>>> WELCOME TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS.

THE FASTEST HALF HOUR IN PUBLIC TELEVISION AND IT IS RECRUITING AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW PACKED INTO THIS LITTLE SPACE.

MATT, THE BIGGEST STORY THIS WEEK IS NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE RECRUITS.

>> IT'S THE "C" WORD COVID.

AS WE'RE FINDING OUT NOW THAT KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, IN CLASS WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONTRACT TRACING ISSUES AND THEY'RE GETTING BUMPED, CANCELED OR POSTPONED AND TEAMS ARE HAVING TO PLAY TIC TAC TOE WITH THEIR SCHEDULE, LOSING OPPONENTS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK SCHEDULING AN OP BONE TONIGHT PLAY IN 48 HOURS AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS PANDEMIC.

37 GAMES AS WE'RE TALKING RATE NOW HAVE BEEN ALTERED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, TEAMS FINDING OPPONENTS THAT CAN GET RESCHEDULED, POSTPONEMENTS AND OUTRIGHT FORFEITS AND THREE DOZEN COULD BE MORE.

THE LEAD STORY IS SOMEONE WHO HAS THE SHOW AND SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO GAINESVILLE.

>> AARON GATES HAS DROPPED THE TOP TEN EARLIER IN THE WEEK TODAY OR ACTUALLY THURSDAY.

HE ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO FLORIDA.

6', 180 POUND ATHLETE HAD MADE HIS TOP TEN ALONG WITH MIAMI AND UCF MICHIGAN AND HAD PAID VISITS TO THE GATOR'S BULLDOG YELLOW JACKETS AND LION STAR HAD SIX CAREER ENTER SEPGZS WITH FIVE OF THEM COMING LAST YEAR IN A SOPHOMORE SEASON AS TRINITY CHRISTIAN LEFT, AND A LOT OF FOBL FOR THAT YOUNG MAN AND HE'S GOING TO FLORIDA.

AND SOMEONE WHO HAS TO CHOOSE.

>> COLUMBUS SPORTS STAR, 24/7 COMPOSITE OFFENSIVE TACKLE, ELIJA PRITCHETT ANNOUNCES HIS FINAL FOUR.

THEY ARE GEORGE A ALABAMA, FLORIDA STATE AND SOUTHERN CAL, 6'6", 280-POUND SENIOR HAS TAKEN BUSINESS TO BAMA, LSU AND PRITCHETT HAS VISITED THE SEMINOLES SEVERAL TIMES.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE HEARING THE TROJANS.

>> YOU'RE NOT IMAGINING, COLUMBUS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MICHAEL WILLIAMS AND THE FOUR-STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, CHRISTIAN MILLER, AS WELL AND PRITCHETT SAYS NO TIMETABLE FOR THE 24/7 SPORTS AND HE'D LIKE TO SEE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU'VE CHOSEN TO DECIDE.

>> 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE, ISAIAH BONN SAYS NO PLANS FOR ANY MORE VISITS AND HE COMMITTED TO THE GATORS IN MAY OVER 24 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA AND ALABAMA THE WOLVES STAR VISITED GAINESVILLE, TIFK LOOSA AND TEXAS AND NORTH COBB AND THE FOUR CATCHES FOR 46 YARDS AND ON DEFENSE A COUPLE OF TACKLES AND ONE FOR A LOSS, 5'10", 170-POUND SENIOR WILL PLAY EITHER SIDE OF THE BALL IN COLLEGE.

A REIGNING CHAMPION IN THE 100 AND 200 METERS AND HE'S BEEN CLOCKED AT 10.48 IN THE 100.

THAT IS NOT SLOW.

LET'S GO FROM OFFENSE TO DEFENSE.

AUBREY SMITH PLANS TO VISIT COLORADO.

6'2", 220 POUND SENIOR, AND THAT WILL BE AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND THE THREE-YEAR BUFORD STARTERS HAVE TAKEN AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO FLORIDA STATE AND SMITH HAD 15 OFFERS INCLUDING COLORADO, THE SEMINOLES, GEORGIA, AND AUBURN SMITH HAD A COUPLE OF TACKLES FOR THE WOLVES.

LET'S LIFT THE VEIL IN THE ACC.

>> THREE-STAR SAFETY HARRISON VAIL COMMITS TO DUKE, GEORGIA TECH AND BOSTON COLLEGE, THEY'LL BECOME THE 16th COMMITMENT IN 2022 AND THE FIRST SAFETY, HE JOINS FELLOW HIGH SCHOOL STARS, STEPHEN NAMIAS AND SEVE ONRILEY AND THEY'LL HELP LEAD HARRISON TO THE OPENING WIN OVER RIVAL ALATUNA FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEY WILL PLAY IN THEIR HOME OPENER AND HE WAS A SOPHOMORE IN HARRISON'S SIXTH CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

THE LAST WEEK, CLANGING THIS WEEK.

>> DAMIAN COLLINS COMMITS TO MISSISSIPPI STATE.

6', 195 POUNDS, HE HAD 16 OTHER OFFERS AND BECOMES THE HIGH SCHOOL STAR TO JOIN MISSISSIPPI STATE ALONG WITH THREE-STAR OLA OFFENSIVE TACKLE CANON AND THREE-STAR CEDAR GROVE SAFETY DONOVAN JOHNSON AND HE TOOK AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO START BACK IN JUNE AND HAS AN OFFICIAL PLAY FOR SEPTEMBER AND HE TOOK IT OFFICIAL TO FINISH THE SPARTANS AND ONE FOR A PICK SIX AND GOT A CHANCE TO SEE HIM HERE ON GPB AND LAST YEAR'S SEASON AND HE'S RUN A 4-4 AND CLOCKED AT THE TENNESSEE CAMP.

NEXT STOP IS THE FOCUS OF SOMEONE THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE.

L.T.

NAMES HIS TOP 12.

NO MEASLY TOP FIVE FOR THE NUMBER ONE JUNIOR PROSPECT IN THE COUNTRY.

MILTON FIVE-STAR DEFENSIVE END L.T.

OVERTON ANNOUNCED HIS TOP 12 THIS WEEK, GEORGE A ALABAMA, CLEMSON, NORTH CAROLINA, USC AND OKLAHOMA AND FLORIDA AND OHIO STATE AND A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER AS OVERTON'S MUCH PUBLICIZED RECRUITMENT PLAYS OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE A.D. AT KENNESAW STATE WAS FOR THE SOONERS AND HIS DAD WORKED AT BAMA AND A&M AND HIS MOM WAS A STANDOUT VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AT KENTUCKY.

OVERTON TOLD 24/7 SPORTS WHO HE'S TALKING TO RIGHT NOW ARE THE BUCKEYES, SOONERS AND AGGIES.

>> GRAB YOUR WATER.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BIG NUMBERSES FOR THAT GUY, WE'LL HIT ON A FEW AND WE'LL START WITH THE 24/7 NUMBER ONE PROSPECT IN THE SESSION WHO IS COMMITTED TO FLORIDA STATE.

>> FOR NOW, DEBUTED HIS SENIOR SEASON FOR 13 CATCHES AND 232 YARDS AND TOUCHDOWN CATCHES FOR 77 AND 31 YARDS AND THE PICK, AS WELL AND ALSO THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS IN THE EAGLES' 36-10 WIN IN ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC PROBABLY IN MY ALL-TIME TOP FIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS PLAY THE GAME.

>> NEXT UP, SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOMEONE WHO IS A TALL DRINK OF WATER.

>> THE FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK COMMITTEE COMMIT JACK ARY BROWN LED THE VIKINGS LATE IN THE GAME AND THEY SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE LAST MINUTE OF THE GAME AND BROWN WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS, FOR BELGER WITH NO TIME LEFT IN REGULATION.

HE FINISHED WITH 301 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE AND ACCOUNTED FOR ALL FOUR TOUCHDOWNS AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING HIM SINCE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR IN GPB.

>> WE SAW DANIEL POST HIS PASSES TO ISAIAH BOND.

>> THE THREE-STAR SENIOR QUARTERBACK AND ASHTON DANIELS LEADING THE WOLVES TO ANOTHER COMEBACK VICTORY, 35-27 AT NORTH COBB.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS ON GPB SO MANY TIMES AND THE LAST TWO STATE FINALS AS BUFORD MOVED UP, BOTH TIMES SHE LEFT OFF THE BENCH IN OVERTIME THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST COB AND BROUGHT HIM BACK FROM A 14-0 DEFICIT AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND YOU KNOW, HE IS INDEED AN INCREDIBLE QUARTERBACK.

I COMPARE HIM TO JOE MONTANA.

>> OKAY.

NO DISTANCE TO GO AND NO TIME TOO SHORT FOR THIS GUY TO LEAD HIS TEAM BACK TO A VICTORY.

WE'VE SEEN THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER AND A NOTE FROM ME THIS WEEK.

I WAS IN JEFFERSON AND CAUGHT 2-4 AND NOT TAKING EVERY SINGLE SNAP AT QUARTERBACK AND IT WAS A BIG WIN AT JEFFERSON, AND THEY STOPPED IN AND CHECKED.

AND JEFFERSON GETS GENE GET 150 FOR THE START AND THE DRAGON.

>> JEFFERSON MOVED TO THE SPORTS TOP TEN, AND IF YOU MISSED IT IN THE OFF SEN.

THEY ARE NO LONGER TO CLASSIFY HIM AS AN ATHLETE AND THE POSITION I PROJECT WILL PLAY FOR THE BULLDOGS AND A PLAY HE DOESN'T EVEN PLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

IF YOU ALSO ASK ME, MALAIKAI STARS IN WHATEVER POSITION HE WANTS TO SAID MATT STEWART.

THAT'S IT FOR RAPID FIRE IN THE A BLOCK.

WHEN WE COME BACK IT IS THE INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS AND WE GET TO CATCH UP WITH BUFORD PLUS A LITTLE SEGMENT WHEN WE BOTH GET TO POINT AT THE CAMERA AND ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT OFFER!

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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "GPB RECRUITING" 2021 PRESENTED BY OUR FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HIM LAST WEEK AND HEADING TO TUSCALOOSA.

HERE'S THE CONVERSATION WITH JAY POPE.

>> HI, GUYS.

I AM JOINED BY SENIOR SAFETY AND WIDE RECEIVER JAKE POPE.

THANK SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, JAKE.

BIG WIN OVER COBB, 25-27, A REVENGE WIN SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT.

WHAT WAS THAT GAME LIKE?

>> WE STARTED OFF SLOW IN THE FIRST HALF.

I KNOW WE WERE DOWN 14-0.

THE COACH SAID HAVE FUN WITH IT AND LIMIT THE PENALTIES AND WE CAME OUT AND THE OUTCOME WAS A LOT BETTER, SO IT WAS A REALLY FUN GAME.

I KNEW A BUNCH OF THOSE KIDS AT NORTH COBB AND A BUNCH OF MY FRIENDS AND PLAYING WITH GROWN UPS AND WHAT MOTIVATES BUFORD FOOTBALL.

WHAT MAKES THE WORLD SO GOOD YEAR AFTER YEAR.

>> JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THE COACHING.

THEY DON'T OWE ME TO BE ON THE FIELD, AND I THINK THAT TRANSLATES TO THE GAME.

JUST THE LOCKER ROOM AND REALLY CLOSE AND WE GET OUT THERE AND PLAY WELL TOGETHER AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

YOUR TALENTS HAVE BROUGHT YOU TOAL GAM AMMA AND COMMITTED TO THE CRIMSON TIDE, WHY NICK SABAN AND ALABAMA?

REREMIND ME OF BUFORD ARE FORD THERE AND GET THINGS DONE.

THEY DEVELOPED PLAYERS AND COACH SABAN IS ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST TO EVER DO IT.

I'VE FORMED GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THEM AS WELL AS THE PLAYERS SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THERE.

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YOU PLAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL AT BUFORD, WHAT POSITION DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN TUSCALOOSA?

>> EITHER/OR.

MOST OF THE TEAMS THAT RECRUITED ME SAID ON BOTH SIDES, I KNOW I'LL DEFINITELY PLAY A LOT OF D.B.

AND THEY'LL THROW ME IN ON OFFENSIVE PACKAGES, AS WELL AND THE PUNT RETURN AS WELL, SO -- >> I KNOW COVID HAS MADE THINGS WEIRD AND HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THE CAMPUS AND IF SO, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

>> IT WAS AMAZING.

I LOVE THAT CAMPUS.

MY PARENTS LOVE IT.

IT'S SUPER CLEAN AND SUPER EASY TO FIND THE CLASSES AND I BY FAR KEEP YOUR BODY IN TUNE AND USED TO FIND EVERYTHING.

>> I MEAN, THERE IS NOTHING THAT SHAKE AT.

>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LOOKING UP AT ALL THAT.

>> OH, AMAZING.

NOT MANY PEOPLE GET THAT CHANCE AND IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME THING IS AMAZING AND IT'S AN UNREAL THING AND I DREAMED OF THAT MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO FINALLY BE IN THOSE SHOES.

>> I USED TO WORK THERE, SO I KNOW THE FEELING.

UP THIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, DURING THAT TIME SOON, AT THE GOVERNOR OOR WAS, AND DON'T FORGET WE ALSO HAVE THE POST GAME SHOW FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAYSS IN GEORGIA PREMIERING SEASON SEPTEMBER 10th HERE ON GPB WHEN RECRUITING 2021 WOULD BE YOUR LEAD-IN AT 7:00 AND THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE GRAVITY-DEFYING HAIR.

>> HE'S GOT A MASSIVE MANE, AND I SEE IN HIS FUTURE, A LITTLE DIPITY DO.

>> VIDAL SASSOON.

>> I CAN SEE HIM BEING ON "THE BACHELOR" GOING SO GOOD FOR YOU, JAKE.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE POSITION AND THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THE TOP OF THE ATHLETES AND WHAT DO YOU SEE THIS YEAR?

>> THE REST OF THE SAFETIES.

JAKE IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AMONG THE SENIORS AND THERE'S EMORY FLOYD AND THE THREE-STAR COMMITTED, SOUTH CAROLINA CHOSE THE GAMECOCKS OVER GEORGE A AND SOUTH CAROLINA'S CLASS OF 2022 AND CREDITS SECONDARY COACH TORY AND GRAY IS A BIG REASON WHY HE COMMITTED TO THE GAME COX.

>> NEXT UP, MALIK SPENCER IS ON THE LIST.

>> HE'S COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN TIGHT AT NORTH COULD BE, CAUGHT A TOUCHDOWN PASS OF 36 YARDS FROM DANIELS AND IN A QUARTERBACK STRAP.

HE HAD 18 OTHER OFFERS AND CHOSE OREGON STATE.

>> HALF WAY THROUGH IT AND WHO ELSE WAS IN THE SPOT SHADOW FOR NUMBER THREE?

>> A COUPLE OF LEE COUNTY SAFETIES.

QAVION CARTER COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN STATE AND CHOSE OFFERS INCLUDING FLORIDA STATE AND OLE MISS.

CARTER'S THE THIRD GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL COMMITMENT FOR FORMER BULLDOGS' DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR MEL TUCKER WHO IS NOW MICHIGAN STATE'S HEAD COACH SO HE'S TAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THOSE ROOTS HE SENT DOWN IN GEORGIA AND USING THERE AT MICHIGAN STATE IN ADDITION TO THE A FORE-MENTIONED SPENCER AND THEY HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THREE-STAR OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

>> NEXT STOP.

>> COMMITTED TO VIRGINIA TECH, 6'4", 185, AND FROM MIDDLE 1010 AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

HE'S A TRANSFER FROM MITCHELL COUNTY AND HAD SIX TOUCHDOWN CATCHES FOR MITCHELL COUNTY AND VIRGINIA PROTECTS AS A SAFETY LINEBACKER AND PUTTING DBs IN THE NFL OF WHICH THEY HAVE DONE A LOT IS THE BIG FACTOR IN THE DECISION TO COMMIT TO THE ACC SCHOOL AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SENIOR SAFETIES.

>> YOU SEE THE RUNDOWNS AND THEY'RE ALL THREE STARS AND TWO FROM BUFORD AND TWO FROM LEE COURTY AND WE HAVE ONE MORE ON THE LIST THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER SIX.

>> HE'S NUMBER ONE IN THE JUNIOR CLASS IN THE ENTIRE NATION AND THAT'S FOUR-CREEK FOUR-STAR DOWNS AND HE'S THE NUMBER ONE THANK THE IN THE ENTIRE COUNT REAND NO PROSPECT IF THE IN THE OVERALL NATION AS WELL.

6'9", 129 OFFERS AND HE TOOK UNOFFICIAL VISITS TO NORTH CAROLINA AND NOTRE DAME.

HE WENT TO SUMMER CAMP AT ALABAMA AND OHIO STATE AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIS BROTHER JOSH AND NOW STAND OUT WITH THE TAR HEELS WITH WITH THE BROTHER, BROTHER COM BIN, IT'S GARY RUN BACK AT NC SCHOOL, AND CALEB IS THE GUY TO WATCH GOING FORWARD.

NEXT TWO SEASONS AND ALREADY TOP TEN IN THE NATION OVERALL AS A PROSPECT AND HE IS AT MILL CREEK.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MATT GETS WATER?

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SHOW WHEN WE POINT TO THE CAMERA AND YOU GET TO FIND OUT, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.

"GPB SPORTS QWEST "RECRUITING 2021 RECRUITING RIGHT AFTER THAT.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 BY OUR FRIENDS AT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.

IT IS THAT TIME WHEN YOU HAVE HELPED US OUT AT GPB SPORTS AT GPB.ORG GIVING US ALL OF THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THE GREAT STUDENT ATHLETES AROUND THE STATE AND WE HAVE TRIMMED DOWN IN THE VIDEO VERSION TO TWO INDIVIDUALS WHERE WE KIND OF GET THEM TO ASK WHAT?

MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.

♪♪ ♪ FIRST UP WE HAVE RUNNINGBACK AND SAFETY PAYTON PLAYING VERY WELL IN THE WOLVERINE SEASON OPENER WIN IN THE CORKY CLASSIC.

STRUCKER HAD NINE TOTAL TOUCHES FOR 80 YARDS OF OFFENSE INCLUDING A 46-YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND RUN PLUS A COUPLE OF TACKLES ON DEFENSE, AS WELL.

IT WAS HIS FIRST GAME AFTER TRANSFERRING FROM FORSYTH CENTRAL WHERE HE WAS ALL REGION AS A FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE.

AND STRUCKER SPOKE, AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TEACHING HIM HOW TO BLOCK WHICH TIM LESTER LEARNED HOW TO BLOCK VERY WELL BECAUSE HE LEARNED HOW TO BLOCK FOR THE BUS, JEROME BETTIS.

CLOCKED 444 AND HAS A 4.0 GPA, PAYTON TREKKO, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER!

SENIOR DEFENSIVEBACK BRANDON SMITH HELPED LEAD THE TIGERS TO A SEASON OPENING 67 VICTORY OVER MIDTOWN.

LAST SEASON HE LED THE TEAM WITH TEN TACKLES FOR LOSS AND HE WAS FIRST TEAM ALL REGION AT LINEBACKER AND WAS SELECTED AT SECOND TEAM DEFENSE ALL COUNTY AND HE PARTICIPATED IN THE SHOW AT ING ACADEMY OVER THE SUMMER WHICH WAS A WEEKEND OF TESTING AND SEVEN ON SEVEN ALL-STAR TEAMS AND HE IS ALSO ON THE VARSITY TRACK TEAM AT THE COUNTY AND WAS SELECTED TO ATTEND THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AT MACON AND BRANDON SMITH, SENIOR FAYETTE COUNTY, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS ALL SEASON LONG AND WE ARE DOING THIS AT GPB.ORG IN THE WEEKLY BLOG AND HERE ON THE SHOW.

>> SEND US AN E-MAIL AT GPB SPORTS AT GPB.ORG AND GIVE US INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE GREAT ATHLETES TO MAKE THEM BETTER OFFERS ALL SEASON LONG.

IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO FAR FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER AND SNAPCHAT, AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION THERE ALL SEASON LONG AND WHERE ARE YOU ON TWITTER.

>>@SGGPB@OSG NELSON.

>> IF AUTOFILL DIDN'T EXIST I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CALL ANYBODY, TEXT ANYBODY.

>> MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER AND LIKE FRIENDLY BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AT GPB SPORTS AT GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, FOOTBALL HERE IS 24/7, 365 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE HAVE IN GEORGIA AND ONE FINAL THING WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND GIVE A TIP OF THE HAT AND A NOD WHO HAS DONE TERRIFIC THINGS.

>> RON GARTRELL, WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO CALL THE STEVENSON JAGUARS AND HE WAS THE FATHER OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND NOT JUST IN DEKALB COUNTY AND WHAT A GREAT MAN.

YOU TALK ABOUT RECRUITING AND NO TEAM PUT MORE GUYS IN COLLEGE THAN STEPHENS, AND I THINK 365 PLAYERS SIGNED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND CLOSE TO 40 OF THEM SIGNED WIT SEC SCHOOLS DURING HIS CAREER AND 14 OF THEM PLAYED IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO RON GARTRELL IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BUDDY, AND THE PLAYERS THAT YOU PUT INTO COLLEGE IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THAT ARE IN THE NFL ARE NO DOUBT, VERY THANKFUL TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS.

>> I CAN THINK THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD A RECRUITING COORDINATOR THAT WOULD TAKE THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES IN VANS AROUND THE SOUTHEAST AND SHOW THEM OFF TO COLLEGES TO SIT THERE AND SAY HERE'S AN ATHLETE, RON GARTRELL AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

HE'S MATT, I'M JOHN, FOR EVERYONE HERE AT GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING ANOTHER ROUND OF GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021, PRESENTED BY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.

ENJOY THE GAME THIS WEEKEND AND WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF THE SHOW.

PLAY IT SAFE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

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