Football Fridays in Georgia
Recruiting 2021: Week 10
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Matt Stewart and Jon Nelson discuss the top recruiting news from around the state.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> WELCOME TO ANOTHER "GPB RECRUITING 2021" BROUGHT TO US RYE OUR FRERNDS AND FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
THE HOME TEAM.
SNOWMAN AND BANDIT FOR THE FASTEST HALF HOUR ON PUBLIC TELEVISION.
HE'S MATT.
I'M JON, NO DILLY OR DALLY.
NOTHING TO DO WITH "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC" OR TRAVEL LOG, BUT WE ARE STARTING WITH A LOT OF BREAKING NEWS THIS WEEK.
OUR FIRST STOP, BIG BEAR.
>> THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS HAD ANOTHER TREMENDOUS WEEK.
FIVE-STAR BEAR ALEXANDER RECOMMITS TO GEORGIA.
THE 20 7 SPORTS COMPOSITE NUMBER 6 DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OUT OF IMG ACADEMY BY WAY OF TEXAS IS BACK IN THE BULLDOGS CLASS OF ALEXANDER COMMITTED TO THE DOGS ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY LAST FEBRUARY AND DECOMMITTED IN JUNE.
SAID HE WOULD WAIT UNTIL JANUARY AND THE UNDER ARMOUR ALL-AMERICAN GAME, TO ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION BUT YESTERDAY DECIDED HE CAN WAIT NO LONGER.
>> NO LONGER.
>> PLEDGED BACK TO GEORGIA.
>> RANKINGS.
A LOT GOING ON.
LARGER SIZE.
>> GEORGIA'S NOW NUMBER ONE IN THE 24/7 SPORTS TEAMS RECRUITING RANKINGS WITH BIG BEAR'S COMMITMENT.
>> BIG BEAR!
>> THE BULLDOGS MOVE PAST 10:00 STATE AND ALABAMA.
GEORGIA THREE.
JUMPED TWO SPOTS.
DOGS HAVE TWO FIVE STARS, 12 FOUR STARS AND 7 THREE STARS.
GEORGIA'S ALSO IN LINE PERHAPS FLIP SEVERAL OTHERS.
MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE SHOW.
>> MARY FLIPNESS.
A GOOD HOLIDAY IN ATHENS.
THE NEXT STOP AN IDEA WE THOUGHT WOULD GO DOWN AND IT DID.
>> HARDAWAY FIVE-STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MYKEL WILLIAMS DMOITS GEORGIA THIS WEEK.
24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE FIVE IN THE COUNTRY.
COMMITTED TO UCC IN JUNE, BULLDOGS NEVER STOPPED RECRUITING HIM.
THE LIKELIHOOD DREW IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE HEAD COACH WAS FIRED AND WRITING APPEARED ON THE WALL WHEN THE 6'5", 265 POUND HARDAWAY STAR VISITED GEORGIA TWO OF THE LAST THREE WEEKENDS.
AND ARKANSAS AND THEN THE KENTUCKY GAMES.
WILLIAMS TOLD 24/7 SPORTS EVEN AFTER COMMITTING TO USC THE DOGS NEVER BACKED OFF.
NO ONE CHANGED.
NO FAKE LOVE FROM THEM.
>> ALWAYS BB, SEE CLOSING AND GEORGIA HAS WITH HARDAWAY.
NEXT STOP, TALLAHASSEE, IT'S STILL TALLAHASSEE.
>> TRAVIS HUNTER DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS FLORIDA STATE COMMITMENT AND TWO DAYS LATER BACK IN ATHENS FOR A SECOND UNOFFICIAL VISIT.
JUST LIKE MYKEL WILLIAMS TAKING IN THAT GEORGIA S.E.C.
WINS OVER ARKANSAS AND THEN KENTUCKY.
YOU SAW THE TWEET FROM THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE PROSPECT, AND FIVE-STAR CORNERBACK/WIDE RECEIVER OFF COLLINS HILL.
SAID I'M, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS, NOT DECOMMITTING.
STOP THE RUMOR.
GO NOLES ON EASY OPINION, HE IS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
NOW YOU'RE THE FS U ALUM.
>> NO.
NOT FEEDING BETTER.
NEXT UP.
>> JUNIOR SAFETY, MILL CREEK CALEB DOWNS, ATTENDED THE GAME AGAINST CLEMSON IN CHARLOTTE.
FIRST GAME HE MADE THE SHORT TRIP FOR A GAME AT STANFORD STADIUM.
MAYBE FEEL IT'S A FORGONE CON LUCIEN HE'LL ENDS UP WHERE HIS BROTHER JOSH EARNED ACC HONORS OF THE WEEK.
THIRD TILE.
UNCLE LEGENDARY JAY BUT ONE OF 31 OFFERS.
ALTHOUGH THE DOGS DON'T FALL INTO THIS 24/7 SPORTS WARM CATEGORY DEPARTMENT.
>> OKAY.
BACK TO THE NORMAL PART OF THE SHOW WE ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE.
THIS TIME, WHERE'S L.T.?
>> WHERE IS HE?
GLAD YOU ASKED.
OVERTON, EXPECTED TO BE IN TUSCALOOSA THIS SATURDAY.
FOR ALABAMA'S HOME GAME AGAINST TENNESSEE.
THIS AFTER THE 24/7 SPORTS NUMBER ONE OVERALL JUNIOR PROSPECT IN THE NATION VISITED GEORGIA LAST WEEKEND, FOR THE THIRD TIME.
>> THE THIRD TIME.
>> BEEN TO CHARLOTTE FOR THE CLEMSON/GEORGIA GAME, TO KENTUCKY, TO OKLAHOMA, BEEN TO TEXAS A&M.
GETTING READY FOR THE FINAL COUPLE WEEKS OF THE REGULAR SEASON STARTING TONIGHT WITH A BIG REGION GAME.
>> SO LET'S GO DOWN TO THE AIRPORT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT WOODWARD ACADEMY.
>> CHRISTIAN HARRISON FLIPS BUT TO WHERE?
REMEMBER LAST WEEK TOLD YOU THE WOODWARD ACADEMY SENIOR ATHLETE WAS ON THE FLIP ALERT AFTER RECEIVES THREE POWER FIVE CONFERENCE OCHOPHIRS -- OFFERS.
DECOMMITTED.
WHERE IS HE GOING TO LAND?
TENNESSEE?
WILL IT BE GEORGIA TECH?
WILL IT BE WEST VIRGINIA, PERHAPS KANSAS STATE, OFFERED HIM BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
MY GUESS, ONE OF THOSE THROUGH E, OR MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO JUMPS ONBOARD HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY.
FAVORITE HOLIDAY AROUND HERE IS FLIP MAS.
ALREADY HAD IT GOING ON.
>> SPEAKING CHG OUR GAMES AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, GAME OF THE WEEK, BIG REGION GAME THIS GO-ROUND.
BROOKWOOD AND GRAYSON ON OUR EARS SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
COMING AT US DIFFERENT.
>> DISBALL GAME.
GRAYSON'S NOT THE TEAM THEY WERE.
LOADED, A LOT OF TALENT STILL.
MORE IN THE SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR CLASSES.
OF COURSE, BROOKWOOD HAS DILLON AND WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT HIM IN A MOMENT.
FIRST START WITH THE GRAYSON STARS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE TONIGHT.
JUNIOR FOUR STAR MICHAEL DOUGHERTY, 6'1", 180.
24/7 SPORTS NUMBER FIVE SAFETY CLASS OF 2023.
33 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, LSU, TENNESSEE, CLEMSON AND MISSISSIPPI STATE.
DOUGHERTY TAKING UNOFFICIAL VISITS TO UCF DURING THE OFF-SEASON AND KANSAS STATE THIS SUMMER.
PLAYING LINEBACKER FOR RAMS TONIGHT.
RIGHT NOW OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT VERSATILE CAN LINE UP AND PLAY CORNERBACK.
>> SPEND TIME ON THE SOPHOMORE CLASS.
>> FOUR-STAR SOPHOMORE WALT.
6'4", 190.
>> CLEAR THE ROADS.
>> OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE CLASS OF 2024.
12 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH AND FLORIDA STATE.
TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO TENNESSEE EARLY IN THE SEASON AND TOOK IN THE ALABAMA/MIAMI GAME, MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM AND UNOFFICIAL TO FLORIDA STATE THIS SUMMER AS WELL AS CAMP TON.
YOU'LL SEE HIM START TONIGHT AT RIGHT GUARD.
>> NOT THE ONLY ONE.
>> JOJO STONE.
A SOPHOMORE.
NUMBER 12 ATHLETE IN CLASS OF 2024.
STONE ALREADY HAS 17 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, PENN STATE, MICHIGAN.
STONE IS PLAYING QUARTERBACK FOR COACH ADAM CARTER TEAM AND WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU HE'S NOT A QUARTERBACK.
A SAFETY, WIDE RECEIVER, RUNNING BACK.
FOLLOWING THE GRADUATION OF THE QUARTERBACK, JOJO AT QUARTERBACK GIVEN THE RANKS BEST CHANCE TO WIN.
CURRENTLY 6-0 AS STARTER.
>> YOUR LIFE IS CALLING!
THE REST OF GRAYSON'S PROSPECTS.
>> THREE-STAR CORNER COMMITTED TO WEST VIRGINIA OVER 28 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING NEBRASKA, MICHIGAN, GEORGIA TAKE.
PLAYING SAFETY TONIGHT.
AND FORMER THREE STAR LINEMAN COMMITTED TO GEORGIA IN AUGUST AFTER DECOMMITTING FROM GEORGIA TECH, CALL GEORGIA'S DREAM SCHOOL.
LINES UP AT CENTER.
AND SENIOR THREE-STAR LINEBACKER COMMITTED TO AB STATE AFTER OTHER OFFERS BUT WON'T PLAY TONIGHT.
OUT WITH AN INJINJURY.
SAME WITH HIM.
HE'S OUT.
TWO BIG LOSSES FOR ADAM CARTER.
BIG OBSTACLES TO EVERCOME AGAINST THE HIGH-POWER OFFENSE.
AND JUNIOR OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, SIX OFFERS.
INCLUDING PITT, WEST VIRGINIA, BOSTON COLLEGE.
GEORGIA STATE, CHARLOTTE AND ARKANSAS STATE.
>> THAT IS THE HOME TEAM.
WHAT ABOUT THE VISISTERS?
START WITH THE SIGNAL CALL E WE ARTY SEE LAST YEAR.
>> SEE HIM THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE NUMBER SIX QUARTERBACK DILLON LONERGANN.
HIGHEST RATED PROSPECT IN TONIGHT'S GAME.
23 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, PENN STATE, NORTH CAROLINA AND ALABAMA.
SPECTACULAR SEASON.
AVERAGING CLOSE 300 PASSING, 17 TOUCHDOWNS JUST 2 INTERCEPTIONS AND DONE THIS WITH TWO FOUR-STAR WIDE RECEIVERS WHO TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
SO BIG CHIP ON THE BRONCOS SHOULDER THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT AND DONE VERY WELL WITHOUT THEM.
>> ONE OF THE BEST NAMES AT TIGHT END.
>> STONE BONNER.
NAMED FOR A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR OR BOTH.
OFFERED BY AIR FORCE, CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS.
UBER TALENTED.
29 CATCHES, 477 RECEIVING YARDS.
THEY'LL ATTACH HIM TO THE LINE, FLEX HIM OUT OF THE SOLO WIDE RECEIVER.
PLAY HIM IN THE SNIPPER POSITION, H BACK POSITION.
GETTING LOOKS FROM ARKANSAS STATE, LEHIGH, BUCKNELL AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GWINNETT COUNTSY DIGGS TOWN.
>> YES.
ALEX DIGGS.
MAYBE UNDERRATED IN THE STATE.
5'9", 197 OFFER FROM DAVIDSON.
AND ACCORDING TO THE COACH, COLLEGE COACHES MIGHT CONSIDER HIM AN INCH TOO SHOT.
STEP TOO SLOW.
ALL HE'S DONE FOR THE BRONCOS PRODUCE THIS YEAR THROUGH SEVEN GAME.
NOT ONLY IS HE BROOKLYN'S LEADING RUSHER, EIGHT TOUCHDOWNS, 439 IN THE RUNNING AND TOP RECEIVER.
39 CATCHES FOR 635 AND SIX TOUCHDOWNS.
THE LEADER OF THEIR SENIOR CLASS.
>> WHO ELSE IS ON YOUR LIST?
MATT STEWART?
QUESTION MARK.
>> SENIOR DB.
5'11", 180.
CORNERBACK/SAFETY, OFFER FROM AIR FORCE, PATRICK CAMPBELL.
SENIOR SAFETY FROM DAVIDSON CONSIDERED A BASEBALL PROSPECT AND SENIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN TYLER WASHINGTON HAS BEEN OFFERED BY AKRON.
ACTUALLY STARTED HIS CAREER.
>> A LOT OF WORK WE WILL HAVE.
GOING TO BE FUN WATCHING GRAYSON AND BROOKWOOD COMING UP BOTTOM OF THE HOUR.
THAT'S THE GREATEST HITS IN ALL BREAKING NEWS GOING ON.
WHEN WE COME BACK INTERVIEW WITH THE STARS CATCHES UP WITH SOMEONE WE'VE ALREADY TALK AND AND YOU'VE SEEN HIM.
FOCUS ON THE STATE'S TOP PASSERS WHEN WE COME BACK, "GPB RECRUITING 2021" CONTINUES AFTER THIS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "GPB RECRUITING 2021."
BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUR FRIENDS AT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
ALWAYS THE HOME TEAM.
NOW TIME TO CATCH UP WITH INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS HANNAH GOODIN CATCHING UP WITH TOP PROSPECTS AROUND THE STATE.
ONE YOU SEE TONIGHT.
SHE CATCHES UP WITH DILLON LONERGANN.
>> HEY, GUYS.
NOW JOINED WHY BROOKWOOD QUARTERBACK DILLON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME TODAY.
FIRST OFF, BRONCOS ARE 5-2 ON THE YEAR.
1-0 IN REGION PLAY.
ANOTHER BIG REASON FOR A GAME COMING UP AGAINST GRAYSON OP GPB.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN PREPARING FOR THE RAMS?
>> HAD A GREAT WEEK OF PRACTICE SO FAR.
LOOKING TO HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY, AND JUST EXCITED FOR FRIDAY.
GET BACK AT IT.
>> WHAT HAS YOUR JUNIOR SEASON BEEN LIKE ES SPECIALLY IT COMES TO RECRUITING?
>> BEEN A LITTLE CRAZY AT TIMES.
ESPECIALLY WHEN SEPTEMBER 1st HIT.
OBVIOUSLY COACHES START CONTACTING YOU.
REALLY FUN AND I'VE ENJOYED IT.
>> YOU HAVE OVER A DOZEN OFFERS FROM POWER FIVE TEAMS.
SOME OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE ENTIRE NATION.
WHO'S WARMING UP TO YOU?
AND WHY?
>> A FEW SCHOOLS.
DEFINITELY ALABAMA, GEORGIA.
GEORGIA TECH, AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY'RE PROBABLY SOME OF THE FEW TOP SCHOOLS THAT REACHED OUT A LOT AND SHOWING A LOT OF LOVE TO ME, WHICH MEANS A LOT.
>> SO WERE YOU IN TUSCALOOSA OCTOBER 3rd.
I SAW.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE.
>> IT WAS A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE.
THAT WAS MY FIRST GAME.
A LOT OF ENERGY.
EVERYTHING, IT WAS REALLY CRAZY.
>> WHAT WAS THAT ATMOSPHERE LIKE AT THE STADIUM AND WHAT DID COACH NICK SABAN SAY TO YOU?
>> FROM THE FIRST SNAP, EXTREMELY LOUD AND I COULD BARELY HEAR AND TALKED TO COACH SABAN AFTER THE YEAR.
GOOD TO CATCH UP AFTER SEEING HIM IN THE SUMMER.
TALKING ABOUT KEEP BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
>> DILLON, ALSO ONE OF THE TOP BASEBALL PROSPECTS IN THE 2023 CLASS.
YOU PLAN TO PITCH AND THROW THE FOOTBALL IN COLLEGE.
HOW IS THAT AFFECTED YOUR RECRUITING?
>> DEFINITELY A LITTLE DIFFERENT TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LET ME DO BOTH AND WHO'S OPEN TO THAT, BUT -- YEAH.
IT'S GOING TO, JUST KEEP BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH DIFFERENT COACHES AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE LET ME DO AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO BASEBALL, WA KIND OF SCHOOL ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THERE?
>> A LOT OF GOOD COACHES AND ALLOWING ME TO BE A PITCHER IN THE NEXT LEVEL.
TAME AS FOOTBALL, PRETTY MUCH.
>> YOU COME FROM A LINE OF ATHLETES.
DAD DAN PLAYED QUARTERBACK AT PENN STAIT IN THE EARL '80s AND NITTANY LIONS ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS TO OFFER YOU A SCHOLARSHIP.
>> YEP.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN THERE TO VISIT AND WHAT DOES YOUR DAD SAY ABOUT THAT?
>> PUSHING ME TO GET BACK UP THERE AGAIN.
HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR.
DEFINITELY KEEPS SAYING GET BACK UP THERE.
A LOT FOR HIS SAKE.
BUT I PLAN ON IT FOR SHOE.
>> SUM IT UP.
WHAT HAS YOUR RECRUITING PROCESS BEEN LIKE SO FAR?
>> IT'S BEEN CRAZY, BUT I'VE JUST ENJOYED THE WHOLE TIME AND GOING TO KEEP SEEING WHAT HAPPENS.
>> HEY, GEORGIA IS ONE OF THE FEW PROGRAMS THAT HAS AN ELITE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL PROGRAM.
HAVE YOU VISITED THERE?
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN ON GEORGIA?
>> YEAH.
JUST THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
GOT TO WATCH THEIR BASEBALL SCRIMMAGE AND GOT TO SEE THE FOOTBALL GAME.
REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME UP THERE.
>> AWESOME.
LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT, BUT DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE?
AND WHAT'S YOUR PLAN?
>> I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, DECISION-WISE, NOT UNTIL NEXT SUMMER, NEXT SEASON.
KEEP NARROWING IT DOWN UNTIL THERE AND SEE WHAT I'M THINKING.
>> AWESOME.
KEEPING OUR EYE ON THAT PAP THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK AGAINST THE RAMS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MR. LONGANN SIR, LATE FOR CLASS.
DILLON LONEGAN, PLEASE, REPORT TO FOURTH PERIOD.
HANNAH, GREAT INTERVIEW WITH THE QB FROM BROOKWOOD AND YOU'LL SEE HER ON THE REGION PASTIME SHOW.
HANNAH THERE FOR FOOTBALL ON THE GEORGIA BROADCAST PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR THE OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
WE SAY, WHEN THE GAME IS OVER.
>> IT ISN'T OVER.
>> BECAUSE.
>> WE HAVE A POSTGAME SHOW.
THE ALWAYS FAMOUS GPB POSTGAME SHOW.
>> AND THIS ONE'S IN THE BLENDER.
COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS.
VERY, VERY BUSY EVENING FOR MATT, WAYNE AND HANNAH AND FOR ME GETTING CLOSER TO THE PLAYOFFS.
>> KIND OF BUSY.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK?
TWO-SPORT STAR?
>> YEAH?
FLY IN THE OINTMENT, THE DRAFT.
ATTRACTIVE THING TO GO PLAY QUARTERBACK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
I THINK THERE'S A BIG LURE TO THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY DILLON FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.
IF YOU HAVE A PLAYER THAT PLAYS ANOTHER POSITION AND BASEBALL, SOMETIMES THE MONEY TALKS LOUDER, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE GOES AND PLAYS QUARTERBACK AND DOES THE BASEBALL THING.
JAMEIS WINSTON DID THAT, FLORIDA STATE DID IT VERY WELL.
I THINK PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM THERE.
HE'LL GET TO CHOOSE WHO HE WANTS.
>> TIME TO TALK PANTHERS, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WEEK SLOOK AT THE TOP FIVE BY PER GAME AVERAGE.
>> YEP.
>> YARDS PER GAME.
A LOT OF FAMILIAR NAMES TALKED ABOUT.
SOME NOT SO MUCH THAT HAVE BEEN DOING VERY, VERY WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
START WITH GUNNER STOCKTON.
RAVEN COUNTY FOUR-STAR NUMBER THREE QUARTERBACK IN THE COUNTRY.
6'1", 220 POUNDS, COMMITTED TO GEORGIA.
BACK IN JANUARY.
ORIGINALLY COMMITTED TO SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN MIKE WAS THERE.
36 TOUCHDOWNS, JUST 1 INTERCEPTION.
OVER 12,000 YARDS PASSING IN HIS CAREER.
>> HMM.
>> 158 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN HIS FOUR YEARS AND COUNTING, AND ALSO RUSHED FOR CLOSE TO 4,000 YARDS.
69 SCORERS ON THE GROUND.
CERTAINLY CREATING QUITE THE CONUNDRUM IN GEORGIA WHICH HE GOES THERE.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
>> AARON, SOPHOMORE.
THIS GUY REPLACED FIVE-STAR AND HAVE VANDERGRIFT.
6'2", 175.
LED THE THIRD-RANKED WOLVERINES TO A 7-1 RECORD PURSUING SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS RECRUITING PROCESS HASN'T STARTED YET.
IT WILL.
>> MAKE THAT MAN AN OFFER.
>> 31 TOUCHDOWNS JUST 7 INTERCEPTIONS.
>> SOMEONE HELPING OUT ROBERT EDWARDS?
>> RIVERWOOD THREE-STAR QUARTERBACK AVERY SMITH.
5'10", 175'S COMMITTED TO TOLEDO.
>> HMM.
>> COMMITTED TO THE ROCKETS IN JUNE OVER ARMY, WESTERN KENTUCKY, AKRON AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
HE'S THROWN FOR OVER 1,800 YARDS.
18 TOUCHDOWNS, 2 INTERSERPGSS LEADING THE NINTH RANKED RAIDERS.
6-1 RECORD.
BIG REGION SHOWDOWN WITH CAMBRIDGE TONIGHT.
PERHAPS YOU'VE HEARD OF THEM?
>> I HAVE.
>> HOW CAN WE FORGET CAMBRIDGE?
>> 48-47 LAST WEEK.
MARIETTA SEEN JER QUARTERBACK TYLER HUGHES.
6'1", 205 COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN.
JAGUARS.
COMMITTED IN JULY.
OFFERS FROM WILLIAM AND AND & MARY.
BLUE DEVILS, 4-3.
AND THREE TITLES.
TONIGHT AGAINST HARRISON, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT WALT TO CLOSE THE SEASON.
>> ANOTHER REGION IN THE BLENDER GETTING CLOEGSER TO PLAYOFFS.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THAT TIME MATT AND I POINT TO THE SCREEN AND WE TELL YOU, TO, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER!
>> GETTING IT DONE AROUND THE CORNER.
"GPB RECRUITING 2021."
MORE WHEN WE RETURN.
PROMISE!
>>> TIME FOR STORY HOPPING BEFORE WE GET OUT OF HERE.
GREATEST HITS AROUND THE REGION, WASTING NO TIME.
FIRST NAME ON YOUR LIST?
>> GEORGIA BULLDOGS.
MORE NEWS.
ANOTHER COMMITMENT.
THREE STAR OFFENSIVE TACKLE ALIOU BAH COMMITS TO GEORGIA AFTER DECOMMITTING FROM -- COMMITTED TO THE SEMINOLES BUT MADE THE VISIT COMPLETE THIS WEEK AND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN GEORGIA BEAT ARKANSAS.
GEORGIA'S NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU OTHERWISE.
THAT DOES MEAN SOMETHING.
>> YES.
JUST A BIT.
>> MEANT SOMETHING WITH ALIOU BAH.
>> NEXT UP, JACKSON, STAYING IN FLORIDA.
>> ALSO?
THE RUNNING FOR JACKSONVILLE.
SINGLETARY, SPORTS COMPOSITE CORNER OUT OF RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
VISITED GEORGIA AND SAID RECRUITMENT DOWN TO BULLDOGS, FLORIDA AND MIAMI.
WASN'T SINGLETARY'S FIRST VISIT TO ATHENS.
TAKEN AN OFFICIAL BACK IN JUNE.
HE WAS COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE UNTIL EARLY AUGUST, AND HAS VISITED FLORIDA AND NOW GEORGIA SINCE BACKING OFF THAT PLEDGE.
>> TWO STORIES DOWN.
THREE TO GO.
GOT FOLKS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT QUICK.
>> ANOTHER FLIP ALERT POSSIBLY OUT OF MOBILE AND FAITH ACADEMY THERE.
FOUR STAR SHAMAR JAMES DECOMMITS FROM FLORIDA AND APPEARS IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
IN FACT, HE JUST VISITED BULLDOGS THIS PAST WEEKEND AND JUST TO PROVE GEORGIA DOESN'T GET EVERY SAFETY, FIVE STARR LUTHER OUT OF EAST ST. LOUIS COMMITTED THERE INSTEAD OF BULLDOGS.
>> ONE MORE TO TALK ABOUT.
GOING TO BALTIMORE NEXT SEASON.
>> BALTIMORE SAINT FRANCIS ACADEMY COMMITS TO THE YELLOWJACKETS.
>> HE GONE.
>> OVER BOSTON COLLEGE AND UMASS.
RECRUITED BY THE JACKETS.
WE REMEMBER CALLING WHEN IN HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS HOW OLD WE ARE.
KELLMAN COMMITS TO GEORGIA TECH.
>> FOUR-MINT WARNING.
WE POINT TO THE SCREEN WAITING FOR THE TRUMPET FANFARE TO GO.
MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER!
BLOW THROUGH.
TWO LAST WEEK A CLASSIC.
>> CAMBRIDGE QUARTERBACK ZACH HARRIS 6'1", 180 COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
BUT TO PLAY BASEBALL WAS 22 OF 41 PASSING, 280 YARDS, 3 TOUCHDOWNS LEADING BEARS BACK.
10-POINT DEFICIT, WITH LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO GO TO BEAT JOHN'S CREEK 48-57 IN OVERTIME.
HARRIS SCORED WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN OVERTIME.
>> HMM.
>> A FOUR-YEAR STARTER.
HARRIS PASSED OVER 6,000 YARDS IN HIS CAREER AND STILL COUNTING, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE SHOW, GOT ANOTHER BIG GAME TONIGHT AGAINST RIVERWOOD.
>> TALK ABOUT HAVING A GAME.
>> YEAH.
JOHN'S CREEK WIDE RECEIVER JOSH THOMPSON.
INCREDIBLE GLAM IN THE GLADIATOR HEARTBREAKING LOSS.
SIX CATCHES RECEIVING FOUR TUP R TOUCHDOWNS AFTER NOT GETTING A CHANCE TO PLAY HIS JUNIOR SEASON BECAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE THAT DISPLACED HIS FAMILY.
THOMPSON TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME IN RECRUITING.
GOT OFFERS FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY.
>> HE GONE.
>> UT MARTIN, MICHIGAN VALLEY STATE AND HOPING WILL LAND A COVETED POWER FIVE CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK HE DESERVES IT.
>> OUR NOMINEE THIS WEEK.
GO TO A QUARTERBACK.
>> SENIOR QUARTERBACK BRYCE DAVIS, OFFERED BY ARMY, 5'11", 175 COMPLETED 60% OF PASSES THIS SEASON FOR INDIANS OVER 1,100 YARDS.
9 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS RUSHED OVER 00 YARDS, 8 TOUCHDOWNS ON THE GROUND.
BRYCE DOES A GOOD JOB OFF THE FIELD AS WELL'S MEMBER OF THE CHICK-FIL-A YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND MEADOWS REGIONAL YOU'LL ADVISORY BOARDS.
BRYCE DAVIS OFFER FROM ARMY AND ALL THESE OTHER GUYS.
>> MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.
MAGIC BOTTOM OF SCREEN.
SEND INFORMATION AT GPB.ORG, REACH OUT THAT WAY.
GIVE US ALL THE INFO ON EVERYTHING, ON THE FIELD, OFF FIELD, TEST SCORES WEIGHT ROOM EVERYTHING DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND LINK OF VIDEO TO HELP US OUT.
LET US KNOW TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD OF THE GREAT TALENT IN GEORGIA.
MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> YOU MIGHT WANT A BIGGER OR BETTER OFFER.
>> MAKE THAT KID A BETTER OFFER.
THAT, TOO.
90-SECOND WARNING.
TALK ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE -- HMM -- GETTING IT DONE.
>> GOT GUYS GETTING IT DONE BP GUYS BEEN ON THE LIST.
>> ALREADY GET IT DONE HALL OF FAMERS.
>> DUTCHTOWN, FIVE STAR WILL ANDERSON.
>> A GET IT DONE HALL OF FAMER.
>> DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.
THIRD CRIMSON TIDE PLAYER EVER TO HAVE FOUR SACKS IN ONE GAME.
JOINING DEREK THOMAS AND LeROY CROOK, DID THIS, LEROY COOK GET MISSISSIPPI STATE THIS PAST WEEK.
>> IN THE FAMILY.
THE DOWNS FAMILY.
>> YES.
NORTH GWINNETT FOUR STAR JOSH DOWN ACC WIDE RECEIVER OF THE WEEK, THIRD TIME THIS SEASON.
>> HALL OF FAMER.
>> AGAINST MIAMI IN NORTH CAROLINA'S WIN.
CAREER HIGH 11 CATCHES FOR 96 YARDS.
SCORED A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE EIGHTH STRAIGHT GAME.
>> MAN WITH THE FINEST MANE.
>> HAD TO GET THAT WIN.
PLAYING FOR THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS THAT CAN TAKE A LONG TIME.
FINALLY BREAK THEIR 20-GAME LOSING STREAK.
WENT TO LONDON TO DO IT.
TEAM LOST, THREW 319 YARDS OF AND ENGINEERED THE END OF THE GAME WINNING DRIVE AND TREVOR LAWRENCE, FIVE STAR GETTING IT DONE.
>> BOTTOM OF THE HOUR.
COMING UP JUST AROUND THE CORNER, BROOK WOO AND GRAYSON WORK ON FOOL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY HERE.
HE'S MATT.
I'M JON.
ANOTHER ROUND OF "GPB RECRUITING 2021."
ENJOY THE GAME COMING UP.
OH I DON'T KNOW ABOUT -- NOW!
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