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HOOVER, Ala. — A day after losing five-star offensive lineman Jackson Cantwell in the last hour to Miami, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart decried the current uncertainty surrounding college football recruiting.
Smart was deep in the heart of Alabama on Wednesday for the annual Regions Tradition Pro-Am less than 24 hours after Cantwell, a top-10 player in 247Sports’ 2026 rankings, picked the Hurricanes over his Bulldogs. The 6-foot-7.5, 325-pound offensive tackle made six trips to Georgia, including just last weekend, and was widely expected to pick Georgia before ultimately opting for Mario Cristobal’s Miami program on Tuesday.
Cantwell, who hired hired super agent (and Miami grad and resident) Drew Rosenhaus to handle his NIL negotiations last fall, had not visited Miami since March. Rosenhaus reportedly wanted to secure a three-year deal for Cantwell with an annual average value of more than $2 million though Cantwell said it was a “false narrative” that he chose Miami over Georgia because of NIL.
In a small group of reporters, CBS Sports asked Smart what it was like to recruit right now in this limbo period of unregulated name, image and likeness (NIL) money and impending revenue share money once the House settlement is approved.
“A lot of misleading information out there,” Smart said. “Nobody really knows what’s accurate. A lot of schools are approaching it in different ways. We hear something different from every school. So I don’t think anybody really knows.”
Smart is not permitted to talk about specific recruits.
Like his mentor Nick Saban at Alabama, Smart has benefitted from a Georgia discount in the NIL recruiting era. Georgia sells the long-term value of what being developed and coached in Athens can mean for a player’s…
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Author : John Talty
Publish date : 2025-05-14 15:30:00
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