Five-star safety KJ Bolden, one of the 20 best players in the Class of 2024 and the 247Sports’ top safety, announced on Wednesday that he’d flipped his commitment from Florida State to Georgia. On3’s Hayes Fawcett first reported the decision.
“I wanted to be developed and compete with the best of the best,” Bolden said in Fawcett’s report on the decision.
The Georgia native committed to Florida State in early August.
Bolden strengthens what is emphatically the No. 1 recruiting class in the country for 2024. Even despite losing top quarterback Dylan Raiola to Nebraska on Tuesday, the Bulldogs now have three of the top 15 players in the country and 11 of the top 100.
Cornerback Ellis Robinson IV and linebacker Justin Williams, who both signed their letter of intent already, are also both the highest-rated recruits at their respective positions.
With the loss of Bolden, Florida State now sinks farther from Georgia at the top of the rankings, but the Seminoles still have the No. 3 class in the country.
BREAKING: Five-Star Plus+ Safety KJ Bolden tells me he has Flipped from Florida State to Georgia!
The No. 1 Safety in the ‘24 Class had been Committed to the Seminoles since August
“Staying at the Crib, Go Dawgs! 🐶”https://t.co/MEHTUTd6YU pic.twitter.com/j1QEeqKW78
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) December 20, 2023
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