Football Fridays in Georgia
Recruiting 2021: Week 7
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Matt Stewart and Jon Nelson discuss the top recruiting news from around the state.
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FASTEST HALF HOUR IN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
SNOWMAN AND BANDIT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF GIVING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE WORLD OF RECRUITING HERE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN THE SOUTHEAST.
HE IS MATT.
I'M JOHN.
LET'S GO.
AND THE TOP STORY, WON'T DEAL WITH ATHENS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE BIG STORY TAKES TO US TUSCALOOSA, COMMA, WHAT A SURPRISE, DOT, DOT, DOT.
>> IT'S A BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.
BUT THE BULLDOGS MISSED OUT ON BIG PRITCH.
THEY MISSED OUT ON ELIJAH PARK RITCHETT WHO COMMITTED TO THE ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE THIS WEEK.
A BIT OF SURPRISE.
SOME THOUGHT GEORGIA, SOME THOUGHT FLORIDA STATE BUT HE CHOOSES BAMA OVER FLORIDA, GEORGIA STATE.
AND SOUTHERN CAL.
SAYS HE CHOSE THE CRIMSON TIDE BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM HISTORY AND PLAYERS THEY HAVE PRODUCED.
HE IS THE NUMBER NINE 02 IN THE NATION.
PUSHING BARRAM BACK IN FRONT OF GEORGIA TO NUMBER THREE IN THE RECRUITING RANKINGS.
STICK AROUND.
>> HERE IT COMES.
>> WITH OUR HANNA GOODEN COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>> THE NEXT STOP, BONO BLOCKING DOWN AT HUGHS.
>> DOGS MISS ON ELIJAH BUT NOT BOWE.
JONATHAN BOWE HOULEY, NUMBER 60 COMMITTED TO GEORGIA.
HE CHOSE THE DOGS OVER 15 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH, OLE MISS, AUBURN TOOK OFFICIALS UNOFFICIALS TO THE SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER.
HE HAS A REPORTED SEVEN-FOOT WING SPAN AND PLAYS FOR THE PANTHERS BASKETBALL TEAM, SAYS HE GOT THE NICKNAME NOT BECAUSE OF BO JACKSON, BUT BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD, HE WAS BOW-LEGGED.
>> HUGHES HAS WEST LAKE THIS WEEK.
AND HERE IS SOMEONE ELSE ATTENDING THE GAME IN ATHENS.
>> THE SIXTH COMMITMENT FOR THE BULLDOGS, KAYNE LEE, THE NUMBER 14 CORNERBACK IN THE 24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE FOR 2023 CHOSE THE DOGS OVER 23 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING ALABAMA, GEORGIA TECH, CLEMSON, OHIO STATE, ALL OF WHICH HE TOOK UNOFFICIAL VISITS TO OR CAMPED AT OVER THE SUMMER.
HE FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS TEAMMATE, CARLTON MANNING, WHO COMMITTED TO GEORGIA, AND WAS ON THE SHOW LAST WEEK.
>> LAST WEEK.
>> 5'11" 160 HE CAN FLY.
>> SOMEONE ELSE ATTENDING THE GAME IN ATHENS THIS WEEK.
WE HEARD OF L.T.
>> WHERE IS L.T.?
THE ANSWER IS ATHENS.
FIVE-STAR L.T.
OVER OUT OF MILTON.
NUMBER ONE OVERALL PROSPECT IN THE NATION IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE GAME AGAINST ARKANSAS, OVERTEN HEADLINES A FIVE-STAR ALL-STAR LIST WHICH WILL BE THERE TO WATCH THE DOGS TAKE ON THE HAUGS.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON ALL WILL BE THERE LATER ON IN THE SHOW.
HE WILL BE BUSY VISITING.
THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH GAME HE HAS BEEN TO ALREADY THIS SEASON.
HE WAS AT GEORGIA, CLEMSON LAST WEEK AT OKLAHOMA.
HIS DAD'S ALMA MATER.
THE WEEK BEFORE HE WAS AT KEN, HIS MOM'S ALMA MATTA.
>> I THINK THE SIDELINE IS GETTING CROWDED.
>> YEAH, GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FIVE-STAR HARDAWAY SENIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MIKE WILLIAMS WILL BE THERE.
HE COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CAL.
STILL COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CAL TROJANS IN JUNE HASN'T SLOWED THE BULLDOGS INCREASING SINCE THE FIRING OF HEAD COACH CLAY HELTON.
IS THE NUMBER FIVE RATED DEFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE NATION.
AND REMEMBER BOUEY.
COMMITTED TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS LAST FALL THEN DECOMMITTED FROM THE BULLDOGS IN JUNE.
COMMITTED TEXAS A&M.
HE WILL ALSO BE AT THE GAME.
>> WE WERE THE ONLY ONES NOT INVITED TO DOGS AND HOGS.
A STACKED SIDELINE FOR THE THIS WEEKEND FOR DOGS AND HOGS.
CATCH YOU BACK UP WITH OTHER THINGS GOING ON, SOMEONE DECIDED NEXT ON THE LIST WHEN HE IS GOING TO SAY WHERE HE IS GOING.
A BIG TIGHT END THIS YEAR.
>> THE BIG O.
SET A DATE.
OSCAR DELPH, NUMBER TWO TIGHT END IN THE COUNTRY.
HE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS COMMITMENT OCTOBER 13th.
HE NARROWED HIS 33 OFFERS DOWN TO A TOP FOUR OF GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, CLEMSON AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
CLOSE TO 92% OF THE 24/7 CRYSTAL BALL PREDICTIONS FAVOR HIM TO GEORGIA.
THE OTHER 8% MICHIGAN, 6'5".
THE SENIOR.
OFFICIAL VISITORS TO GEORGIA, FLORIDA, MICHIGAN AND UNOFFICIALS TO ALABAMA AND CLEMSON.
>> NEXT UP JEFFERSON AND THE BIG XII.
>> JEFFERSON SENIOR JORDAN PERRY COMMITTED TO KANSAS STATE OVER FIVE OTHER OFFERS.
THAT'S THE SECOND GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL STAR TO COMMIT TO K-STATE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
B.J.
PAYNE DID, TOO.
6'2" 180 RECRUITED.
WILL PLAY SAFETY FOR THE WILDCATS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
UNFORTUNATE FOR PERRY HE HAS BEEN SIDELINED MOST OF THIS SEASON BECAUSE OF A KNEE INJURY.
THEY HOPE TO GET HIM BACK LATER IN THE YEAR, ALSO OFFERED BY GEORGIA STATE, MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS STATE.
>> A YOUNG QUARTERBACK WE HAVE SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS VISITING SOMEPLACE.
>> BROOKWOOD FOUR-STAR DYLAN LONERGAN HAS ALREADY DONE HIS VISIT.
RANKED THE NUMBER SIX JUNIOR QUARTERBACK IN THE SPORTS COMPOSITE.
HAS 22 OTHER OFFERS IN ADDITION TO THE GAMECOCKS INCLUDING ALABAMA, GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, NORTH CAROLINA AND PENN STATE WHERE HIS DAD DAN WAS A BACKUP QUARTERBACK.
THAT WAS BACK IN THE EARLY '80 WE REPORTED BEFORE THAT HE'S A GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER, TOO.
A FASTBALL IN THE 90s, A HIGH MLB DRAFT PICK IN SUMMER OF 2022 BUT THE BASEBALL FOOTBALL COMBO AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL IS INTERESTED IN, HE HAS SOME PROGRAMS THERE THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD IN BOTH.
>> THAT IS THE QUICK WHIPAROUND.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE FOLKS ON YOUR LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
>> YEAH WE GOT OTHER BIG NEWS.
MILL CREEK FOUR-STAR CALEB DOWNS, NUMBER TWO SAFETY, NUMBER ONE SAFETY DEPENDING WHICH RANKING YOU LOOK AT.
IT WAS HERE ON GPB A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
HE WILL VISIT CLEMSON THIS WEEKEND, MARIETTA FOUR-STAR LINEBACKER, DANIEL MARTIN HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL MAKE HIS COMMITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE ALL-AMERICAN BOWL.
AND THE THREE-STAR WIDE RECEIVER, EAST CAROLINA COMMIT CALEB WEBB, HE'S GOING TO GO VISIT TENNESSEE NEXT WEEKEND.
I THINK THERE'S A FLIP POSSIBILITY THERE WITH WHIP.
>> AND WE'RE NOT EVEN INTO THE SHOPPING SEASON.
NOW WE HAVE A GAME COMING UP AFTER THE SHOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR.
FIRST VISIT TO GRISHAM STADIUM, SOUTH PAULDING AND CARROLLTON WILL BE A FUN ONE.
THAT MEANS A LOT IN REGION.
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE FOLKS WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON IN THIS GAME FROM A RECRUITING PERSPECTIVE.
LET'S START WITH SOUTH PAULDING AND SUMO ROBINSON.
>> 6'4" 275 JUNIOR NUMBER 2 RANK INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
16 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, AUBURN AND OREGON.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLER.
HIS COACH SAYS HE CAN PLAY ALL FIVE OFFENSIVE LINE POSITIONS WHICH PROGRAMS LOVE BECAUSE HE IS THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINEMAN HE EVER COACHED.
HE'S TAKEN UNOFFICIAL VISITS TWICE TO THE YELLOW JACKETS AND THE BULLDOGS.
AN UNOFFICIAL TO AUBURN.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL BE AN IN STATE BATTLE BETWEEN GEORGIA AND GEORGIA TECH.
>> YOU SAW THE HIGHLIGHTS AGAINST DALTON.
NEXT UP, LET'S GO TO THE QB.
>> CAISSON WEISSMAN, 6'2" 170, BEEN OFFERED BY CALIFORNIA, JACKSONVILLE STATE, EASTERN KENTUCKY.
COMPLETED CLOSE TO 69% OF PASSES THIS SEASON, OVER 1,100 YARDS, RIGHT AT 227 PER GAME.
NINE TOUCHDOWNS, TWO INTERCEPTIONS.
SCORED FIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS AND COACH ROBINSON SAYS HE HAS GROWN AS A LEADER.
EVIDENCE WAS LAST WEEK AGAINST DALTON.
HIS RUNNING BACK BREAKS OUT ON A BIG RUN AND WISEMAN IS THROWING A BLOCK FOR IT.
>> YOU LOVE THAT IN THE QUARTERBACK AND LOVE SEEING THAT FROM THE QUARTERBACK TOO.
SOME OTHER SOUTH PAULDING PROSPECTS ARE Is BECAUSE OF INTEREST.
>> JUMARI WILCOX HE HAS BEEN NICKNAMED BY KIRBY SMART AS BABY CHUBB.
BULLDOGS ARE INTERESTED.
GEORGIA TECH INTERESTED.
LOUISVILLE IS INTERESTED.
AVERAGING 116 A GAME.
RUSHING TEN TOUCHDOWNS, JUNIOR ISAAC WESTMAN DRAWING INTEREST FROM LOUISVILLE.
THE COACH CALLS HIM THE BIGGEST KEEP SECRET IN THE PROGRAM AND THE TWO SAFETIES JAKE WESSON BRANDEN RANGLE BOTH RECEIVING INTEREST FROM FROM CHARLOTTE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND JACKSONVILLE STATE.
>> TO THE FLIP SIDE, THE SIGNAL CALLER FROM CARROLLTON.
HE'S BACK.
>> QUARTERBACK MJ MORRIS EXITED TO NC STATE OVER 33 OFFERS.
STARTED WITH TROJANS.
SENIOR YEAR BACK AT CARROLLTON, AVERAGING 273 PER GAME THROUGH THE AIR.
18 TOUCHDOWNS, ONE INTERCEPTION, COMPLETING 68% OF HIS PASSES.
JOEY KING HE IS BACK COACHING GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
HE SAID SINCE THE DAY HE GOT BACK, THE TEAM HAS ACCEPTED HIM AS A LEADER.
HE HAS IMPROVED THE FULL FIELD PROGRESSIONS.
>> NEXT UP AN ATHLETE GETTING A HANDFUL OF INTEREST.
>> TERRELL CARMICHAEL.
FIVE OFFERS INCLUDING COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA, ALABAMA AND HE GOT HIS FIRST OFFER FROM JOEY WING WHEN KING WAS ON STAFF.
>> #IRONY.
>> HE PLAYS ALL OVER THE FIELD FOR KING NOW.
WIDE RECEIVER, THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK, FREE SAFETY, PUNT RETURNER.
SIX TOUCHDOWNS.
31 YARDS PER CATCH.
86 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME.
HAS A PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
INTERCEPTION ON DEFENSE.
>> THAT'S A QUICK LOOK AT CARROLLTON'S TOP PROSPECTS.
>> JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER, TACARI LIPSCOMB.
TEAM LEADING 18 CATCHES FOR 398, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.
SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK BRYCE HICKS DRAWING INTEREST FROM CLEMSON.
JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER, ACE WILLIAMSON DRAWING INTEREST FROM JACKSONVILLE STATE.
OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER.
15 CATCHES, 16 YARDS PER CATCH.
AND JAMARI MASON DRAWING INTEREST FROM BERRY.
HE CAN PLAY ANY SPOT ON THAT OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> FROM TROJANS TO VIKINGS AND PLAYING AT VALHALLA.
THAT'S IT FOR THE A BLOCK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, HANNAH CATCHES UP WITH WHO?
BIG PRITCH.
>> GPB SPORTS RECRUITING, MORE AFTER THIS.
.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021.
THE HOME TEAM, TIME TO CATCH UP WITH THE INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS, HANNAH GOODIN.
SHE CATCHES UP WITH BIG PRITCH.
>> HEY, GUYS.
I'M JOINED BY CARVER COLUMBUS, SENIOR OFFENSIVE TACKLE ELIJAH PRITCHARD.
YOU COMMITTED TO ALABAMA ON LIVE TV.
YOU HAD A FEW DAYS NOW.
LOOKING BACK, WHAT WAS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE LIKE?
>> UM, OVERALL IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS FINALLY RELIEVED AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEWHERE I WANTED TO BE.
IT WAS JUST GOOD TO FINALLY JUST LET THE SECRET BE OUT.
DURING YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT YOU GOT YOUR SIZE 15 SHOES WITH ALABAMA ACROSS THE BOTTOM.
WHAT ELSE WENT INTO YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT?
>> ABOUT THE SHOE, IT WAS JUST, LIKE, BASICALLY I WAS, LIKE, THINKING OF SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER RECRUITS.
I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> YOU HAD IT NARROWED DOWN TO FOUR SCHOOLS, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FSU AND SOUTHERN CAL.
WHAT SET THE TIDE APART?
>> IT'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY.
MAINLY BECAUSE OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, I'VE, LIKE, BUILT, LIKE, REALLY STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH EVERYBODY FROM TEACHERS TO PLAYERS TO STUDENTS, COACHES, NICK SABAN.
IT'S JUST I LOVED IT SO FAR.
THAT'S MAINLY WHY I CHOSE THEM OVER THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
>> YOU WERE IN TUSCALOOSA FOR THE MERCER GAME IN SEPTEMBER.
HOW BIG OF A ROLE DID THAT GAME AND ATMOSPHERE PLAY INTO YOUR DECISION?
>> IT WAS A -- MERCER IS NOT A BIG TEAM, IT WAS STILL A GOOD ENVIRONMENT.
THEY WERE PLAYING, LIKE, TOP-NOTCH SCHOOLS.
I WAS FEELING THE VIBE THERE.
>> OBVIOUSLY GOT TO TALK TO HEAD COACH NICK SABAN WHILE YOU WERE THERE IN TOWN.
HOW BIG OF A ROLE HAS HE PLAYED IN THIS?
WHAT HAS HE SAID TO YOU?
>> HE'S PLAYED A STRONG ROLE, I WOULD SAY.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE STRONGEST ONE.
THE REASON BEING IS, LIKE, EVERY TIME ME AND SABAN TALK, IT'S LIKE HE'S ALWAYS TELLING ME WHAT I CAN DO TO IMPROVE MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, LIKE A HEAD COACH SHOULD.
HE REALLY WANTED THE BEST FOR ME.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR RECRUITING PROCESS LIKE AS A WHOLE?
>> IT WAS -- OVER ALL, IT WAS, LIKE, HECTIC.
EVERYBODY WAS, LIKE, GUNNING FOR ME AND A LOT OF PRESSURE, YOU KNOW?
A LOT OF PEOPLE PRESSURING ME THAT SCHOOL, THIS SCHOOL.
I JUST KNOW THAT I HAD TO TAKE MY OWN ROUTE.
ALABAMA IS THE SCHOOL I CHOSE.
>> REAL QUICK, I KNOW YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY GEORGIA FANS.
HOW BIG OF A DECISION WAS THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, I UPSET A LOT OF GEORGIA PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAD TO BE DONE.
>> ELIJAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GOOD LUCK.
>> YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU.
>>> THERE'S YOUR HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS AT REGIONS.
NICKI SUBBING IN FOR THE INTERVIEWER OF THE STARS.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
THE HALFTIME SHOW BROUGHT TO YOU BY HANNAH.
WHEN THE GAME IS OVER, THE AFTER GAME IS NOT OVER.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US AND BEING BIG FANS OF FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
HIS PHONE WAS BLOWING UP THERE.
>> HE'LL STILL GET RECRUITING PRESSURE, I WOULD SAY HE'S A SOLID GET FOR ALABAMA.
>>> LET'S LOOK AT THE BIG NAMES WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIG LINEMEN.
HERE'S YOUR LOOK AT BIG PRITCH BLOWING FOLKS UP.
>> ONE THING ABOUT HIM, I WAS READING A STORY ABOUT HIM ON LINE.
HERE'S A GUY WHO WAS NOT VERY GOOD IN SCHOOL.
HE WASN'T TAKING CARE OF HIS GRADES EARLY ON.
THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT KIND OF FLIPPED ON FOR HIM.
HE KIND OF GOT A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WAS AT STAKE HERE.
HE'S A GREAT STUDENT NOW.
HE'S TAKING CARE OF HIS BUSINESS.
GOING TO GRADUATE EARLY, GET ON OVER TO ALABAMA.
GOOD FOR HIM.
THAT IS A SUCCESS STORY.
>> HE'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WHEN IT COMES TO THE INTERIOR LINEMEN ON OFFENSIVE TACKLES.
WE'LL VISIT LEE COUNTY, DENMARK, LAMBERT AND WASHINGTON COUNTY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT CARSWELL IN A BIT.
THE SECOND NAME ON THE LIST, VISIT LEE COUNTY.
AND WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMEONE AND YOU'RE GOING FLORIDA STATE, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN BUT AS THE ALUM ON THE SHOW, I'M NOT SO SURE.
>> HE WENT ON INSTAGRAM JUST LAST WEEK WITH THE SEMINOLES OFF TO THE 0-4 START AND REAFFIRMED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE SEMINOLES.
PICKED THEM IN JUNE OVER 26 OTHER OFFERS.
TOOK OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE SEMINOLES, GATORS AND BEARCATS.
>> NEXT ONE ON THE LIST, WE GO TO DENMARK.
NOT COPENHAGEN, NORTH AND ANOTHER ONE GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
>> DANE SHORE COMMITTED TO BAMA, 6'6" 295 CRIMSON TIDE OVER 34 OTHER OFFICERS INCLUDING TEXAS A&M, OKLAHOMA, OREGON AND TENNESSEE.
TOOK OFFICIALS AT ALL THOSE SCHOOLS.
SHORE AT IMG LAST YEAR BUT DIDN'T PLAY BECAUSE OF SHOULDER INJURY.
NOW BACK AT DENMARK, TOLD 24/7 SPARTS THAT THE HIRING OF DOUG DECISION.
>> THE GREAT DANE HEADING TO TUSCALOOSA.
NEXT ON THE LIST, WE GO TO LAMBERT AND THE LONGHORNS.
>> GRAYSON MANES COMMITTED TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
PICKED THE GAMECOCKS OVER TENNESSEE AND MICHIGAN STATE.
SOUTH CAROLINA WAS THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT HE OFFICIALLY VISITED.
6'4" 265 SENIOR WAS THE FIRST OFFENSIVE LINEMEN TO COMMIT TO SHANE BEAMER'S PROGRAM.
>> STORY TIME WITH THE NUMBER FIVE LINEMAN.
WE VISIT THE HOUSE OF PAYNE.
WE KNOW WHAT JOEL INGRAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THERE OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES.
BECOMING HEAD COACH THERE.
CARSWELL IS A TREMENDOUS STORY.
>> HE IS.
PICKED THE MIAMI HURRICANES IN JULY OVER GEORGIA TECH AND OTHERS.
HE'S 6'7" 275.
WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL UP UNTIL NOW.
THAT'S WHY HE ONLY HAD FIVE OFFERS.
NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS KID.
MIAMI COULD BE GETTING A REALLY GOOD GET, KIND OF A SLEEPER WITH A GUY JUST GETTING STARTED.
HE'S FROM SANDERSVILLE.
HE SAID WHEN HE WENT TO MIAMI, IT'S LIKE PARADISE.
BUT HE SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND IMPRESSIVE THING ABOUT HIS VISIT IS WHEN THEY TOOK HIM IN THE OFFICE AND SHOWED HIM TECHNIQUES HE CAN WORK ON IN HIS SENIOR YEAR.
IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY.
HE COULD BE THE SLEEPER AND A BIG-TIME PLAYER EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT THAT HIGHLY RECRUITED.
>> JOEL INGRAM HE LEARNED FROM AND LEARNING FROM THE FOLKS IN MIAMI.
>>> COMING UP, WE'LL GET TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
THAT AND MORE COMING UP.
STICK AND STAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK BACK TO GPB SPORTS RECRUITING.
THE HOME STRETCH.
WE HAVE A LOT TO DO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT -- LET'S SEE.
HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING UP?
>> YOU'RE HOLDING FIVE.
FOUR FINGERS AND A THUMB.
>> FOUR FINGERS PLUS A THUMB.
THERE IS FIVE FINGERS THAT'S THE STARS AT A PARTICULAR WEEKEND WITH A LOT OF FOLKS.
>> FIVE STARS.
>> FIVE STARS, COUNTING THE FOUR AND THREE STARS BE THERE FOR THE GEORGIA ARKANSAS GAME.
THIS TURNED INTO A HUGE RECRUITING WEEKEND FOR THE BULLDOGS.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT L.T.
OVERTEN.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS FROM HERE ARE OTHERS.
OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA'S SHEMAR STEWART NUMBER THREE D. LINEMAN IN THE COUNTRY.
HE HAS THE BULLDOGS ALONG WITH HIS HOMETOWN HURRICANES AND CLEMSON.
HE TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL TO GEORGIA BACK IN JUNE AND REPORTEDLY WILL TAKE AN OFFICIAL TO SEE THE AGGIES NEXT WEEKEND.
>> HOW ABOUT A BEAR.
>> FIVE-STAR BEAR ALEXANDER, THE NUMBER 6 D. LINEMAN IN THE COUNTRY.
BULLDOGS AND BEARS FINAL TWO ALONG WITH TEXAS A&M.
HE WAS ORIGINALLY COMMITTED TO GEORGIA IN FEBRUARY AND DE-COMMITTED IN JUNE.
HE PLAYED IN DENTON, TEXAS RYAN HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO IMG.
HE WAS A DALLAS SKYLINE AS A SOPHOMORE.
HE'S TAKEN OFFICIALS TO ALABAMA AND MIAMI.
HE'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> NEXT ON THE LIST, YOU HAVE MORE FIVE STARS.
>> THIS IS AN IMG GUY, TOO.
KAMARI WILSON.
33 OFFICERS.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, MIAMI STATE IN THE TOP KICK CRYSTAL BALL PREDICTING THE BULLDOGS.
HE HAS TAKEN OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE AGGIES AND BENGAL TIGERS MAKING THIS WEEKEND'S STOP IN ATHENS THE THIRD OF FIVE OFFICIALS.
>> WE MENTIONED BEAR, MICHEEL, STEWART, NUMBER TWO WE HAVE NOT.
>> AGUERRO, THE ATHLETE, NUMBER TWO RANKED SAFETY.
SO YOU GOT A LOT OF DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.
AGUERRO IS LISTED AS AN ATHLETE BUT PROBABLY GOING TO BE A SAFETY.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEFENSIVE LINEMEN AND A LOT OF SAFETIES.
THESE ARE FIVE STARS, ALL IN ATHENS OR SUPPOSED TO BE IN ATHENS FOR THIS RECRUITING WEEKEND.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING IN THOMPSON, ALABAMA.
>> FIVE-STAR JUNIOR TONY MITCHELL.
GEORGIA IN HIS TOP SEVEN.
HE PLAYS AT ALABASTER, ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL.
SPORTING 34 TOTAL OFFERS, MITCHELL INCLUDED THE BULLDOGS IN HIS CUT ALONG WITH ALABAMA, FLORIDA A&M, LSU, OREGON AND CLEMSON.
THE NUMBER 11 OVERALL PROSPECT IN THE 24/7 SPORTS.
SAYS HE LOVED THE BULLDOGS SINCE THE EIGHTH GRADE.
HE WILL BE AT THE ALABAMA/OLE MISS GAME THIS WEEKEND.
>> YOU HAVE SOME NOTES ON GEORGIA TECH.
>> FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK ZACH PYRON WILL BE AT THE GAME THIS WEEKEND.
TWO STRAIGHT WEEKENDS HE VISITED THE YELLOW JACKETS AFTER OFFERING HIM EARLY IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
>> TIME TO POINT AT THE SCREEN AND IT'S THAT TIME WHERE YOU HELP US OUT EVERY WEEK WHERE MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> THERE IS THE TRUMPET FANFARE.
MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
WE HAVE TWO MATT'S COME UP SECOND FIRST VISIT IS WATKINSVILLE.
>> DB WIDE RECEIVER DARIUS JOHNSON, 5'11" 170 SATURATED ALL 1R5 GAMES 15 GAMES FOR THE 3A STATE FINANCIALISTS.
17 CATCHES FOR 366 YEARS AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS AVERAGING 73 SEARCHING YARDS PER GAME ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE.
18 TACKLES, TWO INTERCEPTIONS, PLAYS BASEBALL ALSO.
HIS FAVORITE CLASS IS CHEMISTRY WHICH MEANS I HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH HIM.
>> BENCHES 265, SQUATS 405.
HERE IS YOURS FROM THIS PAST FRIDAY.
>> WALTON SENIOR MUSTAFA HEFNER DID A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN THE RAIDERS VICTORY OVER ROSWELL, THREW A 31 YARD PASS.
THIS IS THE 10-YARD RECEPTION.
THEN LATE IN THE GAME, HE HAD AN INTERCEPTION IN THE END ZONE THAT SEALS THE VICTORY FOR THE RAIDERS FOR THE SEASON.
HE HAS SEVEN CATCHES FOR 208, TWO TOUCHDOWNS RIGHT AT 30 YARDS PER CATCH.
THAT'S THE PICK RIGHT THERE THAT PUT THE GAME TO BED.
>> NOW, SOME COOL STUFF.
THIS IS ONCE AGAIN WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, HOW YOU CAN HELP US OUT WITH MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
THERE'S AN EMAIL ADDRESS, GPB SPORTS AT GPB.ORG SEND US NOMINATIONS IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE SHOW THIS WEEK YOU DON'T MAKE THE BLOG ON GPB.ORG, CONTINUE TO UPDATE US LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR FAVORITE STUDENT ATHLETES.
SEND US THE INFO.
BUT THERE IS A COOL THING THAT HAPPENED AFTER LAST TIME OUT.
>> THIS IS ROSWELL JR. LINEBACKER JAVON HALL.
THAT KID GOT AN OFFER AFTER PLAYING ON GPB FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE FOLKS AT EASTERN KENTUCKY SAW HIM PLAY.
THEY LIKED IT.
THEY OFFERED HIM.
IT'S HIS FIRST OFFER.
SIX TOTAL TACKLES, A TFL, QUARTERBACK PRESSURE AND A PBU.
ALSO THREE CARRIES FOR 17 YARDS.
HE'S A TRANSFER FROM FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN, THAT KID GOT AN OFFER.
>> MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEFORE WE GO.
EMORY JONES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
CHARLIE THOMAS FOR GEORGIA TECH AND JAQUEZ WILLIAMS.
>> ALL THOSE GUYS IN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS JONES WAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEBB.
THOMAS, ACC LINEBACKER OF THE WEEK.
JAQUEZ IN THE SUNBELT.
>> FOR EVERYBODY HERE AT GPB THAT'S IT FOR GPB SPORTS RECRUITING 2021.
BYE.
♪♪ >> JAMES BROWN HAS INFLUENCED THE MUSIC SCENE AROUND HERE GREATLY.
♪♪ >> AUGUSTA IS HAVING A REVIVAL.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE.
>> WE HAVE LAKES.
WE HAVE A RIVER.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS WONDERFUL.
>> IT'S HOME, IT WAS THE BEST THING I EVER DID, BUT I NEVER LEFT GEORGIA.
AND NEVER WILL.
>> I MUST TELL YOU, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
THE PEOPLE, I LOVE 'EM.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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