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Recruiting 2021: Playoffs - Round 1
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Matt Stewart and Jon Nelson discuss the top recruiting news from around the state.
Matt Stewart and Jon Nelson discuss the latest recruiting news around the state, and reveal their pick for "Make That Kid An Offer."
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HE'S OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MATT.
>> YEP.
>> I'M OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JOHN.
AS WE GET INTO THE FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, SOME VERY, VERY INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON IN ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR.
>> RIGHT.
NORTH COBB, THE NUMBER TWO TEAM IN 7A WITH POTENTIAL BAD NEWS GOING INTO TONIGHT'S GAME.
LET'S START WITH THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE WARRIORS THIS WEEK.
REGGIE COMMITTING TO NEW MEXICO.
BEST TWITTER PIC.
5'10", 170.
CHOSE OVER MERCER AND TENNESSEE TECH.
HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST-KEPT SECRETS IN THE STATE.
COACH SHANE QUEEN WILL TELL YOU HE'S BEEN THE MOST GIFTED PLAYER WITH THE BALL.
GA VAN HAS A TEAM LEADING 42 CATCHES FOR FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.
NORTH COBB COULD REALLY USE HIM TONIGHT AGAINST 4 STAR CORNER.
4 STAR MALAKI SINGLETON, ALSO POSSIBLY OUT FOR THE FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME AS WELL AS THEIR TOP RUNNING BACK BEN HALL.
NEXT STOP, CENTRAL GEORGIA, NORTHEAST MAY CON.
>> NORTHEAST MACON.
O-DEMS HAD ALSO BEEN RECEIVING INTEREST FROM MEMPHIS.
24 CATCHES FOR 424 YARDS THIS SEASON, FIVE TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE RAIDERS AS THEY HEAD INTO THEIR AA FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF TONIGHT AGAINST COOKE.
>> TOP RANKED TEAM IN 7A HAS MOVED.
COLLINS HILL JUNIOR SAFETY JADEN DAVIS SAYS TENNESSEE IS PROBABLY HIS LEADER RIGHT NOW.
THE 6'2", 175 POUNDER SAID THE BALLS ARE PROBABLY OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOZENS OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE RECRUITING THE EAGLES DB RIGHT NOW.
PLANNING ON GOING BACK TO SEE THE VOLS NEXT WEEKEND.
DAVIS ALSO HAS AN OFFER FROM GEORGIA TECH.
ALSO CAMPED THERE THIS SUMMER.
HE'S VISITED CLEMSON, MICHIGAN AND AUBURN.
WENT TO THE OLE' MISS GAME.
THE REBELS AND CARDINALS HAVE OFFERED HIM OUT OF THE GROUP I MENTIONED.
>> WE SAW HIM LAST WEEK ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
>> YEAH, BEAUFORD THREE STAR QUARTERBACK ASHTON DANIELS LEADING THE NUMBER ONE WOLVES INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WAS SPOT ON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN BEAUFORD'S 8-6A CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY.
NOW THE WOLVES ARE FIVE WINS AWAY FROM THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT STATE TITLE.
HE CAUGHT A 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS.
HE RAN FOR ANOTHER SCORE.
PLAYER OF THE GAME HONORS AFTERWARD.
HE TALKED WITH OUR TAB THAT TURNER WILKINS.
>> I'M SO EXCITED, CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE.
LOVE THE COACHES, LOVE THE GUYS ALREADY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BLAST.
>> I THINK SO.
ABSOLUTELY.
GOING STANFORD -- BEFORE YOU GO TO STANFORD, TRY TO LEAD BEAUFORD TO ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THREE IN THREE YEARS FROM THE QUARTERBACK WHO STARPTED AS A SOPHOMORE.
>> STARTING THIS WEEKEND, FIVE WINS TO GEORGIA STATE IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
OUR GAME HERE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS HAS IN CLASS 5A, TWO TOP TEN TEAMS AND A TEAM THAT'S DEBUTING HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT.
BUT MATT, THEY ARE STACKED.
>> THEY ARE.
THE COFFEE TROJANS, THE CREEK SIDE SEMINOLES.
LET'S START ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP PROSPECTS TO WATCH IN THIS BALL GAME, STARTING WITH 24/7 SPORTS FOUR STAR KALEB HOLMES.
6'3", 285, SOPHOMORE NUMBER THREE, INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE CLASS OF 2024, HAS FIVE OFFERS INCLUDING PITTSBURGH AND MARYLAND.
ATTENDED CAMP AT ARKANSAS STATE IN JUNE.
ALREADY A TWO-YEAR STARTER ON THE CREEKSIDE OFFENSIVE LINE WITH TWO MORE YEARS TO GO.
HIS COACH DESCRIBES HIM AS, QUOTE, THE MODERN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, LONG, LEAN, VERY ATHLETIC AND PLAYS WITH PHYSICALITY.
SOMEONE WHO HAS TWO HANDS FULL OF OFFERS.
>> DB, MILLER, 5'11", 160, PLAYS CORNERBACK IN WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST SECONDARY IN THE STATE.
25 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, ALABAMA AND MICHIGAN STATE.
42 TACKLES ON THE SEASON WITH A PICK AND A FORCED FUMBLE.
WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE 300 METER HURDLES AT THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP METE LAST SPRING.
>> CRAZY MULTITALENTED ATHLETE.
>> INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH, FLORIDA STATE, OLE' MISAND ARKANSAS.
THAT'S THE PICK SIX HE HAD HERE ON GPB BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
ALSO HAD A PICK LAST WEEK AGAINST WOODWARD ACADEMY.
IN THAT UNIFORM HE LOOKS LIKE DEION SANDERS.
WHO COULD ARGUE?
60 TACKLES ON THE SEASON.
>> THOSE ARE THE THREE PLAYERS IN THE VIDEO PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.
>> WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE PLAYERS TO TALK ABOUT HERE.
MALIK TULLIS, OFFERED BY GEORGIA TECH, SYRACUSE, U MASS, 54 TACKLES.
ISAIAH DAVIS, RIVALS THREE STAR SAFETY, TEN OFFERS INCLUDING PITTSBURGH, LIBERTY AND EASTERN MICHIGAN.
PLAYS MORE WIDE RECEIVER THAN DEFENSE WITH THE SEMINOLES, 23 CATCHES FOR TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
SOPHOMORE RODERICK McCRARY, EIGHT OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH, PITTSBURGH AND MARYLAND: 87 TACKLES.
DYLAN DICKERSON, THE FRESHMAN, 6'2" OFFERS FROM MICHIGAN STATE AND BUFFALO.
HE'S JUST A BACKUP RIGHT NOW, BUT COACH DIXON SAYS HE'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
PAGE TWO.
JUNIOR RUNNING BACK, PLAYS BACKUP LINEBACKER FOR THE SEMINOLES.
OFFERED BY PITT.
JAVIEN MILLER, JUST A HOME RUN RECORD.
MONSTER SEASON, 70 TOTAL TACKLES.
21 K AT THAT LS FOR LOSS AND 20 QUARTERBACK SACKS.
RICKY McCRARY, RODERICK'S TWIN BROTHER, OFFERED BY MARSHAL, EASTERN KENTUCKY.
AND THEIR SENIOR QUARTERBACK RECEIVING INTEREST FROM SOUTH ALABAMA, FLORIDA A&M, AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE.
PASSING AND RUNNING, ACCOUNTING FOR 22 TOUCHDOWNS, 16 PASSING AND SIX RUSHING.
>> THAT'S HALF THE STORY.
HOW ABOUT THE FOLKS IN DOUGLAS.
>> LET'S GO TO THE COFFEE TROJANS AND MAURICE TURNER, 5'8", 170, SENIOR COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE.
CHOSE THE CARDINALS IN AUGUST OVER 14 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING UCF AND GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
HAD BEEN THE TROJANS MOST DYNAMIC AND GO-TO WEAPON THIS SEASON.
HE'S BEEN BATTLING INJURIES, REHABBING ALL WEEK.
27 CATCHES FOR 374 AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.
64 RUSHES FOR 284 AND TOUCHDOWNS.
IF HE CAN PLAY AND THEY REALLY DO NEED HIM TO PLAY, YOU'LL SEE COFFEE MOVING HIM ALL AROUND THE OFFENSE.
>> NEXT UP ANTHONY.
>> SENIOR INSIDE LINEBACKER ANTHONY GASTON.
HIS AVAILABILITY TONIGHT IS A HE'S TRYING TO COME BACK FROM A DISLOCATED SHOULDER THAT'S COST HIM THREE GAMES.
HE HAS EIGHT OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA SOUTHERN, KEN SAW STATE, TROY AND SOUTH ALABAMA.
>> NOTHING LIKE EIGHT PER GAME.
NOW, ONE OTHER PLAYER -- >> ONE OTHER.
THE KICKER, DAVID VAUGHN.
>> YES.
>> REAL WEAPON.
COULD BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER IN TONIGHT'S BALL GAME.
VAUGHN IS COMMITTED TO ARMY.
CREEK SIDE IS NOT EVEN TRYING TO FIELD THIS YEAR.
ALL BUT SIX OF HIS 49 KICKOFFS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN TOUCHBACKS.
SO, RENDERING THE OPPONENT'S KICK RETURN GAME NON-EXISTENT.
>> SPECIAL TEAMS CAN COME UP HUGE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
HAVING A WEAPON LIKE THAT FOR COFFEE CAN HELP.
>>> NOW TO THE LEGENDS PORTION OF THE SEGMENT, I GUESS.
IN DOING ALL THE INTREPID RESEARCH, THE COMMANDER AND YOU CAME UP WITH COOL LEGENDS ATTACHED TO BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SOME OF THE BEST ALL-TIME PLAYERS IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY.
LET'S START WITH CREEK SIDE FIVE STAR.
YOU REMEMBER HIM, THE NUMBER ONE RANKED CORNER.
NUMBER THREE OVERALL NATIONAL PROSPECT IN THE CLASS OF 2007.
ERIC BERRY WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN ALL THAT.
PLAYED QUARTERBACK FOR THE SEMINOLES.
RETURNED KICKS.
DID EVERYTHING.
ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST DYNAMIC HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL IN MY 24 YEARS OF CALLING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON TELEVISION.
I CAN SAY THAT WITH UTMOST CONFIDENCE.
TWO TIME ALL AMERICAN AT TENNESSEE, NUMBER FIVE PICK IN THE NFL BY KANSAS CITY, VOTED TO THE PRO BOWL FIVE TIMES, NAMED TO THE LEAGUE'S ALL DECADE TEAM FOR 2010.
>> AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
THIS VIDEO IS GOING TO BE PLAYED IN REAL TIME.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN SPED UP.
THIS IS REAL TIME VIDEO HERE.
THIS IS FORMER COFFEE STAR TYREEK HILL, NICKNAMED CHEETAH.
STARRED FOR THE TROJANS FOOTBALL AND TRACK TEAMS, WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 100 METERS AND 200 METERS IN 2012, MISSED BY .01 OF A SECOND, BREAKING THE NATIONAL RECORD IN EXISTENCE.
HE'LL ATTEND GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN OKLAHOMA STATE BEFORE TROUBLE RESULTED IN FINISHING HIS COLLEGE CAREER IN WEST ALABAMA.
HILL WAS NAMED TO THE NFL'S ALL DECADE TEAM FOR THE 2010 AS A KICK RETURNER.
OF COURSE HE NOW STARS AT WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE CHIEFS.
>> HE IS NOT SLOW.
THAT WAS FUN.
>> WISH BOTH GUYS WERE PLAYING TONIGHT.
>> THEY WILL BE, JUST A COUPLE DAYS LATER.
TYREEK HILL, HE'S PLAYING A LITTLE BIT LATER.
>> THAT WAS GOOD TO GO INTO THE WAY BACK MACHINE.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, TIME FOR THE INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS, HANNAH GOODIN.
AND WE SPEND TIME ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
STICK AND STAY.
WE WILL RETURN.
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YOU ALLOW US TO SHARE INSIGHTFUL AND ENTERTAINING CONTENT, CREATE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S ALL THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT.
YOUR DONATION NOW TO GPB.ORG/GIVE ENSURES WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE FUNDS TO CONTINUE.
THANKS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS "RECRUITING 2021."
TIME TO CATCH UP WITH THE INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS, HANNAH GOODIN.
AS WE SPEND SOME TIME IN THE TRENCHES, SHE GETS TO SPEND TIME WITH ONE OF THE TOP RECRUITS IN THE STATE, MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
>> I'M JOINED NOW BY HARDAWAY DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY.
YOU'LL PLAY PERRY ON THE ROAD.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO BEAT THEM AND GET OVER THAT FIRST ROUND HUMP THIS YEAR?
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF GRIT, HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION.
PERRY IS A GREAT TEAM AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS.
WE HAVE GREAT PLAYERS AS WELL.
WE JUST HAVE TO COME THROUGH TOMORROW.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT GAME.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL YOU'LL BE TAKING YOUR TALENTS TO GEORGIA WHERE YOU COMMITTED LAST MONTH.
I KNOW THE TROJANS FIRED HEAD COACH CLAY HILTON, WHICH I KNOW WENT INTO YOUR DECISION ON FLIPPING, BUT WHY ELSE DID YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE YOUR TALENT TO THE DAWGS?
>> I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COACHES AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
THEY MADE ME FEEL WANTED AND LOVED.
>> YOU ALSO WENT ON VISITS TO FLORIDA AND AUBURN.
WHAT WAS IT THAT FIT SO RIGHT?
>> THE FANS.
THE FANS, THE STADIUM AND THE FEEL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
>> SO, AS YOU KNOW, GEORGIA HAS BEEN DOMINATING ON DEFENSE ALL SEASON LONG.
THEY WILL LOSE SOME OF THOSE TOP PLAYERS TO GRADUATION AND TO THE PROS.
WHAT IS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR SAID ABOUT WHERE YOU'LL PLAY?
>> I'LL COME IN AND PLAY FROM JACK TO THREE TECHNIQUE.
AND I'M EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND PLAY EVERYTHING.
>> YOU ALSO SPENT TIME WITH CHUCK SMITH IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
HOW IS HE PREPARING YOU?
>> IT'S NOT JUST BEEN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
HE HAS BEEN TRAINING ME AND HE'S DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB SHOWING ME MOVES AND TECHNIQUES TO PERFECT MY GAME.
WORKING ON?
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR STRENGTHS AND SOME OF YOUR -- NOT NECESSARILY WEAKNESSES, BUT WHAT ARE.
SO THINGS YOU NEED TO WORK ON?
>> TO ME I NEED TO WORK ON FIRST, PLAYING LOWER THAN I AM RIGHT NOW.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS I WORK ON WITH CHUCK IS MY ABILITY TO PASS RUSH.
ME AND HIM HAS DEVELOPED THAT PART OF MY GAME INTO A NEW LEVEL.
>> WHO DO YOU MODEL YOUR GAME AFTER?
>> MY FAVORITE GUY IN THE LEAGUE IS GARRETT SO I TRY TO TALK TO HIM AS MUCH AS I CAN.
>> AND YOU'RE GOOD FRIENDS WITH OTHER 2022 DAWG COMMITS, CHRISTIAN MILLER FROM CEDAR GROVE.
WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH THOSE GUYS?
AND WHAT ALL HAVE YOU SAID ABOUT GOING TO GEORGIA TOGETHER?
>> THEY'RE MY GUYS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE WAY BEFORE WE HAD ALL THIS.
SO, IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO SEE ALL THAT CONCEPT.
GOOD LUCK IN THE PLAYOFFS.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN GEORGIA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> AND AS ALWAYS AT HALFTIME, THE HALFTIME SHOW BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT REGIONS BANK.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
HALFTIME SHOW WITH HANNAH.
WHAT IS IT?
WHEN THE GAME'S NOT OVER?
>> WHEN IT'S OVER, IT ISN'T OVER.
>> WHEN IT'S OVER, IT ISN'T OVER.
WE HAVE THE POSTGAME SHOW WITH THE BRACKETS AND COACHES.
IT WAS FUN GETTING IN ON DECISION DAY.
>> I LOVED IT.
IT WAS FUN CATCHING UP -- >> HOUR AND A HALF.
>> HOUR AND 40 MINUTES.
>> PACKED WITH INTERVIEWS, SCORES, SCORES AND BRACKETS.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN SOME TIME.
>> WE WON'T DO IT THAT LONG THIS FRIDAY.
SINCE SHE GOT TO TALK TO ONE OF THE TOP D-LINEMEN IN THE STAYS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THIS WEEK WITH SOME OF MY GUYS.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, GEORGIA FLIPPING HIM FROM SOUTHERN CAL IS SO HUGE.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC CAREER AT GEORGIA.
GEORGIA RUNNING BACK COACH DELL McGEE, WHO ALSO HAS DEEP TIES TO COLUMBUS, AND D-LINE COACH TREY SCOTT PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN WILLIAMS RECRUITMENT.
11.5 QUARTERBACK SACKS THIS SEASON FOR MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM TONIGHT.
>> FANCY GRAPHIC TIME.
AND THOSE NEXT TWO GUYS ARE SOME OF MICHAEL'S GUYS THIS SEASON.
>> TYREE AND CHRISTIAN MILLER, HE'S STILL OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THAT.
GEORGIA IS TRYING TO LURE HIM IN.
YOU'VE GOT QUINNTEL JONES MOVING OUT OF STATE.
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT TYREE.
>> RATED NUMBER 14 D-LINEMAN IN THE NATION IN THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE, COMMITTED TO THE BULLDOGS A LONG TIME AGO, LAST DECEMBER.
THAT SEEMS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO.
>> IT WAS.
ALL THREE OF WHICH HE'S VISITED THIS PAST SUMMER, BUT HE'S BEEN PLAYING SINCE HIS FRESHMAN SEASON CLOSE TO 190 CAREER TACKLES, 18 SACKS, 36 TFL WEST AND THE BLUE DEVILS PLAYING AT MARIETTA TONIGHT.
>> WHAT DOESN'T TYREE WEST DO?
NEXT UP -- >> CEDAR GROVE.
>> HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED A ZOMBIE MOVIE WHERE THE ZOMBIES TURN AND REALIZE THERE IS ONE REMAINING ZOMBIE IN THE ROOM.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE.
EVERYBODY IS AFTER THIS GUY.
SORRY FOR THE MACABRE COMPARISON.
27 OFFERS.
HE HAS SAID THAT GEORGIA AND OHIO STATE ARE HIS TOP TWO WITH ALABAMA STILL IN THE MIX.
MILLER HAS THREE OFFICIALS LEFT.
IT APPEARS GEORGIA AND ALABAMA WILL GET TWO OF THOSE.
MAYBE OREGON GETS THE THIRD.
>> NEXT UP.
PEACH COUNTY.
WE CAN MAKE A SERIES OF IT.
6'2", 315 POUND SENIOR QUINNTEL JONES.
MISSISSIPPI STATE AND MIAMI CONSIDERED THE FRONT RUNNERS.
JONES HAS VISITED BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS TENNESSEE.
THREE QUARTERBACK SACKS AS THE TROJANS HEAD INTO THE PLAYOFFS TO PLAY MORGAN COUNTY.
>> TOUGH ONE.
>> YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO CEDAR GROVE?
>> LET'S GO BACK TO CEDAR GROVE AND THEIR THREE STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN JOSHUA WHITE.
6'4", 275.
HE PICKED MEMPHIS IN AUGUST OVER 12 OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING OHIO STATE, AUBURN AND ARKANSAS.
HE WAS THE 11th COMMITMENT IN THE TIGERS 2022 CLASS, THE HIGHEST RANKED PROSPECT IN MEMPHIS' RECRUITING CLASS.
PLAYS WHITE COUNTY TONIGHT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.
>> THAT'S YOUR LOOK AT THE TOP D-LINEMEN IN THE STATE.
WHEN WE COME BACK WE POINT AT THE CAMERA AND LET YOU KNOW WHO'S GETTING IT DONE.
BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
STICK AND STAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021.
TIME TO TAKE THE TOUR OF THE COUNTRY AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE SOUTHEAST.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO POINT AT THE CAMERA AND TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT AND FIND OUT WHO'S GETTING IT DONE.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO START?
>> LET'S BE HONEST.
HOW IT IMPACTS THE DAWGS.
>> I'VE HEARD OF THAT.
>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> LET'S START WITH RICHMOND ST. CHRISTOPHER'S FOUR STAR WIDE RECEIVER, ANDRE GREEN.
HE'S GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION NEXT WEDNESDAY.
WE WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE GREEN HAS GEORGIA, HE'S TOP GREEN.
HE'S GOT NORTH CAROLINA AND CLEMSON IN THERE.
THERE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN A LOT OF SPECULATION THIS WEEK THAT GREEN WAS GOING TO CANCEL HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO CLEMSON AND THAT THE RICHMOND WIDE RECEIVER WAS LEANING TOWARDS NORTH CAROLINA.
THAT'S BASICALLY FUELLED BY THE FACT HE DOES HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT LAST WORD WAS HE WAS STILL.
HE'S GOING TO COME BACK TO GEORGIA FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK THE FOUR STAR ORLANDO DR. PHIL LIPS LINEBACKER.
RANKED NUMBER 20 IN THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE.
HE'S BEEN COMMITTED TO LSU SINCE LAST SUMMER.
AS WE REPORTED LAST WEEK, HE HAS BEEN EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS SINCE THE TIGERS -- >> WHICH MEANS HE'S LOOKING.
>> -- ED ORGERON WAS GOING TO BE DEFUNCT AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
OFFICIAL LINED UP FOR AUBURN IRON BOWL WEEKEND.
>> WHERE IS THIS MULTI STAR ATHLETE GOING TO BE SHOWN NEXT?
>> YES.
LSU COMMIT, FORMER LSU COMMIT, I ADD YOU, THREE STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SHAWN WASHINGTON.
HE'S TAKING AN OFFICIAL SAME WEEKEND AS TOLLEN WILL BE.
THE YOUNG MAN OUT OF NEW ORLEANS, ETHAN HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON COMMITTED TO LSU IN AUGUST 2020 AND DECOMMITTED IN JANUARY.
NOW HAS THIS OFFICIAL LINEUP WITH GEORGIA, ANOTHER WITH FLORIDA.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FILM ON WASHINGTON.
HE'S PLAYED ONE SEASON OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF ELIGIBILITY ISSUES.
IT WAS SHORTENED BY COVID.
SO, NOT A LOT OF FILM ON THIS GUY.
>> FOUR-MINUTE WARNING.
WHAT ELSE IS ON YOUR MIND?
>> BULLDOGS GET FLORIDA, MILTON FLORIDA FOUR STAR WIDE RECEIVER RAYMOND.
GATOR DECOMMITS FLIPPING TO THE BULLDOGS.
HE'S THE NUMBER 12 WIDE RECEIVER IN THE 2023 CLASS.
>> GEORGIA TECH NEWS.
THREE STAR PINSON VALLEY, ALABAMA ATHLETE.
CHANGED HIS MIND ON VANDERBILT LAST WEEK.
TOLD 24/7 SPORTS HE'S STILL TALKING TO THE VANDY COACHES.
HE'S ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH GEORGIA TECH AND EAST CAROLINA.
ZACK PIE ROD, HIS TEAMMATE ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE JACKETS.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD THING WITH GEORGIA TECH.
PLANS ON SIGNING IN DECEMBER BUT NOT ENROLLING EARLY BECAUSE HE PLAYS FOR THE PINSON VALLEY BASKETBALL TEAM.
>> THREE MINUTE WARNING.
THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE PREPARE THE TRUMPET FANFARE.
WE GET STRETCHED OUT AND READY TO GO.
WE POINT TO THE CAMERA AND -- >> MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> IT'S THREE STOPS THIS WEEK, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
THE FIRST STOP IS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND HEAD COACH BRIAN NELSON, NO RELATION.
JARVIS GERMANY, 6'3", 320.
STARTED EVERY GAME SINCE HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON.
REGION TWOAAA HONORS LAST SEASON.
POWER CLINGS 340.
I WANT HIM ON MY SIDE.
HE ALSO PLAYS BASKETBALL, COMPETES IN TRACK AND FIELD, HAS TWO OFFERS FROM REINHARDT AND STET SON.
>> NEXT UP, SINGLE A, ELI ROBERTS, 6'4", 180, NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL STATE HELPING IRWIN TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
NAMED AJC PRESEASON TIGHT END AS A JUNIOR.
HE HAD 11.5 SACKS.
HAS RECEIVED INTEREST FROM YALE, SO HE'S A SMART FELLA.
ALSO STARTING FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM, PITCHES AND PLAYS OUTFIELD FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM, GPA AROUND 4.0.
ELI ROBERTS, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> HARRIS COUNTY SENIOR QUARTERBACK COOPER CORY, CURRENTLY 12th IN THE STATE IN TOTAL YARDS.
HOLDS THE SCHOOL PASSING RECORD, 69 TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS CAREER.
NAMED TWO OFF THE FIELD.
COOPER CORY, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT WHO'S GETTING IT DONE THIS WEEK.
WHO DID YOU CHOOSE?
>> FORMER CEDAR TOWN 5 STAR RUNNING BACK NICK CHUBB.
70 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO PUT THE GAME AWAY AS THE CLEVELAND BROWNS ROUTED THE BENGALS.
>> NUMBER TWO ON YOUR LIST IS WHOM?
>> FORMER HARRISON 5 STAR QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS.
>> SOLDIER FIELD.
>> AS A PRO NEARLY LED TO CHICAGO BEARS TO A VICTORY OVER PITTSBURGH ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
LED THE BEARS ON A 75 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, GAVE CHICAGO THE LEAD.
STEELERS CAME BACK AND WON.
>> FOUR STAR SAFETY XAVIER McKINNIE.
40 YARD PICK SIX OVER THE NEW YORK GIANTS.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS.
WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY'LL BE NEXT WEEK?
KENNY, GETTING IT DONE.
>> WHAT HE SAID.
HE'S MATT.
I'M JOHN.
FOR EVERYBODY HERE WHO CRUSHES IT HERE AT GPB SPORTS EACH WEEK, WE'VE GOT COFFEE COMING UP, IT'S TWO TEAMS IN 5A STARTS, OH, NOW!
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