Georgia football: who is Rakim Jarrett, five star WR recently visited Athens

Georgia football offered the no. 3 wide receiver Rakim Jarrett a scholarship in January. This past weekend, Jarrett visited the UGA campus.

You can never have too many elite wide receivers, even if you just signed a pair top-five wide outs. That’s why Kirby Smart and the Georgia football staff was quick to send a scholarship to five-star receiver Rakim Jarrett from St. John’s College High School in Washington D.C.

With J.J. Holloman and Demetris Robertson eligible for the NFL Draft after this season, the Bulldogs may desperately need a wide receiver in next year’s class. But who is Rakim Jarrett? What kind of receiver is he, and what’s his interest in Georgia football?

You can immediately see what Jarrett’s biggest strength is, his first step. He is really good off the snap. Whether he’s getting past defensive backs on deep go’s, or inside DB’s on slants. It takes him no time at all to get open.

Jarrett doesn’t just get open off the snap. He’s really good at getting open on broken plays. Jarrett will break his route to make himself easier to find for a quarterback on the run. That’s what he excels at the most, he gets open. He’s very reliable for his quarterbacks. He cuts hard, outruns DB’s, where there is open space, he finds it.

He doesn’t have great hands. Jarrett can be seen relying on his body to secure catches, maybe too much. A high velocity throw might be tough for him to handle. But he does a good job bringing the ball to his body quickly if he’s not able to make it with just his hands. That quickness will help him hold on to passes when he’s hit.

Can the Bulldogs make enough of an impression on him to secure his signature? He loves Athens and he loves Kirby Smart, but 247Sports still predicts him to sign with Ohio State. However, he also loves the SEC. There is some contradiction there. His Crystal Ball on 247Sports may be 89-percent Buckeye, but his recruitment is still wide open and the Dawgs are very much in the mix.