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

Sorry, that was not a live link. Just a link to show what time he was announcing.

247 now states 1:15 pm eastern for announcement time.

boom!

Pittman's my favorite of the new coaches. Dude gets it that the line is where you win the games.

I've said it a thousand times on here, but it bears repeating: Behind a solid 4-5* OL, a 3-4* QB/RB can look like a worldbeater, but behind a 3-4* OL, the 4-5* QB/RB will almost always be fighting for his life.

You'll occasionally have a TGII or Chubb, whose superior athleticism can often overcome OL failings, but they're the exception which prove the rule.

On twitter poole put something out hinting (although you can never know with teenagers on the twitter) we may not be done yet today.

Dang Pittman is doing work! I can't wait to see this class come together.

Yep. LINK

And doing it with fewer commits than any of the other top 5 current classes.

1) OSU - Total: 254.68 - Avg 94.53 (13 commits)
2) Bama - Total: 246.78 - Avg 92.35 (14 commits)
3) Oklahoma - Total 224.49 - Avg 89.48 (15 commits)
4) UGA - Total 207.80 - Avg 92.17 (11 commits)
5) Michigan - Total 204.71 - Avg 88.63 (14 commits)

The rest of the top 25 only has 4 other teams that are averaging out at 90/commit (Clemson - 8, FSU, 10, ND - 11, and UNC - 18).

Generally early on, the avg. per commit is a good number to track, since ultimately you want quality over quantity (assuming you're not leaving too many schollys on the shelf when it's all said and done, which I don't expect under Smart).

Interesting that of our current commits, none are 5*. LeCounte is close (about 5 spots outside on 247 composite) with Fromm not far behind. Also interesting that 247 seems to not like William Poole at all... his composite ranking comes in at 97, but 247 has him ranked at 247 (not a typo)... which is shocking considering what I've seen of his footage and some of the guys they rate more highly.

At least as of right now, we're really not in great position for a lot of the current 5* crop either. I listed the ones that have been associated much with UGA in the past few months that I could recall:

Dylan Moses (probably not, but he wants to visit?), Cam Akers (good shot), Isaiah Wilson just came on campus (long shot), Jacoby Stevens (great shot), Stanford Samuels (in the mix but think he'll end up at FSU when all is said and done), Robert Beal (in the mix), D'Andre Swift (hearing good things with the package deal there and Webb). 7/32

Of those, have a great shot at landing 2 (Stevens & Swift), and decent chances with a few others, so maybe get 3-4 in the class... which would be a strong pull. I just can't recall if it was a similar story around this time last year. Toward NSD, it seemed like we were in the discussion around more 5*, but I think that may just be a result of more of those guys waiting to pull the trigger and announce publicly or potential flips.

I don't put too much weight into the stars in general as I don't see a huge difference between a 98.3 and a 98.5 rating (difference between a 4/5* right now), which is all subjective anyways. I trust Smart & Co's evaluation ability. I do wonder a bit if Xavier Jenkins or Landers might have been a bit of a reach to take the commitment as early as we did, but Coley seems to know what he's doing, so I'm not gonna second guess too much until he gives us a reason to do so.

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have a great shot at landing 2 (Stevens & Swift)

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I would add Beal to that

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I'm actually feeling pretty good about Gibbs

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From what I've read he LOVES us, it almost seems like a demetris situation where his family is going to win out against his own desires.

He's tight with nigel warrior who's up there now, and I think he has family ties to UT as well. Basically everything is tryign to push him to UT other than his own brain which wants to be in Athens. I'm hoping that with 8 months til NSD and all these hometown boys in his ear we can sway him, but I won't count on it.