Georgia Has A 5-Star National Signing Day
The Georgia Bulldogs football team may be out of the upcoming college football playoffs, but they still have something to celebrate. Yesterday that national early signing period officially opened and Georgia had themselves a 5-star day.
Anyway you break down the numbers, the Bulldogs did really well. In short, they received four 5-star commits, 20 4-star commits, and 4 3-star commits. Along with the University of Oklahoma, Georgia’s 28 commits were the most among the top tier of 30 schools. In fact, so far Georgia has 10% of the top 100 prospects, and the most 5-star recruits.
It certainly has been a tale of two emotions in the Bulldogs locker room the past month. In addition to losing to Alabama and not making the playoff, Georgia lost top quarterback prospect Dylan Raiola this week. Raiola, who previously committed to Ohio State before flipping to Georgia, now has committed to the University of Nebraska. His uncle coaches for the Cornhuskers and his father played there as well.
So Who Did Georgia Get?
“The headliners are on defense; No. 1 CB Ellis Robinson IV and No. 1 LB Justin Williams remained steadfast in their commitments, while Georgia flipped top-ranked safety KJ Bolden from Florida State,” CBS Sports explained. An additional 5-star player that plans to move to Athens is top defensive lineman Joseph Jonah-Ajonye. The top 4-star linebacker (#3 overall), Chris Cole also committed to Georgia. As for the quarterback position, the Bulldogs are in good shape there as well. Last year’s starter Carson Beck will be back next season. Furthermore, Ryan Puglisi of Paxton, Massachusetts (and Avon Old Farms High School) is a 4-star quarterback who also committed to Georgia.
DawgNation said this on national signing day, of the new quarterback coming to Georgia, “He’s got a strong arm and is a more than capable athlete.”
Though this is a great start for the future of the Bulldogs, there is still one more game to play this season. On Saturday December 30, Georgia will take on Florida State in what is expected to be a great Orange Bowl game. Yes, it happens to be a matchup of the two teams left out of the college football playoff.
