re: 2017 UGA Recruiting Thread (commits, offers, visits, etc.)

Compared to most years, yes.

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Looks like we have 8 of the top 15 in-state recruits committed to us.

5 of the top 11.


10 of the top 20.

Is that good?

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DawgsLife already kinda answered but I'll break it down a bit further. Keep in mind some of these may be a bit misleading, especially in 2013's case, because even though we signed these guys they didn't all necessarily stay (mainly, the '13 class).

Year / Number of top 5 / Top 10 / Top 15

2017/ 4? / 6? / 11?
2016/ 1 / 2 / 5
2015/ 3 / 5 / 7
2014/ 3 / 3 / 3
2013/ 0 / 2 / 3

The whole "locking down the borders" thing is a TAD BIT overrated if you can get quality recruits elsewhere. I doubt anyone cared that our in-state recruiting rankings suffered a bit by getting a Murray, Gurley, Eason, etc. However, in a state like ours it is nice to keep in state guys at home, especially considering how many big time programs we compete against attempt to raid the state as well.

With that said, you can see in 13/14 we really didn't do very well in GA, especially in '13 where we only signed 3 top 15 guys (2 of those 3 btw ended up transferring, the other is now a punter). 2015 was much better as we signed half of the top 5, 10, and 15. Last year dipped a tad but there's maybe around ~3 guys in teh top 15 we missed out on that could have really helped this year, so not really a major loss. This class will be the best we've done in state in a while, and with kirby here I don't really see that slowing down much.

As an aside, and this doesnt' really matter much at all but I thought it interesting, Alabama for this 2017 class has ZERO committments from the top 20 guys in GA. Kinda odd that that was the mantra for so long that saban would come in here and take who he wanted. Of course, they do that nationally now so they aren't hurting, but it's still nice to see. Auburn only has 1 from the top 20. SC and Clemson have 1 each. UF, UT, and tech all have zero.


I'm rambling now but lastly, the thing that perhaps I love most about this recruiting cycle is the distance we're about to start putting between us and some of our rivals. Talent can cure a lot of ills, and we're finally about to be way more talented than some other guys that we might not have been in recent memory. From the CURRENT rankings, as of right now, here is how we stack up (using 247s composite point ranking):

Alabama- 305
UGA- 279
UT- 236
AU- 231
SC- 218
UF- 196

I'm sure those guys' standing will improve between now and February, but ours most certainly will as well, and likely by a fair margin as we have some big fish still out there.