship to Keon Coleman

Georgia football extends scholarship offer to 4-star 2021 WR Keon Coleman.

The Georgia Bulldogs have extended a scholarship offer to 2021 wide receiver Keon Coleman.

Coleman is a four-star out of Opelousas, Louisiana, where he attends Opelousas Catholic.  He’s listed at 6-foot-4, 185 pounds and is ranked as the 17th best receiver in his class, according to 247Sports.

Coleman had a big junior season, reeling in 33 receptions for 1,143 yards and 22 touchdowns. The Dawgs are yet to receive a verbal commitment from a receiver in the 2021 class, although it is still early. Georgia has seven commits for its 2021 class.

Coleman has been recruited heavily by Florida State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Mississippi State and Texas A&M, but his recruitment is 100% open.

Coleman’s frame is massive, but he is one of the quickest players on the field. His speed and size allow him to create amazing separation from his defenders and make big plays. Check out Keon’s junior season highlights here.

 

 

Georgia football offers scholarship to Kojo Antwi

Saturday, 2022 4-star WR Kojo Antwi announced a scholarship from Georgia football on Twitter.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs staff continue recruiting work in the class of 2022.

Saturday, 2022 4-star WR Kojo Antwi announced a scholarship offer from the University of Georgia on Twitter.

Antwi (6-1, 185) is from Suwanee, Georgia and plays for Lambert High School where, as a sophomore, he caught 48 passes for 679 yards and six touchdowns.

247Sports has Antwi rated as the 15th best player in Georgia, the No. 32 WR and the No. 240 overall recruit in the 2022 recruiting class.

Antwi has gained some serious recruiting interest lately and not just from the Bulldogs. Just last month he received 10 offers, including major programs like Kentucky, Florida State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Auburn.

 

 

Georgia football offers scholarship to Taleeq Robbins

Thursday, DT Taleeq Robbins took to Twitter to announce a scholarship offer from Georgia football.

Georgia has extended a scholarship offer to defensive tackle Taleeq Robbins.

Robbins is a 2021 3-star DT out of Imhotep Institute in Philadelphia.

Thursday, Robbins announced Georgia’s scholarship offer on Twitter. The 6-foot-3, 300 pound recruit is ranked as the 18th best player in Pennsylvania and the No. 41 DT in the 2021 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

Robbins holds 32 offers from schools like Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Michigan, South Carolina and now Georgia.

As a junior in 2019, Robbins recorded 40 tackles, six tackles for loss and three sacks, with one fumble recovery.

At this time, 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions lists Texas A&M as the favorite to land Robbins, but Georgia coach Kirby Smart can never be counted out, especially with defensive recruits.

 

 

Georgia football offers scholarship to Caleb Johnson

Georgia football recruiting is going strong as Kirby Smart and UGA offered Caleb Johnson of the 2021 class.

The Georgia Bulldogs have extended a scholarship offer to 2021 prospect Caleb Johnson.

Johnson is a 3-star wide receiver out of Greenville, Texas.

247Sports has him as the nation’s 77th ranked wide receiver and No. 74 ranked player in Texas. 247 does not have national rankings available for Johnson at the moment.

Johnson is a speedster who is able to play on both sides of the ball.

At 5-foot-10, 170-pounds, he ran a 10.58 in the 100 meters early on this spring prior to the lockdown.

In addition to Georgia offering Johnson, Texas A&M sent an offer on Sunday. Oklahoma offered on Saturday and LSU on Friday.

Expect Johnson to climb up the rankings as more powerhouse programs begin to take notice.

Kirby Smart pumped up about Georgia football OL signees

Georgia football HC Kirby Smart pleased with UGA’s offensive line signees and the good work of Matt Luke.

Georgia football lost a ton of offensive line talent this offseason to the NFL Draft and to transfer.

Maybe the biggest talent that Georgia lost at the position was not even a player, but position coach Sam Pittman, who left to become head coach at Arkansas.

Georgia lost both its starting tackles and guards from last season but were able to sign seven offensive linemen in this class.

With the quick hire of former Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke to take over for Pittman in Athens, Georgia did not miss a beat on the recruiting trail.

After Georgia football landed college football’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class, head coach Kirby Smart spoke with the media about why he recruited each position group the way that he did.

When discussing the offensive line group, Smart mentioned how thrilled he was with the quick hiring of Luke and how important that was to the recruits.

Luke helped Georgia to sign the nation’s No. 2 and No. 3 offensive tackles and the No. 1 center.

Kirby Smart on the offensive line:

“We’re excited about the offensive line class. First of all it ranges from large and wide to a little bit lighter and more athletic. These guys will have to develop. I’ve always said the offensive line position is probably the toughest to come in and play right away if you just rank all the positions going forward. Andrew was very unique to be able to do that but that’s very rare to be able to do that at that position. These guys will have to come in develop, lift, work. What’s going to be unique for us is a lot of these guys may be littered across the two-deep. Just because our numbers are really down on the offensive line. They’ve got a good opportunity to come in and compete and start but they’ll also be going against some guys this spring that are going to get better and grow. Coach Luke is a big part of that energy. Getting him on staff fast was probably one of the critical roles to that transition. It wasn’t a long time process where they had to sit on the unknown. Two days, three days after Coach Pittman left these kid had somebody new to meet and began to meet them before the middle dead period, the  Christmas dead period. It was critical so that he could communicate with them throughout that period and keep a relationship. He’s got a lot of energy. He’s been a blessing for us. In addition, it helps me from a head coach standpoint. It did help a lot on the offensive line.”

Georgia football: Kirby Smart excited about loaded group of WR signees

Georgia football HC Kirby Smart talked about UGA’s loaded group of incoming wide receivers.

After Georgia football landed college football’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class, head coach Kirby Smart spoke with the media about why he recruited each position group the way that he did.

A big reason why Georgia was able to secure the No. 1 class was in part thanks to the signing of five wide receivers, four of them being 4-stars.

We all saw the step back that Georgia football suffered this past season on offense without Mecole Hardman, Terry Godwin, JJ Holloman, Riley Ridley and Isaac Nauta.

Next season Georgia will be without one of its best receivers Lawrence Cager, who shined in 2019 as a grad transfer from Miami before suffering a season ending injury.

Luckily for the Bulldogs, though, Georgia football is in good shape with the return of two five-stars George Pickens and Dominick Blaylock, who are both sure to have big sophomore seasons.

Once Cager was done for the year, it was pretty much Pickens and everyone else. Blaylock did a fine job but did not see enough action.

But there was just no help for Pickens or Blaylock and Smart acknowledged the lack of skill at receiver throughout the 2019 season.

On Wednesday, Smart spoke about the importance of Georgia football landing such a talented class of wide receivers this recruiting cycle.

“Wide receiver was an area that we had to address and I’m excited about the wide receivers that we have as additions to this signing class and those guys are expected to help us. With Justin (Robinson) being here now and going through a couple of bowl practices with us, it’s been a big addition to get those guys.”

Robinson was the only one of the five to enroll early in Athens.

Kirby Smart on importance of Georgia football’s 2020 RB signees

Georgia football HC Kirby Smart discussed the importance of bringing in two running backs in the UGA recruiting class.

After Georgia football landed college football’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class, head coach Kirby Smart spoke with the media about why he recruited each position group the way that he did.

As for the running backs, Georgia is losing starter D’Andre Swift to the NFL Draft and back-up Brian Herrien as well.

Waiting behind those two are former five-stars Zamir White and James Cook. But Georgia football coaches knew they needed to take two ball carriers in this class to reload the running back room, so they brought in 4-stars Kendall Milton and Daijun Edwards.

The running back recruiting was a juicy story this recruiting cycle thanks to the drama that accompanied 5-star back Zach Evans, who Georgia eventually just passed on it sounds like.

On Wednesday, Smart discussed the significance of bringing in a second running back in this class to go with Milton.

“Getting a second back in this class was key for us. We’re excited about the young man we have, we’ve been after him for a long time, he’s come up to a lot of camps. He plays in what probably is one of the toughest divisions, regions in our state and he’s played a high level. You talk about the people he’s had to play against, he’s been a really good player, I’m talking about Daijun Edwards, and Kendall joining mid-year has been a big addition, too.”

Kirby Smart on 2020 QB recruiting: ‘We had a pool of 30-40 guys’

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart talked about QB recruiting with the fear of Jake Fromm going to the NFL Draft.

After Georgia football landed college football’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class, head coach Kirby Smart spoke with the media about why he recruited each position group the way that he did.

What Smart said about the quarterback position was interesting.

The coaches were aware that they were at risk of losing Jake Fromm to the NFL Draft, so they knew they’d have to either recruit a high school kid or find a transfer from another school.

The Georgia football staff did both, brining in 4-star QB Carson Beck and Wake Forest graduate transfer Jamie Newman.

On recruiting the quarterback position for this class, Smart said:

“We had researched the entire year with a thought that Jake (Fromm) would have the opportunity to come out early. So we had a pool of 30 to 40 of guys that we thought would be potential – whether they were transfers or whether they were grad transfers, whatever they may be, we knew we could possibly be in the quarterback market. And that included high school kids. And certainly excited about Carson and what he can do for our team. He came in and got to practice with us for the bowl game for a couple practices as well. But once Jamie went into the portal and we knew he was going to be a graduate transfer, we started communication immediately.”

DJ Shockley interviews the Georgia football early-enrollees

Former Georgia Bulldog great DJ Shockley sat down with six early enrollees from the 2020 football class including Carson Beck, Justin Robinson, Kendall Milton, Jalen Kimber, Major Burns, and Warren Brinson on how they are adjusting to college life, …

Former Georgia Bulldog great DJ Shockley sat down with six early enrollees from the 2020 football class including Carson Beck, Justin Robinson, Kendall Milton, Jalen Kimber, Major Burns, and Warren Brinson on how they are adjusting to college life, what enrolling early means to their success, and a whole lot more.

To watch the interview, click here.