re: 2026 Recruiting Thread (4* LB Elijah Littlejohn is a Dawg!)

3* DL Corey Howard is a Dawg!

If Spafford flipped because he wants to get paid more money, that's his choice. If he flipped because of what you said, that's his mistake. Georgia's had 10 WR's drafted since 2016, and a couple more who would have been drafted equally high if they hadn't left for a bigger paycheck. I suspect the NFL chooses receivers based on more than yards per game. Miami's had 3 WR drafted since 2016. Cristobal also had one WR drafted during his time at Oregon.

For the last 4 seasons, Georgia's finished # 3, 1, 2, and 4 in total SEC passing yards. Yardage was 3778, 4437, 4274, 3934, for an average of 4107 yards per season. We've had some bad injury luck at WR position that contributed toward lower numbers for any given player, but if a receiver wants an opportunity for production, there's no reason they can't get it at UGA.

By comparison, Miami has averaged 3651 passing yards per season over the last 4 years, with last season being their standout by far at 4527, but playing against two ranked teams (#15 Iowa St and #20 Syracuse) in a season might have inflated those numbers a bit. Georgia played 7 ranked teams, #2, 4, 4, 9, 11, 14, 17 last year. If Spafford likes weak competition, I can't blame him for choosing Miami either, but the NFL will probably take that into account also.

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Miami had a wide receiver lead their conference in receiving last year.

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Like I said, they played two ranked teams. Compared to what UGA faced, their schedule was a joke.

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Your Georgia passing yards essay is screwy because we play more 2 tight end sets than just about any team in the country and also we insist on rotating receivers like a shift change in hockey.

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Georgia's offense is as sophistocated as any in college. We throw to whomever gets open. Like I said, injuries at WR have caused us to spread the ball around, but that hasn't stopped UGA from having way more receivers drafted (and higher) than Miami or Mario Cristobal.

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It is what it is.

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Your essay on the NFL doesn't like Georgia's WR's is what it is; a joke. And a Tennessee fan shitting on UGA's recruiting thread is a joke. Does Heupel pay you a consulting fee too? BTW, Georgia's "low production" 3 star McConkey was drafted higher than Tennessee's Biletnikoff winner. Maybe the NFL actually looks at video.

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Miami had a wide receiver lead their conference in receiving last year.

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Where did he get drafted?

Edit: I thought he went late but he wasn’t even drafted. Meanwhile our poor WRS went in the 4th and 7th

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Receivers don't want to play in an offense where you throw to whoever's open. Receivers want to be the man.

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Those things aren't mutually exclusive. If they get open and stay healthy at UGA, they'll get plenty of production, which was your earlier excuse for why Spafford flipped to a school that has a fraction as many WR drafted .

I can see the argument is changing now. Before, it was the NFL doesn't like UGA's numbers, now it's receivers want to be the man. Restrepo was the man for two consecutive seasons at Miami and he didn't even get drafted. Being the man in college against an inferior ACC schedule doesn't mean anything. Being the man at UGA means something, even if the numbers aren't big. Every season leading WR (season yardage) at UGA under Kirby Smart has been drafted except for Kearis Jackson, who was the leading WR in the Covid 2020 season because Pickens missed some games with injury.

Spafford left for a bigger salary, not because the NFL doesn't like Georgia's production or his ego or anything else. It was money and that's fine. It is what it is.

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Are you hypothesizing about what might happen one day and being hopeful for the future, or are you just talking out of the ol' butthole?

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Hypothesizing? Are we still talking about what the NFL wants, or are we back to "being the man", which Xavier Restrepo will tell you means nothing when taken out of context of schedule and scheme? Every leading WR under Kirby save one has been drafted. He's had 9 WR's drafted; three 2nd round, two 4th round, one 5th, three 7th. That's not hypothetical production; it's a fact that those players had enough production to get drafted. It didn't just start with Kirby either. In the 12 years prior to Kirby, Georgia had eight WR's drafted; Rounds 2, 4, 2, 1, 4, 5, 3, 4. Again, over that period just about every season leading WR was drafted, with a couple of exceptions.

You really want UGA to look bad at something, but the facts don't fit your narrative. Georgia's offense isn't a gimmick, it's a well run pro-style offense that churns out NFL quality WR's, and has been for a long time. Fortunately, Kirby and his team have plenty of ammo to shoot down "negative recruiting". A program doesn't win the 2nd most games in major college football this century by being mediocre at anything.

He didn't play his first two years of HS and there is some concern that he isn't as strong a runner between the tackles as other highly rated RBs in this class. Most of his highlights show him running wide/outside.