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The high school team recruiting title is staying in the SEC for another year. Georgia and head coach Kirby Smart will claim the recruiting crown for the 2024 class after signing four five-stars, 19 four-stars and five three-stars.
Rivals will be awarding two more 2024 recruiting champions this year – the transfer portal team champion and the comprehensive team champion, which will blend the high school and transfer portal team rankings. The latter two team champions will be crowned in the summer, prior to the teams reporting to training camp.
But for the Bulldogs, this recruiting crown is Georgia’s fourth since the 2017 recruiting cycle and the SEC’s ninth-consecutive recruiting championship. In an historical context, Georgia’s 2024 recruiting class ranks No. 16 all-time, according to the team recruiting rankings formula.
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HS RECRUITING CHAMPIONS SINCE 2002
1. GEORGIA
Ellis Robinson (Adam Friedman/Rivals.com)
Unsurprisingly, Georgia’s defensive signees are the stars of this recruiting class. There are a total of four five-stars who signed with the Bulldogs and each of them are defensive prospects. Finishing the rankings cycle at No. 3 in the Rivals250 is cornerback Ellis Robinson, who is the highest-ranked prospect to sign with Georgia in the 2024 cycle. That No. 3 ranking is the highest for a cornerback since the 2019 class when Derek Stingley Jr. finished No. 1 overall.
Five-star signees Justin Williams (No. 11 in the Rivals250), KJ Bolden (No. 14) and Joseph Jonah-Ajonye (No. 16) along with Robinson give the Bulldogs at least one five-star at every level of the defense.
Joining Robinson and Bolden in the secondary are top-100 prospects Ondre Evans and Demello Jones, who finished the rankings cycle listed as an athlete. The…
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Publish date : 2024-02-07 17:10:56
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