Football Fridays in Georgia
Recruiting 2021: Week 5
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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 GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS AT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
ALWAYS THE HOME TEAM.
REPUBLIC TELEVISION, FOR ANOTHER ROUND TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE WORLD OF RECRUITING.
THAT'S MATT.
I'M JOHN.
LEAD STORY, IT'S BUSY UP IN GEORGIA 316 FOR A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
>> YEAH, COMMITMENTS FOR THE GEORGEA PULL DOGS, ANY A LOT OF COMMITMENTS OVERALL THAT WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT AND BIG TIME VISITORS COMING UP FOR THE BULLDOGS ON THE DEFENSIVE END COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
A LOT OF NEWS TO PROVIDE FOR YOU TO DATE.
BREAKING NEWS, DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF ATHENS.
AS WE MENTIONED ATHEN, WAS THERE SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT ABOUT AN IDEA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE LOOKED AT HIS CALENDAR AND SAID NOW I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
HERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT YOUR DOORMAN, BUT HEADED TO ATHENS.
>> I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CEDAR GROVE THREE-STAR EDGE RUSHER CARLTON MADDEN COMMITS TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.
>> CARLTON MADDEN IS A DOG.
THE 220 POUND, AND TWEETED WEDNESDAY HE WAS READY TO GO AND HE HAD CHOSEN THE DOGS, AND OLE MISS AND ARKANSAS WAS COMMITTED TO COLORADO AND DECOMMITTED FROM THE BUFFALOES FOUR DAYS AFTER HE RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM THE BULLDOGS AND HE DID NOT PLAY HIS JUNIOR SEASON AFTER THEY RULED HIM INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF A TRANSFER AND INTEREST IN HIM HAD TAKEN OFF SINCE THE SUMMER AND SINCE HIS SENIOR YEAR HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET GAME TAPE OUT ON HIMSELF.
NEXT STOP, SUB PLOT OUT OF HARDAWAY.
WILL SOUTHERN CAL'S FIRING OF COACH CLAY HILTON IMPACT THE FIVE-STAR MICHAEL WILLIAMS' COMMITMENT TO THE TROJANS?
>> YES.
THE NUMBER 5 D.L.
IN THE COUNTRY IN THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE HAS BEEN COMMITTED AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THAT PROGRAMS LIKE GEORGIA AND ALABAMA WILL NO DOUBT, INCREASE THEIR PRESENCE WITH WILLIAMS AND IN FACT, THE BULLDOGS, DEL McGEE WAS IN HARLEY LAST WEEK.
PREVIOUSLY STATED HIS INTENTIONS TO TAKE OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN GEORGIA, ALABAMA, FLORIDA AND OHIO STATE.
HE HAS 32 QUARTERBACK SACKS.
>> LET'S GO TO MILTON, BIG WIN FOR THEM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WE HAVE NEWS ON MILTON.
THE PROSPECT AND L.T.
OVERTON WILL VISIT KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND WHERE HIS MOTHER WAS A VOLLEYBALL PLAYER.
WE'RE IN THE WAY BACK MACHINE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'VE GOT VIDEO OF HIS FRESHMAN YEAR.
AND WILL ATTEND THE WILD CATS AGAINST CHATTANOOGA AND ATTENDED THE GEORGIA CLEMSON GAME IN CHARLOTTE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HE VISITED THE BULLDOGS WITH ALABAMA, TEXAS, A & M AND OKLAHOMA.
IT WAS THE FIRST GAME HE PLAYED ALL SEASON AND HE'S BEEN HURT WITH AN INJURED ANKLE.
HE HAD 21 SACKS LAST YEAR AS A SOPHOMORE.
>> UPDATE, JORDAN McDONALD AND THERE IS A LIST.
THE THREE-STAR RUNNINGBACK GEORGE McDONALD NAMED SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE UCSF CO-LEADERS AND THE 220 POUND SENIOR HAS PLANNED TO MAKE AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO HOST KENTUCKY NEXT SATURDAY AND ANOTHER UNOFFICIAL OCTOBER 9th TO WATCH EAST CAROLINA, McDONALD'S RUSHED FOR OVER 300 YARDS AND SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE EAGLES FIRST FOUR GAMES WAS 2200 YARDS AND SCORED 26 TOUCHDOWNS AND 27 OFFERS AND HAS TAKEN AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND HE'LL TAKE OFFICIALS TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND UCF BEFORE MAKING HIS DECISION.
NEXT STOP GAINESVILLE FROM THE EAST SIDE.
WE HAVE THREE MORE COMMITMENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT, STARTING WITH 325-POUND SENIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, AND HE COMMITS TO FLORIDA AND HE PICKED FLORIDA OVER HIS OTHER TWO OFFERS.
GEORGIA TECH AND EAST CAROLINA.
HE VISITED GAINESVILLE BACK IN JUNE AND PLANS ON BEING THERE TOMORROW WHEN FLORIDA HOSTS ALABAMA.
THE COMMITMENT FOR THE GATORS AND THE CLASS OF 2022 AND THE THIRD IN THE STATE OF GEORGEA, AND HE'S A TWO-WAY PLAYER AT LEFT GUARD AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE.
NEXT UP, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS.
SENIOR O.T.
TREVEON FLORENCE PICKS GEORGIA STATE WHICH WAS THE FIRST PROGRAM TO OFFER HIM BACK IN JANUARY.
EACH STATE OFFERED FLORENCE MONDAY AND HE COMMITTED THE VERY SAME DAY.
TUESDAY THE SPARTANS' MASSIVE OFFENSE.
>> LET THE RECRUITING BEGIN.
>> YOU LIKE HIM, I LIKE HIM, TOO.
WE'LL SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT.
SINCE LAST WEEK HE HAD TWO OFFERS LAST WEEK AND HE NOW HAS SIX.
>> NEXT STOP.
HEALY GETS SOMEONE TO SAY HOLA.
>> 5'11" MICAH BELL VISITED OLE MISS.
IRONICALLY, CHARLOTTE WILL BE IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND TO PLAY THE PANTHERS IN ATLANTA.
I'LL HAVE THE CALL FOR THE GAME ON ESPN PLUS.
VAL COMMITTED VIA TWITTER STICKING HE WAS WITH THE GREEN AND GOLD SHARING THE SAME UNIFORM COLORS RUSHED FOR 1200 YARDS AND SCORED 15 TOUCHDOWNS AND THEY'RE OFF TO A 1 AND 3 START IN THE SENIOR SEASON.
THAT IS THE HEADLINES AND NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA GAME OF THE WEEK.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN ONE.
THINKING A LOT OF OFFENSE MIGHT HAPPEN IF THESE TEAMS HAVE THEIR WAY WEST AND MILL CREEK FROM COMING AFTER WE ARE DONE HERE WITH RECRUITING 2021 WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEAMS.
>> TWO OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN THE NATION.
LET'S START WITH MILL CREEK AND THE NUMBER ONE JUNIOR SAFETY IN THE COUNTRY, CALEB DOWNS.
6', 185, NUMBER ONE RANKED SAFETY IN THE NATION WITH 2023.
HE HAS 29 OFFERS, GEORGE A ALABAMA, CLEMSON, GEORGIA STATE AND THAT'S ALL OF THE SCHOOLS HE HAS VISITED SINCE JUNE 1st AND THERE'S A LITTLE SECRET.
THE TAR HEELS MAY HAVE THE INSIDE TRACK AND HIS BROTHER JOSH IS NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING RECEIVER AND IF HE CHOSE UNC HIS POSITION COACH WOULD BE HIS UNCLE AND THE LEGENDARY GREG BLY AND TENNESSEE STATE.
HE'LL PLAY DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL AND HE'LL BE THE FUN ONE TO WATCH.
>> WHOELS WILL BE FUN TO WATCH, MATT STEWART?
THE 205-POUND SIGNAL CALLER HAYDEN CLARK HAS COMPLETED 51% OF HIS PASSES FOR 551 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS AND HE'S MAKING A CANDIDATE AND WAS FORCED INTO THE STARTER BECAUSE OF INJURY AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN 2020 WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF SPRING PRACTICE AND SEVEN ON SEARCH.
NOW THAT HE'S HAD ALL OF THOSE THINGS HE'S A MUCH MORE MATURE QUARTERBACK AND ABLE TO KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE WHEN THE POCKET BREAKS DOWN.
HAYDEN CLARK IS MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER KIND OF CANDIDATE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OFFERS AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
>> A COUPLE OF MILLCREEK HAWKS AND THE SOPHOMORE OFFENSIVE GUARD, AND THE POWER FIVE PROSPECT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND JAMAL ANDERSON.
AND HE'S GOING TO BE A PROSPECT, AS WELL AND SAFETY BRYSON TAYLOR.
THEY CALL HIM SPIDER-MAN HAS AN OFFER FROM NEW MEXICO STATE.
>> LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE STARING AT WHEN IT COMES TO ONE OF THE LARGEST PROBLEMS IN THE OFFENSE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> THAT IS THE 24/7 SPORTS TIGHT END IN THE COUNTRY AND CALEB DOWNS AND IT WILL BE THE STORY WITHIN THE STORY TONIGHT.
YOU'LL WANT TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THAT AND BURST ON TO THE SCENE WITH NO OFFERS AND NOW THE 6'5", 220-POUND SENIOR HAS THE OFFERS AND IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT IT'S GOING TO COME WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AT THE LATEST A MONTH.
HE HAS THE TOP FOUR GEORGIA MICHIGAN, CLEMSON AND SINCE THE START OF HIS JUNIOR YEAR AND HE TOOK AN OFFICIAL FOR CLEMSON LAST WEEKEND AND OF COURSE, HE'S TAKING CLEMSON AND COME TO GEORGIA MICHIGAN, SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE JUNIOR RUNNINGBACK AND THE WOLVERINES MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER HONOREE.
A YOUNG MAN WE HIGHLIGHTED ON RECRUITING 221 AND THE 220-POUND RUNNINGBACK HAS RUSHED FOR 465 YARDS AND SCORED FOR NINE TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS AND PAYTON IS A DEFINITE COLLEGE PROSPECT WAITING FOR HIS RECRUITMENT TO OPEN UP.
>> 267 AND 6 AGAINST WALTON.
>> A HUGE GAME AGAINST WALTON IN THE VICTORY WHICH WAS AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS FOR WEST FORSYTH TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND HE'S COMMITTED TO CHARLESTON SOUTHERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE AND MIX FREEMAN.
HE HAS COMMITTED TO PENN.
BRYCE ALLEN HAS BEEN OFFERED BY NAVY AND JOHN LEONARD HAS FOUR OFFERS AND THAT GETS YOU UP-TO-DATE ON THE OTHER PROSPECTS ON THAT WEST FORSYTH TEAM.
>> WEST FORSYTH, MILL CREEK, BOTTOM OF THE HOUR.
THAT WILL FOLLOW US HERE AT RECRUITING 2021.
THAT'S THE A BLOCK.
WHEN WE COME BACK IT'S TIME FOR THE INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS FOCUSING ON THE STATE'S TOP TIGHT END.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIM ALREADY AND HANNAH WILL TALK TO HIM SOME MORE.
RECRUITING 2021, MORE AFTER THIS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB RECRUITING 2021 PRESENTED BY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
ALSO THE HOME TEAM.
IT IS THAT TIME OF THE SHOW WHERE THE INTERVIEWER TO THE STARS HANNAH GOODEN CATCHES UP WITH THE TOP TALENT AROUND THE STATE AND SINCE WE'LL BE WATCHING HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR WITH WEST FORSYTH LET'S CATCH UP WITH ONE OF THE TIGHT ENDS IN THE STATE, HANNAH AND OSCAR.
>> I AM JOBBED BY WEST FORSYTH TIGHT END OSCAR DEALT.
WOLVERINES ARE 2 AND 1 ON THE SEASON AND BIG GAME WITH MILL CREEK.
WHICH WILL HAIR ON GPB, WHAT IS CLICKING WITH THE TEAM THIS YEAR?
>> OUR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE IS ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEY'VE BEEN OFF TO A GOOD START THIS SEASON AND WE'RE GETTING THE RUNNING GAME UNDER CONTROL AND THE PASSING GAME AND IT'S MAKING DEFENSE AND HAVING TO PICK SOMETHING TO TAKE AWAY AND THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY BOTH.
>> WE'RE WORKING OUT THOSE LITTLE KINKS ON EVERYTHING AND WE'RE LOOKING GOOD.
>> BESIDES FOCUSING ON YOUR SENIOR YEAR YOU HAVE A BIG DECISION TO MAKE SOON, COMMITTING TO YOUR TOP SCHOOL WHICH IS WOULD BE CLEMSON, MICHIGAN, SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.
YOU ACTUALLY TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO DEATH VALLEY FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GAME.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> THE IT WAS AWESOME.
THE COACHES WERE REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
THEY TOOK US ACROSS THE FIELD AND WE GOT TO STAND BY THE ROCK WHEN THEY GOT TO SEE IT, AND IT WAS SUPER COOL AND IT WAS SURREAL AND GETTING TO EXPERIENCE DEATH VALLEY IN ITS FULL CAPACITY.
>> IT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME BACK IN A WHILE, RIGHT?
>> IT WAS.
IT WAS, EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE.
>> WHAT DID THE COACH AND TONY ELLIOTT HAVE TO SAY TO YOU?
>> I TALKED TO THEM MANY TIMES.
THEY'RE ALL IN ON ME AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR ME TO MAKE MY DECISION NOW.
I'M THE GUY THEY WANT AND THEY'RE GIVING ME MY SPACE NOW AND LETTING ME DO WHAT I NEED TO DO.
>> YOU HAVE ANOTHER BIG VISIT FOR THE GEORGIA-SOUTH CAROLINA GAME AND THAT WILL BE A GREAT ONE AS ALWAYS AND THOSE ARE TWO OF YOUR TOP TEAMS.
SO ARE YOU MEETING WITH BOTH SCHOOLS?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE MAINLY WITH THE COACH AND AIL BE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER THEY PLAY KENTUCKY NEXT WEEK, AND I HAVE TO ASK, WHEN DO YOU PLAN ON COMMITTING AND DO YOU KNOW YET?
?
AS OF TODAY, I THINK EARLY OCTOBER IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE GETTING A DATE SET UP HERE SHORTLY AND WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT ALL AND SOME TV STATIONS WILL COME AND DO THAT SO I THINK IT WILL BE A PRETTY COOL THING.
>> SINCE YOUR BIG GAME THIS FRIDAY IS AIRING ON GP 3, GIVE ME A PREVIEW ABOUT WELL FORSYTH VERSUS MILL CREEK.
>> MILL CREEK IS A BIG TEAM.
LAST YEAR, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW THAT WENT, AND ONE OF MY GOOD BUDDIES IS DOWN THERE AND HE'S A GREAT PLAYER SO I'M EXCITED TO MATCH UP AGAINST HIM AND GET ONE-ON-ONES WITH HIM, HOPEFULLY.
I MEAN, REALLY IT WILL BE A HIGH-SCORING GAME AND BOTH DEFENSES WILL HAVE TO STEP UP AND THEY'VE GOT A GOOD OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, AND THERE WILL BE KEYS TO THE GAME AND EVERY PLACEMENT WILL BE CRUCIAL AND IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME UNTIL THE VERY END.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU MAKING YOUR BIG DECISION SOON.
OSCAR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON.
>> THE TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF THE GAME COMING UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
HANNAH GOODEN IS IN CHARM OF YOUR HALFTIME AND ALL OF THE THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE STATE AND POST GAME WITH HANNAH.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE 411?
>> HE'S A GOOD KID.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM AND YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCH HE'S BULKED UP HERE IN HIS SENIOR YEAR AND IMAGINE HE'LL BE BIGGER THAN THAT, AND THE TOP FOUR LIKE HE TOLD HANNAH.
24/7 SPORTSES CRYSTAL BALL IS SPLIT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND MICHIGAN.
HE THINKS HIS TIGHT END COULD BE HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL AT ANY OF THOSE FOUR SCHOOLS AND HE'LL WRAP UP HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND HE TOLD YOU AND THIS WILL BE A HUGE MATCHUP BETWEEN THE NUMBER ONE SENIOR TIGHT END AND THOSE GUYS WILL BE GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> OTHER TIGHT ENDS TO KEEP AN EYE ON AROUND THE STATE.
ONE WITH A FAMILIAR LAST NAME IN WATKINSVILLE.
>> THE ONLY TIGHT END RATED HIGHER THAN DELL AND JAY JOHNSON COMMITTED, AND THAT WAS NO SURPRISE.
HIS BROTHER MAX IS A SOPHOMORE-STARRING QUARTERBACK FOR THE TIGERS AND HIS DAD IS FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK GREG JOHNSON AND THAT MEANS HIS UNCLE IS MIKE RICK.
HE'S BEEN AROUND FOOTBALL HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
107 CAREER KARCHES AND CLOSE TO 1800 YARDS AND TOUCHDOWNS FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
>> HE WAS AT CHRISTIAN AND PICKED THE BUCKEYES OVER A YEAR AGO OVER 11 OF THEIR OFFERS WHERE HIS DAD PLAYED WITH LEGENDARY COACH JOHNNY MAJORS.
6'6", 235 AND THE NUMBER EIGHT TIGHT END IN THE NATION AND CHRISTIAN NOT USED IN THE PASS GAME LIKE THE OTHER TWO GUYS HERE.
JAKE AND OSCAR.
HE'S BEEN MUCH MORE OF A BLOCKER AND IT WAS A SOPHOMORE STARTER ON THEIR 2019 STATE FINALS TEAM.
HE COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE DURING COVID AND FINALLY TOOK HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO COLUMBUS BACK ON JUNE, JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER EVERYTHING OPENED BACK UP.
>> SOMEONE WHO STAYS WEARING GREEN.
>> FOUR-STAR HOLDEN STAYS COMMITTED TO NOTRE DAME AND PICKING THE FIGHTING IRISH IN MAY AND PENN STATE TO WHOM HE WAS ORIGINALLY COMMITTED AND GEORGIA, ALABAMA, 6'2", 230, SENIOR AND PLAYS FOR THE WILD CATS AND ENDS UP AS AN WITH A RUSHER AND IRISH HAVE NINE PLAYERS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA ON THEIR CURRENT ROSTER.
NOTRE DAME'S REPUTATION WAS A BIG FACTOR.
>> LOWER THE BOOM THERE AND ONE OF THE COOLEST STORIES AROUND.
RAYMOND.
>> YEAH.
>> THREE-STAR MARLON KLEIN PICKED VANDY OVER 21 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, CINCINNATI AND GEORGIA TECH.
HE'S A NATIVE OF GERMANY WHO MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES TO PROGRESS HIS FOOTBALL CAREER.
WHILE IN GERMANY HE MET WITH FLORIDA STATE STAR NFL FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK WHO WAS PARTICIPATING RUNNING THE CAMP.
WARNER COMPARES KLEIN TO NFL STAR TIGHT END TRAVIS KELSEY.
>> NOT BAD COMPARISON.
THERE IS YOUR RECAP OF THE FIX WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
>> A LOT OF IT AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW THE TIGHT END POSITION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE BLOCKERS AND SOME OF THEM ARE MORE DETACHED FROM THE LINE AND MORE LIKE WIDE RECEIVERS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE TO END UP DOING BOTH WHEN THEY GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> HOW ABOUT OUR TOP JUNIOR AND LAWSON LUCKY, 6'3", 225 AND THE CLASS OF 2023.
LUCKY HAS 15 OFFERS INCLUDING HIS DAD'S ALMA MATER, GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH AND NC STATE AND TEXAS A & M AND LUCKY HAD 35 CATCHES AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND LAST SEASON AS A SOPHOMORE HELPING THE BLUE DEVILS WITH THE SEMIFINALS AND THE START THIS SEASON.
LAWSON'S DAD MIKE IS ONE OF THE FAMOUS LUCKY TRIPLETS WHO PLAYED FOR THE BULLDOGS IN THE MID-90s AND KIRBY SMART ALONG WITH HIS UNCLES MILES AND DUSTIN AND THEY WERE THE FIRST TRIPLETS TO EARN SCHOLARSHIPS WITH THE D-1.
AND WILL HE FOLLOW HIS DAD AND UNCLES TO GEORGIA?
PROBABLY A YEAR AWAY FROM THAT DECISION MAKING.
>> HE WAS A YOUNG PUP AT NORCROSS.
THAT IS THE B BLOCK AND WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL GET THE POINT AT THE SCREEN AND LET YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER AND KIDS ARE GETTING IT DONE.
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MORE AFTER THIS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021 PRESENTED BY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
MATT THERE, JOHN HERE.
BOTTOM OF THE HOUR AND WEST FORSYTH FOR MILL CREEK FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
WE ARE IN THE FIVE-MINUTE WARNING AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO DO BEFORE WE GO AND LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT ATHENS.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> MORE BIG-TIME DEFENSIVE LINEMEN WILL BE VISITING GEORGIA.
LET'S START WITH PHILLY AND HELP TO INSTITUTE THE FOUR-STAR RATED BY 24/7 SPORTS AND THE EDGER IN THE NATION.
6'5", 230 SENIOR AND THE NUMBER SIX OVERALL PROSPECT IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAME.
WHITE HAS 43 OFFERS AND HAS TAKEN FOUR OF HIS FIVE INITIAL VISITS AS WELL AS OHIO STATE, BAL ALABAMA AND GEORGEA AND TOMORROW WOULD BE AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT.
>> MONSIGNOR SPACE FIVE-STAR SHAM AR STEWART FOR THE ARKANSAS GAME.
STEWART, THE NUMBER THREE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE COUNTRY AND THE NUMBER FOUR OVERALL PROSPECT AND HIS TOP FIVE IS GEORGIA, CLEMSON, TEXAS A AND M TO WATCH THE DOGS PLAY THE RAZORBACKS IS OFFICIAL.
HE'S USED ONE OF HIS OFFICIAL VISITS TO LSU WHICH DID NOT TAKE HIS TOP FIVE.
HE ALSO HAS AN OFFICIAL IN THE BOOKS WITH THE AGGIES PLAY HOST TO ALABAMA.
MANNY DIAZ WAS REPORTEDLY AT HIS SCHOOL.
>> WHEN WE TOUR THE STATE, YOU HELP US OUT HERE.
MATT HAS HIS CHOICES, YOU HAVE YOURS FOR THE OVERLOOK AND THE YOUNG START AND IT'S TIME TO MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> SIMULTANEOUS.
MATT HAS ONE AND THE STATE HAS ONE AND WE'LL LET YOU BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
WHO IS YOUR TAKE?
>> I'M GOING WITH VINCENT HILL.
YOU SAW THE 6'1", 220 POUND SENIOR LAST WEEK ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.
THE MONSTER GAME IN THE 17-14 LOSS TO CARTERSVILLE AND 14 TACKLES AND TWO SACKS AND THREE TACKLES FOR LOSS IN THE TOUGH LUCK LOSS FOR THE SEASON.
HE'S GOT 43 TACKLES AND THREE SACKS.
EIGHT TACKLES FOR LOSS LEADING CREEKSIDE TO A NUMBER SIX RANKING IN THE GPB SPORTS.
THE COACH CALLS HIM THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SEMINOLES' DEFENSE AND HE HAS THE PHYSICALED ABOUT TO GET THE WORK DONE AND HE STUDIED THE OPPONENT ON OFFENSE AND DESPITE ALL THAT, VINCENT HILL HAS ONE OFFER AND VINCENT HILL, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
?
WE HAVE CODY WILLIAMS FROM DADE COUNTY.
>> YEAH.
HEAT 61, 330 POUND TACKLE ON 175 YARDS RUSHING ON 22 CARRIES AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE WOLVERINE SEASON START.
ALSO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLER AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE REGION 7 2A LINEBACKER AND THE ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION.
DESPITE ALL THAT -- DESPITE ALL THAT.
>> DESPITE ALL THAT, CODY WILLIAMS IS STILL WAITING ON HIS FIRST OFFER SO, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER!
>> ONE AGAIN IF YOU WANT TO HELP US OUT WITH MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER HERE'S HOW TO DO IT, SHOOT US AN E-MAIL WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE FIELD AND OFF, GRADE, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND ON THE FIELD GPBSPORTS@GPB.ORG AND INCLUDE THE BIOAND VIDEO AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUB MISSIONS SO FAR.
REMEMBER, WE HAD A DOZEN HONOREES LAST YEAR WHO WERE HELPED ALONG THE WAY TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT HERE IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT GETTING IT DONE?
>> I CAN'T GO THERE.
>> WHO'S GETTING IT DONE FOR YOU THIS WEEK?
>> WE START WITH PETSON BENNETT WITH FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES ALL COMING IN THE BULLDOGS, 66 ROUND OF UAB AND THE CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS AND SOME FOR THE J.T.
DANIELS AND BENNETT COMPLETES FOR A WHOPPING 245 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS EN ROUTE TO THE RECORD-SETTING PERFORMANCE.
>> FORMER TROJANS STAR TIE REEK HILL FOR 997 YARDS RECEIVING AND 33-29 WIN OVER CLEVELAND AND THE GREAT STORY AND NOW HE'S A STAR IN THE NFL.
>> NEXT, THE BEST TIGHT END JON GRUDEN HAS EVER COACHED.
>> THE GEORGEA STAR YELLOW JACKET AND TWO FOR THE TOUCHDOWN IN THE LAS VEGAS RAIDERS' CRAZY, 32-27, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WIN OVER BALTIMORE.
>> WE HAVE A TEN SECONDS A FOOTBALL GAME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR AND BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
HE'S MATT, I'M JOHN.
FOR EVERYONE HERE AT GPB AND ENJOY YOUR FRIDAY.
THAT'S RECRUITING FOR THIS WEEK.
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