>>> TO THE UNIVERSITY OF -- I'M STAYING HOME, BABY.

>> LET'S GO!

LET'S GO.

GO, DOGS!

.

GO, DOGS, BABY!

GO DOGS.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF I'M STAYING HOME, BABY GOES DIVISION ONE WITH THE TOP SIGNING FROM NATIONAL SIGNING DAY CLASSIC.

>> YES.

>> IT IS NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

ONCE AGAIN.

GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 FOR OF THE LAST TIME HERE IN 2022 BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT GEORGIA FARM BUREAU.

SNOWMAN AND BANDIT CATCHING YOU UP ON WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THE ORIGINAL NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

THE LEAD STORY FOR US IS THAT GEORGIA 316 AND THE LEAD STORY HAS TO DO WITH THE TRUE CHARACTERS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, CHRISTEN MILLER SIGNS WITH THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.

>> UNIVERSITY OF I'M STAYING HOME, BABY.

>> THE BIG PLUK THEY WERE HOPING TO GET ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

HE DID MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM IN A FEW MOMENTS.

BUT A BIG GIFT FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS ON THE HEELS OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HE HAD TAKEN OFFICIAL VISITS TO OHIO STATE, OREGON AND FAMU AND MIAMI WAS THE LAST VISIT AND NEVER TOOK AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS BECAUSE HE SAID HE HAD BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES AND WAS THERE A LOT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

ORIGINALLY GOING TO COMMIT DURING THE ALL-AMERICAN BOWL BUT CHANGED HIS MIND AROUND CHRISTMAS.

YOU SAW THE 6'4"294 D-LINEMAN STAR FOR THE SAINTS AND PLAY IN CEDAR GROVES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE ON GPB MILLER RANKED AS THE NUMBER 14 D-LINEMAN IN THE SPORTS COMPOSITE.

AND THE JOINS THE DO D-LINE CLASS FOR THE BULLDOGS THAT IS STOUT.

INCLUDING FIVE-STAR MICHAEL WILLIAMS.

FOUR-STORY.

BEAR ALEXANDER AND SHOWN WASHINGTON.

DELINQUENTS MILLER.

>> NOW TO ONE OF THE PERMITS OF GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

I MEAN THAT BEST WAY WAY POSSIBLE.

CONGRATULATIONS, HEADING TO ATHENS, CHRISTEN CLAEYS THE DAY LIKE FOR YOU.

>> THE DAY IS CRAZY.

I EXPECTED IT TO BE SO BUT I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT.

I'M REALLY JUST HAPPY, READY TO WORK, READY TO GO.

>> HAVE THE LAST TWO MONTHS BEEN CRAZY FOR YOU.

YOU DIDN'T SIGN IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND THEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY GOING TO EXIT AT THE ALL-AMERICAN BOWL THEN YOU TWEETED I'M NOT DOING THAT.

CARRIED IT TO TODAY, FEBRUARY 2nd.

HAS IT BEEN NUTS OUT THERE AS YOU'VE BEEN THE BELL OF BALL, EVERYBODY AFTER CHRISTEN MILLER AND FINALLY THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS GOT YOU TODAY.

>> IT'S BEEN CRAZY.

THESE PAST TWO YEARS I DID NOT EXPECT RECRUITMENT TO GO LIKE THIS.

I WAS A NINTH GRADER WITH A BROKE LEG.

STARTED FOOTBALL IN NINTH GRADE HAD A BROKE LEG COULDN'T PLAY.

SOMEONE TOLD ME, CHRIS THIS IS YOUR CALLING.

I GOT TO START JOGGING AGAIN.

AND THEN BOOM, I HAD -- I LEFT TAMPA GOT ON THAT CAR RIDE WENT DOWN TO CEDAR GROVE, MOVED TO ELLINWOOD, EVER SINCE MY LIFE HAS BEEN CRAZY.

IT'S BEEN A BLESSING THOUGH.

THEY TOOK ME IN AND SHOWED THE LOVE.

I SAW THE TECHNIQUE, BUILD THE TECHNIQUE.

REALLY WITHOUT THIS SCHOOL I WON BE THE PLAYERS I AM TODAY.

I THANK GOD.

>> CHRIS, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, GOING INTOES SENIOR SEASON, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU NEEDED TO WORK ON THE MOST TO GET YOU READY FOR ATHENS NOW?

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THE SENIOR SEASON?

>> I FEEL LIKE MY MA SAID, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, LIKE, I'M READY -- I'M READY TO WORK.

LIKE I DO A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF.

BUT FOOTBALL IS WHAT I LOVE.

FOOTBALL IS WHAT I LOVE.

I WAS ABLE TO HELP MY TEAM ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR PLAYING BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

I GOT -- I HURT MYSELF IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

BUT I DIDN'T CARE.

I TOLD MYSELF IF I WAS GOING OUT THIS SEASON I WAS GOING OUT ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD.

I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW I'M JUST WORKING ON MYSELF, MENTALLY, WORKING ON MYSELF PHYSICALLY, WORKING ON MYSELF ACADEMICALLY BECAUSE I WANT TO BRING ALL THREE QUALITIES TO GEORGIA.

I REALLY WANT TO BE READY.

I FEEL LIKE YOU STAY READY YOU DON'T GOT TO GET READY.

I'M GOATING MYSELF READY RIGHT NOW.

>> ADMIRABLE, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HOW DID YOU SPEND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND DAY.

WHERE WERE YOU WITH YOUR FAMILY AS GEORGIA WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

>> I ACTUALLY WAS AT A TATTOO SHOP GETTING A TATTOO THE SAME DAY.

I WAS GETTING A TATTOO THE SAME DAY.

AND ME AND MY BARBER -- NOT BARBER BUT TATTOO ARTIST, HE WAS MAKING NACHOS AND WE TALKED EVERYTHING, STARTED WATCHING THE GAME.

I SAID, LISTEN, I GOT TO WATCH THE GAME.

I GOT TO SEE A WHAT WAS GOING ON.

FOR REAL.

>> IT'S I THINK AND NACHOS.

I KNOW WHEN FOLKS GET I THINK THERE IS USUALLY STORIES BEHIND THEM AND THERE IS A REASON THAT YOU PUT WHATEVER THE IMAGE IS ON YOUR ARM OR YOUR BODY OR WHEREVER.

IS THERE ONE PARTICULAR PIECE OF I THINK THAT MEANS THE MOST TO YOU?

WHAT IS IT AND WHY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT OR NOT.

BUT IT'S REALLY ME AND I'M ON THE ROAD.

AND THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

I'M WALKING OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD, CEDAR GROVE, BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL HELPED ME, CHANGED ME MADE ME THE MAN I AM TODAY.

I'M DONE WITH THAT.

SO NOW I'M WALKING ON THE ROAD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER.

AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW THE NEXT CHAPTER.

BUT ALL I KNOW IS I'M KEEPING THE PADS ON.

AS I'M WALKING ONES ROADS I GOT MY PADS ON, SUIT ON, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO LEAD ME WHERE I WANT TO BE AT THE END OF MY LIFE OF SPORTS, BEFORE GOD LAYS ME TO REST I WANT TO BE IN HOLLYWOOD, AN ACTOR.

BUT I'M ON A MISSION THAT MISSION IS WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, HAVE A GREAT CAREER AT GEORGIA.

THAT'S WHY I GOT A ROAD.

CEDAR FWROEV, FOOTBALL FIELD, PALM TREES.

I GOT HOLLYWOOD ON HERE.

IT'S REALLY JUST REMINDING ME EVERY DAY, LIKE, I GOT TO A STORY.

I'M GOING TO TELL IT.

>> WHEREVER THAT ROAD TAKES YOU, CHRISTEN, I WANT TO BE ON THAT ROAD WITH YOU BECAUSE THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A BLAST, A BIG-TIME PARTY WHEREVER YOU GO.

NOW, YOU LOOK AT THAT GEORGIA DEFENSIVE LINE AND JORDAN DAVIS AND TRAVEN WALKER, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY DID TO HELP THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS GET THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

AND NOW HERE COMES THE NEXT CHAPTER.

YOU AND MICHAEL WILLIAMS.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE, THIS INCREDIBLE SIGNING CLASS, INCREDIBLE D-LINE CLASS THAT HAS SIGNED FOR KIRBY SMART.

>> THE D-LINE CLASS LET ME TELL YOU WHY WE MAKE AN IMPACT.

EVERYBODY ON THE D-LINE BRINGS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE TABLE.

I'M TELLING YOU WE GOT BIG BEAR.

Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT HIS NAME WHAT HE IS DOING.

>> BEAR ALEXANDER WE KNOW ABOUT HIM.

>> BEAR ALEXANDER.

WE GOT SHON WASHINGTON.

A BIG ATHLETE.

EPIGETTING UP THERE BUT TO BE THIS BIG.

I'M SACKING BEING PHYSICAL.

MICHAEL, ELITE ATHLETE.

ANYTHING HE DO IT'S ABSURD, THE WAY HE MOVE.

AND JUST LIKE THAT.

AND MARVIN JONES OUT OF MIAMI.

I CALL HIM MY LIEGEL.

THEY ALL PHYSICAL.

THEY ALL BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE PART OF.

I FEEL LIKE I CAN BRING SOME OF MY ENERGY AND JUICE TO THAT ROOM.

THEM GUYS THEY HUMBLE.

NO MATTER WHAT.

BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THEY WANT TO WORK.

THEY WANT TO BE GREAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE PART OF.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT -- WE KNOW NOW THAT THAT LEFT ARM OF YOURS LASS GOT TO BE POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF ATHENS EVERY TIME THAT YOU POINT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THE I THINK THAT'S HEADING THAT DIRECTION.

WE KNOW THE WALK IS HEADING THAT WAY.

WE KNOW YOU'RE CHASING AFTER A G.O.A.T., THE GRAMMY, THE OSCAR, THE EMMY AND THE TONY.

WE KNOW YOU'RE CHASING AFTER THAT E-GOT AS WELL.

THANKS FOR HANGING WITH US.

GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS ON HEADING TO ATHENS AND GOING TO 316.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

>> THE YOU REMEMBER WHEN I SAID ABOUT GEORGIA.

TWO YEARS AGO, I SAID GEORGIA IS IMMACULATE.

I APPRECIATE BOTH Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ON THE MUCH LOVE TO YOU.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF I'M STAYING HOME, BABY.

WOW, MY HEAD IS SPINNING AFTER THE INTERVIEW.

HE IS SUCH A BALL OF ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM.

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE EXCITED TODAY.

YOU CAN FEEL THE EXCITEMENT, WHAT THESE KIDS AND ALL THE KIDS GETTING READY TO TALK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT HOUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT A BIG DAY IT IS FOR THEM AS THEY HAVE MADE A BIG DECISION AND NOW THEY'RE TURNING THE PAGE ON A NEW CHAPTER IN THEIR LIFE AND GOING TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

IT'S EXCITING TO BE PART OF THAT.

>> AND WE WILL CATCH UP WITH ONE OF HIS TEAMMATES LATER IN THE SHOW WHO HAD JUST AS BIG A DAY.

GEORGIA IS A LOT OF THE STORY LINE AND THERE WAS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT MAYBE SOMEONE WASO WOULD BE HEADING THERE FROM MONTH SENIOR PACE.

WE HAVE AN ANSWER.

WHAT'SES ANSWER.

>> SEWER TALKING ABOUT SHAMMAR STEWART.

NUMBER FIVE.

GEORGIA DIDN'T GET HIM.

HE SIGNS WITH TEXAS A.M. NOT MIAMI WITH TEXAS A.M.

HE PICKED THE AGGIES OVER THE FINAL THREE THAT INCLUDED MIAMI, GEORGIA AND TEXAS A.M.

ORE AM, THE NUMBER THREE D-LINEMAN IN THE COMPOSITE.

THE NUMBER 10 OVERALL NATIONAL PROSPECT.

TOOK HIS LAST VISIT TO MIAMI LAST WEEKEND AND GEORGIA THE WEEKEND BEFORE.

THE AGGIES HAD SEVERAL IN-HOME VISITS WITH STEWART IN JANUARY.

HAD HIM IN COLLEGE STATION FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT IN SEPTEMBER.

HE IS CONSIDERED A INFORMAL FIRST ROUND PICK.

COMPARED TO CHRIS JONES WHO YOU SAW PLAY THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THE LAST COUPLE WEEKENDS IN THE AFC PLAYOFFS.

AND STEWART SIGNING FOR WHAT ITS WORTH GIVES TEXAS A&M FROM A POINT STANDPOINT THE GREATEST SIGNING CLASS EVER.

24/7 ASSIGNS POINTS TO ALL THE RECRUITS.

SO THIS CLASS WITH THE SIGNING OF SHAMMAR STEWART BECOMES FROM NUMERICAL STANDPOINT BECOMES THE GREATEST SIGNING CLASS EVER.

>> YES.

>> OF COURSE YOU AND I KNOW THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW THAT UNTIL FOUR, FIVE SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT BEING 2020.

>> YES.

>> THE LOOK BACK AND SEE IT WASO WAS IT THE GREATEST EVER.

IT'S THE MOST POINTS EVER PUT UP BY RECRUITING CLASS EVER.

TEXAS A&M FINISHES NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION WITH THE SIGNING OF STEWART.

>> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE AND GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE TOP 20 AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND THE AREA LATER SEE YOU THE RANKSINGS FOR THE SCHOOLS.

I A LOT OF THE TOP 20 COME FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE GEORGIA CONVERSATION OF SOME THINGS.

SOMEONE ELSE WE HEAR FROM.

WE GO TOUPPING COUNTY.

AND DARIS SMITH HAD A BIG DAY DOWN IN BACKSLY.

>> FOUR-STAR EDGE RUSHER DARRIS SMITH.

HE HAD BEEN COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SINCE DECEMBER OF 2022 BACKUP 6'6", 225, THE NUMBER 14 EDGE RUSH THEY ARE THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE.

HE COMMITTED TO THE BULLDOGS OVER TEN OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING TENNESSEE AND AUBURN.

BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

>> UM-HUM.

>> AND YOU JUST REALLY DIDN'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT DARRIS SMITH BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TAKE -- HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY OFFICIAL VISITORS, UNOFFICIAL VISITS.

DBT GO ANYWHERE.

HE TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO GEORGIA FINALLY BACK IN NOVEMBER AND THAT WAS IT.

WHEN YOU HEAR FROM HIM LATER IN THE SHOW YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY.

HE WILL EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.

HE FINISHED HIS SENIOR SEASON WITH 54 TOTAL TACKLES, THREE QUARTERBACK SACKS AND INTERCEPTION.

PROJECTS AS AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER IN THE 3/4 DEFENSE.

>> UNDER THE JETS SWEEP.

>> PLAYED FOR APPLING COUNTY AND LOST TO CEDAR GROVE IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS, YOU KNOW, HE IS A GUY THAT GOES OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

HE WILL PLAY DEFENSE AT GEORGIA.

>> NEXT STOP FITZGERALD, EJ LIGHTSY MAKING HIS DECISION THIS SECOND.

>> YEAH AND IT SAYS GEORGIA -- HE IS ANOTHER GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL STAR WHOSE FINAL GAME WAS HERE ON GPB AS LIGHTSY HELPED LEAD THE PURPLE HURRICANE TO THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1948.

THE 6'2"210-POUND SENIOR COMMITTED TO FLORIDA UNTIL FITZGERALD STATE TITLED AND GRAPH DATED TOWARDS THE BULLDOGS TAKING OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE TWO SCHOOLS.

LAST TWO WEEKENDS.

2 A PLAYER FOR FITZGERALD.

NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BY THE AJC.

BULLDOGS COULD USE LIGHTSY TO RESTOCK THE LINEBACKER ROOM.

AS YOU NOT GOT HIT BY THE DEPARTURE AND GOING NFL AFTER THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> HOPE TO CATCH UP WITH LIGHTSY LATER.

NEXT STOP, DALLAS, TEXAS HELLO.

>> THIS IS A GREAT STORY, LATE BLOOMER.

DALLAS PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, 3-STAR RUNNING BACK AURPD PAUL GOING TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.

HE GOT REALLY POPULAR REALLY FAST TAKING FOUR OFFICIALS SINCE 10th, STARTING WITH COLORADO, MICHIGAN, CLEMSON AND GEORGIA THE PAST WEEKEND.

IN FACT HE WANT OFFERED BY THE BULLDOGS UNTIL TWO WEEKS 5'11"226 POUNDS.

RUSHED FOR OVER 220 YARDS IN HIS FINAL HIGH SCHOOL SEASON AND SCORED 44 TOUCHDOWNS.

BIG FOR THE BULLDOGS TODAY BECAUSE OF JORDAN JAMES WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.

HE FLIPPED FROM THE BULLDOGS TO OREGON AFTER BEING COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SINCE MARCH.

AND IT ALSO COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE NFL DEPARTURES OF JAMES COOK AND SEDUCE ZAMIR WHITE TO THE NFL AND GEORGIA OF COURSE HAD ALREADY SIGNED IN THE EARLY PERIOD FOUR-STAR RUNNING BACK BRANSEN ROBINSON.

ANOTHER BIG RUNNING BACK IN ANDREW PAUL, GREAT STORY, LATE BLOOMER.

BULLDOGS NOT EVEN ON HIM UNTIL LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.

>> THE NEXT BOE JACKSON AS HE IS CALLED IN THE ARTICLE IF YOU SUBSCRIBE.

NOW TYPE TO CATCH UP WITH THE EXPERT AND GET HIS EXPERT OPINION HERE ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY CLASSIC.

RUSTY MANSELL FROM 24/7 SPORTS.

RUSTY THANKS FOR HANGING WITH US AS ALWAYS.

WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL SIGNING DAY CLASSIC AS I'M CALLING IT AT LEAST THIS GO-AROUND WITH NEW NATIONAL SIGNING DAY BACK THERE IN DECEMBER.

NOT AS MANY NAMES ON THE BOARD.

BUT JUST AS MEANINGFUL A DAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOLKS UP IN ATHENS.

>> I SEE YOU TWO GUYS AND I'M READY FOR A GAME.

ANY WAY WE CAN GET A SPRING GAME ANYWHERE.

>> SIGN UPO ONE UP, BROTHER.

WE'LL GET ONE GOING.

>> I'M EXCITED FOR THE SEASON FOR YOU GUYS SAME AS YOU GUYS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA TODAY IT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHRISTEN MILLER, THE FOUR-STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OUT OF DEFENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE TOLD ME IT WAS GEORGIA.

I HADN'T SKTD TO THAT POINT.

I SPENT THE WEEK WITH HIM IN TEXAS.

HE SAID, LOOK, SPENDING A WEEK AT THE ALL-AMERICAN BOWL.

HE WAS INJURED DIDN'T GET TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT CAME OUT ALL WEEK HUNG OUT WITH THE GUYS.

HE SAID OSCAR DEP, MARVIN JONES JUNIOR, OBVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED HOW TIGHT HIM AND MICHAEL WILLIAMS WERE.

BUT MEETING THE OTHER GUYS, JULIAN HUMPHREY, A GUY OUT OF TEXAS.

HE SAID WHEN HE SPENT THE WEEK WITH THE GEORGIA COMMITS IT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE THE BROTHERHOOD THEY HAD AT CEDAR GROVE.

HE SAID FROM THAT MOMENT ON HE WAS GOING TO GEORGIA.

THEY WERE JUST GOING TO TAKE HIM A LITTLE WHILE TO ANNOUNCE.

>> HOW ABOUT THE RUNNING BACK SITUATION, JORDAN JAMES, WE GOT WIND HE WAS PROBABLY GO GOING TO FLIP TO OREGON OUT TO VISIT IS TO EURASIAN.

THE FORM BULKED NOW HEAD COACH WITH THE DUCKS.

HOW BIG WAS IT FOR THE BULLDOGS TO GET ANDREW PAUL OUT OF DALLAS.

>> I WAS LISTENING TO YOU BEFORE I CAME ON.

HE WAS A LATE BLOOMER HAD A BIG SEASON, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL STATE PRIVATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR THE PRIVATE LEAGUE IN TEXAS.

EN A, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A KID, BIG 210-POUND, 5'11", ANOTHER BIG BODY RUNNING BACK TO GO WITH BRANSEN ROBINSON.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME AND TODAY WAS ONE OF ONES YOU DIDN'T KNOW.

I KNOW GEORGIA FELT GOOD.

CLEMSON FELT GOOD.

YOU GO FOR THE INDUSTRYWIDE CRYSTAL BALL THINGS AND THE MAJORITY WAS ON CLEMSON.

I HAD GEORGIA WITH VERY LOW CONFIDENCE.

BUT HE WINDS UP PICKING GEORGIA IN THE END.

DALE McGEE, MAN, CLEMSON HAS BEEN ON THE KID SINCE THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER.

DALE McGEE OFFERS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, GETS HIM ON A VISIT WITH HIS -- IN ATHENS.

AND NOT ONLY IS HE COMMITTED HE IS SIGNED.

HE IS OFFICIALLY IN 20 LI THIS 2022 CLASS.

>> I FLOW IT'S BEEN BIG FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TO TRY AND KEEP AS MANY TALENTS AS THEY CAN FROM INSIDE THE STATE OF GEORGIA HERE.

YES A LOT OF THEM ESCAPE ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN FRONTIER AND HEADING TO AUBURN AND PLACES LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU SEE A WIDE SWATH OF TALENT FROM THE DATE STATE OF GEORGIA.

IT'S NOT JUST THE METRO AREA.

ONE PARTICULAR PLACE.

A LOT OF SECTIONS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA A ARE REPRESENTED WITH THE PARTICULAR RECRUITING CLASS.

SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

>> I THINK YOU GO ABOUT KIRBY SMART'S FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE.

HE SAID TWO THINGS.

RECRUIT INSIDE OUT.

MEANING RECRUIT THE STATE OF GEORGIA FIRST.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEN WE GO OUT OF STATE.

BUT ALSO YOU TALK ABOUT SIZE.

YOU LOOK AT WHAT GEORGIA LASS DONE AND DARIUS SMITH, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT TALKING ABOUT HIM BEFORE YOU CAME ON.

I WENT TO SEE HIM ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

FIRST TIME I'D BEEN TO APPLING COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

I REMEMBER WHEN HE CAME OUT WALKING OUT IT REMINDED ME A LOT OF ADAM ANDERSON THE FIRST TIME I SAW ADAM ANDERSON AS A SOPHOMORE.

6'5".

LONG WING SPAN KIND OF A FRAME WHERE HE PUTS ON A TON OF WEIGHT TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

GEORGIA GOING ALL THE WAY.

BACK TO LAST PB, MICHAEL MORRIS YOU HAD ON G P. D. FROM KAMTD CAMDEN COUNTY FROM CAMDEN COUNTY TO COLD SPEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL.

KIRBY SMART HAS RECRUITED STATE LINE TO STATE LINE IN GEORGIA.

>> GEORGIA FINISHES NUMBER THREE IN THE NATION IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE 24/7 SPORTS RECRUITING RANKINGS.

BUT THE BULLDOGS DON'T GET TOTALLY WRAPPED UPPED IN THE STAR STUFF YOU LOOK AT 3 SCAR ANDREW PAUL.

COLE SPEAR I THINK YOU MENTIONED A 3-STAR.

OTHER GUYS CARLTON MADDEN SIGNED EARLY OUT OF CEDAR GROVE.

3-STAR.

ANOTHER GUY TODAY E.J.

LIGHTSY LOGGED ON IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

3-STAR, TWO-WAY STAR FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONS.

ORIGINALLY COMMITTED TO TODAY.

TODAY MAKES IT OFFICIAL ON THE FLIP AND SIGNS WITH THE BULLDOGS.

HOW ABOUT LIGHTSY?

>> I TALKED TO A SOURCE INSIDE.

THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME.

THEY LIKED LIGHTSY FROM THE START.

THEY HAD TWO GUYS COMMITTED.

THE DAY THEY WORKED HIM OUT THEY WILL JAYLON WALKER A 5-STAR AT NORTH CAROLINA.

CJ OUT OF YORJTOWN.

ALTIC INSIDE LINEBACKERS THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SPOT.

THEY GO INTO DECEMBER AND GO THROUGH THE SIGNING DAY, A COUPLE OF PORTAL THINGS.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY GOT A SPOT.

THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS MAKE SURE THAT E.J.

LIGHTSY UNDERSTAND HE HAD A OFFER AND A COMMITTABLE OFFER.

ONCE THAT TOOK PLACE GEORGIA WAS THE LEADER BY FAR.

BUT IT WASN'T BECAUSE HE WAS A PLAN BP THEY DIDN'T HAVE IS A SPOT.

AND THAT'S CALLED ROSTER MGTD.

YOU LOOK AT THIS, GEORGIA ADDED JAYLON WALKER, C.J WASHINGTON AND E.J.

LIGHTS YES I'M TELLING YOU LIGHTSY IS THE CLASS UNDER THE RADAR.

IF E.J.

LIGHTSY PLAYED IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA AND EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE HIM ALL YEAR LONG, IT WOULD BE MUCH DIFFERENT FLAME THIS GUY IS NOT TO BE SLEPT ON.

I THINK HE IS A GOOD PLAYER IN ATHENS.

>> RUSTY WHAT YOU ARE GETTING AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS KEY HERE.

IS FINDING INDIVIDUALS THAT FIT.

NOT NECESSARILY THE STARS ATTACHED TO YOUR NAME.

>> OH, YES.

>> YOU LOOK AT RATHER LARGE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT HELPED OUT WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NOT WHO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND CAN PLUG THEM INTO THE HOLES.

AND THAT'S WHEN I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE LATER ON IN THE SHOW WE'LL SHOW THE TOP 20 WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING NUMBERS AND A LOT OF S.E.C.

SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA AT NUMBER THREE.

BUT IT'S WHO YOU LOOK AT MAKE THE SUCCESSES NOT THE STARS ATTACHED.

>> YOU LOOK AT GREEN BAY.

ERIC STOKES HAD A TREMENDOUS SEASON.

THE MORNING ERIC STOKES, A 3-STAR PROSPECT OUT OF EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL WHO BARELY PLAYED DEFENSIVE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH EVERYBODY KNOWS HE WAS FAST.

PLAYED A LITTLE RUNNING BACK, A LITTLE WIDE RECEIVER.

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH HIM.

HE GETS THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS A NATURAL CORNER, FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK.

SOMETIMES -- I'M IN THIS BUSINESS.

I FULLY UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT EVERYONE -- EVERYONE INCLUDE COLLEGES AND NFL SCOUTING DEPARTMENTS MISS ON PEOPLE AND IT'S HARD TO -- IT'S HARD TO EVALUATE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO PROJECT.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THESE GUYS.

JACOB HOOD IS ONE.

I WENT TO SEE HIM WORK OUT IN NASHVILLE.

68 AND A HALF NOT 6'6".

HE IS 6'8" AND A HALF 3 A A AND PLUS.

.

I WATCHED HIM BOX.

HE IS NOT READY TO PLAY AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA BUT NEITHER WAS ICIA WILLIAMS ISN'T.

OR KIMG.

YOU GET A 68 FVRPS GUY.

GET HIM WORK OUT, FLEXIBLE.

THERE IS ONLY SO MANY HUMANS THAT LOOK LIKE THAT.

THAT'S HOW YOU END UP WITH A 3-STAR PROSPECT IN A SUNDAY CRAFT DRAFT.

PICK.

>> YOU MENTIONED JAYLON FARMER, BAMA MADE A LATE PUSH.

HE STUK WITH THE FLORIDA GATORS AND SIGNED TODAY.

BUT LET ME GO OFF SCRIPT FROM SIGNING DAY.

TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION.

THAT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

WE KNOW STETSON BENNETT COMING BACK.

BROCK VANDAGRIFF WHO HAS BEEN IN THE KETTLE COOKING A YEAR.

HE HAS THE YEAR OF SEASONING UNDER HIS BELT.

YOU GOT GUNNER STOCKTON COMING IN, LEGIT 4-STAR COULD HAVE BEEN A 5-STAR AT SOME POINT.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION WITH STET COMING BACK AGAIN?

>> LISTEN, A LOT OF MEDIA, A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THAT PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, STET THEY SAY THEY PUSHED HIM TO THE SIDE SEVERAL TIMES.

EVERY TIME HIS BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL.

STETSON HAS WON THE JOB.

THIS GUY WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT'S BACK AGAINST A WALL BECAUSE YOU GOT A KID BIG ARE FASTER, A BIGGER ARM.

WHEN YOU SEE BROCK VANDAGRIFF IN PERSON.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW BIG.

6'3", 205, 210 POUNDS.

HAS HAD A YEAR TO ADAPT TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL, LEARN AN OFFENSIVE PLAYBOOK.

YES, HE HAS HIGHER CEILING THAN STETSON BENNETT.

.

IT'S NOT CLOSE PROBABLY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS IN THE GAME.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STEP IN AND HAVE THE TEN OTHER KIDS BELIEVE YOU'RE THE GUY.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK ALL THOSE PLAYERS HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN STETSON BENNETT.

THEY SHOULD.

HE HAS WON OVER THE LOCKER ROOM.

YOU SAW THE EMOTION.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED.

GERMANE BURTON WHO LEFT.

YOU LOOK AT THE A GAME ONE OF THE LONGEST HUGS WAS FROM JERMAIN TO STETSON.

HE WAS A LEADER OF THE TEAM.

FOR SOMEONE TO UNSEAT HIM THEY HAVE TO BE TO THE THE BEST GUY BUT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE TAKING SHOTS AT STETSON BENNETT.

GET A LOT OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SUMMERTIME.

THOUGH THIS GUY BROUGHT A RING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

THERE ARE OTHER GUYS BATTLING WITH A HIGHER PROFILE THAN HIM.

>> RUSTY PLANSLE FROM 24/7 SPORTS HANGING OUT WITH AO US A COUPLE MINUTES.

LIMIT GIVE A 30,000 FOOT ANSWER FROM YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TRANSFER PORTAL HAS HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EFFECT ON THE SIGNING DAY.

BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LATER IN THE SHOW.

HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT DOES THE PORTAL HAVE ON DAYS LIKE TODAY?

>> IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON PEOPLE LIKE CHRISTEN MILLER AND THE TREVOR LAWRENCES AND NICK CHUBBS AND DEREK BROWNS AND ALL OTHERS.

YOU'RE TAKING THOSE GUYS.

YOU TAKE A GUY LIKE ERIC STOKES, LET'S BE HONEST YOU GO BACK TO THE CLASS OF 2017 GEORGIA DOESN'T SIGN ERIC STOKES THAT MORNING BECAUSE THEY SAVE THAT MORE A PORTAL BECAUSE GEORGIA IS SAVING THREE OR FOUR A DAY.

THAT MEANS THREE OR FOUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS DIDN'T GET SIGNED BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO SAVE SLOTS FOR THE PORTAL.

.

SO EVERY SINGLE YEAR NOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

I THINK IT AFFECTS THE JORDAN DAVIS KIDS, THE ERIC STOKES KIDS, THOSE THREE-STARS THAT MAY NOT END UP AT GEORGIA, ALABAMA ABFLORIDA RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE THEY SAVE SPOTS FOR PORTALS.

I TALKED WITH AN S.E.C.

ASSISTANT ABOUT A WEEK AGO HE SAID AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY ARE SAVING SIX SPOTS IN TO IT PORTAL.

THAT'S ONE SCHOOL NOT SIGNING SIX HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS.

I DON'T LIKE IT BUT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S REALITY NOWIA DAYS.

>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER AND DO AWAY WITH THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD?

GET BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL SIGN PERIOD WHICH WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY OR COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND ALSO HAVE A PORTAL DAY?

TO KIND OF SUBTLE THAT ISSUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE.

>> THERE IS A PORTAL NOW -- HERE IS THE INTERESTING NEW RULE THAT WENT IN EFFECT THIS YEAR.

YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY THE 1st WAS THE DEADLINE -- IF YOU'RE AN S.E.C.

PLAYER AND IF MATT STEWART IS PLAYING AT AT TENNESSEE, YOU ENTER THE OH PORT POLE YOU WANT TO GO TO GEORGIA, YESTERDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR PLAYERS IN THE S.E.C.

TO DECLARE IN THE PORTAL SO THEY CAN NOT PLAY AT ANOTHER S.E.C.

SCHOOL.

THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF JUNE THE 1st THE NCAA PORTAL DATE IS MAY THE 1st.

SO I GUARANTEE YOU THIS.

AS SOON AS SPRING PRACTICE IS OVER YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT TEN DAYS OF FLURRY.

>> YES.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE NUTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AS FAR AS GOING FROM S.E.C.

TO S.E.C., WITHOUT A WAIVER, THAT'S OVER NOW.

THE FREE TRANSFER WILL BE OUT.

SO -- BUT THERE WILL TO BE A LOT OF KIDS AFTER SIGNING DAY I THINK THEY'LL MAKE THAT MOVE.

AND I'M WITH YOU, MATT.

IT'S THE BAD TIMING ROW RIGHT THERE WITH FINAL EXAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, COACHES CHANGING JOBS EVERYWHERE, TRY TO PRACTICE.

TRYING TO PRACTICE FOR BOWL GAMES.

>> YEAH.

>> THE TYPING IS NOT THERE.

DO I HAVE THE PERFECT ANSWER?

I DON'T.

BUT UNTIL YOU DO, LET'S JUST GO BACK TO IN AS A TRADITIONAL SIGNING DAY AND LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.

>> RUSTY MANSELL, 24/7 SPORTS BEEN THE GURU WE DIAL IN ON DAYS LIKE THIS.

THANKS FOR HAPPENING OUT WITH US ON A BIG DAY FOR A LOT OF ATHLETES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON SIGNING DAY CLASSIC.

>> THANKS, GUYS.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY, TALK ABOUT THE PORTAL, TALK ABOUT THE RANKINGS, TALK ABOUT A LOT OF -- A LOT OF YOUNGER KIDS AND THE FIVE-STARS.

THERE IS A LOT OF THEM.

GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 BACK WITH MORE ON SIGNING DAY AFTER THIS.

>> GEORGIA FARM BUREAU MEMBERS STAND TOGETHER FOR THE VALUES THAT MAKE OUR STATE SPECIAL.

WE STAND FOR FAITH AND FAMILY.

WE STAND FOR PROTECTING GEORGIA'S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY.

WE STAND FOR FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS.

WE STAND FOR PRODUCTS GROAN IN GEORGIA.

STAND FOR KEEPING OUR PROMISED.

WE STAND TOGETHER.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITth 2021 BROUGHT TO US BY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY 2022.

WHERE IS YOUR HEAD COACH?

IF THE ANSWER IS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MICHIGAN, HE IS IN MINNESOTA.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.

>> IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT SCREAMS I'M NOT COACHING YOUR TEAM ANY MORE.

>> THIS.

>> THAN INTERVIEWING WITH AN NFL TEAM ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

>> ON SIGNING DAY.

>> JOSH CONNORLY, A 5-STAR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OUT OF THE REINIER, WRARKT WASHINGTON, CHOOSING BETWEEN THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES AND WASHINGTON HUSKIES TODAY DELAYED HIS DECISION BECAUSE IN PART OR NEIGHBOR IN IF FULL PART.

>> FULL PART.

>> THE MICHIGAN HEAD COACHES INTERVIEWING FOR AN NFL JOB RIGHT NOW.

I CAN'T THINK -- I I DON'T WANT TO GET IN A COMMENTARY ABOUT WHAT I THINK ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT'S A REAL DISSERVICE.

>> NO DOUBT.

>> TO THE PLAYERS HE HAS GOTTEN TO SIGN WITH MICHIGAN.

>> UM-HUM.

>> THE PLAYERS HE HAS BEEN RECRUITING TO SIGN WITH MICHIGAN TODAY.

>> YUP.

>> OF ALL DAYS TODAY, TO BE INTERVIEWING WITH THE VIKINGS.

TRUT TRUST ME.

IF THE VIKINGS WANT HIM THEY COULD INTERVIEW HIM TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK AND IT WOULD BE FINE.

>> YEAH.

>> BEFORE NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

>> I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT MICHIGAN.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE IMPACT ON THE WOLVERINES PROGRAM, PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN FOR HIM TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW.

>> SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE RANKINGS TODAY AND THE IMPACT LATER ON.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE CONSTITUTIONO DISCUSSION -- IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> GEORGIA DID NOT GET EVERYBODY.

>> THAT TURNS OUT OKAY FOR ANDREW PAUL.

BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JORDAN JAMES, THE 4-STAR RUNNING BACK OUT OF MYRHH FEES BORROW, OAKLAND, COMMITTED TO THE BULLDOGS SINCE BACK IN MARCH.

HAD STARTED TO SWAY AFTER A GREAT VISIT TO OREGON THIS PAST WEEKEND.

AND WHO WAS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF THE OREGON DUCKS.

>> I BELIEVE THAT'S A GENTLEMAN LAST NAME LANDING.

>> YES DAN AND LANDINGS D.C. AT GEORGIA RECRUITING JORDAN JAMES TO GEORGIA.

HE RECRUITED JORDAN GRAMS JAMES TO OREGON.

SO FURTHER SPECULATION THAT HE WAS GOING TO FLIP.

IT HAPPENED TODAY WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD CHOSEN OREGON OVER GEORGIA.

FLORIDA HAD BEEN IN THE MIX.

NUMBER 13 RUNNING BACK IN THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE.

HE HAD RECEIVED IN-HOME VISITS FROM GEORGIA AND OREGON IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.

BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD.

BECAUSE GEORGIA ENDS UP WITH ANDREW PAUL WHO WE SPOKE ABOUT A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

THAT'S A BIG GET FOR GEORGIA.

JORDAN JAMES BEST OF LUCK WITH HIM AND THE OREGON DUCKS.

>> COMMITTED MARCH 2021.

AND NOW YOU SAID IT TO ORGAN.

>> EXIN UP.

>> BONNER.

>> 4-STAR WIDE RECEIVER.

JANIREN BONNER SIGNS WITH THE NEBRASKA CORN HUSK ZBLEERS OUT OF LEFT FIELD.

>> THE 200 POUND SENIOR COMMITTED TO GEORGIA TECH SINCE APRIL.

BUT NEBRASKA MADE A LATE PUSH AS DID MEMPHIS AND IN THE TIME THREE HE POSTED ON TWITTER LEADING UP TO THE NATIONAL SIGNSOING DAY.

BONNER KIND OF NUCLEAR IN THERE BACK DOOR.

MAYBE WE PUT IT THE OTHER WAY.

NEBRASKA SNUCK IN BACK DOOR.

TOOK THE OFFICIAL VISIT TO LINCOLN BEFORE THE RECRUITING DEAD PERIOD BEGAN THIS PAST WEEKEND.

HAD 50 CATCHES FOR 816 RECEIVING YARDS.

9 TOUCHDOWNS.

YOU SAW HIM STAR FOR CEDAR GROVE HERE ON GPB AS THE SAINTS WON THE AAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, JANIRON BONNER.

I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE I CAN GET A HAT LIKE THAT DIJ I CAM ON NEBRASKA LID YOU'RE WEARING.

CONGRATULATIONS ON NEBRASKA.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> SO LET'S GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT.

THEY KIND OF WERE QUIET THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

YOU HAD A VISIT RECENTLY.

WHAT SWUNG YOU TO LINCOLN?

>> ONCE I HAD GOT UP THERE -- ACTUALLY THE FIRST STARTING TALKING TO THE COACHES BEFORE THE VISIT, ANY.

-- WHEN I GOT UP TO THE SCHOOL IT WAS JUST GREAT.

JUST LOVE THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO THAT'S -- THAT'S WHERE I REALLY COME FROM.

>> YOU HAD BEEN COMMITTED TO GEORGIA TECH FOR A WHILE.

AT WHAT POINT DID YOU FEEL LIKE I NEED TO OPEN THINGS BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND EXPLORE ALL MY OPTIONS?

>> ACTUALLY, I HAD REALLY STARTED WHEN THE FIRST SIGNING DAY FIRST CAME WHEN THE FIRST ONE CAME, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT WAS LIKE GET REAL, LIKE, I'M NOT SIGNING THE FIRST TIME.

THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE I HAD BEEN THEN.

I HAD BEEN NOWHERE ELSE.

I HAD TO GO TO IN THE PORTAL SEE WHAT.

I HAD WANTED TO OPEN BACK UP.

THAT'S WHAT I DID.

AND NEBRASKA WAS OUT HERE FOR ME FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> A COUPLE OF COACHES IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL TO YOUR RECRUITMENT TO NEBRASKA.

SHAUN BECKWITHEN AND THE COACH WHAT HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS BEEN LIKE WITH THEM AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR YOU ONCE YOU GET TO CAMPUS?

>> IT WAS GREAT, ESPECIALLY WITH COACH JOSEPH.

GREAT GUY.

WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH A LITTLE BIT.

WE HE PHYSICAL STARTED HITTING ME UP HE WAS TALKING TO MY PARENTS AT FIRST ME AND HIM STARTED TALKING, IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS GREAT CONNECTION.

AND WHEN I GET UP THERE, YOU KNOW, AS A RECEIVER MY PLANS, JUST GO IN AND START AS A TRUE FRESHMAN.

BUT HE EXPECTS ME TO PUT MY PART IN, YOU KNOW, WORK, TO GET TO WORE I WANT TO BE.

>> JANIRAN POUND FOR POUND CEDAR GROVE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE TOP PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AS FAR AS PRODUCING FOOTBALL TALENT, A A.

A A PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO PLAY FOR THE SAINTS WITH ALL THE TALENT AROUND YOU AND HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT'S PREPARED YOU TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL?

>> IT'S GREAT.

AFTER PLAYING HERE, A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS CAME FROM HERE.

A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS STILL PLAY HERE.

JUST GUYS THAT WAS HERE BEFORE ME, THAT JUST ALREADY HAD, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT IN PLACE.

AND JUST BEING AROUND ALL THE TALENTSOENT MAKES YOU WANT TO BE BETTER.

MAKES YOU WANT TO DO GREAT THINGS.

SO IT JUST PLAYED A BIG PART.

ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, HE WAS NUMBER ONE AND I WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM.

JUST LOOKING AT HIM DOING WHAT HE WAS DOING, MADE ME WANT TO YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST LOOKING MADE ME WANT THE SAME THING.

HE DID HIS PART COMING IN.

AND HE AND A COUPLE OTHER GUYS, THEY PLAYED DIFFERENT POSITIONS BUT THEY WERE GRAT AT WHAT THEY DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY PLAYED A GREAT PART IN IT.

>> HOW SATISFYING HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU BATTLING THE INJURIES YOU HAD.

YOU CATCH EIGHT FOR AND 250 YARDS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?

HAD A GREAT DWAM.

HOW SATISFYING WITH EVERYTHING YOU FACED HOW SATISFYING IS IT FOR YOU TO NOW HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS FOR YOU.

>> IT FEELS GREAT TO KNOW I OVERCAME A LOT OF OBSTACLES THROUGHOUT MY PROCESS.

BUT ME, I JUST ALWAYS KEEP MY HEAD DOWN, STAY PRAYED UP AND WORK HARD AS I COULD, YOU KNOW.

AND MY PROBLEM -- PUT THEM BEHIND ME.

SO I COULD -- BUT, YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, VERY SATISFYING TO BE WHERE I AM TODAY.

>> WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY EXCITING DAY THERE AT CEDAR GROVE HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU MENTIONED JAYDEN.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE TRANSFERS.

HE MADE A BIG CAREER DECISION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND JOINING YOUR FORMER COACH JIMMY SMITH NOW AT ARKANSAS.

BUT WHO FOR YOU -- YOU MENTIONED JAYDEN AND HIS MENTORSHIP IN THE PROGRAM.

BUT WHO FOR YOU AS YOU GROUP OWE GREW UP, WHETHER A COLLEGE WIDE RECEIVER OR PRO WIDE RECEIVER WHO DID YOU PATTERN YOURSELF AFTER?

WHO DID YOU SAY AS A KID GROWING UP, I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT SOME DAY.

>> >> WELL, GROWING UP, I FEEL LIKE MY GUY IS JULIO.

BIG RECEIVER OUTSIDE.

I ALWAYS COMPARED MY GAME TO JULIO.

HE WAS SOMEONE I WATCHED.

I I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHO I PLAY LIKE.

JULIO.

>> THIS SEGMENT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE LETTER JPJANIRON BONNER, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

WE'LL COOO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU AT NEBRASKA.

THANKS FOR HAPPENING OUT.

>> DEFINITELY WSH APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

>> TALENT LEAVING THE STATE GOING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

BONNER ENDS UP AT NEBRASKA THIS TIME.

>> GOING TO BE EXCITING TO SEE HIM PLAY.

SOUP ARE TALENT.

I LOVE THE COMPARISON WITH JULIO JONES, BIG TIME WIDE RECEIVER AND CEDAR GROVE CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE TOP PRODUCING TALENT COLLEGE FOOTBALL TALENT SCHOOLS BUT NOT JUST THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

BUT A 3 A SCHOOL IN ATLANTA AND ENTIRE NATION, PUMPING OUT GREAT FOOTBALL TALENT.

WE HAVE SEEN CHRISTEN MILLER AND BONNER.

CARLTON MADDEN SIGNED WITH THE BULLDOGS BACK IN THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD.

COACH ADAMS DOING A GREAT JOB.

>> LET'S HEAD BACK UP GEORGIA 316 TAKING A PEEK WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

THE NUMBER THREE IN THE COUNTRY LOOK AT THE FULL SCREEN WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF 5-STARS.

FIVE STARS HEADING UP TO ATHENS.

>> THIS IS INTERESTING.

BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH RUSTY A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

GEORGIA LASS A LOT OF FIVE-STARS.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE STARS IN THE RECRUITING CLASS.

WE SAW THE NUMBER OF 3-STARS THEY RECRUITED OVER THE YEARS AND JORDAN DAVIS BEING ONE.

YOU REFERENCED THAT IN TO IT INTERVIEW, A GUY COMING TO GEORGIA AS A 3-STAR AND BLEW UP.

LET'S FOCUS ON THE 5-STARS LOOK AT THE LIST THAT THE BULLDOGS ADDED IN THE 2022 CLASS.

WE START WITH MICHAEL WILLIAMS OUT OF HARDWAY HIGH SCHOOL.

RISEN TO THE NUMBER 4 OVERALL PROSPECT IN THE NATION.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS HAS BLOWN UP IN THE CYCLE.

RISEN FROM ABOUT NINE OR TEN IN THE COUNTRY OVERALL UP TO NUMBER 4 AT HARDWAY.

AND HE AND CHRIS MILLER ARE GOING TO BE A HUGE FACTOR OH FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS ON THE SBRRT OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

AND YOU HEARD MILLER SAY IT HIMSELF.

HE IS A FREAK ATHLETE.

SOCHLT THINGS HE CAN DO.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS GOING TO HAVE A BIG CAREER WITH THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.

>> NEXT UP, JEFFERSON AND AN ATHLETE WE GOT TO SEE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS AND.

>> MALACHI STARKS, WHAT A PLEASURE TO WATCH THIS YOUNG MAN PLAY FOR THE JEFFERSON DRAGONS, LED THEM TO THE STATE FINALS AS A JUNIOR.

PLAYED QUARTERBACK IN FREE SAFETY FOR COACH GENE KATHGARTP GOING TO MISS TALKING TO THAT COACH IN THE SEASONS AHEAD.

BUT PLAYING SAFETY FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.

WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY HAVE WRINKLES FOR HIM.

HE IS SUCH A SKILLED PLAYER WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.

BUT MALACHI STARKS GOING TO BE A BIG-TIME SAFETY IN THE BULLDOGS PROGRAM.

>> LET'S HIT HEAD OUT OF STATE STICKING WITH THE LETTER M AND AMERICAN HERITAGE.

>> THIS IS THE SON OF THE FORMER FLORIDA STATE AND NFL STAR.

>> I REMEMBER HIM.

>> JONES, 5-STAR EDGE RUSHER OUT OF FT. LAUDERDALE, NUMBER THREE EDGE RUSHER IN THE COUNTRY.

WHAT A -- YOU KNOW, WHAT AN ADDITION HE IS FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN YOU SAID OUT OF STATE.

GEORGIA HAS NOW EXPANDED THEIR BORDERS RECRUITING--WISE.

THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM THE COUNTRY WITH THE BRAND.

AND THAT WAS BEFORE THEY WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVEN MORE SO NOW WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY CAN STRETCH THEIR BORDERS AND GO OUT AND GET WHO EVER THEY WANT.

>> LET'S HEAD UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD, JACKSONVILLE.

>> FIVE-STAR CORNER OUT OF JACKSONVILLE, NUMBER FIVE CORNER IN THE COUNTRY.

ANOTHER BIG GET FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS, CAME IN THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD.

AND YOU HEARD WHAT WE WERE TALKING TO RUSTY ABOUT THE BULLDOGS ESTABLISHING A LEGACY AT CORNER BACK.

GUYS GOING FROM THE NFL FROM THAT POSITION.

THAT'S SUCH A HUGE ATTRACTION FOR RECRUITS IS THAT GEORGIA ESTABLISHED THAT REPUTATION MUCH LIKE ALABAMA HAD OVER THE YEARS.

YOU SIGN WITH US, YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE.

>> NEXT UP, NORTH CAROLINA, AND JALON WALKER, YOU GO TO NORTH CAROLINA GET JORDAN DAVIS AND NOW WALKER.

>> HE IS GOING A BIG-TIME LINEBACKER FOR THE BULLDOGS.

AS WE MENTIONED GEORGIA IS LOSING CONWAY WALK WISHING.

LOSING CONTENDING, COBY DEAN TO THE NFL.

AND THAT'S THE LOSSES THAT YOU LIKE.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF LOSSES THAT THAT'S ERA THESE GUYS LOOK TO AND SAY WOW, THOSE GUYS WENT.

I'M STEPPING IN RIGHT BEHIND THEM AND I'M GOING TO GO AND LAUNCH ONE DAY.

GEORGIA IS GOING TO HAVE SPOTS OPEN THERE.

THE LINEBACKER SPOT.

I DON'T KNOW, GUYS CAN STEP IN AND PLAY AS FRESHMAN.

DO THEY START RIGHT AWAY?

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

BUT THERE ARE G GOING TO BE CHANCES FOR THE GUYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT EARLY ON IN THE CAREERS.

>> CREATES OPPORTUNITIES.

LET'S PEEK AT THE RANKING AS WE HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW.

I'M SAYING THE TEAM AT NUMBER 8 PROBABLY WILL NOT BE AT NUMBER 8 VERY LONG.

>> WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HARBAUGH.

ANDO BUT A&M THEY LOCKED DOWN NUMBER ONE WITH THE SIGNING OF STEWART ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

NUMBER THREE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE COUNTRY OUT OF OPEN A LOCKA, FLORIDA.

AND FROM A NUMBERS STANDPOINT, 24/7 SAYS THEY'RE THE GREATEST CLASS EVERY EVER.

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN FROM A NUMBERS STANDPOINT.

JIMBO FISHER PUT TOGETHER THE NUMBER ONE CLASS IN IN ALABAMA COMPLEX IN AT NUMBER TWO GEORGIA AT NUMBER THREE.

FOLLOWED BY OHIO STATE AND FKS.

.

PENN STATE, NOTRE DAME, MICHIGAN, AND OKLAHOMA TO ROUND OUT THE TOP FIVE.

AND I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT OKLAHOMA, THAT'S INTERESTING GIVE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AND THE HEAD COACH.

AND VENABLE IS THE HEAD COACH AFTER THE PREVIOUS HEAD COACH LANDED AT SOUTHERN CAL.

>> NOTHING LIKE.

>> RILEY.

>> EXACTLY.

PAGE TWO.

>> LINCOLN RILEY HAS DONE A LOT OF HIS DAMAGE IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

>> YES.

>> CLEMSON BE WITH KENTUCKY, MO, LSU GO 11 THROUGH 50.

AUBURN FLORIDA STATE AND WHAT A DUMBSER FIRE AUBURN HAS BECOME.

>> YOU AIN'T KIDDING BROTHER.

>> SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SERVEG.

>> UP FROM 32 TO 19.

>> BILLY NAPPIER HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN A SHORT PERIOD AFTER TAKING OVER AS THE HEAD COACH THERE THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

GEORGIA TECH AT 41.

AND THEY'VE LOST SOME GUYS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL AS WELL.

>> WEEP KEEL KEEP AN EYE ON THE PORTAL TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AS PROMISED WE DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN TO BACKSLY AND CATCH UP WITH LIFE IN APPLING COUNTY FOR ANOTHER GREAT GEORGIA SIGNINGS RIGHT HERE.

DARRIS SMITH.

>> FOUR-STAR EDGE RUSHER, APPLING COUNTY, COMMITTED TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

SO HE HAS BEEN OUT THERE NOW FOR WELL OVER A YEAR COMMITTED TO THE BULLDOGS, DID NOT SIGN IN THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD.

BUT DID TODAY, 6'6", 225 POUNDS.

RANKED THE NUMBER 14 EDGE RUSHER IN THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE.

NOT A SURPRISE THAT HE SIGNED TODAY BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED HE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME COMMIT.

HE CHOSE THE BULLDOGS OVER 10 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING TENNESSEE AND AUBURN.

DIDN'T TAKE ANY OFFICIAL VISIT ANYWHERE.

WHEN HE LOCKED INTO THE BULLDOGS HE LOCKED IN.

>> FOLKS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.

>> HE TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL TO GEORGIA IN NOVEMBER.

THAT WAS IT.

FINISHED THE SENIOR SEASON WITH 54 TOTAL TACKLES, THREE QUARTERBACK SACKS AND INTERCEPTION FOR THE STATE SEMIFINALS.

>> TIME TO GO TO BEAUTIFUL BACKSLY, GEORGIA, AND CATCH UP WITH DARRIS SMITH.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE SHOW.

>> YEAH WABO, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> SO WHAT WENT INTO THE FINAL DECISION AND WHAT WAS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS LIKE TO SIT THERE AND SOLIDIFY THE NOTION OF WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

>> I JUST KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE A DOG SINCE DAY ONE.

I WAS ALWAYS A FAN OF GEORGIA.

I JUST KNEW I WAS GOING THERE.

I JUST LOVED WHEN I GOT THE OFFER.

>> A DOG FROM DAY ONE.

YOU COMMITTED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

YOU'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS FOR A LONG TIME.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU REALLY WAVERED AT ALL, NEVER CHANGE YOUR DECISION.

WAS THERE EVER ANY MOMENT -- I'M SURE PEOPLE STILL RECRUITED YOU AFTER YOU COMMITTED TO THE BULLDOGS, DID YOU EVER WAVER OR SOLID ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HELPED NAIL THAT DOWN.

>> NO, I WENT TO VISIT GEORGIA, REALLY ONLY THINKING ABOUT GEORGIA GETTING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER COLLEGES BECAUSE I JUST KNEW I WAS GOING TO GO TRY TO BE AS HUMBLE AS I CAN BE AND STAY HOME.

>> I KNOW WHEN IT CAME ONTO THE SEEPER SEASON, THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR DIDN'T END THE WAY YOU LIKED.

WHEN IT CAME TO THE SEASON WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU NEEDED TO WORK ON TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL?

>> PROBABLY STAYING UP AND TRANSFER AND DROPPING BACK.

I SEE WHAT THEY DO.

>> HOW DID YOU SPEND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?

WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THE -- AND THE COMMUNITY THERE IN BACKSLY AS THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

>> WE WAS ALL ON THE HOME WATCHING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TEXTING ME AND MY MOM WAS LEAK, YEAH.

MIEDO DAD HE IS REALLY AN ALABAMA FAN.

>> OH.

SO WAIT A SECOND HERE.

WHAT WAS THIS LIKE WITH YOUR DAD THE ALABAMA FAN AND OBVIOUSLY HE GOT IT WITH THE S.E.C.

CHAMPIONSHIP.

BUT THEN YOU ENDED UP GETTING IT WITH THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.

WHAT WAS THIS LIKE OVER THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY NOW?

>> I MEAN, HE LIKED GEORGIA.

SO HE LIKED KIRBY A LOT TOO.

>> GOOD DECISION BY HIM TO SWITCH TEAMS NOW THAT YOU'RE PLAYING FOR THE RED AND BLACK.

WHAT HAVE THEY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AS FAR AS YOU COMING INTO GEORGIA, WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES PLAYING RIGHT AWAY?

I KNOW THAT GEORGIA LOST A LOT OF LINEBACKERS, THREE IN PARTICULAR, PROBABLY GOING IN THE FIRST ROUND IF NOT THE FIRST ROUND THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS OF THE NFL DRAFT.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT LINEBACKER ROOM COMING UP IN 2022.

>> THEY JUST REALLY WANT ME TO WORK ON GETTING MY WEIGHT UP MORE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I RUN TRACK MY WEIGHT IS LIKE DOWN.

AND THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO USE MY LONG ARMS TO, LIKE, GET BETTER PASS RUSHES AND STUFF.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A MULTISPORT ATHLETE DOWN THERE IN BACKSLY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TAKE FROM THE OTHER SPORTS THAT HAS HELPED YOU OUT TO GET YOU READY FOR FOOTBALL?

I KNOW THAT TRACK HELPS YOU IN CERTAIN WAYS.

BUT HOW HAVE THESE OTHER SPORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HELPED YOU WITH YOUR FOOTBALL CAREER AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO THERE IN ATHENS?

>> I GUESS I REALLY DON'T GET TIRED IN THE MORNING.

I PLAY OFFENSE AND DEFENSE THE WHOLE SEASON, LIKE NO BREAKS.

.

I GOT GOOD FATIGUE.

>> ANY IN PARTICULAR THAT GROWING UP YOU PATTERNED YOURSELF AFTER LIKE THIS IS MY GUY, THIS IS THE GUY I FOLLOW, WHETHER COLLEGE FOOTBALL OR NFL FOOTBALL?

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT GUY?

THAT'S THE WHY I'M GOING TO PLAY THE GAME.

>> I WANT TO SAY VAUGHN MILLER.

>> GOOD CHOICE.

>> GOOD WORK THERE.

>> HE KIND OF GOT UP THERE.

I USED TO WATCH GARRETT.

>> TWO GOOD CHOICES.

DARRIS, ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR HANGING WITH US HERE ON GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021, 2022.

CONGRATS ON YOUR CHRIST.

WE'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH YOU IN ATHENS.

THANKS FOR HAPPENING WITH US ON THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MYLES GARRETT, VAUGHN MILLER, DARRIS SMITH.

>> YOU CAN TELL HE IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS ATHLETE IN ALL SPORTS.

AND HE SAYS I NEVER LEAVE THE FIELD.

PLAYS OFFENSE, DEFENSE.

HAS GREAT LENGTH AND WITH HIS SIZES GOING TO BE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR.

HOW SOON WITH THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

BUT HAS TO PUT ON WEIGHT TO PLAY THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL AT THAT LEVEL.

YOU SEE THAT GUY MAKING BIG STRIDES AND MAKING AN IMPACT IN GEORGIA FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.

>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL TAKE A TOUR AROUND THE STATE AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE A LOT OF THE OTHER NAMES THAT MAY BE INTEREST OF YOURS WILL BE HEADING AND LOOK AT THE PORTAL PL GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 CONTINUES IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

STICK AND STAY.

WE WILL RETURN.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021.

FOR THE LAST TIME THAT WE CAN SAY RECRUITING 2021.

HE IS MATT, I'M JOHN BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT GEORGIA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.

ALWAYS THE HOME TEAM.

WHILE WE LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT HOME TEAMS THERE ARE FOLKS THAT DECIDED TO HAVE THE HOME TEAMS BE OUTSIDE THE STATE TOO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE GOT LOTS OF -- THERE IS PLENTY OF SIGNINGS WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH ON YET.

WE ARE HITTING ON SOME OF THE GUYS HIGH IN HER THE 3-STAR.

CHEROKEE 3-STAR WIDE RECEIVER DARIUS HAIR SHAW, SIGNS WITH AUSTIN P. THAT'S A HUGE GET.

>> GOOD PICKUP.

>> THAT MAYBE THE PROSPECT THEY SIGNED.

5'10"155 POUND SENIOR COMMITTED TO UTAH UNTIL EARLY NOVEMBER.

134 CAREER RECEPTIONS OVER 2,000 YARDS, 19 TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS THREE SEASONS WITH THE WARRIORS.

I WAS EHE WAS A LITTLE BANGED UP WITH THE SENIOR HEREO CARRIER.

IT'S A OWE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WATCH DARIUS HAIR SHAW THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND WATCH THIS KID BLOSSOM ON THE FIELD AND OFF IT AS WELL, ACCORDING TO HIS HEAD COACH JOSH SHAW.

DARIUS HAIR SHAW A GOVERNOR.

>> NEXT STOP.

>> EAST SIDE COGNITIVE, THREE-STAR INTERIOR LINEMAN, JAYLON SMITH SIGNS WITH THE GATORS.

6'5"2325-POUND SENIOR COMMITTED TO GATE ARE GATORS IN SEPTEMBER OVER KENTUCKY, AUBURN AND ALABAMA.

ALABAMA MADE A LATE PUSH.

>> LATE.

>> LAST WEDNESDAY O-LINE COACH DOUG MARRONE.

NICK SABAN OFFERED HIM FRIDAY.

HE WAS IN TUSCALOOSA WITH HIS FAMILY VISITORING.

YOU HAD TO FIGURE, MAN, BAMA MAKING THE MOVE.

BUT IN THE END JALEN FARMER STICKS WITH BILLY NAPPIER AND THE FLORIDA GATORS.

HE IS NOW GOING TO GAUNSVILLE.

>> GOOD GRAB BY BILLY NAPPIER.

LET'S GO TO THE WEST SIDE.

>> ANOTHER GREAT LATE BLOOMING STORY.

DOUGLAS COUNTY THREE STAR MYLES SIGNS WITH CLEMSON.

INDICATED TO CLEMSON TWO WEEKS AGO OVER AN OFFER FROM GEORGIA TECH AND SOUTHERN.

HE VISITED CLEMSON JANUARY 14th.

WAS OFFERED AND THE 15th.

COMMITTED ON THE 16th.

>> SIGNS.

>> TODAY HE SIGNS.

CAN PLAY THE CORNER OR SAFETY HAD 75 TACKLES, 5 INTERCEPTIONS THE SENIOR SEASON EARNING SIX A ALLSTATE HONORS.

>> ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED WITH, THE PERRY PANTHERS.

>> REMEMBER THIS NAME.

DAQUON WRIGHT AS YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID THIS YEAR.

HE COMMITTED TO THE HOKEKYS IN JUNE.

>> THAT'S A TARGET.

>> OFFERS FROM SOUTH ALABAMA.

247 SPORTS.

HAD HIM RANKED AS NUMBER 18 TIGHT END IN THE COUNTRY.

60 CATCHES OVER 1,200 YARDS.

14 TOUCHDOWNS RECEIVING AS A SENIOR.

10 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS.

EVEN TOOK SNAPS AT QUARTERBACK.

ALSO A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER.

AVERAGES RIGHT AT 16 POINTS AND 9 REBOUNDS PER GAME FOR THE PANTHERS.

AND GREAT SPEED FOR A BIG GUY TOO.

POSTING 11.14 IN THE 100 METERS.

WRIGHT IS A NAME TO REMEMBER WEST VIRGINIA TECH.

>> BREAKING NEWS COURTESY OF JACK PANDERS AND WRBL TV IN COLUMBUS JUST HAPPENED WITH KATY HUTCHINSON.

>> KD HUTCHINSON WHO DECOMMITTED HAVE VANDY EARLY JANUARY, TOOK A VISIT TO FLORIDA LAST WEEKEND.

TODAY SIGNS WITH WESTERN.

>> FLIP MODE ACTIVE.

>> GOING TO THE HILLTOPPERS.

5'7"175-POUND SENIORS COMMITTED TO THE COME DOORS BUT CHANGED HIS MIND AFTER VANDY'S WIDE RECEIVER COACH LEFT THE PROGRAM.

152 CATCHES OVER 1,000 YARDS AND 10 TOUCHDOWNS THE SENIOR SEASON WITH 1 INTERCEPT ON DEFERS.

HE GOES TO WESTERN KENTUCKY.

>> I HAVE THE PICTURE PROVING IT FOR LATER.

NORTHEAST MACON CENTRAL GEORGIA.

>> 3-STAR WIDE RECEIVER ZION ODEM 6'3"175-SENIOR COMPETES IN BASKETBALL.

TRACK.

HE HAD 61 CATCHES FOR 951 YARDS.

13 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE TWO SEASONS WITH NORTHEAST, ALSO AN INTERCEPT ON DEFENSE.

>> NEXT STOP CAMDEN COUNTY.

THIS IS NO DEMERIT FOR VIRGINIA.

>> THIS CAME TOGETHER LATE.

CAMDEN COUNTY TLI-STEER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN NOAH DEMERIT COMMITTED TO VIRGINIA LEFT THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.

6'5"340 BIG KID CHOSE THE CAVALIER OVER NEBRASKA, GEORGIA AND KENTUCKY.

ERND HONORS FROM THE AJC.

THIS IS A BIG GET FOR COACH TONY EVIDENTLY WHO MADE A LATE PUSH TO BEEF UP THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> NEXT STOP, MARIETTA AND THEIR SLINGER.

>> LOVE THIS KID SAW HIM IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.

TYLER HUGHES SIGNS WITH WILLIAM AND MARY.

FLIPPED THE COMMITMENT FROM SOUTHERN TO THE TRIBE BACK IN MID-DECEMBER RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST NATIONAL SIGNS DAY.

6'1"20 A SENIOR, HUGE SEASON FOR THE BLUE DEVILS LEADING MARIETTA TO THE SECOND RIGHT NOW OF THE SECOND RIGHT NOW OF THE PLAYOFF BEFORE FALLING.

MILTON ON GPB, THREW FOR OVER 3,300 YARDS, HAD 4 TOUCHDOWN PASSES THE PAST SEASON.

AVERAGING 280 YARDS PASSING A GAME.

64% COMPLETION RATE.

TYLER HUGHES GOING TO WILLIAMEN MAR JUDGE.

>> NORTH GWINNETTE TO THE S.E.C.

>> ZACH JOE HANSON OUT OF NORTH GWINNETTE COMMITTED TO OLE MISS A MONTH AYLING PL PLAYING FOR THE REBEL, PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL FOR THE BULLDOGS.

WIDE RECEIVER AND SAFETY.

NINE CATCHES THE SENIOR SEASON, ZACH JOE HANSON GOING TO PLAY FOR LANE KIPPEN.

>> THAT'S OUR LIST.

AND AS I MENTIONED, HERE IS OUR PROOF OF K.D.

HUTCHINSON RIGHT HERE.

THANKS AGAIN TO REX CASTILLO, THE BEAUTY OF PHONES.

THE SOUTHERN HAD ON THE DESK, THE WESTERN KENTUCKY HAT ON THE HEAD.

K.D.

HUTCHINSON GREAT PICK UP.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM, ABSOLUTELY.

BIG DAYS FOR ALL THE KIDS.

EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL TALK PORTAL.

A 6-LETTER WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HERE ON GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 PRESENTED BY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

PROMISE.

>>> WELCOME BACK TOP OF THE HOUR.

TOR HOUR NUMBER TWO STARTS WITH GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021.

HE IS MATT I'M JOHN AND SNOWMAN AND BANDIT TALKING NSD CLASSIC.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ATHENS.

A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE S.E.C.

WE HAVE SEEN THE TOP 20 BUT NOW THERE IS A SIX-LETTER WORD WE HAVE TO GET INTO THAT NOT A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE TO SAY.

THE PARKER WORD, THE PORTAL.

>> IT'S A REALTIME OF COLLEGE