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5-star quarterback commits to Tennessee over Georgia, Alabama, others

Five-star quarterback recruit Nicholaus ‘Nico’ Iamaleava has committed to the Tennessee Volunteers over Alabama, Oregon, Miami and Georgia.

Five-star quarterback recruit Nicholaus ‘Nico’ Iamaleava has committed to the Tennessee Volunteers over Alabama, Oregon, Miami and Georgia.

Iamaleava recently released a list of his top five schools, but committed to Tennessee as expected. The five-star quarterback recruit is a member of the class of 2023.

Iamaleava is a lengthy quarterback with good mobility. He is the No. 7 recruit in the class of 2023 and the No. 4 quarterback prospect. Iamaleava is the second-ranked recruit in the talent-rich state of California.

Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel landed a huge commitment from Nico Iamaleava. Could the Volunteers be emerging as the second-best team in the SEC East behind Georgia? (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

The ultra-talented quarterback recently changed high schools. Iamaleava now plays football for Long Beach Poly High School in Long Beach, California. The 2023 recruit played last season at Warren High School before returning to Long Beach Poly. He additionally plays volleyball at a high level.

The five-star prospect has taken recent visits to Tennessee and Oregon, but decided to commit to the Volunteers.

Iamaleava has a strong arm and quick release. He needs to continue adding to his frame to be more durable at the college level. Iamaleava can make all the throws. He can scramble when plays break down and has very high potential. He instantly upgrades the Volunteers’ program if he sticks with his commitment.

The 6-foot-5, 195-pound quarterback announced his commitment via his Instagram account:

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Georgia football in top schools for 5-star QB

The Georgia Bulldogs and a pair of SEC teams are among the top five schools for five-star quarterback recruit Nicholaus Iamaleava.

The Georgia Bulldogs and a pair of SEC teams are among the top five schools for five-star quarterback recruit Nicholaus ‘Nico’ Iamaleava.

Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon, Miami, and Georgia are Iamaleava’s top five schools. The five-star quarterback recruit is a member of the class of 2023. He is currently favored to commit to the Tennessee Volunteers.

Nico Iamaleava is a lengthy quarterback with good mobility. He is the No. 7 recruit in the class of 2023 and the No. 4 quarterback prospect. Iamaleava is that second-ranked recruit in the talent-rich state of California.

He recently changed high schools. Iamaleava now plays football for Long Beach Poly High School in Long Beach, California. The elite quarterback talent recently played football at Warren High School before returning to Long Beach Poly. He additionally plays volleyball.

The five-star prospect has taken recent visits to Tennessee and Oregon. Nico Iamaleava has a strong arm and quick release. He needs to continue adding to his frame to be more durable at the college level. Iamaleava can make all the throws. He can scramble when plays break down and has very high potential.

The 6-foot-5, 195-pound quarterback announced his top five schools via his Twitter account:

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4-Star DE flips commitment from Georgia football

Class of 2022 defensive end Tyre West has flipped his commitment to Tennessee after being committed to Georgia football for over a year

Class of 2022 defensive end Tyre West has flipped his commitment after being committed to Georgia football for over a year. West has committed to the Tennessee Volunteers.

West is an elite four-star recruit who plays high school football for Tift County in Tifton, Georgia. He’s considered one of the top in-state recruits in his class.

West is rated as a four-star recruit and the No. 111 player in the class of 2022. The Tift County star is the No. 20 defensive lineman in the country and the No. 12 overall player in the state of Georgia.

Tyre West committed to Tennessee over FSU and Georgia. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive lineman is a huge addition for Tennessee.

The four-star defensive end has received scholarship offers from Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Texas, Oregon, Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, and many more.

On tape, Tyre West exhibits impressive strength. He’s got a strong bull rush that can overwhelm unfortunate high school offensive linemen. West also has enduring pursuit and never gives up on a play. The 280 pound defender has the speed to chase down plays from the backside and the football IQ to diagnose option plays that are a staple in modern college football.

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Georgia football in early contention for Hevin Brown-Shuler

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the early contenders for Pace Academy defensive tackle recruit Hevin Brown-Shuler.

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the early contenders for defensive tackle recruit Hevin Brown-Shuler. As a member of the class of 2024, Brown-Shuler is only a freshman in high school.

The talented Pace Academy defensive tackle is 6 feet, 4 inches and weighs 260 pounds. He has received scholarship offers from all five schools in his early contenders.

Brown-Shuler was named 6AA All-Region as a freshman. He is considering Georgia, Tennessee, FSU, Georgia Tech and Arkansas at the moment.

Hevin Brown-Shuler announced his early top schools via his Twitter account:

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Georgia Bulldogs in top four for 4-star RB

The Georgia Bulldogs and Tennessee Volunteers are in the top four schools for 2022 RB recruit Jordan James.

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The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for four-star running back Jordan James. The University of Georgia football program offered James a scholarship in May.

James is a talented running back, who is a member of the class of 2022. The four-star plays football for Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Murfreesboro is located outside of Nashville and is a 4-5 hour car ride to Athens, Georgia.

James is 5 feet, 10 inches and weighs 200 pounds. He has good size for a running back. The high school junior has received offers from Georgia, Alabama, Penn State, South Carolina, Tennessee, and more.

Jordan James puts Georgia, Florida State, Alabama and Tennessee in his top four schools. James released his top four via his Twitter account:

We will keep you updated throughout James’ recruitment. Kirby Smart and UGA are still looking for their first running back commitment in the class of 2022. Georgia always finds a way to land a talented running back recruit.

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2021 recruiting: Tennessee fans, stop bragging. Georgia fans, stop panicking.

Looking at the 2021 recruiting class, Tennessee Vols fans should stop bragging and Georgia football fans need to stop panicking.

Georgia football’s 2021 recruiting class is as follows (all rankings via 247Sports)

5-star QB Brock Vandagriff: No. 2 QB, No. 12 overall

4-star OT Micah Morris: No. 9 OT, No. 61 overall

4-star ATH David Daniel: No. 4 ATH, No. 78 overall

4-star RB Lovasea Carroll: No. 7 RB, No. 117 overall

4-star SDE Jonathan Jefferson: No. 13 SDE, No. 145 overall

4-star WDE Elijah Jeudy: No. 10 WDE, No. 170 overall

3-star DT Marlin Dean: No. 28 DT, No. 447 overall

Right now, this is the nation’s 20th ranked class. Given the fact that Georgia has only seven commitments, being ranked No. 20 is just fine. It’s clear that Georgia is going for quality over quantity in this class, with its commits carrying an average rating of 94.52, which is third in the country.

For comparison purposes, Tennessee has the No. 2 class in the nation. But Jeremy Pruitt is certainly going for quantity in this class. With 23 verbals, Tennessee commits carry an average rating of 89.84. That’s the lowest in the top-five.

(Fun fact: Florida, which has the nation’s No. 7 ranked class, has an average rating of 87.41, which is the lowest in the top-10 and the second-lowest in the top-15).

Georgia commits, fans and coaches all know that Kirby Smart has plenty of time to work his magic and climb the rankings by the time the early signing period rolls around in December. Maybe enlisting a little help from current players and commits on Twitter is what it takes to expedite that process, which is something we’ve seen a lot of this month. 5-star quarterback commit Brock Vandagriff has led the surge, tweeting at a number of top players in the 2021 class recruiting them to Georgia.

It’s too early to start doing two things: Bragging and panicking.

Look at Alabama. Nick Saban currently has the nation’s No. 46 raked class for the 2021 cycle. Nobody thinks for a second that the Tide will finish outside of the top-five when all is said and done. There’s just too much time and too many elite players remaining.

And let’s stick with Tennessee for a moment. The No. 2 class is nice, but in the end I’d prefer a class of around 22 players filled with elite commits than a class consisting of 30+ players where a majority of them are three-stars.

Tennessee’s 23 commitments broken down by star rating:

  • One 5-star
  • Nine 4-stars
  • Thirteen 3-stars

Georgia has plenty of highly ranked uncommitted recruits still on its board, not to mention the ones that Kirby will try to flip to UGA.

NEXT…Georgia’s top remaining targets in the 2021 class

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Top Georgia TE picks Vols

2021 3-star TE Miles Campbell committed to Tennessee in an announcement on Twitter. Details here.

The Tennessee Volunteers receive another 3-star commitment, this time from Miles Campbell, one of the top tight ends in Georgia.

All rankings via 247Sports:

This brings the No. 2 ranked Vols 2021 recruiting class to 21 total commits with an average player rating of 0.8962, less than the 0.8992 average of the Vols 2020 No. 10 ranked recruiting class.

Campbell (6-3, 234) plays at South Paulding High School in Douglasville, Georgia, and is ranked as the No. 37 player in Georgia and the No. 20 TE overall. Campbell holds 32 offers, including one from Georgia, Florida, Miami and Auburn, but chose the Vols in an announcement on Twitter.

The Bulldogs currently sit at No. 18 in the 2021 recruiting class rankings with an average player rating of 0.954 and only seven commits. The low number of hard commits so far should tell you that Georgia coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs staff are only getting started — after all, Georgia is coming off of three No. 1 classes in a row.

4-star DT and Georgia recruiting target sets new commitment date

4-star DT Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, a Georgia football recruiting target, set a new commitment date.

Last week, 2021 four-star defensive tackle Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins released a top six of Georgia, North Carolina, Florida State, South Carolina, Penn State and Tennessee.

Prior to revealing his final group, the 6-foot-5-inch, 298-pounder tweeted that he would announce his decision on Sunday, May 17.

Shortly after, he decided he needed some more time to make this life-changing decision.

Ingram-Dawkins now has a new commitment date of June 26, which is his birthday.

“I’m committing June 26th, on my birthday,” Ingram-Dawkins said on Instagram Live.

247Sports has Ingram-Dawkins as the nation’s No. 17 ranked defensive tackle and as the top player in the state of South Carolina.

Per the composite rankings, he is considered the nation’s 408th overall player.

Per 247Sports, South Carolina is viewed as the leader for Ingram-Dawkins, with Georgia close behind.

But Ingram-Dawkins said he does not pay much attention to the crystal ball on his 247Sports player profile.

The crystal ball is their way of  projecting where a recruit will land by having  a few recruiting analysts make predictions for specific players.

Georgia offered him in January and got him on campus in early-March.

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4-star DT Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins delays commitment: Considering UGA, Vols, FSU, more

4-star DT Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins has delayed his decision. He is considering Georgia football, South Carolina, UNC, Penn State, FSU and Vols.

On Monday, 2021 4-star defensive tackle Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins released a top-six of Georgia, North Carolina, Florida State, South Carolina, Penn State and Tennessee.

Shortly before revealing his final group, the 6-foot-5, 298 pounder announced that he would be announcing his decision on Sunday, May 17, at 3 p.m.

However, one day later, Ingram-Dawkins made a tweet saying that he’s decided to give his commitment “a little more thought.”

“I’ve decided to give my commitment a little more thought before making it on Sunday!!,” he said in a Tweet. “This is a life-changing decision that is very important to me!!”

247Sports has Ingram-Dawkins as the nation’s No. 17 ranked defensive tackle and as the top player in the state of South Carolina.

According to SportsTalkSC, Ingram-Dawkins will wait roughly 2-3 weeks.

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4-star UGA, Tennessee football target sets commitment time

Four-star class of 2021 defensive end Elijah Jeudy recently named the Georgia Bulldogs and Tennessee Volunteers among his top five schools.

Four-star class of 2021 defensive end Elijah Jeudy recently named the Georgia Bulldogs among his top five schools. Jeudy plays high school football for Northeast High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jeudy set his commitment date via Twitter for July 14th:

Will Jeudy be the next Georgia Bulldog to come to Athens from Philly? D’Andre Swift, a projected as a first-round pick, and senior defensive back Mark Webb are two of the most recent Dawgs that are from the City of Brotherly Love.

Jeudy will decide between Texas A&M, Tennessee, Oregon and LSU in his top five. Jeudy clearly has no issue leaving Pennsylvania, and will likely join the SEC (4/5 of his top schools).

Georgia just landed a pair of  commitments in the class of 2021. The class has six commitments.

Kirby Smart and Georgia are recruiting across the nation better than ever. The Bulldogs still know how to land key in-state guys, but UGA is expanding its recruiting pipeline and picking among the country’s best talent.

Sep 30, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; Georgia Bulldogs running back D’Andre Swift fights off Tennessee Volunteers defensive lineman Darrell Taylor  as he carries the ball during the first half at Neyland Stadium. Credit: Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports

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