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Georgia won’t have to wait until February to be crowned king of the 2024 college football recruiting cycle. Coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs clinched the cycle’s top-ranked recruiting class on Wednesday during National Signing Day after flipping five-star defensive back KJ Bolden from Florida State at the opening of the early signing period. With Bolden’s commitment, Georgia secured a class score of 315.33 points from 247Sports.
Georgia’s top-ranked class features 28 commits, including 10 top-100 prospects. Four of those players hold five-star rankings in the 247Sports Composite. The group is headlined by IMG Academy cornerback Ellis Robinson IV, who is considered the No. 1 prospect at his position and the No. 3 overall talent within the 2024 cycle, according to 247Sports.
Bolden, linebacker Justin Williams and defensive lineman Joseph Jonah-Ajonye round out the group of Bulldog commits who hold five-star rankings in the 247Sports Composite. Williams and Bolden join Robinson as the top prospects within the class at their respective positions.
Robinson, who stands at 6-foot-1 and 185-pounds, committed in February, less than a month after the Bulldogs repeated as national champions. He had 32 known offers during his recruitment and kept his word to Georgia even after taking visits to Miami and Alabama in the months between his verbal pledge and National Letter of Intent signing, according to 247Sports.
“[He’s] how you want a cornerback prospect to look these days with his length and speed,” 247Sports Director of Scouting Andrew Ivins wrote in an evaluation of Robinson. “A two-year starter at IMG Academy that opposing quarterback’s shied away from – and for good reason. Swallows up wide receivers out on the perimeter as he uses the…
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Author : Dean Straka
Publish date : 2023-12-21 01:21:38
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