re: 2016 UGA Recruiting Thread (commits, offers, visits, etc.)

As of right now, realistically:

Hardman - YES
Brown - NO
Robertson - NO
Marshall - YES
Burns - 50/50
Wilson - NO
Taylor - YES
Price - no one really knows
Nixon - YES

Depending on which recruiting site you read, UGA should either feel good about both Brown and Robertson or good about neither.

I'm starting to lean that way, too. He's talked for about a year now how UGA just feels like home. Rocker has a multi-year deal and our new staff is more stable than Auburn's current staff. Kirby just needs to close the deal with the mom, something at which he's pretty damn good.

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I think we get Brown

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Yeah, moms breaks it down......free read

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On vsporto's SEC Recruiting Buzz, his mother, Martha Brown, discussed the top group at length. When asked about her family having the best relationship with Auburn defensive line coach Rodney Garner, Martha also mentioned Bulldogs' defensive line coach Tracy Rocker.
"With Coach Rocker from UGA, he's alway kept in close contact with us," Martha said.
Martha also touched on Auburn potentially having an edge at this stage.
"At this time and we talk ... I think everybody is still on the same level," Martha said. "I know he wants to be fair and we want him to be fair so at the end, we want as a family use all the information we've gotten from the colleges and just make that family decision. My thing is, you observe everybody, get all the information on the table and then at that point we'll decide who's leader or which university will he actually attend."
Last spring, Georgia was the public leader for Brown heading into the summer before he decided to refrain from naming a top school moving forward. His mother says last month leveled the playing field a bit.
"I can definitely tell you that during the shakeup, I think that has put them back on the line with everyone else," she said. "You recruit a kid for so long, then a new coaching staff and everything. I think it made a difference. We tell Derrick, you are going there for the school, because coaches change every day.
"You have to step back, start back over, and take a look at everybody now."
The uncertainty on whether Tracy Rocker would be retained also had an effect.
"I think it did," Martha said. "I think it really did."
Now, with Rocker still on staff, Kirby Smart at the helm, and Mel Tucker in as defensive coordinator, the Bulldogs plan to push for the elite defensive lineman.
"First of all, I know all of them have the experience to get Derrick where he wants to be," Martha said. "I have been talking to Kirby Smart on a regular basis, trying to get to know him as a man also. I think this weekend, we can sit down and talk some more on my perspective, not Derrick's, so I can just get to know him more as a mother.

Whats the deal with Price ? Is he just playing the recruiting game or trying to up the amount of his signing bonus?

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Once he gets on campus this weekend and Kirby rolls out the red carpet for him all his hurt feelings will go away.

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We've got Arky @ home this Sat... You shoulda seen the convoy of about 10-12 Denali SUV's that rolled up in front of the Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center next to BM Sat. unloading Coaches, recruits & their families for a tour & presentation an hour before the aTm game. Looked like a frickin' Presidential motorcade with all the UGA po-po around. Those kids & their folks were having a blast...

Here's my attempt at a mock class, sorted by 247composite rankings:

5- Jacob Eason
9- Derrick Brown
11- Mecole Hardman
13- Isaac Nauta
15- Mack Wilson
56- Julian Rochester
63- EJ Price
68- Ben Cleveland
116- Chauncey Manac
120- Michail Carter
137- Charlie Woerner
164- Elijah Holyfield
180- Tre Nixon
209- Riley Ridley
226- Jaleel Laguins
247- Tyler Clark
355 Jeawon Taylor
411- Randreacous Davis
422- Chad Clay
433- Aaron Dowdle
493- Chris Barnes
627- Tyrique McGhee

JUCO
11- Javon Wims
34- Justin Crawford

I think we add another to get to 25, but someone we haven't heard much/anything about yet. Took a gamble on Wilson and Taylor, but they seemed to really love their visit and Wilson wants to go out of state it seems. We'll see.

Pittman fixin to eat

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oh, sweet baby Jesus make this happen.