Georgia football was already flying high after beating Ole Miss this weekend 42-7. This victory was huge for a variety of reasons as they got some much needed revenge and soared to No. 1 in the AP Poll as a result, but the good times just keep getting better as the Bulldogs just earned a commitment from five-star offensive tackle Mark Matthews on Monday.
🚨BREAKING🚨 Five-Star Plus+ OT Mark Matthews has committed to Georgia, @Hayesfawcett3 reports🐶https://t.co/XmNVeR14bw pic.twitter.com/sAzU2UELQG
— Rivals (@Rivals) November 9, 2026
Matthews is the No. 2 overall recruit in the 2027 recruiting class according to Rivals. He also is the top ranked offensive tackle in the country as well.
Georgia was one of Matthews' four finalists back in May when he originally committed to Texas A&M. Since then the Aggies have limped to a 4-5 record this season when many thought they'd compete for a playoff spot, and that eventually led to him decommitting from Texas A&M on Sunday. Meanwhile Georgia is 8-1 and the No. 1 team in the country, so it's hard to blame him for changing his mind based on how this season has unfolded.
Georgia wasn't expected to win this recruitment
Immediately after Matthews decommitted from Texas A&M predictions were flooding in Miami's favor to earn his commitment. Both 247Sports and On3 believed the Hurricanes would win his recruitment, and it wasn't a stretch to think that. Miami not only is having a great season this year after making the national championship game last year, but they have loads of NIL money and are the home state school as Matthews is from the state of Florida. Apparently none of that mattered to Matthews.
Seemingly out of nowhere Matthews announced his commitment to Georgia. He didn't hold a big press conference and didn't get all of the attention on him, instead he just posted to social media that Georgia was where he was committing to now.
Georgia's 2027 recruiting class is back from the dead
Georgia's 2027 recruiting class has been much lower in the rankings than fans are used to this year. They just recently moved back inside the top 10 at No. 10, but for most of the year they haven't even been close to the top 10.
Matthews' commitment sent Georgia flying up the rankings to No. 5, according to 247Sports. He is the Bulldogs' third five-star commit in the 2027 class to go along with running back Kemon Spell and tight end Jaxon Dollar. Matthews also is the highest ranked commit in Georgia's 2027 class, and historically he is the fourth highest ranked recruit to ever commit to Georgia.
Georgia is in a perfect position when it comes to their 2027 recruiting class now. They still have a lot of work to do to finish with the No. 1 recruiting class, but at the end of the day that isn't that important. They just shocked the college football world by winning a recruitment for an elite prospect that many thought UGA couldn't win since they were up against big NIL players. Instead Matthews is heading to Athens where he has the potential to be a day one starter next year.
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