BREAKING: Top 5 RB Commits to Georgia Football (video)
The Georgia football team landed a top five running back in the 2016 recruiting class on Thursday.
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Georgia Bulldogs! Not only did the team give thanks for another solid season, but they also found out some great news regarding one of the nation’s best high school running backs.
According to Chris Kirschner from DawgNation, Devwah Whaley (Beaumont, Texas/Central Senior High School) committed to Georgia via Twitter. The out-of-state prospect chose the Dawgs over Texas, Arkansas, and Texas A&M.
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Whaley (6’0’’, 209-pounds) is a four-star prospect that ranks as the No. 4 running back (No. 131 overall) in the country for the class of 2016 according to 247Sports.
His commitment now brings the Dawgs to two running backs in the class along with Elijah Holyfield (No. 5 running back/No. 159 overall). The news has Georgia fans thinking this could be the next great halfback tandem in the rich history of Bulldog backfields.
With both Nick Chubb and Sony Michel going into their junior season next year, Whaley and Holyfield could be another year away from starting to make their mark in Athens. But, as Bulldog fans have seen in recent years, numerous circumstances can allow freshman running backs to see more playing time.
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Whaley still has an official visit to Texas scheduled for December 11th, but it seems like a technicality at this point. His official visit to Athens back in September for the South Carolina game was one of the main reasons he decided to commit to Georgia.
After a tough last eight days in recruiting, this commitment brings back a great deal of optimism to the Georgia camp. With all of the talk in past years about Richt’s inability to attract the best talent in the state of Georgia, the recruiting class this year has shown while that may still be somewhat true they do have great pull out of state.