Countless elite Bulldogs have come through Georgia’s program during the Kirby Smart era, but not many will be able to rival tight end Brock Bowers. He was clearly one of the most dominant players that Georgia has ever seen and is one of the biggest reasons why UGA won two recent National Championships.
However, Bowers almost didn’t even commit to Georgia in the first place as he recently shared the program that he almost committed to instead.
"It was kind of between Georgia and the University of Washington," Bowers shared via si.com. “It was because they were a little bit closer to home. They had some decent tight ends coming through, and I really liked the coaching staff there, so it was kind of a toss-up."
Brock Bowers was almost never a Bulldog
According to Bowers, he very nearly chose to play college football at Washington instead of Georgia. His reasoning for debating going to Washington is pretty valid, but thankfully he ended up choosing Georgia.
This statement though should make Georgia fans wonder how different things would have been without Bowers. Would Georgia still have won two National Championships without him? Would Bowers still have become the dominant player that he is today?
In all likelihood UGA still probably wins at least one of their National Championships if not both even without Bowers. Yes he was a huge target for Stetson Bennett and a major piece in Georgia’s offense, but the Bulldogs still had plenty of talent elsewhere on offsense. On top of that, Georgia’s defense was special and could have led the Bulldogs to their titles as well.
Bowers also probably would have still turned into one of the best tight ends in college football history had he gone to Washington instead. He wouldn’t have found the team success he did at Georgia with the Huskies, but he was a good enough player to turn into the monster he is today regardless of where he went to school.
Thankfully Bowers did end up choosing Georgia as his college home so there is no need to wonder what would have happened had he chose Washington instead. However, this is a great reminder to college football fans that every single decision made by a recruit could have a big impact on college football history.