re: Class of 2016 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: Waiting On Demetris Robertson Edition

UGA Dawg Treats that are related to guys we are targeting. Alot of this info is redundant to some other posts ITT but still some decent info nonetheless as always, TIFWIW...

* Sources feel like UGA is in front for Demetris Robertson. He has an excellent relationship with Kirby. The battle will go until NSD for him.

* Alabama tried to make a move to secure an in-home with Elijah Holyfield. The visit did not happen and they feel like he is solid in his commitment to UGA. (We need another RB in this class desperately)

* Alabama has also been trying to get in with 2016 DT [link=https://247sports.com/Player/Julian-Rochester-35453(Julian Rochester)]Julian Rochester[/link] but he is also solid and expected to enroll at UGA in a couple of weeks.

* Glen Schumann hit the trail extremely hard last week. He met with Demetris Robertson, flew out to Houston to see Dontavious Jackson, and continued out to Louisiana to see Devonta Smith and Shyheim Carter. It's a business for sure but that list makes me want to )

* Schumann also went in-home with Mack Wilson after Nick Saban left. They are expecting Wilson to take his OV to Georgia around Jan 15th and they (Dawgs247) consider Florida to be his leader followed by Alabama with UGA sitting at #3.

* Shyheim Carter is pretty wide open at this point but he loves Kirby and UGA. Carter is expected to try to take several OV's in January. He has a long list of schools in the running for his signature.

* UGA commit Devonta Smith is solid and has also great relationships with the new staff but Sam Petitto is still an important piece of the puzzle. (Remember Smith and Carter are extremely close and could be viewed as somewhat of a package deal).

* Replacing Mark Richt with Kirby Smart has flat out improved Georgia's chances of landing 5-Star 2017 CB DeAngelo Gibbs. DeAngelo has said so himself.

* 2017 LB Jaden Hunter is pretty much a lock to commit to Georgia given his family ties to the school and HC.

* Several prospects have said that Kirby taking over at UGA has pretty much made Mecole Hardman a lock to UGA as well.

* One of these aforementioned prospects also said Kirby told him that he should have his DC announced sometime in January. (Stay away from Tucker Kirby... ijs)

BOL just posted a post-OV update on Derrick Brown. They spoke with Derrick's mother and she said the visit exceeded her expectations.

The staff did an excellent job of appealing to her maternal instincts. She loved the fact that 23 players graduated Saturday and that Alabama has the highest graduation rate in the SEC.

Obviously, Jeremy Pruitt is a key factor here as the Brown's consider him to be a familiar face and the family already has a good relationship with him.

Finally, she said that she and her husband are proud of where Derrick is now and they don't want him to be headed to a place where he could stumble. They feel like Alabama did a great job of making them feel comfortable with the environment that's present for student-athletes.

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The nation's No. 1 kicker Eddy Pineiro, an Alabama commit, will make his final decision between Bama and Florida on Tuesday, a source tells BamaOnline. The same source indicated that Georgia 'may' be in the mix, but the decision will likely come down to the Tide and the Gators.

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So we've lost Fromm, Pineiro, Prukop, baby Jesus and the entire Harlem Globetrotter team all in one day.

frick me.

Well someone on BOL said that Fromm's dad and Kirby are good friends. He said that he didn't know if the other kid de-committing caused this or Fromm likely going to Georgia caused the other kid to de-commit

With some of the QB issues we've had recently (Lane did a good job of developing Sims and Coker, but neither is an elite QB)...I think the more guys we bring in to compete the better. That only increases our odds of finding a stud. As it stands now, I see a BB6 and Bateman battle in 2016 with Cornwell in the mix if he sticks around. Morris will graduate an leave I bet, new guy will redshirt and I see the Russian dude going to Oregon, although I'd love to have him.

I'm much rather us go with BB. Reason being is that he can make plays with is feet and you can teach him how to manage a game. LK can also help him by not putting him in bad situations where he has to make a big play to keep us in a game or win a game for us.

nm

I will haz much butthurt if we lose Eddy.

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I think Bateman is done as QB for UA and Morris will be gone.

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If Bateman was done he wouldn't be getting all the backup snaps currently.

If anything, history has shown us the guy who gets all the backup snaps is the next starter.