Five-star quarterback Jared Curtis is no longer a Georgia commit. On Tuesday he officially flipped his commitment from UGA to Vanderbilt which immediately became the biggest story in all of college football.
A few years ago no one would have ever dreamed Vanderbilt could pull something like this off, but that is the reality of today’s college football world.
So how did Vanderbilt pull this off? It may seem like a major recruiting upset, but the Commodores had a few things in their favor that they were able to sell Curtis on.
1. Immediate playing time
One detail that emerged over the last few weeks was that Curtis wants to play as a true freshman next season. With Gunner Stockton likely returning to Georgia next year, that was not going to happen in Athens.
Kirby Smart also is not a coach that will guarantee anyone playing time, especially an unproven true freshman.
Vanderbilt however is losing their star QB Diego Pavia after this season, so Curtis will have a chance to be their starter day one. There’s even a chance he was promised that job to help convince him to flip, and if he was told that Georgia no longer stood a chance.