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re: 2018 Football Recruiting Thread -- Final OP Update Edition
Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:58 pm to TigerPaw1
Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:58 pm to TigerPaw1
UGA recruiting: Major 4-star WR target Kearis Jackson is visiting Auburn (Dawgnation)
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I spoke to Kearis Jackson for the first time back in early April of 2016. He’d just picked up his second offer from Mark Richt’s Hurricanes down in Miami. They came in right behind Western Kentucky.
He was one of those quick-twitch kids at Peach County. That program’s reputation means something. An athletic kid in Fort Valley is akin to a salesman pointing out that real expensive Ferrari on their lot.
A lot has changed for Jackson since then. The 4-star receiver has picked up offers aplenty. Georgia’s came in on April 25 of last year. He’s somehow won a state championship in the shot put. That’s pretty rare air for a pass catcher.
Jackson is even set to become a big brother to a new addition to the family. His baby sister Madeline is on the way.
The next grand reveal for the family will be where he will choose to play college football. The nation’s No. 24 receiver for the 2018 cycle (per the 247SportsComposite) will make his choice on August 19.
UGA will be anticipating that day. The folks at Peach County told me at their spring game that receivers coach James Coley had him as a top priority at the position going back to last football season.
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:59 pm to TigerPaw1
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Which teams are in it for Kearis Jackson?
Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State sound like the real contenders here. FSU and LSU also make his Top 7. Are there any of those schools rising to the top with a strong closing kick?
“It is probably like Auburn, Alabama and Georgia,” Jackson said. “It is probably going to come down to those three because I don’t want to go too far off.”
Most of the industry points to Jackson as a Georgia lean. He’s worn the bands and done the video bombs. But he’s at Auburn this week on a big visit.
He’s been to Auburn more this summer than any other school. Jackson hasn’t been to UGA at all this summer. He’s not even sure if he will be at UGA this weekend for what folks on the DawgNation.com message board have been calling the “Kir-B-Q” cookout event.
In fact, the only other school he has visited more than Auburn would be Georgia. He visits The Plain on July 13, but it will not be an overnight trip.
“I may go to Georgia on the 14th,” Jackson said. “But I don’t know about Georgia. I know I am going to Auburn this week, though.”
How many times has Jackson been to Auburn?
“A lot,” Jackson said. “I’ve been to Auburn the most this summer. That’s the only school I have been to this summer.”
The visit count sounds like “about 10” overall to UGA.
The trip this week to Auburn will be his fifth this summer. He’ll meet up with 5-star QB Justin Fields there. They will also throw in Jordan-Hare Stadium with Brookwood 4-star Matt Hill.
“We are all going to throw together,” Jackson said. “I know Matt really well. We were all planning on going to Auburn together for this visit.”
This will just be the second time that Fields and Jackson have taken a college visit together. Does Jackson have a good idea of what he wants to do yet?
“I don’t know,” he said. “It is going to be tough. It is going to depend on the next few visits I take.”
Auburn is closest to his home. That’s only about 105 minutes. Georgia is about 30 minutes farther away than that. The Bulldogs were the first to offer him and then were followed closely by Alabama.
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