Georgia Bulldogs

SEC
MANALAPAN, N.J. -- Four-star wide receiver Saeed Blacknall (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) already has more than 20 offers, so if he is going to camp for an offer, he says it better be worth it.

That school would have to jump one of his early top two.


To continue reading this article you must be an Insider

DawgNation Mailbag 

May, 1, 2013
May 1
9:15
AM ET
ATHENS, Ga. -- With the spring camp over and the spring evaluation period underway, this seems as good a time as any to reopen the DawgNation Mailbag. We missed two weeks with the release of the ESPN 150 rankings and all the fireworks last week with the commitments of Sony Michel and Jeb Blazevich so let us get back to your burning questions.

gilly5134: I know it's hard to judge but how do you think the ACL injuries will affect Michael Bennett and Tramel Terry next year? I know it takes a lot of guys a while to get that mental edge back after realizing they can break.

To continue reading this article you must be an Insider

Spring cleaning: Connor Norman

May, 1, 2013
May 1
7:00
AM ET
Editor's note: Over the next couple of weeks, we'll clean out our notebook from Georgia's spring practice to tell the stories we didn't get to before the Bulldogs' G-Day game. Previously we featured fullback Quayvon Hicks, tight end Jay Rome and defensive end Ray Drew. Today we recap a conversation with safety Connor Norman from a few days before the G-Day game.

ATHENS, Ga. -- Connor Norman doesn’t necessarily want to become a coach, but he assumed that role almost by default this spring.

As the only Georgia safety who has actually started a game on defense, he naturally felt somewhat like a teacher as he helped younger teammates such as early enrollees Tray Matthews and Quincy Mauger experience their first taste of college football.

“There’s a lot of young guys and I feel like I have a pretty decent understanding of the defense, so I feel like if that’s part of what I do, then I’m out there helping,” said Norman, a fifth-year senior. “I guess I do see myself as a teacher.”

(Read full post)

ATHENS, Ga. -- In week three of the spring evaluation period, we decided to take a look at some of the prospects that could pick up an offer from Georgia some time soon. The Bulldogs’ coaching staff already has offered offensive tackles Drew Richmond (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School) and Brian Wallace (St. Louis, Mo./Christian Brothers College), as well as defensive tackle Shy Tuttle (Lexington, N.C./North Davidson) in the first two weeks of the period.

With spring football starting up all over the south in the coming weeks, here are some players to watch.

To continue reading this article you must be an Insider

ATHENS, Ga. -- Mark Richt made use of the first day of the spring evaluation period by calling the nation’s top inside linebacker. Raekwon McMillan (Hinesville, Ga./Liberty County) said that the Georgia coach spent a while talking to his mother.

[+] Enlarge
Mark Richt
Dale Zanine/USA TODAY SportsUGA's Mark Richt said he and the other SEC coaches are in favor of an early signing period for recruits.
“She said she enjoyed talking to Coach Richt,” McMillan said.

According to the NCAA bylaws, Richt will have to wait until Sept. 1 to call McMillan again, but his staff is allowed two trips to Liberty County to evaluate McMillan before the period ends May 31. Now that spring camp is done, the staff is focused on recruiting, and coaches are constantly on the road and on the phone.

Richt was asked recently to give his thoughts on some of the pressing issues on the recruiting trail. For example, what are his thoughts on an early signing period for football? Considering he just landed commitments from the nation’s No. 2 running back, Sony Michel, and the nation’s No. 3 tight end, Jeb Blazevich, a chance to have them sign early would seem inviting. But there is a catch.

“I think an early signing period could solve some issues as far as guys committing, decommitting or if there’s a guy who just knows that he wants to be at your school, he can knock it out … and save us as a staff not having to go back every single week,” Richt said.

(Read full post)

BACK TO TOP